Mobile App Contracts

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 have cited Mobile App over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 276 230
Rank change year-on-year +21 -46 -54
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 417 575 1,159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.96% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.17% 2.89% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 422 825
10th Percentile £325 £331 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -3.10% +13.51%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £715 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 27
10th Percentile - £12.93 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £30.16 £15.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +95.19% -28.76%
75th Percentile £70.18 £45.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £75.50 £81.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £35.00 £16.85
% change year-on-year +10.36% +107.72% +22.55%

All Generic Skills
UK

Mobile App is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Daily rate trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Hourly rate trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 17 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +34 362 £500 -1.96% 293
London +20 199 £550 -4.35% 117
Work from Home +63 183 £463 -5.13% 165
UK excluding London +50 174 £450 -5.26% 195
North of England +19 61 £444 -6.78% 62
South East +37 58 £475 -5.00% 37
North West 0 36 £438 -7.89% 37
Yorkshire +19 21 £456 -8.75% 18
Midlands 0 14 £525 +23.53% 29
Scotland +35 13 £450 -12.20% 12
West Midlands +28 12 £525 +10.53% 16
South West +23 11 £400 -15.79% 31
East of England +13 10 £531 +1.14% 22
Northern Ireland +11 4 £190 -52.50%
North East - 4 £539 - 8
Wales +13 3 £450 +20.00% 9
East Midlands -2 2 - - 13

Mobile App
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.88%) Confluence
2 6 (1.44%) CMS
3 3 (0.72%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.72%) Drupal
3 3 (0.72%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.24%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (2.40%) Sketch
2 9 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.96%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.96%) InVision
3 4 (0.96%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (2.16%) Oracle 11i
1 9 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
1 9 (2.16%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.72%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.72%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.15%) SaaS
2 56 (13.43%) IaaS
2 56 (13.43%) PaaS
3 43 (10.31%) Azure
4 30 (7.19%) AWS
5 27 (6.47%) GitHub
6 24 (5.76%) Figma
7 21 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (4.08%) Serverless
9 15 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (3.60%) GCP
10 9 (2.16%) Firebase
11 8 (1.92%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.44%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.20%) Apigee
13 5 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.96%) Flurry Analytics
14 4 (0.96%) PubNub
14 4 (0.96%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.35%) 5G
1 39 (9.35%) Broadband
2 13 (3.12%) Wireless
3 10 (2.40%) SSL
4 7 (1.68%) Firewall
5 5 (1.20%) VPN
6 4 (0.96%) DNS
6 4 (0.96%) HTTP
7 2 (0.48%) Internet
7 2 (0.48%) Network Security
8 1 (0.24%) DHCP
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) RNC
8 1 (0.24%) SGSN
8 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.20%) Mixpanel
3 4 (0.96%) GIS
3 4 (0.96%) MySQL
3 4 (0.96%) Spatial Data
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.72%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.72%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.72%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.24%) Big Data
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (8.87%) Git
2 26 (6.24%) Postman
3 25 (6.00%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.04%) JIRA
5 18 (4.32%) Selenium
6 16 (3.84%) Appium
7 14 (3.36%) Xcode
8 12 (2.88%) Android Studio
9 11 (2.64%) XCUITest
10 10 (2.40%) Mockito
10 10 (2.40%) SoapUI
11 7 (1.68%) Axure RP
11 7 (1.68%) Subversion
12 6 (1.44%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.44%) GitLab
12 6 (1.44%) Gradle
12 6 (1.44%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.44%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.96%) Gatling
General
1 89 (21.34%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.07%) Law
3 41 (9.83%) Organisational Skills
4 39 (9.35%) Finance
5 25 (6.00%) Banking
6 20 (4.80%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.80%) Retail
7 19 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.36%) Marketing
9 13 (3.12%) Legal
10 11 (2.64%) Back Office
11 6 (1.44%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.44%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.20%) Publishing
13 4 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.72%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
15 2 (0.48%) Games
15 2 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 100 (23.98%) Developer
2 62 (14.87%) Senior
3 58 (13.91%) Tester
4 50 (11.99%) Architect
5 49 (11.75%) Penetration Tester
6 44 (10.55%) Designer
7 39 (9.35%) Analyst
7 39 (9.35%) Security Penetration Tester
7 39 (9.35%) Security Specialist
7 39 (9.35%) Security Tester
7 39 (9.35%) Testing Specialist
8 27 (6.47%) UX Designer
9 22 (5.28%) Android Developer
10 21 (5.04%) Business Analyst
10 21 (5.04%) React Developer
11 19 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (4.32%) Lead
13 17 (4.08%) Project Manager
13 17 (4.08%) Senior Designer
13 17 (4.08%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.23%) Web Services
2 39 (9.35%) React Native
3 28 (6.71%) React
4 27 (6.47%) Node.js
5 26 (6.24%) RESTful
6 25 (6.00%) CSS
7 24 (5.76%) HTML
8 22 (5.28%) REST
9 20 (4.80%) .NET
10 12 (2.88%) GraphQL
11 10 (2.40%) SOAP
11 10 (2.40%) XML
12 8 (1.92%) Flutter
12 8 (1.92%) HTML5
13 7 (1.68%) Android Jetpack
13 7 (1.68%) Jetpack Compose
13 7 (1.68%) UIKit
14 6 (1.44%) Ajax
14 6 (1.44%) CSS3
14 6 (1.44%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.80%) IoT
3 11 (2.64%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.92%) Cloud Native
4 8 (1.92%) Digital Media
4 8 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.92%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.68%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.68%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.44%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.20%) Graphic Design
8 4 (0.96%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.96%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.72%) iPhone
9 3 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 114 (27.34%) Android
2 79 (18.94%) Apple iOS
3 27 (6.47%) Windows
4 17 (4.08%) Linux
5 10 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.48%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) tvOS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (31.41%) Agile
2 81 (19.42%) User Experience
3 65 (15.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (15.35%) Application Security
5 59 (14.15%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (13.91%) Penetration Testing
7 56 (13.43%) DevOps
8 55 (13.19%) Security Testing
9 52 (12.47%) CI/CD
10 50 (11.99%) OWASP
11 45 (10.79%) Android Development
11 45 (10.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 45 (10.79%) UX Design
12 41 (9.83%) Mobile Application Development
13 39 (9.35%) E-Commerce
14 38 (9.11%) SDLC
15 36 (8.63%) Test Automation
16 33 (7.91%) Continuous Integration
16 33 (7.91%) Microservices
16 33 (7.91%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.91%) Kotlin
2 53 (12.71%) JavaScript
3 38 (9.11%) Java
4 30 (7.19%) Python
5 28 (6.71%) Swift
6 26 (6.24%) C#
7 18 (4.32%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.84%) SQL
9 12 (2.88%) Objective-C
10 11 (2.64%) PowerShell
11 10 (2.40%) C++
11 10 (2.40%) Go
12 6 (1.44%) Bicep
12 6 (1.44%) Lua
13 5 (1.20%) Dart
14 4 (0.96%) Bash
15 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.48%) C
16 2 (0.48%) VBA
16 2 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 61 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 56 (13.43%) CREST Certified
3 54 (12.95%) OSCP
4 53 (12.71%) GIAC
5 48 (11.51%) GPEN
6 41 (9.83%) SANS
7 33 (7.91%) Degree
8 18 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (4.32%) SC Cleared
9 10 (2.40%) CEH
10 7 (1.68%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.44%) CHECK Team Leader
12 4 (0.96%) CISM
12 4 (0.96%) CISSP
12 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.48%) CSSLP
14 2 (0.48%) ISEB
14 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.83%) GDPR
1 41 (9.83%) PCI DSS
2 39 (9.35%) NCSC
3 32 (7.67%) QA
4 29 (6.95%) NIST
5 25 (6.00%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.48%) COBIT
6 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.48%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) WCAG
7 1 (0.24%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.08%) Terraform
2 12 (2.88%) Ansible
3 7 (1.68%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.96%) Nessus
5 3 (0.72%) Grafana
5 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.72%) Puppet
6 2 (0.48%) Graylog
6 2 (0.48%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.48%) Istio
6 2 (0.48%) Nagios
6 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.24%) AppManager
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.24%) linkerd
7 1 (0.24%) SELinux
7 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (9.35%) Virgin Media
2 20 (4.80%) Adobe
3 18 (4.32%) Microsoft
4 15 (3.60%) Google
5 12 (2.88%) Apple
6 10 (2.40%) Oracle
7 6 (1.44%) SAP
7 6 (1.44%) Splunk
8 5 (1.20%) Checkmarx
8 5 (1.20%) Nokia
8 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.96%) HP
10 3 (0.72%) Aareon
10 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.72%) ESRI
10 3 (0.72%) IBM
10 3 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.72%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.48%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.48%) Veracode