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 6 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 286 243
Rank change year-on-year -33 -43 +34
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 340 263 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.90% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 2.65% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 184 258
10th Percentile £199 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £603 £600
90th Percentile £669 £685 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 7
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 - £56.88
90th Percentile £70.00 - £77.25
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 14,718 9,912 13,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 33.90% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,242 6,346 8,563
10th Percentile £300 £291 £263
25th Percentile £410 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 697 379 892
10th Percentile £15.79 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.75 £22.22 £15.35
Median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +36.92% +17.12% +23.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £66.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £31.42 £26.00
% change year-on-year +44.68% +20.85% +18.18%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -47 286 £500 - 245
UK excluding London -40 152 £425 -7.61% 200
London -47 147 £505 -3.81% 94
Work from Home -47 90 £481 -3.75% 129
South East -37 40 £425 -26.72% 53
North of England -70 35 £400 - 53
North West -34 29 £400 - 26
South West -5 28 £513 +25.15% 21
Wales +6 19 £425 +13.33% 9
Midlands -56 19 £500 +6.67% 35
West Midlands -46 11 £475 +3.26% 22
East Midlands -31 8 £550 +15.79% 13
Scotland +1 6 £550 +37.50% 13
East of England -29 5 £185 -69.80% 17
Yorkshire -55 5 £550 +20.55% 20
North East -15 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 19 (5.59%) Confluence
2 16 (4.71%) CMS
3 11 (3.24%) Moodle
4 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.35%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.18%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.88%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.88%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 16 (4.71%) Chatbot
2 13 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (2.35%) Sketch
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe XD
6 6 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.59%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.59%) InVision
9 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 35 (10.29%) AWS
2 30 (8.82%) Figma
3 21 (6.18%) Azure
4 17 (5.00%) GitHub
4 17 (5.00%) SaaS
5 13 (3.82%) GCP
6 12 (3.53%) Firebase
6 12 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.65%) Sauce Labs
9 8 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.06%) Cloud Run
10 7 (2.06%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.76%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (1.76%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.76%) Serverless
12 5 (1.47%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.18%) Bitrise
13 4 (1.18%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (2.35%) Skype
2 4 (1.18%) Wireless
3 2 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.59%) DSL
3 2 (0.59%) Internet
3 2 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.59%) RFID
3 2 (0.59%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) 5G
4 1 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.06%) MySQL
1 7 (2.06%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.76%) GIS
3 3 (0.88%) Power BI
4 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.59%) Looker
4 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.59%) SQLite
4 2 (0.59%) Tableau
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) MS Access
5 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (7.35%) JIRA
2 23 (6.76%) Git
3 20 (5.88%) Android Studio
4 14 (4.12%) Xcode
5 13 (3.82%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.94%) Appium
7 9 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
7 9 (2.65%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.35%) XCUITest
9 7 (2.06%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.06%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.06%) Postman
9 7 (2.06%) XCTest
10 6 (1.76%) fastlane
10 6 (1.76%) GitLab
10 6 (1.76%) Gradle
10 6 (1.76%) Selenium
11 5 (1.47%) CocoaPods
11 5 (1.47%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.18%) WebDriver
General
1 85 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.24%) Finance
3 37 (10.88%) Banking
4 29 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.59%) Marketing
7 18 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.12%) Retail
9 13 (3.82%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.24%) Electronics
11 9 (2.65%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.06%) Publishing
13 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.18%) 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 92 (27.06%) Developer
2 50 (14.71%) Senior
3 36 (10.59%) Designer
4 24 (7.06%) Architect
5 18 (5.29%) Break Fix Engineer
5 18 (5.29%) Junior
5 18 (5.29%) Mobile Engineer
6 17 (5.00%) Analyst
6 17 (5.00%) Android Developer
6 17 (5.00%) Mobile Developer
7 16 (4.71%) UX Designer
8 15 (4.41%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.12%) React Developer
10 13 (3.82%) Backend Developer
10 13 (3.82%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.82%) Senior Designer
11 12 (3.53%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.24%) Lead
12 11 (3.24%) Moodle Developer
12 11 (3.24%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.18%) React Native
2 31 (9.12%) REST
3 25 (7.35%) CSS
3 25 (7.35%) OAuth
4 22 (6.47%) React
5 21 (6.18%) GraphQL
6 20 (5.88%) HTML
6 20 (5.88%) RESTful
7 19 (5.59%) Spring
8 18 (5.29%) Spring Boot
9 16 (4.71%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.71%) OAuth2
10 14 (4.12%) .NET
10 14 (4.12%) Android Jetpack
11 13 (3.82%) Jetpack Compose
12 11 (3.24%) SwiftUI
13 9 (2.65%) Flutter
13 9 (2.65%) UIKit
14 8 (2.35%) Ajax
14 8 (2.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.06%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.71%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.82%) Security Posture
4 12 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (3.24%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.76%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.47%) FMCG
7 5 (1.47%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.88%) Blockchain
9 3 (0.88%) Blog
9 3 (0.88%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.88%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.88%) Tandem
9 3 (0.88%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 92 (27.06%) Android
2 75 (22.06%) Apple iOS
3 20 (5.88%) Windows
4 9 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.06%) Linux
5 7 (2.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (24.41%) Agile
2 79 (23.24%) User Experience
3 67 (19.71%) CI/CD
4 63 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (15.29%) Test Automation
6 44 (12.94%) AI
6 44 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (10.88%) UX Design
8 33 (9.71%) Analytics
9 32 (9.41%) Software Engineering
10 30 (8.82%) DevOps
11 28 (8.24%) Design Patterns
12 27 (7.94%) Android Development
13 26 (7.65%) iOS Development
13 26 (7.65%) TDD
14 25 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (6.76%) Mentoring
15 23 (6.76%) Microservices
15 23 (6.76%) Mobile Application Development
15 23 (6.76%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.94%) Java
2 55 (16.18%) Kotlin
3 45 (13.24%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.53%) Swift
5 24 (7.06%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.00%) SQL
7 16 (4.71%) C#
8 15 (4.41%) Python
9 10 (2.94%) Objective-C
10 7 (2.06%) Perl
11 3 (0.88%) C++
11 3 (0.88%) Go
12 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.29%) C
13 1 (0.29%) Groovy
13 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.29%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (10.88%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.65%) Degree
3 22 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.06%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.06%) 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%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.59%) Accessibility
2 44 (12.94%) QA
3 15 (4.41%) 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
System Software
1 9 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.06%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 11 (3.24%) Grafana
2 9 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.88%) Ansible
4 3 (0.88%) Istio
4 3 (0.88%) Kustomize
4 3 (0.88%) linkerd
4 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.88%) Terraform
5 1 (0.29%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 44 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.71%) Adobe
3 21 (6.18%) Google
4 19 (5.59%) HP
5 17 (5.00%) SAP
6 15 (4.41%) Splunk
7 13 (3.82%) Oracle
8 12 (3.53%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.35%) Cisco
9 8 (2.35%) Tealium
9 8 (2.35%) Xamarin
10 7 (2.06%) Braze
11 5 (1.47%) ESRI
11 5 (1.47%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.47%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.18%) Apple
12 4 (1.18%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.18%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.88%) Thales