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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 279 249
Rank change year-on-year -66 -30 +47
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 329 268 411
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.91% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 2.65% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 174 278
10th Percentile £371 £314 £325
25th Percentile £420 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £465 £495
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -6.06% -1.00%
75th Percentile £584 £548 £598
90th Percentile £681 £634 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +9.72% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile £24.02 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £41.00 - £70.18
90th Percentile £49.50 - £81.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.36 - £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 16,252 10,120 13,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 34.29% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,979 6,363 8,322
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £660
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 435 942
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.05 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +24.05% -7.10% +58.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.24 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.40 £71.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £32.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.55% -7.34% +59.09%

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 June 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 June 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 13 June 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 -67 281 £516 +11.46% 204
UK excluding London -56 146 £494 +9.72% 155
London -50 144 £538 +9.41% 91
Work from Home -94 73 £481 -1.28% 81
North of England -54 48 £450 +12.50% 48
South West +7 34 £525 +50.00% 18
North West -37 23 £481 +20.31% 25
South East -48 22 £425 -26.09% 38
Midlands -53 21 £533 +15.14% 19
Scotland -11 16 £550 +23.60% 10
West Midlands -41 16 £546 +36.42% 8
Yorkshire -50 16 £525 +23.53% 18
North East -30 9 £450 -13.25% 5
Wales -9 5 £425 +13.33% 8
East Midlands -27 5 £533 +15.14% 11

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 (3.34%) Confluence
2 7 (2.13%) CMS
3 5 (1.52%) Moodle
4 3 (0.91%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (5.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (3.65%) Sketch
3 11 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (2.43%) Chatbot
6 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.91%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.61%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.61%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Workfront
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.59%) Azure
2 38 (11.55%) AWS
3 33 (10.03%) Figma
4 29 (8.81%) GitHub
5 22 (6.69%) GitHub Actions
6 19 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.17%) SaaS
8 16 (4.86%) Firebase
9 12 (3.65%) Entra ID
10 11 (3.34%) GCP
11 7 (2.13%) Azure AKS
11 7 (2.13%) Cloud Run
11 7 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.13%) Sauce Labs
12 6 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.82%) Google Play
13 5 (1.52%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.52%) Serverless
14 4 (1.22%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.22%) Network Security
2 2 (0.61%) DSL
2 2 (0.61%) Firewall
2 2 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.61%) RFID
2 2 (0.61%) 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 5 (1.52%) GIS
1 5 (1.52%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.22%) MySQL
3 3 (0.91%) Power BI
3 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.61%) Looker
4 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.61%) Tableau
5 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.30%) MS Access
5 1 (0.30%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (5.17%) Android Studio
1 17 (5.17%) Git
1 17 (5.17%) JIRA
1 17 (5.17%) Xcode
2 16 (4.86%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.26%) Gradle
4 12 (3.65%) fastlane
5 10 (3.04%) XCUITest
6 9 (2.74%) CircleCI
6 9 (2.74%) LoadRunner
6 9 (2.74%) XCTest
7 8 (2.43%) Appium
7 8 (2.43%) JUnit
8 6 (1.82%) Crashlytics
8 6 (1.82%) Postman
9 5 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.52%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.52%) Selenium
10 4 (1.22%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.22%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.29%) Finance
3 32 (9.73%) Banking
4 30 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.47%) Retail
7 10 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.13%) Marketing
9 4 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.22%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.91%) Digital Health
10 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.61%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.61%) Military
11 2 (0.61%) Publishing
11 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Automotive
12 1 (0.30%) Billing
12 1 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 95 (28.88%) Developer
2 56 (17.02%) Senior
3 38 (11.55%) Designer
4 22 (6.69%) Architect
4 22 (6.69%) iOS Developer
5 21 (6.38%) Android Developer
6 20 (6.08%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.47%) Mobile Engineer
8 15 (4.56%) Lead
9 14 (4.26%) Product Designer
9 14 (4.26%) Tester
10 12 (3.65%) Analyst
10 12 (3.65%) Visual Designer
11 11 (3.34%) Android Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) Mobile Developer
11 11 (3.34%) Product Manager
12 10 (3.04%) Backend Developer
12 10 (3.04%) React Developer
12 10 (3.04%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.07%) REST
2 35 (10.64%) RESTful
3 31 (9.42%) React Native
4 25 (7.60%) Android Jetpack
5 22 (6.69%) Jetpack Compose
6 21 (6.38%) OAuth
7 17 (5.17%) Android SDK
7 17 (5.17%) SwiftUI
8 15 (4.56%) GraphQL
9 14 (4.26%) Spring
9 14 (4.26%) Spring Boot
9 14 (4.26%) UIKit
9 14 (4.26%) Web Services
10 12 (3.65%) CSS
10 12 (3.65%) OAuth2
10 12 (3.65%) React
11 10 (3.04%) HTML
12 9 (2.74%) .NET
13 8 (2.43%) iOS SDK
14 7 (2.13%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.21%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.56%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.65%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.34%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.13%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.22%) CMDB
8 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.22%) Social Media
9 3 (0.91%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.91%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.91%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.91%) Legacy Code
9 3 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.91%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 86 (26.14%) Android
2 82 (24.92%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.74%) Windows
4 5 (1.52%) Linux
5 4 (1.22%) Unix
6 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.36%) Agile
2 75 (22.80%) User Experience
3 70 (21.28%) CI/CD
4 58 (17.63%) AI
5 55 (16.72%) DevOps
6 47 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 43 (13.07%) Analytics
8 40 (12.16%) UX Design
9 36 (10.94%) Architectural Patterns
10 35 (10.64%) iOS Development
11 34 (10.33%) MVVM
12 32 (9.73%) Generative AI
13 31 (9.42%) Observability
14 29 (8.81%) Android Development
14 29 (8.81%) Roadmaps
15 27 (8.21%) TDD
16 26 (7.90%) Scrum
16 26 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
17 25 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.63%) Java
2 56 (17.02%) Kotlin
3 37 (11.25%) Swift
4 28 (8.51%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.86%) Python
6 14 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.34%) C#
8 10 (3.04%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.13%) SQL
10 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.22%) Perl
12 3 (0.91%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.91%) Go
12 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.61%) Scala
14 1 (0.30%) ABAP
14 1 (0.30%) Korn
14 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.30%) VBA
14 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.60%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.86%) Degree
4 9 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.91%) CCA
6 3 (0.91%) CISSP
6 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.91%) MBA
7 2 (0.61%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.61%) OSCP
7 2 (0.61%) SANS
8 1 (0.30%) CISM
8 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.30%) GPEN
8 1 (0.30%) OSCE
8 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (15.20%) Accessibility
2 38 (11.55%) QA
3 18 (5.47%) WCAG
4 4 (1.22%) GDPR
5 3 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.91%) PSD2
6 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.61%) GRC
6 2 (0.61%) HL7
6 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) NCSC
7 1 (0.30%) DICOM
7 1 (0.30%) PMO
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.43%) Docker
2 2 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.30%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 13 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.34%) Grafana
3 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.52%) Terraform
6 4 (1.22%) Istio
6 4 (1.22%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.22%) linkerd
6 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.91%) Ansible
8 2 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.30%) Argo
Vendors
1 35 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.42%) Adobe
3 24 (7.29%) Google
4 18 (5.47%) Dynatrace
5 14 (4.26%) Apple
5 14 (4.26%) Oracle
5 14 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.65%) Splunk
7 8 (2.43%) SAP
8 5 (1.52%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.22%) Braze
9 4 (1.22%) ESRI
9 4 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.22%) Tealium
10 2 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.61%) Coverity
10 2 (0.61%) Thales
11 1 (0.30%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.30%) OutSystems
11 1 (0.30%) Sitecore