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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 276 226
Rank change year-on-year +24 -50 -44
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 391 535 1,148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.93% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.03% 2.81% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 388 827
10th Percentile £325 £329 £373
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £600
90th Percentile £704 £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 8 10 32
10th Percentile - £12.61 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £20.49 £15.72
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +87.17% -9.33%
75th Percentile £68.17 £43.25 £67.69
90th Percentile £73.88 £85.00 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £16.31 £18.70
% change year-on-year +136.89% -12.81% +43.54%

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 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +25 339 £500 -3.38% 334
London +31 203 £550 - 163
Work from Home +40 148 £450 -10.00% 179
UK excluding London +29 146 £450 -5.26% 224
North of England +33 66 £450 -6.35% 61
North West +11 39 £438 -7.89% 38
Yorkshire +24 24 £475 -2.06% 20
South East +9 21 £475 -5.00% 54
Scotland +42 14 £438 -7.89% 18
Midlands 0 14 £525 +23.53% 34
West Midlands +22 12 £525 +16.67% 15
South West +8 12 £400 -31.91% 33
East of England +11 10 £531 +11.79% 17
Wales +19 5 £450 +20.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 4 £190 - 2
North East - 3 £600 - 3
East Midlands -1 2 - - 19

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 (3.32%) Confluence
2 7 (1.79%) CMS
3 3 (0.77%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.77%) Drupal
3 3 (0.77%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (2.56%) Sketch
2 8 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.02%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.02%) InVision
3 4 (1.02%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.26%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Oracle 11i
1 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.77%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.77%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.79%) Azure
2 31 (7.93%) AWS
3 28 (7.16%) GitHub
4 24 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (5.88%) SaaS
6 20 (5.12%) Figma
7 18 (4.60%) IaaS
7 18 (4.60%) PaaS
8 17 (4.35%) Serverless
9 16 (4.09%) GCP
10 15 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.30%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.30%) Firebase
12 8 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.79%) BrowserStack
14 5 (1.28%) Apigee
15 4 (1.02%) Flurry Analytics
15 4 (1.02%) PubNub
15 4 (1.02%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.81%) SSL
2 10 (2.56%) Wireless
3 7 (1.79%) Firewall
4 6 (1.53%) VPN
5 4 (1.02%) DNS
5 4 (1.02%) HTTP
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) DHCP
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) RNC
7 1 (0.26%) SGSN
7 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.53%) MySQL
4 4 (1.02%) GIS
4 4 (1.02%) Mixpanel
4 4 (1.02%) Spatial Data
5 3 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.77%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.51%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (9.21%) Git
2 33 (8.44%) Postman
3 26 (6.65%) Jenkins
4 22 (5.63%) JIRA
5 19 (4.86%) Appium
5 19 (4.86%) Selenium
6 13 (3.32%) Xcode
7 12 (3.07%) XCUITest
8 11 (2.81%) Android Studio
9 10 (2.56%) Mockito
9 10 (2.56%) SoapUI
10 7 (1.79%) GitLab
10 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.79%) Subversion
11 6 (1.53%) Gradle
11 6 (1.53%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.28%) Axure RP
12 5 (1.28%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.97%) Finance
3 27 (6.91%) Banking
4 26 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.63%) Retail
6 18 (4.60%) Back Office
6 18 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.32%) Legal
7 13 (3.32%) Marketing
8 7 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.79%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.28%) Publishing
10 4 (1.02%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.77%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.77%) Wholesale Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Advertising
12 2 (0.51%) Law
12 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 110 (28.13%) Developer
2 64 (16.37%) Senior
3 50 (12.79%) Analyst
3 50 (12.79%) Architect
4 39 (9.97%) Designer
5 22 (5.63%) Android Developer
5 22 (5.63%) Business Analyst
6 21 (5.37%) Test Analyst
6 21 (5.37%) UX Designer
7 20 (5.12%) React Developer
8 19 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.60%) Applications Developer
9 18 (4.60%) Mobile Developer
10 17 (4.35%) Project Manager
10 17 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (4.35%) Tester
11 16 (4.09%) Lead
12 15 (3.84%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 15 (3.84%) Security Architect
12 15 (3.84%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.72%) React Native
2 30 (7.67%) Node.js
2 30 (7.67%) RESTful
3 28 (7.16%) React
4 26 (6.65%) .NET
5 25 (6.39%) CSS
6 24 (6.14%) HTML
7 18 (4.60%) REST
8 13 (3.32%) XML
9 11 (2.81%) Web Services
10 10 (2.56%) .NET Core
11 9 (2.30%) GraphQL
11 9 (2.30%) SOAP
12 7 (1.79%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.79%) Android Jetpack
12 7 (1.79%) Flutter
12 7 (1.79%) Jetpack Compose
12 7 (1.79%) UIKit
13 6 (1.53%) Next.js
13 6 (1.53%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.44%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.60%) IoT
3 12 (3.07%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.05%) Digital Media
5 8 (2.05%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.79%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.79%) Social Media
7 6 (1.53%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.53%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.28%) Graphic Design
9 4 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.77%) iPhone
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 124 (31.71%) Android
2 86 (21.99%) Apple iOS
3 25 (6.39%) Windows
4 14 (3.58%) Linux
5 10 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.51%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) tvOS
7 1 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (35.55%) Agile
2 75 (19.18%) User Experience
3 61 (15.60%) DevOps
4 52 (13.30%) CI/CD
5 47 (12.02%) Mobile Application Development
6 45 (11.51%) Android Development
6 45 (11.51%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (10.49%) UX Design
8 39 (9.97%) SDLC
9 38 (9.72%) Continuous Integration
10 36 (9.21%) E-Commerce
11 33 (8.44%) Scrum
12 32 (8.18%) iOS Development
12 32 (8.18%) Microservices
13 28 (7.16%) Architectural Patterns
14 27 (6.91%) Design Patterns
14 27 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 25 (6.39%) Application Security
15 25 (6.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 64 (16.37%) Kotlin
2 51 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 44 (11.25%) Java
4 31 (7.93%) C#
4 31 (7.93%) Swift
5 28 (7.16%) Python
6 24 (6.14%) SQL
7 17 (4.35%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.07%) Objective-C
8 12 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.56%) C++
10 8 (2.05%) Go
11 7 (1.79%) Bicep
12 6 (1.53%) Lua
13 5 (1.28%) Dart
13 5 (1.28%) PHP
14 4 (1.02%) Bash
15 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.51%) C
16 2 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.21%) Degree
2 22 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.60%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.58%) CREST Certified
5 12 (3.07%) OSCP
6 11 (2.81%) GIAC
7 10 (2.56%) CEH
8 7 (1.79%) GPEN
8 7 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.02%) CISM
9 4 (1.02%) CISSP
9 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.77%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.51%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.51%) ISEB
11 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.51%) SANS
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.44%) QA
2 26 (6.65%) NIST
3 22 (5.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.51%) COBIT
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) WCAG
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.35%) Terraform
2 13 (3.32%) Ansible
3 9 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.02%) Nessus
5 3 (0.77%) Grafana
5 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.77%) Puppet
6 2 (0.51%) Graylog
6 2 (0.51%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.51%) Istio
6 2 (0.51%) Nagios
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.26%) AppManager
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.26%) linkerd
7 1 (0.26%) SELinux
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (7.16%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.37%) Adobe
3 15 (3.84%) Google
4 13 (3.32%) Apple
5 9 (2.30%) SAP
5 9 (2.30%) Xamarin
6 6 (1.53%) Checkmarx
6 6 (1.53%) Oracle
6 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.28%) Nokia
7 5 (1.28%) Splunk
8 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.02%) HP
8 4 (1.02%) Pega
9 3 (0.77%) Aareon
9 3 (0.77%) ESRI
9 3 (0.77%) IBM
9 3 (0.77%) OutSystems
9 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.77%) Syclo