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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 262 235
Rank change year-on-year -66 -27 +57
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 382 325 415
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.99% 1.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 2.85% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 214 282
10th Percentile £363 £314 £325
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £513
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -8.39% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £605
90th Percentile £668 £611 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +10.82% -8.11% -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 17,664 11,396 12,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.35% 34.73% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,789 7,041 7,841
10th Percentile £322 £300 £300
25th Percentile £420 £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 £775 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 937 544 662
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.13 £12.28
25th Percentile £20.89 £18.87 £16.85
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.75 £41.13
Median % change year-on-year +47.76% -27.66% +15.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.13 £73.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +46.53% -29.41% -5.56%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -73 312 £513 +9.45% 304
UK excluding London -50 171 £471 +10.82% 200
London -62 164 £525 +5.00% 150
Work from Home -82 77 £475 -1.30% 98
North of England -79 53 £500 +25.00% 65
South West -12 34 £475 -9.52% 25
Scotland +7 33 £400 -20.00% 11
North West -52 27 £550 +46.67% 29
Midlands -57 25 £524 +13.23% 31
West Midlands -55 19 £469 +17.23% 14
Yorkshire -59 17 £525 +31.25% 29
South East -65 17 £413 -8.33% 44
North East -41 9 £450 -13.25% 10
Wales -10 8 £425 - 7
East Midlands -19 6 £526 +13.62% 17
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 11 (2.88%) Confluence
2 6 (1.57%) CMS
3 5 (1.31%) Moodle
4 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (4.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (4.19%) Sketch
3 9 (2.36%) Chatbot
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.05%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.52%) InVision
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.83%) Shopify
2 2 (0.52%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.52%) Workfront
3 1 (0.26%) Magento
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.83%) Azure
2 41 (10.73%) Figma
2 41 (10.73%) GitHub
3 32 (8.38%) AWS
4 26 (6.81%) GitHub Actions
5 18 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (4.45%) Firebase
7 16 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.19%) Google Play
8 15 (3.93%) SaaS
9 14 (3.66%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.62%) GCP
11 7 (1.83%) Cloud Run
11 7 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.57%) Sauce Labs
13 5 (1.31%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.31%) Lucidchart
13 5 (1.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.05%) Network Security
2 2 (0.52%) DSL
2 2 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.26%) HTTP
3 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.05%) Power BI
3 3 (0.79%) GIS
3 3 (0.79%) MySQL
3 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
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%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.26%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (7.59%) Git
2 20 (5.24%) JIRA
3 19 (4.97%) Gradle
4 18 (4.71%) Android Studio
5 16 (4.19%) Xcode
6 14 (3.66%) Jenkins
7 12 (3.14%) CircleCI
8 11 (2.88%) fastlane
8 11 (2.88%) XCUITest
9 10 (2.62%) JUnit
9 10 (2.62%) XCTest
10 9 (2.36%) LoadRunner
11 7 (1.83%) Appium
12 5 (1.31%) Crashlytics
13 4 (1.05%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
14 3 (0.79%) Charles Proxy
14 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.52%) Postman
15 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
General
1 102 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 65 (17.02%) Finance
3 40 (10.47%) Banking
4 30 (7.85%) Retail
5 26 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.40%) Marketing
8 10 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.31%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (1.31%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.05%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.05%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.79%) Digital Health
11 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.52%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Military
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 99 (25.92%) Developer
2 64 (16.75%) Senior
3 51 (13.35%) Designer
4 31 (8.12%) Android Developer
5 28 (7.33%) iOS Developer
6 24 (6.28%) Android Engineer
7 22 (5.76%) Architect
7 22 (5.76%) Product Designer
8 19 (4.97%) Mobile Engineer
9 18 (4.71%) Analyst
9 18 (4.71%) Lead
10 16 (4.19%) Senior Developer
11 15 (3.93%) Product Manager
11 15 (3.93%) UI Designer
11 15 (3.93%) UX Designer
12 14 (3.66%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.14%) Tester
14 11 (2.88%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.88%) UI/UX Designer
15 10 (2.62%) Senior Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.14%) REST
2 45 (11.78%) RESTful
3 38 (9.95%) Android Jetpack
4 31 (8.12%) React Native
5 30 (7.85%) Jetpack Compose
6 28 (7.33%) Android SDK
7 24 (6.28%) SwiftUI
8 20 (5.24%) UIKit
9 19 (4.97%) OAuth
10 13 (3.40%) GraphQL
10 13 (3.40%) OAuth2
10 13 (3.40%) Spring
10 13 (3.40%) Spring Boot
10 13 (3.40%) Web Services
11 11 (2.88%) React
12 9 (2.36%) Core Data
12 9 (2.36%) CSS
12 9 (2.36%) HTML
12 9 (2.36%) iOS SDK
12 9 (2.36%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.90%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.40%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.36%) Mobile Banking
5 9 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.09%) AI Agents
6 8 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.57%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.57%) Educational Technology
7 6 (1.57%) Social Media
8 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.31%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.05%) CMDB
9 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.05%) NHS
10 3 (0.79%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 116 (30.37%) Android
2 99 (25.92%) Apple iOS
3 17 (4.45%) Windows
4 7 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.05%) Linux
7 3 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (28.27%) Agile
2 100 (26.18%) User Experience
3 86 (22.51%) AI
4 71 (18.59%) CI/CD
5 53 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (13.87%) UX Design
6 50 (13.09%) Android Development
6 50 (13.09%) DevOps
6 50 (13.09%) MVVM
7 48 (12.57%) iOS Development
8 43 (11.26%) Analytics
9 42 (10.99%) Scrum
10 41 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (10.73%) Test Automation
11 38 (9.95%) Architectural Patterns
11 38 (9.95%) Roadmaps
12 36 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (9.42%) Generative AI
13 34 (8.90%) Observability
14 28 (7.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (18.06%) Kotlin
2 62 (16.23%) Java
3 41 (10.73%) Swift
4 25 (6.54%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.45%) Python
6 10 (2.62%) Objective-C
6 10 (2.62%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.05%) C++
7 4 (1.05%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.05%) SQL
8 3 (0.79%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.79%) Perl
9 2 (0.52%) C#
9 2 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.52%) Korn
9 2 (0.52%) Scala
10 1 (0.26%) ABAP
10 1 (0.26%) Dart
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 33 (8.64%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.97%) Degree
4 17 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.79%) MBA
8 2 (0.52%) CCA
8 2 (0.52%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.52%) OSCP
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.26%) ECSA
9 1 (0.26%) GPEN
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.26%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (14.66%) Accessibility
2 43 (11.26%) QA
3 18 (4.71%) WCAG
4 6 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.79%) PSD2
7 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.52%) GRC
7 2 (0.52%) HL7
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) DICOM
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (2.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.26%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.14%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.88%) Grafana
4 6 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.05%) Istio
5 4 (1.05%) Kustomize
5 4 (1.05%) linkerd
5 4 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.05%) SCCM
5 4 (1.05%) Terraform
6 3 (0.79%) Ansible
6 3 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
Vendors
1 44 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.42%) Google
3 33 (8.64%) Adobe
4 19 (4.97%) Apple
4 19 (4.97%) Dynatrace
5 15 (3.93%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.14%) Oracle
6 12 (3.14%) Splunk
7 7 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.31%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.05%) Braze
9 4 (1.05%) SAP
9 4 (1.05%) Tealium
10 3 (0.79%) Samsung
11 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.52%) Dell
11 2 (0.52%) ESRI
11 2 (0.52%) HP
11 2 (0.52%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.26%) VMware