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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 281 236
Rank change year-on-year -26 -45 +32
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 347 263 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.90% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 2.66% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 184 258
10th Percentile £191 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £672 £685 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £455 £450
% change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% -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 14,884 9,897 13,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 33.87% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,337 6,345 8,564
10th Percentile £300 £295 £263
25th Percentile £411 £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 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 708 380 895
10th Percentile £15.79 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.75 £22.22 £15.39
Median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.92% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.57 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% +22.15% +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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -40 291 £500 - 245
UK excluding London -29 156 £425 -6.59% 200
London -55 150 £509 -3.10% 94
Work from Home -47 90 £481 -3.75% 129
South East -26 40 £425 -26.72% 53
North of England -56 36 £400 - 53
South West -12 29 £500 +22.10% 21
North West -24 29 £400 - 26
Wales +9 20 £425 +13.33% 9
Midlands -51 18 £488 +4.00% 35
West Midlands -54 11 £475 +3.26% 22
Scotland +1 8 £550 +37.50% 13
East Midlands -29 7 £550 +15.79% 13
Yorkshire -52 6 £550 +29.41% 20
East of England -30 5 £185 -69.80% 17
North East -18 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 (5.48%) Confluence
2 15 (4.32%) CMS
3 12 (3.46%) Moodle
4 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.31%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.86%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.86%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (4.90%) Chatbot
2 13 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (2.59%) Sketch
6 7 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (1.73%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.58%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.58%) InVision
10 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) 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 (10.09%) AWS
2 32 (9.22%) Figma
3 22 (6.34%) Azure
4 18 (5.19%) SaaS
5 17 (4.90%) GitHub
6 13 (3.75%) GCP
7 12 (3.46%) Firebase
7 12 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.59%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.59%) Sauce Labs
10 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.02%) Cloud Run
11 7 (2.02%) Serverless
12 6 (1.73%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.73%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.73%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.15%) Azure API Management
14 4 (1.15%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (2.31%) Skype
2 4 (1.15%) Wireless
3 2 (0.58%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.58%) DSL
3 2 (0.58%) Internet
3 2 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.58%) RFID
3 2 (0.58%) 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 (2.02%) MySQL
1 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.44%) GIS
3 3 (0.86%) Power BI
4 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.58%) Looker
4 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.58%) SQLite
4 2 (0.58%) Tableau
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) MS Access
5 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (7.20%) JIRA
2 22 (6.34%) Git
3 20 (5.76%) Android Studio
4 14 (4.03%) Xcode
5 13 (3.75%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.88%) Appium
7 9 (2.59%) Browser DevTools
7 9 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.31%) XCUITest
9 7 (2.02%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.02%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.02%) Postman
9 7 (2.02%) XCTest
10 6 (1.73%) fastlane
10 6 (1.73%) GitLab
10 6 (1.73%) Gradle
10 6 (1.73%) Selenium
11 5 (1.44%) CocoaPods
11 5 (1.44%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.15%) ESLint
General
1 86 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.16%) Finance
3 37 (10.66%) Banking
4 29 (8.36%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.48%) Marketing
7 18 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.03%) Retail
9 13 (3.75%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.17%) Electronics
11 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.02%) Publishing
13 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Automotive
14 3 (0.86%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.86%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.58%) iGaming
15 2 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 93 (26.80%) Developer
2 51 (14.70%) Senior
3 38 (10.95%) Designer
4 24 (6.92%) Architect
5 19 (5.48%) Mobile Engineer
6 18 (5.19%) Break Fix Engineer
6 18 (5.19%) Junior
7 17 (4.90%) Analyst
7 17 (4.90%) Android Developer
7 17 (4.90%) Mobile Developer
8 16 (4.61%) UX Designer
9 15 (4.32%) React Developer
9 15 (4.32%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Backend Developer
10 13 (3.75%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.75%) Senior Designer
11 12 (3.46%) Moodle Developer
11 12 (3.46%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.17%) Tester
12 11 (3.17%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.24%) React Native
2 31 (8.93%) REST
3 26 (7.49%) OAuth
4 23 (6.63%) CSS
5 21 (6.05%) GraphQL
5 21 (6.05%) React
6 20 (5.76%) RESTful
7 19 (5.48%) Spring
8 18 (5.19%) HTML
8 18 (5.19%) Spring Boot
9 17 (4.90%) OAuth2
10 15 (4.32%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.03%) Android Jetpack
12 13 (3.75%) Jetpack Compose
13 12 (3.46%) .NET
14 11 (3.17%) SwiftUI
15 9 (2.59%) Flutter
15 9 (2.59%) Node.js
15 9 (2.59%) UIKit
16 8 (2.31%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.92%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.90%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.75%) Security Posture
4 12 (3.46%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.44%) FMCG
7 5 (1.44%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.86%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.86%) Blockchain
9 3 (0.86%) Blog
9 3 (0.86%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.86%) Tandem
9 3 (0.86%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 94 (27.09%) Android
2 77 (22.19%) Apple iOS
3 19 (5.48%) Windows
4 9 (2.59%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.02%) Linux
5 7 (2.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (24.50%) Agile
2 80 (23.05%) User Experience
3 68 (19.60%) CI/CD
4 65 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (14.99%) Test Automation
6 48 (13.83%) AI
7 45 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (10.66%) UX Design
9 34 (9.80%) Analytics
10 32 (9.22%) Software Engineering
11 31 (8.93%) DevOps
12 28 (8.07%) Design Patterns
13 27 (7.78%) Android Development
14 26 (7.49%) iOS Development
14 26 (7.49%) TDD
15 25 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (6.92%) Observability
17 23 (6.63%) Mentoring
17 23 (6.63%) Microservices
17 23 (6.63%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.58%) Java
2 55 (15.85%) Kotlin
3 44 (12.68%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.36%) Swift
5 25 (7.20%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.32%) SQL
7 14 (4.03%) C#
7 14 (4.03%) Python
8 10 (2.88%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.02%) Perl
10 3 (0.86%) C++
10 3 (0.86%) Go
11 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.29%) Groovy
12 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
12 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.95%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.49%) Degree
3 23 (6.63%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.02%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.02%) PMP
7 6 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.86%) MBA
10 2 (0.58%) CISSP
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.58%) 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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.56%) Accessibility
2 44 (12.68%) QA
3 15 (4.32%) WCAG
4 6 (1.73%) GDPR
5 5 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.86%) NCSC
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) HL7
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) DICOM
System Software
1 9 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.46%) Grafana
2 9 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.15%) Istio
4 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
4 4 (1.15%) linkerd
4 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.86%) Ansible
5 3 (0.86%) Terraform
6 1 (0.29%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 45 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.09%) Adobe
3 21 (6.05%) Google
4 19 (5.48%) HP
5 16 (4.61%) SAP
6 15 (4.32%) Splunk
7 12 (3.46%) Oracle
7 12 (3.46%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.31%) Cisco
8 8 (2.31%) Tealium
8 8 (2.31%) Xamarin
9 7 (2.02%) Braze
10 5 (1.44%) Apple
10 5 (1.44%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.44%) OneTrust
10 5 (1.44%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.15%) ESRI
11 4 (1.15%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.86%) Thales