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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 278 222
Rank change year-on-year +20 -56 -39
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 387 557 1,143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.96% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.98% 2.88% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 407 812
10th Percentile £325 £328 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £705 £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 8 11 28
10th Percentile - £12.63 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £25.33 £15.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +87.17% -32.00%
75th Percentile £68.17 £45.00 £56.41
90th Percentile £73.88 £85.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £25.65 £16.85
% change year-on-year +50.57% +52.24% +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 12,985 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,344 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £270 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -5 330 £500 -0.99% 317
London +20 202 £550 -4.35% 136
Work from Home +44 147 £456 -6.41% 161
UK excluding London +30 141 £450 -5.26% 205
North of England +20 62 £438 -9.79% 56
North West +12 36 £438 -7.99% 34
Yorkshire +27 22 £450 -8.63% 17
South East 0 22 £475 - 37
Scotland +49 15 £425 -17.07% 17
Midlands +10 13 £525 +23.53% 31
West Midlands +23 11 £525 +10.53% 17
South West +16 11 £400 -15.79% 30
East of England +3 10 £531 +6.20% 26
Wales +17 4 £450 +20.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 4 £190 - 1
North East - 4 £539 - 5
East Midlands 0 2 - - 14

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 (3.10%) Confluence
2 7 (1.81%) CMS
3 3 (0.78%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.78%) Drupal
3 3 (0.78%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.26%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (2.58%) Sketch
2 8 (2.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.03%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.03%) InVision
3 4 (1.03%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 7 (1.81%) Oracle 11i
1 7 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (1.81%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.78%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.78%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 48 (12.40%) Azure
2 30 (7.75%) AWS
3 27 (6.98%) GitHub
4 24 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (5.68%) SaaS
6 20 (5.17%) Figma
7 17 (4.39%) IaaS
7 17 (4.39%) PaaS
7 17 (4.39%) Serverless
8 16 (4.13%) GCP
9 15 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.33%) Firebase
11 8 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.81%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.29%) Apigee
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (1.03%) Flurry Analytics
14 4 (1.03%) PubNub
14 4 (1.03%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.84%) SSL
1 11 (2.84%) Wireless
2 7 (1.81%) Firewall
3 5 (1.29%) VPN
4 4 (1.03%) DNS
4 4 (1.03%) HTTP
5 2 (0.52%) Internet
5 2 (0.52%) Network Security
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) LAN
6 1 (0.26%) RNC
6 1 (0.26%) SGSN
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.29%) Mixpanel
3 4 (1.03%) GIS
3 4 (1.03%) MySQL
3 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.03%) Spatial Data
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.78%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.78%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.78%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.52%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.26%) Big Data
6 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (9.82%) Git
2 30 (7.75%) Postman
3 25 (6.46%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.43%) JIRA
5 18 (4.65%) Appium
5 18 (4.65%) Selenium
6 13 (3.36%) Xcode
7 12 (3.10%) XCUITest
8 11 (2.84%) Android Studio
9 10 (2.58%) Mockito
9 10 (2.58%) SoapUI
10 7 (1.81%) GitLab
10 7 (1.81%) Subversion
11 6 (1.55%) Gradle
11 6 (1.55%) SonarQube
11 6 (1.55%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.29%) Axure RP
12 5 (1.29%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.03%) Gatling
General
1 92 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.34%) Finance
3 23 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (5.94%) Banking
4 21 (5.43%) Retail
5 20 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.13%) Back Office
7 14 (3.62%) Marketing
8 13 (3.36%) Legal
9 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.55%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.29%) Publishing
11 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.78%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.78%) Law
12 3 (0.78%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.52%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 103 (26.61%) Developer
2 65 (16.80%) Senior
3 50 (12.92%) Architect
4 45 (11.63%) Analyst
5 40 (10.34%) Designer
6 23 (5.94%) UX Designer
7 22 (5.68%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.43%) Android Developer
9 20 (5.17%) React Developer
10 19 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (4.65%) Applications Developer
11 18 (4.65%) Lead
11 18 (4.65%) Project Manager
11 18 (4.65%) Test Analyst
11 18 (4.65%) Tester
12 16 (4.13%) Mobile Developer
12 16 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.88%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 15 (3.88%) Security Architect
13 15 (3.88%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.56%) React Native
2 29 (7.49%) Node.js
2 29 (7.49%) RESTful
3 28 (7.24%) React
4 25 (6.46%) CSS
5 24 (6.20%) HTML
6 23 (5.94%) .NET
7 19 (4.91%) REST
8 12 (3.10%) Web Services
9 11 (2.84%) GraphQL
9 11 (2.84%) XML
10 10 (2.58%) .NET Core
11 9 (2.33%) SOAP
12 8 (2.07%) Flutter
13 7 (1.81%) Android Jetpack
13 7 (1.81%) HTML5
13 7 (1.81%) Jetpack Compose
13 7 (1.81%) Next.js
13 7 (1.81%) UIKit
14 5 (1.29%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.01%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.17%) IoT
3 11 (2.84%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.07%) Digital Media
4 8 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.07%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.81%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.81%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.81%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.55%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.29%) Graphic Design
8 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.78%) iPhone
9 3 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.78%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (30.49%) Android
2 80 (20.67%) Apple iOS
3 25 (6.46%) Windows
4 15 (3.88%) Linux
5 10 (2.58%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) tvOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (35.14%) Agile
2 77 (19.90%) User Experience
3 60 (15.50%) DevOps
4 51 (13.18%) CI/CD
5 43 (11.11%) Android Development
5 43 (11.11%) UX Design
6 42 (10.85%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.59%) Mobile Application Development
8 38 (9.82%) E-Commerce
8 38 (9.82%) SDLC
9 37 (9.56%) Continuous Integration
9 37 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (8.53%) Microservices
10 33 (8.53%) Scrum
11 28 (7.24%) Architectural Patterns
11 28 (7.24%) iOS Development
11 28 (7.24%) Roadmaps
12 27 (6.98%) Design Patterns
13 25 (6.46%) Application Security
13 25 (6.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.28%) Kotlin
2 52 (13.44%) JavaScript
3 39 (10.08%) Java
4 29 (7.49%) Swift
5 28 (7.24%) Python
6 27 (6.98%) C#
7 18 (4.65%) SQL
7 18 (4.65%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.10%) Objective-C
8 12 (3.10%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.58%) C++
10 9 (2.33%) Go
11 7 (1.81%) Bicep
12 6 (1.55%) Lua
13 5 (1.29%) Dart
14 4 (1.03%) Bash
15 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.52%) C
16 2 (0.52%) VBA
16 2 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (9.04%) Degree
2 22 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.88%) CREST Certified
6 13 (3.36%) OSCP
7 12 (3.10%) GIAC
8 10 (2.58%) CEH
9 7 (1.81%) GPEN
9 7 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.03%) CHECK Team Leader
10 4 (1.03%) CISM
10 4 (1.03%) CISSP
10 4 (1.03%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.52%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.52%) ISEB
12 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.52%) SANS
13 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.53%) QA
2 27 (6.98%) NIST
3 23 (5.94%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) COBIT
5 2 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.52%) WCAG
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.39%) Terraform
2 12 (3.10%) Ansible
3 9 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.03%) Nessus
5 3 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.78%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) Graylog
6 2 (0.52%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.52%) Istio
6 2 (0.52%) Nagios
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.52%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.26%) AppManager
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.26%) linkerd
7 1 (0.26%) SELinux
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (6.20%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.94%) Adobe
3 16 (4.13%) Google
4 13 (3.36%) Apple
5 9 (2.33%) SAP
6 8 (2.07%) Oracle
7 6 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.55%) Splunk
7 6 (1.55%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.29%) Checkmarx
8 5 (1.29%) Nokia
9 4 (1.03%) HP
10 3 (0.78%) Aareon
10 3 (0.78%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.78%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.78%) ESRI
10 3 (0.78%) IBM
10 3 (0.78%) Pega
10 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.78%) Syclo