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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	605	491	469
Rank change year-on-year	-114	-22	+108
Contract jobs citing MVVM	86	77	91
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.16%	0.23%	0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.18%	0.26%	0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	53	38	51
10^th Percentile	£363	£371	£388
25^th Percentile	£400	£417	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£550	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-18.18%	+10.00%	-13.04%
75^th Percentile	£508	£600	£539
90^th Percentile	£548	£606	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	-20.00%	-	+5.26%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	46,912	30,155	32,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	84.87%	90.56%	86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted	28,167	18,750	19,390
10^th Percentile	£325	£300	£309
25^th Percentile	£425	£404	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-2.42%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£736	£725	£750
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3,500	1,913	1,230
10^th Percentile	£13.51	£14.38	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.75	£17.30	£20.12
Median hourly rate	£37.24	£25.08	£40.00
Median % change year-on-year	+48.51%	-37.31%	-10.11%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£42.75	£65.00
90^th Percentile	£78.75	£65.25	£73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£37.24	£22.27	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+67.26%	-44.79%	-8.14%

MVVM Job Vacancy Trend

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

MVVM Daily Rate Trend

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 17 October 2026.

MVVM Hourly Rate Trend

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 17 October 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	-129	69	£450	-18.18%	79
UK excluding London	-95	45	£400	-20.00%	27
London	-103	33	£500	-10.71%	43
South West	-24	14	£400	-15.79%	4
Scotland	-16	12	£390	-
North of England	-77	12	£450	+10.77%	8
Work from Home	-77	11	£494	-12.61%	33
North East	-34	8	£450	-
East of England	-21	4	-	-	6
North West	-	4	£450	-	7
South East	-61	3	£323	-43.91%	5

MVVM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing MVVM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for MVVM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Android	55.8%	48
2	Kotlin	54.7%	47
3	CI/CD	48.8%	42
4	Apple iOS	46.5%	40
4	Swift	46.5%	40
6	RESTful	45.3%	39
7	Agile	44.2%	38
7	Android Jetpack	44.2%	38
9	GitHub	43.0%	37
10	iOS Development	40.7%	35
11	Android Development	39.5%	34
11	Architectural Patterns	39.5%	34
13	REST	37.2%	32
14	Scrum	36.0%	31
15	Git	34.9%	30
15	Java	34.9%	30
15	Jetpack Compose	34.9%	30
18	Android SDK	33.7%	29
19	User Experience	31.4%	27
20	GitHub Actions	30.2%	26
20	Google	30.2%	26
20	UIKit	30.2%	26
23	Test Automation	27.9%	24
24	Performance Optimisation	26.7%	23
25	Design Patterns	24.4%	21
25	SwiftUI	24.4%	21
25	XCTest	24.4%	21
25	XCUITest	24.4%	21
29	Google Play	22.1%	19
30	Accessibility	20.9%	18

MVVM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	48.8%	42
2	Agile	44.2%	38
3	iOS Development	40.7%	35
4	Android Development	39.5%	34
4	Architectural Patterns	39.5%	34
6	Scrum	36.0%	31
7	User Experience	31.4%	27
8	Test Automation	27.9%	24
9	Performance Optimisation	26.7%	23
10	Design Patterns	24.4%	21
11	Clean Code	20.9%	18
12	Continuous Improvement	19.8%	17
13	Secure Coding	18.6%	16
14	API Integration	17.4%	15
14	UX Design	17.4%	15
16	TDD	16.3%	14
17	Open Source	15.1%	13
17	Problem-Solving	15.1%	13
19	Continuous Integration	14.0%	12
19	DevOps	14.0%	12