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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 284 222
Rank change year-on-year +25 -62 -42
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 390 552 1,157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.96% 1.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.02% 2.88% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 403 823
10th Percentile £325 £330 £371
25th Percentile £409 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £600
90th Percentile £704 £750 £675
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 10 32
10th Percentile - £12.61 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £20.49 £15.55
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +87.17% -32.00%
75th Percentile £68.17 £43.25 £62.34
90th Percentile £73.88 £85.00 £74.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £16.31 £16.85
% change year-on-year +136.89% -3.23% +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 12,935 19,188 29,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.31% 33.29% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,332 13,186 20,393
10th Percentile £270 £313 £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 £670 £675 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 632 728
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +3.97%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -12.50%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +12 336 £500 -4.53% 308
London +19 203 £550 -4.35% 134
Work from Home +40 148 £450 -7.69% 156
UK excluding London +36 145 £450 -5.26% 185
North of England +25 64 £438 -8.09% 60
North West +23 39 £438 -7.89% 38
Yorkshire +23 22 £450 -7.22% 17
South East +9 22 £475 -5.00% 30
Scotland +38 14 £438 -7.89% 10
Midlands +4 14 £525 +23.53% 30
West Midlands +21 12 £525 +10.53% 16
South West +8 12 £400 -23.81% 29
East of England +14 10 £531 +11.79% 20
Wales +19 5 £450 +20.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 4 £190 - 1
North East - 3 £600 - 5
East Midlands -1 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 13 (3.33%) Confluence
2 7 (1.79%) CMS
3 3 (0.77%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.77%) Drupal
3 3 (0.77%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (2.56%) Sketch
2 8 (2.05%) 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 5 (1.28%) Oracle 11i
1 5 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.77%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.77%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.56%) Azure
2 31 (7.95%) AWS
3 28 (7.18%) GitHub
4 24 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (5.90%) SaaS
6 20 (5.13%) Figma
7 17 (4.36%) IaaS
7 17 (4.36%) PaaS
7 17 (4.36%) Serverless
8 16 (4.10%) GCP
9 15 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.31%) Firebase
11 8 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (1.79%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.28%) Apigee
14 4 (1.03%) Flurry Analytics
14 4 (1.03%) PubNub
14 4 (1.03%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.82%) SSL
1 11 (2.82%) Wireless
2 7 (1.79%) Firewall
3 5 (1.28%) VPN
4 4 (1.03%) DNS
4 4 (1.03%) HTTP
5 2 (0.51%) Internet
5 2 (0.51%) 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 11 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.54%) MySQL
4 4 (1.03%) GIS
4 4 (1.03%) Mixpanel
4 4 (1.03%) Spatial Data
5 3 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.77%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.51%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (9.49%) Git
2 32 (8.21%) Postman
3 26 (6.67%) Jenkins
4 23 (5.90%) JIRA
5 19 (4.87%) Appium
5 19 (4.87%) Selenium
6 13 (3.33%) Xcode
7 12 (3.08%) XCUITest
8 11 (2.82%) Android Studio
9 10 (2.56%) Mockito
10 9 (2.31%) SoapUI
11 7 (1.79%) GitLab
11 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.79%) Subversion
12 6 (1.54%) Gradle
12 6 (1.54%) WebDriver
13 5 (1.28%) Axure RP
13 5 (1.28%) CircleCI
14 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
14 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.74%) Finance
3 25 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (6.41%) Banking
4 21 (5.38%) Retail
5 20 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.62%) Back Office
7 14 (3.59%) Marketing
8 13 (3.33%) Legal
9 6 (1.54%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.54%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.28%) Publishing
11 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.77%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 109 (27.95%) Developer
2 65 (16.67%) Senior
3 50 (12.82%) Architect
4 47 (12.05%) Analyst
5 40 (10.26%) Designer
6 22 (5.64%) UX Designer
7 21 (5.38%) Android Developer
7 21 (5.38%) Business Analyst
7 21 (5.38%) React Developer
8 20 (5.13%) Test Analyst
9 19 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.62%) Applications Developer
10 18 (4.62%) Project Manager
11 17 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (4.36%) Tester
12 16 (4.10%) Lead
12 16 (4.10%) Mobile Developer
13 15 (3.85%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 15 (3.85%) Security Architect
13 15 (3.85%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.00%) React Native
2 31 (7.95%) Node.js
3 30 (7.69%) RESTful
4 28 (7.18%) React
5 27 (6.92%) CSS
6 25 (6.41%) .NET
6 25 (6.41%) HTML
7 19 (4.87%) REST
8 13 (3.33%) XML
9 12 (3.08%) Web Services
10 10 (2.56%) .NET Core
10 10 (2.56%) GraphQL
11 8 (2.05%) SOAP
12 7 (1.79%) Android Jetpack
12 7 (1.79%) Flutter
12 7 (1.79%) HTML5
12 7 (1.79%) Jetpack Compose
12 7 (1.79%) UIKit
13 6 (1.54%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.54%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.87%) IoT
3 12 (3.08%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.05%) Digital Media
4 8 (2.05%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.79%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.79%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.54%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.54%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.28%) Graphic Design
7 5 (1.28%) Social Media
8 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.77%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 123 (31.54%) Android
2 84 (21.54%) Apple iOS
3 25 (6.41%) Windows
4 15 (3.85%) Linux
5 10 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.51%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) tvOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (35.38%) Agile
2 78 (20.00%) User Experience
3 60 (15.38%) DevOps
4 51 (13.08%) CI/CD
5 45 (11.54%) Test Automation
6 44 (11.28%) Android Development
6 44 (11.28%) Mobile Application Development
6 44 (11.28%) UX Design
7 40 (10.26%) SDLC
8 39 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (9.74%) Continuous Integration
10 37 (9.49%) E-Commerce
11 33 (8.46%) Scrum
12 31 (7.95%) Microservices
13 30 (7.69%) iOS Development
14 28 (7.18%) Architectural Patterns
15 26 (6.67%) Design Patterns
15 26 (6.67%) Roadmaps
16 25 (6.41%) Application Security
16 25 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (16.41%) Kotlin
2 53 (13.59%) JavaScript
3 42 (10.77%) Java
4 31 (7.95%) C#
5 30 (7.69%) Swift
6 29 (7.44%) Python
7 22 (5.64%) SQL
8 17 (4.36%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.08%) Objective-C
9 12 (3.08%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.56%) C++
11 9 (2.31%) Go
12 7 (1.79%) Bicep
13 6 (1.54%) Lua
14 5 (1.28%) Dart
15 4 (1.03%) Bash
16 3 (0.77%) PHP
16 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.51%) C
17 2 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.23%) Degree
2 22 (5.64%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.85%) CREST Certified
5 13 (3.33%) OSCP
6 12 (3.08%) GIAC
7 10 (2.56%) CEH
8 7 (1.79%) GPEN
8 7 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.03%) CHECK Team Leader
9 4 (1.03%) CISM
9 4 (1.03%) CISSP
9 4 (1.03%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.51%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.51%) ISEB
11 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.51%) SANS
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.21%) QA
2 27 (6.92%) NIST
3 23 (5.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.51%) COBIT
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) WCAG
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.36%) Terraform
2 13 (3.33%) Ansible
3 9 (2.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.03%) Nessus
5 3 (0.77%) Grafana
5 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.77%) Puppet
6 2 (0.51%) Graylog
6 2 (0.51%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.51%) Istio
6 2 (0.51%) Nagios
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) 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 27 (6.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.38%) Adobe
3 15 (3.85%) Google
4 13 (3.33%) Apple
5 9 (2.31%) SAP
6 8 (2.05%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.79%) Oracle
8 6 (1.54%) Checkmarx
8 6 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.28%) Nokia
9 5 (1.28%) Splunk
10 4 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.03%) HP
11 3 (0.77%) Aareon
11 3 (0.77%) ESRI
11 3 (0.77%) IBM
11 3 (0.77%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.77%) Pega
11 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.77%) Syclo