Mobile Computing Contract Job Trends

Mobile Computing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile Computing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile Computing over the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Computing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.013% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Mobile Computing 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 14,824 9,919 13,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.33% 33.86% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,261 6,353 8,518
10th Percentile £300 £289 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
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 710 383 901
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.37 £22.39 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +18.18% +22.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year +46.15% +27.45% +15.91%

Mobile Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Mobile Computing job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile Computing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile Computing

Mobile Computing
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile Computing

Mobile Computing
Top 3 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 Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 - 2 £550 - 4
UK excluding London - 1 £550 - 3
South East - 1 £550 -

Mobile Computing
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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Slovak Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft