Mobile App Contracts

Mobile Application
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile App over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 285 224
Rank change year-on-year +33 -61 -41
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 400 512 1,142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.91% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.09% 2.74% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 373 833
10th Percentile £325 £326 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 31
10th Percentile - £12.61 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £20.49 £15.84
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +87.17% -13.78%
75th Percentile £70.18 £43.25 £67.87
90th Percentile £81.44 £70.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £16.31 £18.70
% change year-on-year +136.89% -12.81% +36.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Mobile App is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Daily rate trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Hourly rate trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +25 351 £500 - 295
London +45 211 £550 - 127
UK excluding London +32 152 £450 -5.26% 178
Work from Home +56 150 £465 -7.00% 136
North of England +33 70 £450 -5.36% 59
North West +19 39 £438 -7.89% 43
Yorkshire +27 28 £475 -2.06% 11
South East +1 21 £475 -5.00% 27
Midlands +10 15 £525 +16.67% 40
Scotland +38 14 £425 -10.53% 12
South West +5 12 £375 -33.33% 27
West Midlands +15 11 £600 +26.32% 20
East of England +3 10 £531 +6.20% 18
Wales +19 6 £450 -7.69% 1
East Midlands -1 4 £313 -21.38% 20
Northern Ireland - 4 £190 -
North East - 3 £600 - 5

Mobile App
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.25%) Confluence
2 7 (1.75%) CMS
3 3 (0.75%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.75%) Drupal
3 3 (0.75%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.50%) Apache
4 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) Mendix
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.25%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.75%) Sketch
2 8 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (1.25%) Adobe XD
3 5 (1.25%) InVision
4 4 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.00%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.25%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (0.75%) Aareon QL
1 3 (0.75%) SAP GRC
1 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.25%) Azure
2 31 (7.75%) AWS
3 30 (7.50%) GitHub
4 24 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (6.00%) SaaS
5 20 (5.00%) IaaS
5 20 (5.00%) PaaS
6 19 (4.75%) Figma
6 19 (4.75%) Serverless
7 16 (4.00%) GCP
8 15 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.50%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (2.25%) Firebase
11 8 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.75%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.00%) Flurry Analytics
14 4 (1.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.75%) SSL
2 9 (2.25%) Wireless
3 8 (2.00%) Firewall
4 7 (1.75%) VPN
5 4 (1.00%) DNS
5 4 (1.00%) HTTP
6 3 (0.75%) Internet
7 2 (0.50%) LAN
7 2 (0.50%) Network Security
7 2 (0.50%) WAN
8 1 (0.25%) DHCP
8 1 (0.25%) RNC
8 1 (0.25%) SGSN
8 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.50%) MySQL
2 6 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.00%) GIS
3 4 (1.00%) Mixpanel
3 4 (1.00%) Spatial Data
4 3 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.75%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.75%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.75%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.75%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.75%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.75%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.50%) Redis
6 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.25%) Big Data
6 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (9.25%) Postman
2 34 (8.50%) Git
3 27 (6.75%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.25%) JIRA
4 21 (5.25%) Selenium
5 20 (5.00%) Appium
6 12 (3.00%) Xcode
7 11 (2.75%) SoapUI
8 10 (2.50%) Android Studio
8 10 (2.50%) XCUITest
9 9 (2.25%) Mockito
9 9 (2.25%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.75%) GitLab
10 7 (1.75%) Subversion
11 6 (1.50%) Gradle
11 6 (1.50%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.25%) Axure RP
12 5 (1.25%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.00%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.50%) Finance
3 28 (7.00%) Banking
4 27 (6.75%) Retail
5 25 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.50%) Back Office
7 16 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.25%) Legal
9 11 (2.75%) Marketing
10 7 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.75%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.25%) Publishing
12 4 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.75%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.75%) Wholesale Banking
14 2 (0.50%) Advertising
14 2 (0.50%) Games
14 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 118 (29.50%) Developer
2 65 (16.25%) Senior
3 55 (13.75%) Analyst
4 47 (11.75%) Architect
5 37 (9.25%) Designer
6 25 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 24 (6.00%) Android Developer
8 23 (5.75%) React Developer
9 21 (5.25%) Test Analyst
10 20 (5.00%) Mobile Developer
11 19 (4.75%) UX Designer
12 18 (4.50%) Applications Developer
12 18 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (4.25%) Project Manager
13 17 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (4.25%) Tester
14 16 (4.00%) Lead
15 15 (3.75%) Consultant
15 15 (3.75%) Security Architect
15 15 (3.75%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (10.50%) React Native
2 33 (8.25%) Node.js
3 29 (7.25%) React
3 29 (7.25%) RESTful
4 27 (6.75%) .NET
5 25 (6.25%) CSS
6 24 (6.00%) HTML
7 19 (4.75%) REST
8 13 (3.25%) XML
9 11 (2.75%) Web Services
10 10 (2.50%) .NET Core
10 10 (2.50%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.50%) SOAP
11 8 (2.00%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.00%) Next.js
12 7 (1.75%) Android Jetpack
12 7 (1.75%) Flutter
12 7 (1.75%) Jetpack Compose
12 7 (1.75%) SwiftUI
12 7 (1.75%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.75%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.25%) IoT
3 11 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (2.75%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.00%) Digital Media
4 8 (2.00%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.75%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.75%) Smartphone
5 7 (1.75%) Social Media
6 6 (1.50%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.50%) Legacy Code
6 6 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.00%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.00%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.00%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.75%) iPhone
8 3 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.75%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 124 (31.00%) Android
2 88 (22.00%) Apple iOS
3 25 (6.25%) Windows
4 13 (3.25%) Linux
5 10 (2.50%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.50%) Unix
6 2 (0.50%) VMS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (35.75%) Agile
2 72 (18.00%) User Experience
3 65 (16.25%) DevOps
4 51 (12.75%) CI/CD
5 48 (12.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 47 (11.75%) Android Development
7 45 (11.25%) Test Automation
8 42 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (10.00%) UX Design
10 39 (9.75%) E-Commerce
11 37 (9.25%) Continuous Integration
11 37 (9.25%) SDLC
12 36 (9.00%) Scrum
13 35 (8.75%) iOS Development
14 32 (8.00%) Microservices
15 31 (7.75%) Architectural Patterns
16 28 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (6.75%) Design Patterns
18 25 (6.25%) Application Security
18 25 (6.25%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (16.00%) Kotlin
2 52 (13.00%) JavaScript
3 43 (10.75%) Java
4 31 (7.75%) C#
5 30 (7.50%) Swift
6 27 (6.75%) Python
6 27 (6.75%) SQL
7 19 (4.75%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.25%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.75%) Objective-C
10 10 (2.50%) C++
11 7 (1.75%) Bicep
11 7 (1.75%) Go
12 6 (1.50%) Lua
13 5 (1.25%) Dart
13 5 (1.25%) PHP
14 4 (1.00%) Bash
15 3 (0.75%) Ruby
15 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.50%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (8.25%) Degree
2 23 (5.75%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.75%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.25%) CREST Certified
6 11 (2.75%) OSCP
7 10 (2.50%) CEH
7 10 (2.50%) GIAC
8 7 (1.75%) GPEN
9 6 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.00%) CISM
10 4 (1.00%) CISSP
11 3 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.75%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.50%) CHECK Team Leader
12 2 (0.50%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.50%) ISEB
12 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.50%) SANS
13 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.00%) QA
2 25 (6.25%) NIST
3 23 (5.75%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.50%) COBIT
5 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.50%) GDPR
5 2 (0.50%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.50%) SLA
5 2 (0.50%) WCAG
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.25%) Terraform
2 15 (3.75%) Ansible
3 10 (2.50%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.00%) Nessus
5 3 (0.75%) Grafana
5 3 (0.75%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.75%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Graylog
6 2 (0.50%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.50%) Nagios
6 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.25%) AppManager
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.25%) Istio
7 1 (0.25%) linkerd
7 1 (0.25%) SELinux
7 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.25%) Adobe
3 14 (3.50%) Google
4 13 (3.25%) Apple
5 10 (2.50%) Xamarin
6 9 (2.25%) SAP
7 8 (2.00%) Checkmarx
8 7 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.25%) Nokia
9 5 (1.25%) Splunk
10 4 (1.00%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.00%) HP
10 4 (1.00%) Oracle
10 4 (1.00%) Pega
10 4 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.75%) Aareon
11 3 (0.75%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.75%) ESRI
11 3 (0.75%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.75%) Syclo