MVVM Contract Job Trends

Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MVVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 471 478
Rank change year-on-year -135 +7 +125
Contract jobs citing MVVM 77 82 89
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.28% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 40 53
10th Percentile £370 £374 £398
25th Percentile £400 £428 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £513 £600 £545
90th Percentile £544 £605 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £569
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.09% +19.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

MVVM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,343 29,774 32,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.43% 90.67% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,026 18,502 19,486
10th Percentile £325 £296 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,222 1,849 1,345
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.29 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.19 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.27 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +75.98% -48.10% +1.18%

MVVM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MVVM job vacancy trend in the UK

MVVM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MVVM

MVVM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MVVM over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MVVM in the UK

MVVM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MVVM

MVVM
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVVM within the UK over the 6 months to 30 September 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 -136 60 £463 -11.90% 92
UK excluding London -92 39 £450 -10.00% 43
London -99 30 £500 -9.09% 51
Scotland -14 12 £390 - 3
South West -29 11 £563 +2.27% 5
North of England -86 11 £450 +12.50% 10
North East -32 8 £450 - 1
Work from Home -88 8 £494 -10.23% 37
East of England -23 4 - - 7
North West -47 3 £450 +12.50% 8
South East -61 1 £305 -46.96% 11

MVVM
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 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 31 (40.26%) GitHub
2 20 (25.97%) GitHub Actions
3 19 (24.68%) Google Play
4 17 (22.08%) Azure
5 12 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (15.58%) Firebase
6 7 (9.09%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (6.49%) Azure AI
8 3 (3.90%) AWS
8 3 (3.90%) AWS CodeBuild
9 2 (2.60%) Bitrise
10 1 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (1.30%) Google Pay
10 1 (1.30%) Miro
10 1 (1.30%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) NFC
2 1 (1.30%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.30%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (36.36%) Git
2 15 (19.48%) Gradle
2 15 (19.48%) XCTest
2 15 (19.48%) XCUITest
3 12 (15.58%) Android Studio
3 12 (15.58%) Xcode
4 11 (14.29%) fastlane
4 11 (14.29%) Jenkins
5 10 (12.99%) CircleCI
6 5 (6.49%) Crashlytics
7 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.30%) CocoaPods
8 1 (1.30%) JUnit
General
1 11 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.99%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (7.79%) Banking
5 3 (3.90%) Finance
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Marketing
6 1 (1.30%) Publishing
6 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (61.04%) Developer
2 22 (28.57%) Android Developer
3 21 (27.27%) Senior
4 20 (25.97%) iOS Developer
5 18 (23.38%) Android Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) Senior Android Engineer
7 9 (11.69%) Senior Developer
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Android Developer
9 4 (5.19%) .NET Developer
9 4 (5.19%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (5.19%) C# Developer
9 4 (5.19%) C# WPF Developer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior iOS Developer
9 4 (5.19%) WPF Developer
10 3 (3.90%) Mobile Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Mobile Developer
12 1 (1.30%) iOS Android Developer
12 1 (1.30%) Java Applications Developer
12 1 (1.30%) Java Mobile Developer
12 1 (1.30%) Mobile Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (48.05%) RESTful
2 35 (45.45%) Android Jetpack
3 27 (35.06%) Android SDK
3 27 (35.06%) Jetpack Compose
3 27 (35.06%) REST
4 20 (25.97%) UIKit
5 19 (24.68%) SwiftUI
6 12 (15.58%) Retrofit
7 10 (12.99%) Core Data
8 7 (9.09%) iOS SDK
8 7 (9.09%) RxSwift
9 5 (6.49%) JSON
10 4 (5.19%) .NET
10 4 (5.19%) .NET Framework
10 4 (5.19%) Entity Framework
10 4 (5.19%) Managed Extensibility Framework
10 4 (5.19%) Silverlight
10 4 (5.19%) WCF
10 4 (5.19%) Web Services
10 4 (5.19%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (63.64%) Mobile App
2 14 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 7 (9.09%) AI Agents
4 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.60%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.30%) Contactless
7 1 (1.30%) Digital Wallet
7 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.30%) IoT
7 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.30%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.30%) Music Streaming
7 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (58.44%) Android
2 33 (42.86%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) CI/CD
2 34 (44.16%) Agile
3 32 (41.56%) Android Development
4 30 (38.96%) iOS Development
4 30 (38.96%) Scrum
5 29 (37.66%) Architectural Patterns
6 24 (31.17%) User Experience
7 22 (28.57%) Design Patterns
8 21 (27.27%) Test Automation
9 20 (25.97%) Performance Optimisation
10 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (20.78%) Secure Coding
11 15 (19.48%) Clean Code
11 15 (19.48%) UX Design
12 14 (18.18%) API Integration
13 12 (15.58%) DevOps
13 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (15.58%) TDD
14 10 (12.99%) AI
14 10 (12.99%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 44 (57.14%) Kotlin
2 33 (42.86%) Swift
3 28 (36.36%) Java
4 11 (14.29%) Objective-C
5 4 (5.19%) C#
5 4 (5.19%) XAML
6 1 (1.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (7.79%) Degree
5 4 (5.19%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.19%) PhD
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (23.38%) Accessibility
2 11 (14.29%) QA
3 8 (10.39%) WCAG
Vendors
1 25 (32.47%) Google
2 9 (11.69%) Dynatrace
3 6 (7.79%) Apple
4 5 (6.49%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft