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 29 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 222 243
Rank change year-on-year -51 +21 -6
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 371 374 425
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.19% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.83% 3.65% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 257 237
10th Percentile £204 £205 £350
25th Percentile £379 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £575
90th Percentile £645 £693 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £463
% change year-on-year +6.25% -13.51% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 15
10th Percentile £16.24 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +22.76%
75th Percentile £50.75 - £73.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.72%

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 13,125 10,246 13,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.10% 32.55% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,288 6,069 8,796
10th Percentile £275 £263 £255
25th Percentile £405 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -3.60%
75th Percentile £625 £657 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 310 734
10th Percentile £15.00 £19.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.45 £23.65 £17.29
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% - +55.66%
75th Percentile £62.63 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.90 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -8.45% +71.46%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -63 330 £500 +11.11% 324
UK excluding London -19 178 £425 +6.25% 305
London -47 162 £513 +2.50% 82
Work from Home -61 99 £500 +11.11% 146
South East -18 49 £425 -19.05% 94
North of England -70 44 £397 +1.67% 81
North West -23 35 £384 +6.60% 42
South West -3 27 £600 +220.00% 40
Midlands -42 27 £531 +32.81% 30
Wales +13 17 £175 -64.10% 13
East Midlands -19 14 £550 +5.26% 18
West Midlands -29 13 £475 +227.59% 12
Yorkshire -61 9 £515 +5.64% 32
Scotland -1 8 £475 +18.75% 13
East of England -9 6 £185 -76.13% 36

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 (5.39%) CMS
2 19 (5.12%) Confluence
3 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.70%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.89%) Moodle
6 6 (1.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.35%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.35%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.81%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.31%) Chatbot
3 11 (2.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.08%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.81%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.81%) Sketch
8 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.27%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle iSupplier
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.32%) Figma
2 32 (8.63%) Azure
3 31 (8.36%) AWS
4 27 (7.28%) SaaS
5 17 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.31%) Sauce Labs
7 14 (3.77%) GitHub
8 10 (2.70%) Serverless
9 9 (2.43%) Firebase
10 7 (1.89%) Contentful
10 7 (1.89%) GCP
10 7 (1.89%) Google Analytics
10 7 (1.89%) Kontent
11 6 (1.62%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.62%) Google Play
11 6 (1.62%) PaaS
12 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.35%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.77%) Wireless
2 8 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (2.16%) Skype
3 5 (1.35%) HTTP
3 5 (1.35%) Internet
4 3 (0.81%) Firewall
5 2 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.54%) RFID
5 2 (0.54%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.27%) 4G
6 1 (0.27%) 5G
6 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.27%) SMS
6 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.85%) MySQL
2 17 (4.58%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.08%) SQLite
4 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.81%) GIS
4 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.27%) MS Access
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Power BI
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.70%) Git
2 35 (9.43%) Xcode
3 29 (7.82%) Android Studio
4 24 (6.47%) JIRA
5 19 (5.12%) Browser DevTools
6 17 (4.58%) Gradle
7 16 (4.31%) Eclipse
7 16 (4.31%) Jenkins
8 15 (4.04%) Appium
9 13 (3.50%) Postman
10 10 (2.70%) Cypress.io
11 8 (2.16%) Charles Proxy
11 8 (2.16%) Selenium
12 7 (1.89%) Storybook
12 7 (1.89%) XCUITest
13 6 (1.62%) Bitbucket
13 6 (1.62%) CocoaPods
13 6 (1.62%) GitLab
13 6 (1.62%) WebDriver
14 5 (1.35%) Katalon Studio
General
1 93 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.98%) Finance
3 45 (12.13%) Banking
4 30 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.85%) Marketing
8 13 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.70%) Electronics
9 10 (2.70%) Retail
10 8 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.89%) Publishing
12 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.81%) Automotive
13 3 (0.81%) Legal
13 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.54%) iGaming
14 2 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 112 (30.19%) Developer
2 54 (14.56%) Senior
3 41 (11.05%) Designer
4 24 (6.47%) Android Developer
5 22 (5.93%) React Developer
6 21 (5.66%) Architect
7 18 (4.85%) Mobile Developer
8 17 (4.58%) Break Fix Engineer
8 17 (4.58%) iOS Developer
8 17 (4.58%) Junior
8 17 (4.58%) Product Designer
8 17 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.58%) Technical Engineer
8 17 (4.58%) Technical Support
8 17 (4.58%) Technical Support Engineer
8 17 (4.58%) UX Engineer
9 16 (4.31%) Mobile Engineer
10 15 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (4.04%) Tester
11 14 (3.77%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.94%) CSS
2 38 (10.24%) React
2 38 (10.24%) React Native
2 38 (10.24%) RESTful
3 33 (8.89%) HTML
4 32 (8.63%) AngularJS
5 26 (7.01%) GraphQL
6 21 (5.66%) OAuth
7 19 (5.12%) .NET
8 18 (4.85%) Ajax
9 17 (4.58%) REST
10 14 (3.77%) Node.js
11 11 (2.96%) Android Jetpack
12 10 (2.70%) .NET Framework
12 10 (2.70%) Jetpack Compose
12 10 (2.70%) SwiftUI
13 9 (2.43%) ASP.NET
13 9 (2.43%) Flutter
13 9 (2.43%) Playwright
13 9 (2.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.28%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.16%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.35%) FMCG
6 5 (1.35%) RIA
6 5 (1.35%) W3C
7 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.08%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (0.81%) Blockchain
8 3 (0.81%) Blog
8 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.81%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.81%) Social Media
8 3 (0.81%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 120 (32.35%) Android
2 94 (25.34%) Apple iOS
3 29 (7.82%) Windows
4 19 (5.12%) Unix
5 18 (4.85%) Linux
6 10 (2.70%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.19%) Agile
2 98 (26.42%) User Experience
3 77 (20.75%) CI/CD
4 66 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (14.02%) Test Automation
6 48 (12.94%) Mobile Application Development
7 44 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (11.59%) DevOps
9 41 (11.05%) UX Design
10 38 (10.24%) AI
11 37 (9.97%) Design Patterns
12 36 (9.70%) Android Development
13 35 (9.43%) Analytics
14 34 (9.16%) iOS Development
15 33 (8.89%) Mobile Development
16 29 (7.82%) Full-Stack Development
17 28 (7.55%) MVVM
18 27 (7.28%) Scrum
19 26 (7.01%) Application Security
20 25 (6.74%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.22%) JavaScript
2 64 (17.25%) Java
3 46 (12.40%) Kotlin
4 39 (10.51%) Swift
4 39 (10.51%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.01%) Python
6 25 (6.74%) C#
6 25 (6.74%) SQL
7 20 (5.39%) Perl
8 15 (4.04%) Objective-C
9 6 (1.62%) C++
10 4 (1.08%) C
10 4 (1.08%) Go
11 3 (0.81%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.81%) Ruby
11 3 (0.81%) Scala
11 3 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.54%) R
12 2 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 34 (9.16%) Degree
2 20 (5.39%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.16%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.89%) PMP
8 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) ACSP
9 2 (0.54%) ACTC
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) ISEB
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.54%) SANS
10 1 (0.27%) CCA
10 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.27%) GIAC
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (16.17%) Accessibility
2 47 (12.67%) QA
3 14 (3.77%) WCAG
4 9 (2.43%) GDPR
5 6 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.08%) SLA
7 3 (0.81%) NCSC
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.54%) rkt
5 2 (0.54%) Terraform
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 70 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.01%) Oracle
3 25 (6.74%) Adobe
4 21 (5.66%) Google
4 21 (5.66%) Splunk
5 18 (4.85%) HP
5 18 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.31%) SAP
7 15 (4.04%) Apple
8 11 (2.96%) Xamarin
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco
10 6 (1.62%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.35%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.35%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.35%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.08%) Tealium
13 3 (0.81%) ESRI
13 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.81%) Thales