Mobile Application Development Jobs

Mobile App Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mobile Application Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 838 709
Rank change year-on-year +92 -129 -158
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Application Development 158 155 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.16% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 123 108 271
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -15.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mobile Application Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mobile Application Development.

Salary trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Application Development within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 146 £57,500 -4.17% 45
UK excluding London +73 130 £60,000 +26.32% 29
Work from Home +73 53 £50,000 -13.79% 23
Midlands +37 36 £45,000 -6.25% 7
North of England +72 35 £74,000 +66.29% 9
South West 0 32 £50,000 +30.72% 1
London +77 28 £68,750 -9.84% 20
West Midlands +34 22 £52,500 +23.53% 1
North West +13 18 £70,000 +36.59% 4
Yorkshire +93 16 £87,500 +98.86% 1
East Midlands +1 14 £42,500 -26.72% 6
Scotland -52 12 £75,000 +150.00% 1
South East -1 10 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England +13 5 £45,000 +5.88% 3
North East - 1 £62,500 - 4

Mobile Application Development
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 10 (6.33%) Confluence
2 7 (4.43%) Umbraco
2 7 (4.43%) WordPress
3 5 (3.16%) nginx
3 5 (3.16%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Adobe XD
1 3 (1.90%) Sketch
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.90%) Magento
3 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.99%) AWS
1 30 (18.99%) Azure
2 24 (15.19%) SaaS
3 13 (8.23%) GCP
4 12 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.33%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (6.33%) GitHub
6 8 (5.06%) Slack
7 5 (3.16%) npm
7 5 (3.16%) TestFlight
7 5 (3.16%) WhatsApp
8 4 (2.53%) Figma
8 4 (2.53%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.27%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.27%) Firebase
10 2 (1.27%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.27%) Google Play
10 2 (1.27%) Matillion
10 2 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.53%) Firewall
2 4 (2.53%) Internet
3 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.90%) Wireless
3 3 (1.90%) Wireless Security
4 2 (1.27%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.63%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.56%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.86%) MySQL
3 9 (5.70%) NoSQL
4 8 (5.06%) Data Lake
4 8 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.43%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.80%) SQLite
7 5 (3.16%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (2.53%) Power BI
9 2 (1.27%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.27%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.27%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.27%) Looker
9 2 (1.27%) MS Access
9 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.63%) GIS
10 1 (0.63%) Redis
10 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (20.89%) Git
2 21 (13.29%) JIRA
3 15 (9.49%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.23%) CircleCI
5 9 (5.70%) Visual Studio
6 8 (5.06%) Cucumber
6 8 (5.06%) GitLab
6 8 (5.06%) JUnit
6 8 (5.06%) Selenium
7 7 (4.43%) Android Studio
8 6 (3.80%) fastlane
8 6 (3.80%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (3.80%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.80%) TeamCity
8 6 (3.80%) webpack
9 4 (2.53%) Xcode
10 3 (1.90%) Burp Suite
10 3 (1.90%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.63%) CMake
11 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 50 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.56%) Finance
3 10 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.70%) Banking
5 7 (4.43%) Retail
6 6 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.80%) Legal
6 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.80%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.90%) Advertising
7 3 (1.90%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.27%) Electronics
8 2 (1.27%) French Language
8 2 (1.27%) German Language
8 2 (1.27%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.27%) Korean Language
8 2 (1.27%) Law
8 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.27%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.63%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 104 (65.82%) Developer
2 38 (24.05%) Lead
3 28 (17.72%) Mobile Developer
4 24 (15.19%) Lead Developer
5 20 (12.66%) Full Stack Developer
6 16 (10.13%) Senior
7 15 (9.49%) Applications Developer
7 15 (9.49%) Senior Developer
8 13 (8.23%) iOS Developer
8 13 (8.23%) Software Engineer
9 12 (7.59%) Lead Mobile Developer
10 11 (6.96%) PHP Developer
11 10 (6.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 7 (4.43%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (4.43%) Architect
12 7 (4.43%) Senior iOS Developer
13 6 (3.80%) Junior
13 6 (3.80%) Lead iOS Developer
13 6 (3.80%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 6 (3.80%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (24.05%) .NET
2 34 (21.52%) HTML
3 33 (20.89%) CSS
4 29 (18.35%) RESTful
5 24 (15.19%) React
6 22 (13.92%) Vue
7 20 (12.66%) React Native
8 17 (10.76%) ASP.NET
9 14 (8.86%) jQuery
9 14 (8.86%) Laravel
9 14 (8.86%) XML
10 12 (7.59%) Flutter
11 11 (6.96%) .NET Framework
12 9 (5.70%) JSON
12 9 (5.70%) REST
13 8 (5.06%) .NET Core
13 8 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (4.43%) Ajax
14 7 (4.43%) SOAP
15 6 (3.80%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 158 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 14 (8.86%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.80%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.90%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.63%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.63%) Mobile Wallet
8 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (31.01%) Apple iOS
2 47 (29.75%) Android
3 10 (6.33%) Linux
4 5 (3.16%) Windows
5 3 (1.90%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (36.08%) Agile
2 51 (32.28%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (29.75%) DevOps
4 37 (23.42%) User Experience
5 34 (21.52%) Mentoring
6 33 (20.89%) Software Engineering
7 32 (20.25%) CI/CD
8 29 (18.35%) Mobile Development
9 28 (17.72%) iOS Development
10 26 (16.46%) Full Stack Development
11 25 (15.82%) API Integration
12 24 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (13.29%) Microservices
14 20 (12.66%) Coaching
15 18 (11.39%) Code Quality
15 18 (11.39%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (11.39%) Design Patterns
15 18 (11.39%) UX Design
16 17 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
16 17 (10.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 55 (34.81%) JavaScript
2 44 (27.85%) C#
3 34 (21.52%) SQL
4 29 (18.35%) Swift
5 26 (16.46%) Java
6 25 (15.82%) Kotlin
7 24 (15.19%) Python
8 16 (10.13%) PHP
9 10 (6.33%) C++
9 10 (6.33%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.16%) C
10 5 (3.16%) Objective-C
11 4 (2.53%) Bash
11 4 (2.53%) JSX
12 3 (1.90%) Dart
13 2 (1.27%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.27%) R
13 2 (1.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (25.95%) Degree
2 14 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.16%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.16%) PCI QSA
3 5 (3.16%) Postgraduate
4 3 (1.90%) CHECK Team Member
4 3 (1.90%) CREST Certified
4 3 (1.90%) OSCP
5 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.82%) QA
2 15 (9.49%) GDPR
3 8 (5.06%) PSD2
4 7 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.80%) GRC
6 5 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (11.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.80%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.90%) Nmap
3 2 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.19%) Google
2 22 (13.92%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.13%) Apple
4 13 (8.23%) Xamarin
5 8 (5.06%) Duck Creek
6 6 (3.80%) SAP
7 5 (3.16%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.90%) Adobe
9 2 (1.27%) DevExpress
9 2 (1.27%) Epicor
10 1 (0.63%) ESRI
10 1 (0.63%) Oracle
10 1 (0.63%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.63%) VMware