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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 258 236
Rank change year-on-year -62 -22 +58
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 385 325 411
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.99% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 2.83% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 213 281
10th Percentile £363 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £610
90th Percentile £674 £598 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £413 £463
% change year-on-year +14.18% -10.81% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile £14.72 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.75% +1.15% +14.29%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £68.84
90th Percentile £32.90 - £74.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £12.25
% change year-on-year -56.75% +230.29% -50.25%

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 17,779 11,464 11,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.42% 34.84% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,824 7,077 7,676
10th Percentile £320 £303 £300
25th Percentile £421 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £640 £675
90th Percentile £750 £771 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 549 619
10th Percentile £15.61 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +49.02% -34.06% +11.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.88
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +1.12%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -96 311 £513 +10.81% 382
UK excluding London -65 173 £471 +14.18% 231
London -49 164 £525 +5.00% 204
Work from Home -84 76 £475 - 135
North of England -66 53 £508 +27.99% 67
Scotland +12 36 £400 -20.00% 15
South West -22 34 £475 -9.52% 25
North West -51 25 £550 +53.63% 31
Midlands -54 25 £524 +13.23% 37
West Midlands -48 19 £469 +17.23% 16
Yorkshire -56 19 £525 +31.25% 30
South East -70 16 £356 -20.83% 55
North East -35 9 £450 -13.25% 8
Wales -6 8 £425 - 13
East Midlands -16 6 £526 +13.62% 21
East of England -15 2 £500 +21.21% 21

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 12 (3.12%) Confluence
2 6 (1.56%) CMS
3 5 (1.30%) Moodle
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (4.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (4.16%) Sketch
3 9 (2.34%) Chatbot
4 8 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.04%) Adobe XD
6 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.52%) InVision
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.82%) Shopify
2 2 (0.52%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.52%) Workfront
3 1 (0.26%) Magento
3 1 (0.26%) Maximo
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.99%) Azure
2 43 (11.17%) GitHub
3 41 (10.65%) Figma
4 31 (8.05%) AWS
5 26 (6.75%) GitHub Actions
6 19 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.42%) Firebase
8 16 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.16%) Google Play
9 15 (3.90%) Entra ID
9 15 (3.90%) SaaS
10 11 (2.86%) GCP
11 8 (2.08%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (1.82%) Cloud Run
13 6 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.56%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.56%) Sauce Labs
14 5 (1.30%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.04%) Network Security
2 3 (0.78%) Firewall
3 2 (0.52%) DSL
3 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.04%) Power BI
3 3 (0.78%) MySQL
3 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.78%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.52%) GIS
4 2 (0.52%) Looker
4 2 (0.52%) SQLite
4 2 (0.52%) Tableau
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (7.53%) Git
2 21 (5.45%) JIRA
3 19 (4.94%) Gradle
4 18 (4.68%) Android Studio
5 16 (4.16%) Xcode
6 14 (3.64%) Jenkins
7 12 (3.12%) CircleCI
8 11 (2.86%) fastlane
8 11 (2.86%) XCUITest
9 10 (2.60%) JUnit
9 10 (2.60%) XCTest
10 9 (2.34%) LoadRunner
11 7 (1.82%) Appium
12 5 (1.30%) Crashlytics
13 4 (1.04%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
14 3 (0.78%) Charles Proxy
14 3 (0.78%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.52%) Postman
15 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
General
1 104 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.88%) Finance
3 41 (10.65%) Banking
4 29 (7.53%) Retail
5 26 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.64%) Marketing
8 10 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.56%) Italian Language
10 5 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.04%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.04%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.78%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.52%) Arabic Language
13 2 (0.52%) Games
13 2 (0.52%) Local Government
13 2 (0.52%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 99 (25.71%) Developer
2 64 (16.62%) Senior
3 50 (12.99%) Designer
4 32 (8.31%) Android Developer
5 27 (7.01%) iOS Developer
6 24 (6.23%) Android Engineer
6 24 (6.23%) Architect
7 21 (5.45%) Product Designer
8 19 (4.94%) Mobile Engineer
9 18 (4.68%) Analyst
9 18 (4.68%) Lead
10 15 (3.90%) Senior Developer
10 15 (3.90%) UI Designer
10 15 (3.90%) UX Designer
11 14 (3.64%) Product Manager
11 14 (3.64%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.38%) Tester
13 11 (2.86%) Business Analyst
13 11 (2.86%) UI/UX Designer
14 10 (2.60%) Mobile Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.03%) REST
2 45 (11.69%) RESTful
3 38 (9.87%) Android Jetpack
4 32 (8.31%) React Native
5 30 (7.79%) Jetpack Compose
6 28 (7.27%) Android SDK
7 24 (6.23%) SwiftUI
8 20 (5.19%) UIKit
9 19 (4.94%) OAuth
10 13 (3.38%) GraphQL
10 13 (3.38%) OAuth2
10 13 (3.38%) Spring
10 13 (3.38%) Spring Boot
10 13 (3.38%) Web Services
11 10 (2.60%) React
12 9 (2.34%) Core Data
12 9 (2.34%) CSS
12 9 (2.34%) HTML
12 9 (2.34%) iOS SDK
12 9 (2.34%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.31%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.34%) Mobile Banking
4 9 (2.34%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.08%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.82%) Educational Technology
7 6 (1.56%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.56%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.56%) Social Media
8 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.30%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.04%) CMDB
9 4 (1.04%) NHS
10 3 (0.78%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 118 (30.65%) Android
2 99 (25.71%) Apple iOS
3 16 (4.16%) Windows
4 7 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.04%) Linux
7 3 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.57%) Agile
2 97 (25.19%) User Experience
3 90 (23.38%) AI
4 72 (18.70%) CI/CD
5 54 (14.03%) DevOps
6 52 (13.51%) Android Development
6 52 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (13.25%) UX Design
8 50 (12.99%) MVVM
9 48 (12.47%) iOS Development
10 43 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 42 (10.91%) Analytics
11 42 (10.91%) Scrum
12 41 (10.65%) Test Automation
13 38 (9.87%) Architectural Patterns
13 38 (9.87%) Roadmaps
14 36 (9.35%) Generative AI
15 35 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (8.83%) Observability
17 28 (7.27%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.66%) Kotlin
2 60 (15.58%) Java
3 41 (10.65%) Swift
4 26 (6.75%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.68%) Python
6 11 (2.86%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.08%) Objective-C
8 5 (1.30%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.04%) C++
9 4 (1.04%) SQL
10 3 (0.78%) Perl
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) C#
11 2 (0.52%) Go
11 2 (0.52%) Korn
11 2 (0.52%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) Dart
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.83%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.94%) Degree
4 17 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.78%) MBA
8 2 (0.52%) CCA
8 2 (0.52%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.52%) OSCP
9 1 (0.26%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.26%) ECSA
9 1 (0.26%) GXPN
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.26%) OSCE
9 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 45 (11.69%) QA
3 18 (4.68%) WCAG
4 6 (1.56%) GDPR
5 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.78%) PSD2
7 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.52%) GRC
7 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 1 (0.26%) DICOM
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.34%) Docker
2 4 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.26%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.12%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.86%) Grafana
4 8 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.30%) Terraform
6 4 (1.04%) Istio
6 4 (1.04%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.04%) linkerd
6 4 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.04%) SCCM
7 3 (0.78%) Ansible
7 3 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
Vendors
1 46 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.61%) Google
3 33 (8.57%) Adobe
4 19 (4.94%) Apple
4 19 (4.94%) Dynatrace
5 15 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.12%) Oracle
6 12 (3.12%) Splunk
7 7 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.30%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.04%) Braze
9 4 (1.04%) SAP
9 4 (1.04%) Tealium
10 3 (0.78%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.78%) Samsung
11 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.52%) Dell
11 2 (0.52%) HP
12 1 (0.26%) Databricks
12 1 (0.26%) IBM