Mobile Applications Developer Contracts

Mobile Application Developer
UK

The median Mobile Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 687 819
Rank change year-on-year +101 +132 -168
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Applications Developer 12 32 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.054% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.057% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 25
10th Percentile - £359 £394
25th Percentile £325 £373 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £388 £488 £556
90th Percentile - £539 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £395 £525
% change year-on-year -5.06% -24.76% +64.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Mobile Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mobile Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Applications Developer in the UK

Mobile Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mobile Applications Developer in the UK

Mobile Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mobile Applications Developer in the UK

Mobile Applications Developer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer 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 +106 9 £350 -12.50% 4
London +96 6 £350 -12.50% 1
UK excluding London +48 3 £375 -5.06% 8
South West - 3 £375 -

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Mobile Applications Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Mobile Applications Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (50.00%) Lua
2 6 (50.00%) Android
3 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 3 (25.00%) iOS Development
3 3 (25.00%) Swift
3 3 (25.00%) Kotlin
3 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
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:

Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Lua
2 3 (25.00%) Kotlin
2 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (25.00%) Swift