Mobile First Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Mobile First
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Mobile First skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile First 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.058% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £371 - -
25th Percentile £384 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £434 - -
90th Percentile £444 - -
England median daily rate £550 £363 £508
% change year-on-year +51.66% -28.57% -7.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Mobile First 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 2,940 1,511 1,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.85% 88.26% 81.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,850 958 1,039
10th Percentile £313 £232 £269
25th Percentile £405 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £670 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 106 58
10th Percentile £13.40 £12.62 £13.13
25th Percentile £17.94 £14.81 £14.78
Median hourly rate £30.73 £24.34 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.25% +11.91% -19.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.45 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.48 £50.00 £55.38
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

Mobile First
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Mobile First job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Mobile First
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Mobile First
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 First within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Coventry - 2 £413 -
Mobile First
England

Mobile First
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UI/UX Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Typography
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe