Mobile App Contract Job Trends

Mobile Application
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 278 232
Rank change year-on-year -33 -46 +30
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 341 260 447
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.89% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 2.64% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 183 258
10th Percentile £204 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £381 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £686 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £461 £450
% change year-on-year -7.86% +2.50% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 8
10th Percentile £16.24 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £50.75 - £75.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £12.25
% change year-on-year - - -65.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Mobile App falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,544 9,856 13,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.07% 33.91% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,137 6,296 8,590
10th Percentile £300 £296 £256
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £771 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 683 376 877
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.95 £12.34
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.26 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £68.88 £65.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.32 £83.20 £67.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £25.50
% change year-on-year +43.14% +24.55% +15.07%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile App relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile App
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the UK over the 6 months to 26 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -38 289 £500 -2.91% 245
UK excluding London -29 155 £425 -7.86% 200
London -31 144 £503 -4.29% 94
Work from Home -56 94 £500 - 129
South East -33 42 £425 -26.09% 53
North of England -63 33 £400 - 53
North West -34 29 £400 +1.27% 26
South West -9 26 £525 +28.21% 21
Midlands -44 25 £539 +11.22% 35
Wales +6 18 £425 +13.33% 9
East Midlands -26 13 £550 +11.11% 13
West Midlands -51 12 £475 +3.26% 22
Scotland +5 6 £350 -12.50% 13
East of England -27 5 £185 -69.80% 17
Yorkshire -57 3 £575 +26.03% 20
North East - 1 £525 - 7

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.87%) CMS
2 18 (5.28%) Confluence
3 10 (2.93%) Moodle
4 9 (2.64%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.47%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.47%) Umbraco
8 4 (1.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (5.28%) Chatbot
2 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (2.05%) Sketch
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe XD
6 6 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.88%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.29%) InVision
8 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle iSupplier
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.97%) AWS
2 28 (8.21%) Figma
3 19 (5.57%) Azure
4 18 (5.28%) SaaS
5 14 (4.11%) GitHub
6 13 (3.81%) GCP
7 12 (3.52%) Firebase
7 12 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.23%) Sauce Labs
9 9 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.05%) Cloud Run
11 7 (2.05%) Kontent
12 6 (1.76%) Contentful
12 6 (1.76%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.76%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.76%) Serverless
13 5 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (1.47%) Azure AKS
14 4 (1.17%) Bitrise
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (2.35%) Skype
2 6 (1.76%) Wireless
3 5 (1.47%) Internet
4 2 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.59%) DSL
4 2 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.59%) RFID
4 2 (0.59%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) 4G
5 1 (0.29%) 5G
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) SSL
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.64%) MySQL
1 9 (2.64%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.76%) GIS
3 4 (1.17%) SQLite
4 3 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.29%) Looker
6 1 (0.29%) MS Access
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (7.33%) Git
1 25 (7.33%) JIRA
2 22 (6.45%) Android Studio
3 16 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.69%) Xcode
4 11 (3.23%) Browser DevTools
5 10 (2.93%) Appium
6 9 (2.64%) Cypress.io
6 9 (2.64%) Eclipse
7 7 (2.05%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.05%) CocoaPods
7 7 (2.05%) Gradle
7 7 (2.05%) Postman
8 6 (1.76%) fastlane
8 6 (1.76%) GitLab
8 6 (1.76%) Selenium
8 6 (1.76%) XCTest
8 6 (1.76%) XCUITest
9 5 (1.47%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.47%) REST Assured
General
1 89 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.89%) Finance
3 36 (10.56%) Banking
4 28 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.57%) Marketing
6 19 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.11%) Retail
8 13 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.93%) Electronics
10 9 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.05%) Publishing
12 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.88%) Automotive
14 3 (0.88%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.88%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.59%) iGaming
15 2 (0.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 95 (27.86%) Developer
2 54 (15.84%) Senior
3 35 (10.26%) Designer
4 24 (7.04%) Architect
5 18 (5.28%) Break Fix Engineer
5 18 (5.28%) Junior
6 17 (4.99%) Analyst
6 17 (4.99%) Android Developer
6 17 (4.99%) Mobile Developer
6 17 (4.99%) React Developer
7 16 (4.69%) Mobile Engineer
7 16 (4.69%) UX Designer
8 15 (4.40%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.11%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.81%) Backend Developer
10 13 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (3.81%) Senior Designer
11 11 (3.23%) iOS Developer
11 11 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.85%) React Native
2 30 (8.80%) CSS
3 29 (8.50%) REST
4 28 (8.21%) React
5 24 (7.04%) OAuth
6 23 (6.74%) HTML
6 23 (6.74%) RESTful
7 22 (6.45%) AngularJS
8 21 (6.16%) GraphQL
9 19 (5.57%) Spring
10 18 (5.28%) Spring Boot
11 17 (4.99%) .NET
12 16 (4.69%) OAuth2
13 14 (4.11%) Jetpack Compose
14 13 (3.81%) Android Jetpack
15 12 (3.52%) SwiftUI
16 10 (2.93%) Ajax
16 10 (2.93%) UIKit
17 9 (2.64%) .NET Framework
17 9 (2.64%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.04%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.52%) Virtual Team
4 11 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.47%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.47%) FMCG
8 5 (1.47%) RIA
8 5 (1.47%) W3C
9 4 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.17%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (0.88%) Blockchain
10 3 (0.88%) Blog
10 3 (0.88%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.88%) Tandem
10 3 (0.88%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 90 (26.39%) Android
2 73 (21.41%) Apple iOS
3 22 (6.45%) Windows
4 9 (2.64%) Linux
4 9 (2.64%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (24.63%) Agile
1 84 (24.63%) User Experience
2 68 (19.94%) CI/CD
3 62 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (14.37%) Test Automation
5 44 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (12.61%) AI
7 38 (11.14%) Software Engineering
7 38 (11.14%) UX Design
8 31 (9.09%) Design Patterns
9 30 (8.80%) Analytics
10 29 (8.50%) DevOps
11 27 (7.92%) Android Development
12 26 (7.62%) iOS Development
12 26 (7.62%) Mentoring
12 26 (7.62%) Mobile Application Development
13 25 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (7.33%) TDD
14 23 (6.74%) Microservices
15 22 (6.45%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (18.77%) Java
2 54 (15.84%) Kotlin
3 50 (14.66%) JavaScript
4 30 (8.80%) Swift
5 25 (7.33%) TypeScript
6 22 (6.45%) SQL
7 19 (5.57%) C#
8 15 (4.40%) Python
9 12 (3.52%) Objective-C
10 9 (2.64%) Perl
11 5 (1.47%) Go
12 3 (0.88%) C++
13 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.59%) R
13 2 (0.59%) Rust
14 1 (0.29%) C
14 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.29%) VBA
14 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 29 (8.50%) Degree
3 19 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.93%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.05%) PMP
7 6 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.88%) MBA
10 2 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.59%) SANS
11 1 (0.29%) CCA
11 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) GIAC
11 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.84%) Accessibility
2 45 (13.20%) QA
3 18 (5.28%) WCAG
4 6 (1.76%) GDPR
5 5 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.88%) NCSC
6 3 (0.88%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.59%) HL7
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) DICOM
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (2.64%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.64%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 11 (3.23%) Grafana
2 9 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.88%) Istio
5 3 (0.88%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.88%) linkerd
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.88%) Terraform
6 2 (0.59%) rkt
7 1 (0.29%) Ansible
7 1 (0.29%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 50 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.97%) Adobe
3 24 (7.04%) Google
4 19 (5.57%) HP
5 17 (4.99%) SAP
5 17 (4.99%) Splunk
6 15 (4.40%) Oracle
7 12 (3.52%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.35%) Cisco
8 8 (2.35%) Xamarin
9 7 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.05%) Tealium
10 6 (1.76%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.47%) Apple
11 5 (1.47%) ESRI
11 5 (1.47%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.47%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.17%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.88%) Coverity