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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 291 257
Rank change year-on-year -30 -34 +12
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 333 244 389
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.84% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 2.49% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 161 269
10th Percentile £305 £356 £325
25th Percentile £409 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £600
90th Percentile £681 £675 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.84% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £63.00 - £68.17
90th Percentile £70.00 - £73.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.63
% change year-on-year - - +136.89%

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 15,124 9,813 12,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.04% 33.86% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,403 6,263 8,356
10th Percentile £313 £300 £269
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -0.62% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 719 386 900
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.85 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.81 £15.17
Median hourly rate £42.71 £31.91 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.85% +2.10% +38.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.60 £83.31 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £30.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year +58.47% +2.56% +33.71%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -40 278 £500 - 237
UK excluding London -18 156 £471 +1.84% 171
London -49 139 £525 +0.96% 96
Work from Home -47 85 £475 -4.52% 84
North of England -53 45 £450 +12.50% 61
South West -7 31 £525 +50.00% 18
South East -36 30 £425 -26.72% 39
North West -25 26 £400 - 33
Midlands -47 19 £529 +14.35% 27
Yorkshire -42 16 £525 +23.53% 20
Scotland +4 15 £550 +37.50% 10
West Midlands -43 15 £529 +14.97% 13
Wales 0 12 £425 +13.33% 4
East of England -28 4 £255 -67.10% 13
East Midlands -35 4 £528 +14.11% 14
North East -18 3 £450 - 8

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 (3.60%) Confluence
2 9 (2.70%) Moodle
3 8 (2.40%) CMS
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.90%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (4.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (3.60%) Sketch
3 11 (3.30%) Chatbot
3 11 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.50%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.60%) InVision
9 1 (0.30%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) Workfront
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.41%) AWS
2 33 (9.91%) Figma
3 29 (8.71%) Azure
4 20 (6.01%) SaaS
5 19 (5.71%) GitHub
6 13 (3.90%) Firebase
6 13 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.30%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.30%) GCP
8 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.70%) Sauce Labs
9 7 (2.10%) Cloud Run
10 6 (1.80%) Adobe Analytics
10 6 (1.80%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.50%) Serverless
12 4 (1.20%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.20%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.20%) Google Play
12 4 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (0.90%) Skype
2 2 (0.60%) DSL
2 2 (0.60%) Firewall
2 2 (0.60%) Network Security
2 2 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.60%) RFID
2 2 (0.60%) VPN
3 1 (0.30%) 4G
3 1 (0.30%) 5G
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) SSL
3 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.80%) MySQL
1 6 (1.80%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.50%) GIS
3 2 (0.60%) Looker
3 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.60%) Power BI
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.60%) Tableau
4 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.30%) MS Access
4 1 (0.30%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (6.01%) JIRA
2 17 (5.11%) Android Studio
2 17 (5.11%) Git
3 14 (4.20%) Xcode
4 11 (3.30%) Appium
4 11 (3.30%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.70%) Gradle
6 7 (2.10%) fastlane
6 7 (2.10%) XCTest
6 7 (2.10%) XCUITest
7 6 (1.80%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (1.80%) Eclipse
7 6 (1.80%) GitLab
7 6 (1.80%) JUnit
7 6 (1.80%) Postman
8 5 (1.50%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.50%) JMeter
8 5 (1.50%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.50%) Selenium
9 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 75 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.32%) Finance
3 30 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.41%) Banking
5 26 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.80%) Retail
7 11 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Marketing
9 8 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.20%) Electronics
10 4 (1.20%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.90%) Digital Health
11 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Publishing
12 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (27.93%) Developer
2 48 (14.41%) Senior
3 34 (10.21%) Designer
4 24 (7.21%) Architect
5 20 (6.01%) Mobile Engineer
6 19 (5.71%) Android Developer
7 17 (5.11%) Mobile Developer
8 15 (4.50%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.20%) Backend Developer
9 14 (4.20%) iOS Developer
9 14 (4.20%) Lead
10 13 (3.90%) Tester
11 12 (3.60%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.30%) Break Fix Engineer
12 11 (3.30%) Junior
12 11 (3.30%) Product Manager
12 11 (3.30%) Visual Designer
13 10 (3.00%) Analyst
13 10 (3.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 10 (3.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.71%) React Native
2 33 (9.91%) REST
3 24 (7.21%) OAuth
4 23 (6.91%) RESTful
5 19 (5.71%) GraphQL
5 19 (5.71%) Spring
6 18 (5.41%) Spring Boot
7 17 (5.11%) Android Jetpack
8 16 (4.80%) CSS
8 16 (4.80%) OAuth2
8 16 (4.80%) React
9 15 (4.50%) Jetpack Compose
10 13 (3.90%) SwiftUI
11 11 (3.30%) HTML
11 11 (3.30%) UIKit
12 10 (3.00%) Android SDK
13 9 (2.70%) .NET
14 8 (2.40%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.40%) Node.js
14 8 (2.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.61%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.60%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.00%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.80%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (1.20%) FMCG
7 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.90%) Blockchain
8 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.90%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.90%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (0.90%) Media Streaming
8 3 (0.90%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 91 (27.33%) Android
2 80 (24.02%) Apple iOS
3 13 (3.90%) Windows
4 7 (2.10%) Linux
5 6 (1.80%) Unix
6 4 (1.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (24.02%) Agile
2 70 (21.02%) User Experience
3 65 (19.52%) CI/CD
4 60 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (15.92%) AI
6 48 (14.41%) Test Automation
7 40 (12.01%) DevOps
8 37 (11.11%) Analytics
8 37 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (9.61%) UX Design
10 31 (9.31%) Observability
11 29 (8.71%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.11%) iOS Development
12 27 (8.11%) TDD
13 26 (7.81%) Android Development
13 26 (7.81%) Generative AI
14 25 (7.51%) Architectural Patterns
14 25 (7.51%) Mentoring
14 25 (7.51%) Microservices
15 24 (7.21%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.72%) Java
2 55 (16.52%) Kotlin
3 34 (10.21%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.71%) Swift
5 21 (6.31%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.80%) Python
7 11 (3.30%) C#
8 8 (2.40%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.10%) SQL
10 6 (1.80%) Perl
11 3 (0.90%) Go
12 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.60%) C++
12 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) ABAP
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.30%) VBA
13 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.71%) Degree
4 9 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.90%) CCA
7 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.90%) MBA
8 2 (0.60%) CISSP
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
8 2 (0.60%) SANS
9 1 (0.30%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.30%) GPEN
9 1 (0.30%) GXPN
9 1 (0.30%) OSCP
9 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.81%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.91%) QA
3 13 (3.90%) WCAG
4 4 (1.20%) GDPR
5 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.90%) NCSC
5 3 (0.90%) PSD2
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) HL7
6 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.30%) DICOM
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.70%) Docker
2 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.60%) Grafana
1 12 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.20%) Istio
3 4 (1.20%) Kustomize
3 4 (1.20%) linkerd
3 4 (1.20%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.90%) Ansible
4 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.31%) Adobe
3 17 (5.11%) Google
4 14 (4.20%) Splunk
5 13 (3.90%) Oracle
6 12 (3.60%) Dynatrace
7 11 (3.30%) HP
7 11 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.30%) SAP
8 9 (2.70%) Apple
9 7 (2.10%) Braze
10 5 (1.50%) Xamarin
11 4 (1.20%) ESRI
11 4 (1.20%) Tealium
12 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco
12 3 (0.90%) Coverity
12 3 (0.90%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.90%) Thales
13 2 (0.60%) MuleSoft