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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 477 533
Rank change year-on-year -99 +56 +59
Contract jobs citing MVVM 91 69 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.21% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 33 25
10th Percentile £363 £375 £460
25th Percentile £398 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -16.16%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £606
90th Percentile £541 £600 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +12.50% -30.43% +23.39%

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 44,902 29,618 34,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.94% 90.44% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,798 18,592 22,057
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,679 1,619 2,026
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.20 £13.56
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.33 £17.55
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.39 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +87.06% -41.25% -

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 28 July 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 12 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 28 July 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 -96 72 £475 - 32
UK excluding London -59 53 £450 +12.50% 20
London -78 28 £500 - 13
South West - 23 £513 - 2
Scotland -10 12 £390 +22.64% 1
Work from Home -75 12 £475 - 16
North East -33 9 £450 - 2
North of England -74 9 £450 +12.50% 8
South East - 5 £506 - 6
East of England -19 2 - - 6
Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 1

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (35.16%) GitHub
2 20 (21.98%) Google Play
3 18 (19.78%) Azure
4 16 (17.58%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (14.29%) Firebase
6 12 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (5.49%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.20%) AWS
10 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.10%) Amazon S3
10 1 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.10%) Bitrise
10 1 (1.10%) Google Pay
10 1 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) DSL
1 2 (2.20%) NFC
2 1 (1.10%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.10%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 30 (32.97%) Git
2 17 (18.68%) XCTest
2 17 (18.68%) XCUITest
3 16 (17.58%) Xcode
4 15 (16.48%) fastlane
5 14 (15.38%) Gradle
6 13 (14.29%) Android Studio
7 12 (13.19%) Jenkins
8 8 (8.79%) CircleCI
9 5 (5.49%) Crashlytics
10 2 (2.20%) Visual Studio
11 1 (1.10%) CocoaPods
11 1 (1.10%) GitLab
11 1 (1.10%) JIRA
11 1 (1.10%) JUnit
General
1 15 (16.48%) Public Sector
2 14 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.30%) Banking
5 1 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.10%) Aviation
5 1 (1.10%) Finance
5 1 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (64.84%) Developer
2 28 (30.77%) Android Developer
3 26 (28.57%) iOS Developer
4 25 (27.47%) Senior
5 19 (20.88%) Android Engineer
6 12 (13.19%) Senior Developer
7 11 (12.09%) Senior Android Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Senior Android Developer
9 5 (5.49%) Senior iOS Developer
10 3 (3.30%) Lead
11 2 (2.20%) .NET Developer
11 2 (2.20%) C# .NET Developer
11 2 (2.20%) C# Developer
11 2 (2.20%) C# WPF Developer
11 2 (2.20%) Java Developer
11 2 (2.20%) Lead Android Developer
11 2 (2.20%) Lead Developer
11 2 (2.20%) Mobile Architect
11 2 (2.20%) Mobile Engineer
11 2 (2.20%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (46.15%) Android Jetpack
2 36 (39.56%) RESTful
3 33 (36.26%) Jetpack Compose
4 32 (35.16%) Android SDK
5 25 (27.47%) REST
6 23 (25.27%) SwiftUI
7 18 (19.78%) UIKit
8 12 (13.19%) Retrofit
9 11 (12.09%) Core Data
10 9 (9.89%) iOS SDK
11 8 (8.79%) RxSwift
12 4 (4.40%) GraphQL
12 4 (4.40%) JSON
12 4 (4.40%) Web Services
13 3 (3.30%) .NET
14 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
14 2 (2.20%) Silverlight
14 2 (2.20%) WCF
14 2 (2.20%) WPF
14 2 (2.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (52.75%) Mobile App
2 14 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.69%) AI Agents
4 4 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Code
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.10%) Contactless
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.10%) IoT
7 1 (1.10%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.10%) Music Streaming
7 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 54 (59.34%) Android
2 40 (43.96%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (48.35%) Android Development
2 39 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 39 (42.86%) iOS Development
3 37 (40.66%) Agile
4 34 (37.36%) Architectural Patterns
5 30 (32.97%) Scrum
6 26 (28.57%) Test Automation
7 23 (25.27%) User Experience
8 21 (23.08%) Secure Coding
9 20 (21.98%) Design Patterns
9 20 (21.98%) TDD
10 18 (19.78%) API Integration
10 18 (19.78%) Clean Code
10 18 (19.78%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (15.38%) UX Design
12 13 (14.29%) Analytics
12 13 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (14.29%) DevOps
12 13 (14.29%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 52 (57.14%) Kotlin
2 40 (43.96%) Java
2 40 (43.96%) Swift
3 7 (7.69%) Objective-C
4 3 (3.30%) C#
5 2 (2.20%) XAML
6 1 (1.10%) C++
6 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (4.40%) Degree
4 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) Accessibility
2 10 (10.99%) WCAG
3 6 (6.59%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Docker
Vendors
1 31 (34.07%) Google
2 10 (10.99%) Dynatrace
3 8 (8.79%) Apple
4 5 (5.49%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.20%) Brightcove
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.10%) New Relic
6 1 (1.10%) Tealium