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 2 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 293 252
Rank change year-on-year -47 -41 +33
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 318 247 400
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.85% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 2.50% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 157 273
10th Percentile £365 £358 £325
25th Percentile £415 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £600
90th Percentile £681 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £461 £450
% change year-on-year +4.34% +2.50% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £63.00 - £70.18
90th Percentile £70.00 - £81.44
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 15,747 9,881 12,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.29% 34.15% 30.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,727 6,266 8,332
10th Percentile £313 £294 £270
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 765 403 925
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.89 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.21 £15.22
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -5.71% +57.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £86.90 £82.25 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £32.05 £34.21
% change year-on-year +40.41% -6.31% +55.50%

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 2 June 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 2 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 15 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 2 June 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 -59 271 £519 +8.02% 294
UK excluding London -45 143 £481 +4.34% 179
London -48 137 £545 +9.00% 157
Work from Home -54 77 £494 +2.60% 201
North of England -65 45 £450 +12.50% 54
South West -1 35 £525 +50.00% 20
North West -36 23 £438 +9.38% 33
South East -48 23 £425 -27.35% 43
Midlands -54 20 £533 +15.23% 26
West Midlands -48 16 £546 +36.42% 13
Yorkshire -54 16 £525 +33.08% 14
Scotland -1 15 £550 +30.18% 16
North East -25 6 £450 -13.25% 7
Wales -8 5 £425 +13.33% 3
East Midlands -37 4 £528 +14.11% 13

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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 7 (2.20%) CMS
3 5 (1.57%) Moodle
4 3 (0.94%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (5.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (4.40%) Sketch
3 11 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (2.20%) Chatbot
6 5 (1.57%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.26%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.63%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.63%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Workfront
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.58%) Azure
2 37 (11.64%) AWS
3 33 (10.38%) Figma
4 26 (8.18%) GitHub
5 19 (5.97%) GitHub Actions
5 19 (5.97%) SaaS
6 16 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.72%) Firebase
8 12 (3.77%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.46%) GCP
10 8 (2.52%) Sauce Labs
11 7 (2.20%) Azure AKS
11 7 (2.20%) Cloud Run
11 7 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.89%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (1.57%) Google Play
13 5 (1.57%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.57%) Serverless
14 4 (1.26%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.26%) Azure Service Bus
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 (0.31%) 4G
2 1 (0.31%) 5G
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
2 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.31%) Internet
2 1 (0.31%) SSL
2 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.89%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.57%) GIS
2 5 (1.57%) MySQL
3 3 (0.94%) Power BI
3 3 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.63%) Looker
4 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.63%) Tableau
5 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.31%) MS Access
5 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.31%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (5.97%) Git
2 17 (5.35%) Android Studio
3 16 (5.03%) JIRA
4 15 (4.72%) Xcode
5 13 (4.09%) Gradle
5 13 (4.09%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.14%) fastlane
7 9 (2.83%) XCUITest
8 8 (2.52%) Appium
8 8 (2.52%) XCTest
9 7 (2.20%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.20%) JUnit
9 7 (2.20%) LoadRunner
10 6 (1.89%) Crashlytics
10 6 (1.89%) Postman
11 5 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.57%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.57%) Eclipse
11 5 (1.57%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.57%) Selenium
General
1 75 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.15%) Finance
3 29 (9.12%) Banking
4 25 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.03%) Retail
7 7 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.20%) Marketing
8 4 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
9 3 (0.94%) Digital Health
9 3 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.63%) Publishing
10 2 (0.63%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.31%) Automotive
11 1 (0.31%) Electronics
11 1 (0.31%) Games
11 1 (0.31%) Military
11 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (27.99%) Developer
2 57 (17.92%) Senior
3 37 (11.64%) Designer
4 22 (6.92%) Android Developer
5 21 (6.60%) Architect
6 19 (5.97%) iOS Developer
6 19 (5.97%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.66%) Mobile Engineer
8 16 (5.03%) Lead
9 13 (4.09%) Product Designer
10 12 (3.77%) Analyst
10 12 (3.77%) Product Manager
10 12 (3.77%) Software Engineer
10 12 (3.77%) Tester
11 11 (3.46%) Mobile Developer
11 11 (3.46%) Visual Designer
12 10 (3.14%) Backend Developer
12 10 (3.14%) React Developer
13 9 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.64%) REST
2 33 (10.38%) React Native
3 32 (10.06%) RESTful
4 23 (7.23%) Android Jetpack
5 21 (6.60%) OAuth
6 20 (6.29%) Jetpack Compose
7 18 (5.66%) GraphQL
8 17 (5.35%) React
9 16 (5.03%) Android SDK
9 16 (5.03%) CSS
10 15 (4.72%) SwiftUI
11 14 (4.40%) Spring
11 14 (4.40%) Spring Boot
12 12 (3.77%) OAuth2
12 12 (3.77%) UIKit
13 11 (3.46%) HTML
13 11 (3.46%) Web Services
14 9 (2.83%) .NET
14 9 (2.83%) Node.js
15 7 (2.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.23%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.46%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.46%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.89%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.26%) Social Media
7 3 (0.94%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.94%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.94%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.94%) Legacy Code
7 3 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.94%) Media Streaming
8 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.63%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (26.73%) Android
2 78 (24.53%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.14%) Windows
4 6 (1.89%) Linux
5 5 (1.57%) Unix
6 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (26.10%) Agile
2 72 (22.64%) User Experience
3 65 (20.44%) CI/CD
4 53 (16.67%) AI
5 47 (14.78%) DevOps
5 47 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (14.15%) Test Automation
7 40 (12.58%) Analytics
8 38 (11.95%) UX Design
9 32 (10.06%) iOS Development
10 31 (9.75%) Architectural Patterns
10 31 (9.75%) Observability
11 30 (9.43%) Android Development
11 30 (9.43%) MVVM
12 28 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (8.81%) Generative AI
13 26 (8.18%) Roadmaps
13 26 (8.18%) TDD
14 25 (7.86%) Software Engineering
15 24 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.24%) Java
2 55 (17.30%) Kotlin
3 34 (10.69%) Swift
4 29 (9.12%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.35%) Python
6 15 (4.72%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.46%) C#
8 10 (3.14%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.20%) SQL
10 5 (1.57%) Perl
10 5 (1.57%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.94%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.94%) Go
11 3 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
13 1 (0.31%) Korn
13 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
13 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.49%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.66%) Degree
4 9 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.94%) CCA
6 3 (0.94%) MBA
7 2 (0.63%) CISSP
7 2 (0.63%) SANS
8 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.31%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.31%) GPEN
8 1 (0.31%) GXPN
8 1 (0.31%) OSCE
8 1 (0.31%) OSCP
8 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.47%) Accessibility
2 34 (10.69%) QA
3 16 (5.03%) WCAG
4 4 (1.26%) GDPR
5 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.94%) NCSC
5 3 (0.94%) 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 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.31%) DICOM
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.31%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 14 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.77%) Grafana
3 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.57%) Terraform
6 4 (1.26%) Istio
6 4 (1.26%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.26%) linkerd
6 4 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.94%) Ansible
8 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.31%) Argo
Vendors
1 34 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.06%) Adobe
3 23 (7.23%) Google
4 15 (4.72%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.09%) Oracle
5 13 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.09%) Splunk
6 12 (3.77%) Apple
7 8 (2.52%) SAP
8 5 (1.57%) 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 (0.31%) New Relic
11 1 (0.31%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.31%) Sitecore