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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 293 255
Rank change year-on-year -45 -38 +40
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 317 244 393
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.85% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 2.50% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 153 271
10th Percentile £363 £359 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -0.74%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £595
90th Percentile £681 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +4.40% +1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £63.00 - £68.17
90th Percentile £70.00 - £73.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.63
% change year-on-year - - +136.89%

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 15,676 9,743 12,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.17% 34.10% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,687 6,210 8,336
10th Percentile £313 £289 £270
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 763 383 912
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £19.99 £15.17
Median hourly rate £41.00 £31.76 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% -6.88% +55.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.22 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £31.29 £32.12
% change year-on-year +43.84% -2.58% +51.06%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -63 268 £520 +6.67% 254
UK excluding London -47 150 £475 +4.40% 167
London -55 130 £550 +7.37% 135
Work from Home -59 79 £494 +2.60% 113
North of England -52 50 £463 +15.63% 49
South West -3 34 £525 +50.00% 16
North West -29 29 £463 +15.63% 27
South East -46 24 £419 -28.42% 39
Midlands -67 19 £529 +14.35% 26
Yorkshire -46 16 £525 +33.08% 16
Scotland +1 15 £550 +30.18% 12
West Midlands -50 15 £529 +32.21% 14
Wales -10 7 £425 +13.33% 4
North East -23 5 £450 -18.18% 6
East Midlands -39 4 £528 +14.11% 12
East of England -31 1 £325 -23.53% 15

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 10 (3.15%) Confluence
2 7 (2.21%) CMS
3 6 (1.89%) Moodle
4 3 (0.95%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (5.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (4.42%) Sketch
3 11 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (2.52%) Chatbot
6 5 (1.58%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (1.26%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.63%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.63%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Workfront
3 1 (0.32%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.62%) AWS
2 37 (11.67%) Azure
3 33 (10.41%) Figma
4 22 (6.94%) GitHub
5 20 (6.31%) SaaS
6 15 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (4.42%) Firebase
8 12 (3.79%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.47%) GCP
10 9 (2.84%) Sauce Labs
11 8 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.21%) Azure AKS
12 7 (2.21%) Cloud Run
13 6 (1.89%) Adobe Analytics
14 5 (1.58%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.58%) Serverless
15 4 (1.26%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.26%) Google Play
15 4 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.63%) DSL
1 2 (0.63%) Firewall
1 2 (0.63%) Network Security
1 2 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.63%) RFID
1 2 (0.63%) VPN
2 1 (0.32%) 4G
2 1 (0.32%) 5G
2 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (0.32%) HTTP
2 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
2 1 (0.32%) Skype
2 1 (0.32%) SSL
2 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.21%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.89%) MySQL
3 5 (1.58%) GIS
4 3 (0.95%) Power BI
4 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.63%) Looker
5 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.63%) Tableau
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.32%) MS Access
6 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 18 (5.68%) Git
2 17 (5.36%) Android Studio
3 16 (5.05%) JIRA
4 15 (4.73%) Xcode
5 12 (3.79%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.15%) Gradle
7 9 (2.84%) fastlane
8 7 (2.21%) Appium
8 7 (2.21%) XCTest
8 7 (2.21%) XCUITest
9 6 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
9 6 (1.89%) Eclipse
9 6 (1.89%) Postman
10 5 (1.58%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.58%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.58%) JUnit
10 5 (1.58%) LoadRunner
10 5 (1.58%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.58%) Selenium
11 4 (1.26%) WebDriver
General
1 75 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.77%) Finance
3 29 (9.15%) Banking
4 27 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.05%) Retail
7 8 (2.52%) Marketing
8 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.95%) Digital Health
10 3 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Electronics
11 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Publishing
11 2 (0.63%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 91 (28.71%) Developer
2 54 (17.03%) Senior
3 35 (11.04%) Designer
4 24 (7.57%) Architect
5 20 (6.31%) Android Developer
6 17 (5.36%) iOS Developer
6 17 (5.36%) Mobile Engineer
6 17 (5.36%) Senior Developer
7 16 (5.05%) Lead
8 14 (4.42%) Backend Developer
8 14 (4.42%) Mobile Developer
9 12 (3.79%) Product Manager
9 12 (3.79%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.79%) Tester
10 11 (3.47%) Analyst
10 11 (3.47%) Product Designer
10 11 (3.47%) Visual Designer
11 10 (3.15%) React Developer
12 9 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (2.84%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.73%) REST
2 33 (10.41%) React Native
3 26 (8.20%) OAuth
3 26 (8.20%) RESTful
4 19 (5.99%) Android Jetpack
4 19 (5.99%) GraphQL
4 19 (5.99%) Spring
4 19 (5.99%) Spring Boot
5 18 (5.68%) React
6 17 (5.36%) CSS
6 17 (5.36%) Jetpack Compose
6 17 (5.36%) OAuth2
7 14 (4.42%) SwiftUI
8 13 (4.10%) Android SDK
9 12 (3.79%) UIKit
10 11 (3.47%) HTML
11 9 (2.84%) .NET
11 9 (2.84%) Node.js
11 9 (2.84%) Web Services
12 8 (2.52%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.62%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.47%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.15%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.89%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.26%) Social Media
8 3 (0.95%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.95%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.95%) FMCG
8 3 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.95%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (0.95%) Media Streaming
9 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 81 (25.55%) Android
2 73 (23.03%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.79%) Windows
4 7 (2.21%) Linux
5 6 (1.89%) Unix
6 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (24.61%) Agile
2 71 (22.40%) User Experience
3 60 (18.93%) CI/CD
4 52 (16.40%) AI
4 52 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (14.51%) Test Automation
6 45 (14.20%) DevOps
7 39 (12.30%) Analytics
8 37 (11.67%) UX Design
9 33 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (9.78%) Observability
11 29 (9.15%) iOS Development
11 29 (9.15%) TDD
12 27 (8.52%) Architectural Patterns
12 27 (8.52%) Generative AI
12 27 (8.52%) MVVM
13 26 (8.20%) Android Development
13 26 (8.20%) Design Patterns
13 26 (8.20%) Microservices
13 26 (8.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.56%) Java
2 56 (17.67%) Kotlin
3 31 (9.78%) Swift
4 30 (9.46%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.36%) Python
6 15 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.47%) C#
8 8 (2.52%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.21%) SQL
10 6 (1.89%) Perl
11 4 (1.26%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.95%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.95%) Go
12 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.63%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) ABAP
14 1 (0.32%) C++
14 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.32%) VBA
14 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (14.20%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.52%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.68%) Degree
4 9 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.95%) CCA
6 3 (0.95%) MBA
7 2 (0.63%) CISSP
7 2 (0.63%) SANS
8 1 (0.32%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.32%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.32%) GPEN
8 1 (0.32%) GXPN
8 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.32%) OSCP
8 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.32%) PMP
8 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.56%) Accessibility
2 28 (8.83%) QA
3 15 (4.73%) WCAG
4 4 (1.26%) GDPR
5 3 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.95%) NCSC
5 3 (0.95%) PSD2
6 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.63%) HL7
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.32%) DICOM
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.32%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 14 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.79%) Grafana
3 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.58%) Terraform
6 4 (1.26%) Istio
6 4 (1.26%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.26%) linkerd
6 4 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.95%) Ansible
8 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.32%) Argo
Vendors
1 35 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.09%) Adobe
3 20 (6.31%) Google
4 14 (4.42%) Dynatrace
4 14 (4.42%) Oracle
4 14 (4.42%) Splunk
5 13 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.47%) Apple
7 10 (3.15%) SAP
8 5 (1.58%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.26%) Braze
9 4 (1.26%) ESRI
9 4 (1.26%) Tealium
10 2 (0.63%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.63%) Coverity
10 2 (0.63%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.63%) Thales
11 1 (0.32%) New Relic
11 1 (0.32%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.32%) Sitecore