Mobile Application Development Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Mobile App Development
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Mobile Application Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 100 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Application Development 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.062% 0.071% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.080% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 - -
75th Percentile £626 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £425 £463
% change year-on-year - -8.11% +8.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Mobile Application Development 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,696 1,257 1,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.20% 88.77% 82.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 808 1,067
10th Percentile £313 £200 £263
25th Percentile £404 £375 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -3.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £625
90th Percentile £675 £664 £743
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 64 116
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.09
25th Percentile £22.50 £13.49 £14.22
Median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.15% -2.00% +3.73%
75th Percentile £67.84 £31.19 £40.81
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile Application Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Mobile Application Development job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Mobile Application Development
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile Application Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile Application Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Application Development within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Shropshire - 2 £626 - 2
Mobile Application Development
England

Mobile Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared