Mobile Developer
UK

The median Mobile Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 814 851 851
Rank change year-on-year +37 0 -274
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 83 150 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 69 102 114
10th Percentile £49,500 £47,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £84,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mobile Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Developer over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +67 73 £70,000 +3.70% 10
UK excluding London -11 61 £70,000 +7.69% 8
Work from Home +30 29 £70,000 +3.70% 7
South East +7 24 £65,000 -3.70% 1
London +119 19 £70,000 -12.50% 2
North of England +62 14 £60,000 +14.29% 2
North West +14 11 £52,500 +7.69% 2
Midlands +11 9 £75,000 +29.31% 2
East Midlands -15 6 - - 1
South West -15 5 £75,000 +93.55% 1
Scotland -61 4 £75,000 +22.45% 1
Yorkshire +81 3 £75,000 +7.14%
West Midlands +43 3 £75,000 +20.00% 1
Wales - 3 £55,000 -
East of England +23 2 £55,000 -31.25% 1

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Mobile Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 65 (78.31%) Mobile Development
2 48 (57.83%) Android
3 46 (55.42%) Mobile App
4 39 (46.99%) Agile
5 36 (43.37%) Apple iOS
6 31 (37.35%) C#
7 30 (36.14%) Git
8 28 (33.73%) Mobile Application Development
8 28 (33.73%) User Experience
9 27 (32.53%) Kotlin
10 25 (30.12%) Xamarin
10 25 (30.12%) Degree
11 23 (27.71%) QA
12 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (26.51%) Design Patterns
13 21 (25.30%) UX Design
14 19 (22.89%) Test Automation
14 19 (22.89%) React Native
14 19 (22.89%) Swift
15 18 (21.69%) Docker
15 18 (21.69%) DevOps
15 18 (21.69%) Social Skills
16 17 (20.48%) SaaS
16 17 (20.48%) RESTful
17 16 (19.28%) MVVM
18 15 (18.07%) Android Development
18 15 (18.07%) API Development
18 15 (18.07%) API Integration
18 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
19 14 (16.87%) Flutter

Mobile Developer Skill Set
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 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) SaaS
2 8 (9.64%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.61%) Firebase
4 3 (3.61%) Google Play
5 2 (2.41%) TestFlight
6 1 (1.20%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (1.20%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (6.02%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.20%) Internet
3 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (7.23%) SQL Server
1 6 (7.23%) SQLite
2 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (36.14%) Git
2 7 (8.43%) Jenkins
3 6 (7.23%) fastlane
3 6 (7.23%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (7.23%) SonarQube
3 6 (7.23%) TeamCity
4 5 (6.02%) CircleCI
5 4 (4.82%) Android Studio
5 4 (4.82%) JIRA
6 3 (3.61%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (2.41%) Crashlytics
General
1 18 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Tech for Good
3 6 (7.23%) Finance
4 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 3 (3.61%) Back Office
6 1 (1.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.89%) React Native
2 17 (20.48%) RESTful
3 14 (16.87%) Flutter
4 10 (12.05%) REST
5 7 (8.43%) .NET
5 7 (8.43%) Android Jetpack
6 6 (7.23%) .NET Framework
7 5 (6.02%) JSON
8 4 (4.82%) Ktor
8 4 (4.82%) NativeScript
8 4 (4.82%) OAuth
8 4 (4.82%) Redux
8 4 (4.82%) Retrofit
9 3 (3.61%) CSS
9 3 (3.61%) HTML
9 3 (3.61%) OpenGL
9 3 (3.61%) SignalR
10 2 (2.41%) Core Animation
10 2 (2.41%) Core Data
10 2 (2.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (55.42%) Mobile App
2 8 (9.64%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.82%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.61%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.41%) Animation
7 1 (1.20%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.20%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 48 (57.83%) Android
2 36 (43.37%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (78.31%) Mobile Development
2 39 (46.99%) Agile
3 28 (33.73%) Mobile Application Development
3 28 (33.73%) User Experience
4 22 (26.51%) Design Patterns
4 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (25.30%) UX Design
6 19 (22.89%) Test Automation
7 18 (21.69%) DevOps
8 16 (19.28%) MVVM
9 15 (18.07%) Android Development
9 15 (18.07%) API Development
9 15 (18.07%) API Integration
9 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
10 13 (15.66%) Architectural Patterns
10 13 (15.66%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (15.66%) Computer Science
10 13 (15.66%) Propensity Modelling
10 13 (15.66%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (14.46%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 31 (37.35%) C#
2 27 (32.53%) Kotlin
3 19 (22.89%) Swift
4 9 (10.84%) SQL
5 7 (8.43%) Dart
6 6 (7.23%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.02%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Degree
2 13 (15.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (27.71%) QA
2 4 (4.82%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (21.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (14.46%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 25 (30.12%) Xamarin
2 9 (10.84%) Google
3 8 (9.64%) Apple
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft