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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 217 245
Rank change year-on-year -38 +28 -14
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 380 368 419
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.17% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.06% 3.63% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 251 238
10th Percentile £204 £204 £350
25th Percentile £359 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £575
90th Percentile £628 £688 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 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% +27.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 - £73.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +137.97%

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 12,412 10,148 13,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.24% 32.20% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,795 6,030 8,796
10th Percentile £281 £263 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -1.83% -0.91%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 312 555
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.13 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.30 £18.94
Median hourly rate £27.50 £33.77 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -10.54% +51.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -23.53% +102.38%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -34 344 £500 +5.26% 472
UK excluding London +6 191 £425 +6.25% 432
London -38 163 £505 +1.00% 119
Work from Home -70 91 £511 +13.61% 315
South East +1 55 £316 -38.29% 139
North of England -45 54 £390 +2.03% 80
North West -29 33 £380 +6.74% 44
Midlands -32 27 £511 +27.81% 53
South West -7 25 £600 +220.00% 47
Yorkshire -36 21 £400 -17.95% 26
Wales +16 17 £175 -64.10% 23
East Midlands -10 15 £550 +2.56% 32
West Midlands -32 12 £400 +175.86% 21
Scotland +1 7 £475 +18.75% 17
East of England -16 6 £185 -76.13% 78

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 (5.26%) CMS
2 19 (5.00%) Confluence
3 12 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.89%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.84%) Moodle
6 6 (1.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.32%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.32%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.79%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 19 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.21%) Chatbot
3 12 (3.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.32%) Adobe Captivate
5 5 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.79%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.79%) Sketch
7 1 (0.26%) Moqups
7 1 (0.26%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.26%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle iSupplier
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.32%) Figma
2 28 (7.37%) AWS
3 27 (7.11%) Azure
3 27 (7.11%) SaaS
4 19 (5.00%) Sauce Labs
5 16 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.95%) GitHub
7 13 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (3.16%) Serverless
9 10 (2.63%) Firebase
10 8 (2.11%) Google Play
11 7 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.84%) Contentful
11 7 (1.84%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.84%) Kontent
12 6 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.32%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.32%) GCP
13 5 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
13 5 (1.32%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.47%) Wireless
2 8 (2.11%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (2.11%) Skype
3 5 (1.32%) HTTP
3 5 (1.32%) Internet
4 3 (0.79%) Firewall
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.53%) RFID
5 2 (0.53%) VPN
5 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.26%) MQTT
6 1 (0.26%) SMS
6 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.53%) MySQL
2 20 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.32%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.05%) SQLite
5 3 (0.79%) GIS
5 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
7 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.26%) MS Access
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) Power BI
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (12.11%) Git
2 42 (11.05%) Xcode
3 36 (9.47%) Android Studio
4 22 (5.79%) Browser DevTools
4 22 (5.79%) JIRA
5 20 (5.26%) Gradle
6 19 (5.00%) Eclipse
7 16 (4.21%) Jenkins
8 15 (3.95%) Appium
9 9 (2.37%) Postman
10 8 (2.11%) Charles Proxy
11 7 (1.84%) CocoaPods
11 7 (1.84%) Storybook
11 7 (1.84%) XCUITest
12 6 (1.58%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.58%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.58%) GitLab
13 5 (1.32%) fastlane
13 5 (1.32%) Katalon Studio
14 4 (1.05%) CircleCI
General
1 98 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.37%) Finance
3 51 (13.42%) Banking
4 25 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.74%) Marketing
7 14 (3.68%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.63%) Electronics
8 10 (2.63%) Retail
9 8 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.32%) Publishing
12 4 (1.05%) Automotive
12 4 (1.05%) Legal
12 4 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 121 (31.84%) Developer
2 50 (13.16%) Senior
3 43 (11.32%) Designer
4 29 (7.63%) Android Developer
5 25 (6.58%) iOS Developer
6 21 (5.53%) Architect
7 20 (5.26%) React Developer
7 20 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 20 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
7 20 (5.26%) Technical Support
7 20 (5.26%) Technical Support Engineer
7 20 (5.26%) UX Engineer
8 19 (5.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 19 (5.00%) Mobile Developer
8 19 (5.00%) Product Designer
9 17 (4.47%) Break Fix Engineer
9 17 (4.47%) Junior
10 16 (4.21%) Mobile Engineer
11 15 (3.95%) Applications Developer
12 14 (3.68%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.42%) CSS
2 46 (12.11%) RESTful
3 40 (10.53%) React
4 36 (9.47%) React Native
5 35 (9.21%) AngularJS
6 33 (8.68%) HTML
7 27 (7.11%) GraphQL
8 21 (5.53%) Ajax
9 18 (4.74%) OAuth
10 16 (4.21%) Node.js
11 15 (3.95%) .NET
11 15 (3.95%) JSON
12 13 (3.42%) Android Jetpack
12 13 (3.42%) SwiftUI
13 12 (3.16%) Jetpack Compose
13 12 (3.16%) REST
14 11 (2.89%) Flutter
15 10 (2.63%) .NET Framework
16 9 (2.37%) ASP.NET
16 9 (2.37%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.37%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.11%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.84%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.58%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.32%) FMCG
6 5 (1.32%) RIA
6 5 (1.32%) W3C
7 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.05%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (0.79%) Blockchain
8 3 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.79%) Java Card
8 3 (0.79%) Social Media
8 3 (0.79%) Tandem
8 3 (0.79%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 131 (34.47%) Android
2 104 (27.37%) Apple iOS
3 31 (8.16%) Windows
4 22 (5.79%) Unix
5 21 (5.53%) Linux
6 10 (2.63%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.79%) Agile
2 105 (27.63%) User Experience
3 78 (20.53%) CI/CD
4 63 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (15.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 45 (11.84%) DevOps
7 44 (11.58%) Test Automation
8 42 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (11.05%) iOS Development
9 41 (10.79%) Android Development
10 40 (10.53%) UX Design
11 38 (10.00%) AI
12 36 (9.47%) Analytics
12 36 (9.47%) Design Patterns
13 34 (8.95%) Mobile Development
14 30 (7.89%) Application Security
15 27 (7.11%) Full-Stack Development
15 27 (7.11%) MVVM
15 27 (7.11%) Scrum
16 23 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (21.05%) JavaScript
2 67 (17.63%) Java
3 51 (13.42%) Kotlin
4 43 (11.32%) Swift
5 34 (8.95%) TypeScript
6 31 (8.16%) Python
7 23 (6.05%) Perl
8 22 (5.79%) SQL
9 17 (4.47%) C#
9 17 (4.47%) Objective-C
10 5 (1.32%) C++
11 4 (1.05%) C
12 3 (0.79%) Go
12 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.79%) Ruby
12 3 (0.79%) Scala
13 2 (0.53%) Dart
13 2 (0.53%) R
13 2 (0.53%) Rust
13 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (9.21%) Degree
2 17 (4.47%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.16%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.37%) PMP
6 8 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.11%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.05%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.53%) ACSP
9 2 (0.53%) ACTC
9 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.53%) ISEB
9 2 (0.53%) SANS
10 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.26%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (15.79%) Accessibility
2 45 (11.84%) QA
3 12 (3.16%) WCAG
4 9 (2.37%) GDPR
5 6 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.05%) SLA
7 3 (0.79%) NCSC
8 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.11%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.53%) rkt
4 2 (0.53%) Terraform
5 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.26%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 72 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.37%) Oracle
3 26 (6.84%) Adobe
4 24 (6.32%) Splunk
5 22 (5.79%) Google
5 22 (5.79%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.74%) HP
7 16 (4.21%) Apple
8 15 (3.95%) SAP
9 8 (2.11%) Cisco
10 7 (1.84%) Xamarin
11 6 (1.58%) OneTrust
12 5 (1.32%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.32%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.32%) Sitecore
13 4 (1.05%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.05%) Tealium
14 3 (0.79%) ESRI
14 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.79%) Thales