Mobile App Job Trends in England

Mobile Application
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 374 278
Rank change year-on-year +25 -96 -28
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 475 301 676
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.70% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% 1.66% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 326 208 413
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
England

Mobile App falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,618 18,128 22,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 41.92% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,785 9,173 11,967
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mobile App relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Mobile App job vacancy trend in England

Mobile App
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile App.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in England

Mobile App
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the England region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -57 138 £75,000 -11.76% 419
North of England +4 132 £55,000 +10.00% 70
North West +31 83 £60,000 +2.13% 40
South East +1 77 £60,000 -7.69% 81
Midlands +4 76 £50,000 +5.26% 35
West Midlands -15 45 £50,000 +5.26% 14
South West -53 38 £65,000 +13.04% 28
Yorkshire -20 34 £52,500 +98.11% 25
East Midlands -1 31 £50,000 -4.76% 21
East of England -14 16 £60,000 +2.13% 31
North East -53 15 £47,000 +4.44% 5
Mobile App
UK

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.68%) Confluence
2 5 (1.05%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.84%) CMS
3 4 (0.84%) IIS
3 4 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.63%) WordPress
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.63%) Zeplin
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) Shopify
2 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 85 (17.89%) Azure
2 57 (12.00%) AWS
3 44 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (7.58%) SaaS
5 27 (5.68%) GitHub
6 25 (5.26%) Google Play
7 24 (5.05%) Firebase
8 22 (4.63%) GCP
9 17 (3.58%) Azure AI
10 16 (3.37%) Serverless
11 14 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.32%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.11%) TestFlight
14 9 (1.89%) BrowserStack
14 9 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
15 7 (1.47%) Figma
15 7 (1.47%) Power Platform
15 7 (1.47%) Stripe
16 5 (1.05%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.05%) HTTP
2 4 (0.84%) Firewall
2 4 (0.84%) Internet
2 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.42%) 5G
4 2 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.21%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (3.58%) MongoDB
3 14 (2.95%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.11%) MySQL
6 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.05%) Power BI
8 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.63%) Big Data
9 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.42%) SQLite
11 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.21%) Redis
11 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.05%) Git
2 13 (2.74%) fastlane
3 12 (2.53%) Crashlytics
3 12 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.11%) XCTest
5 9 (1.89%) JIRA
5 9 (1.89%) Xcode
6 8 (1.68%) Android Studio
6 8 (1.68%) Postman
7 7 (1.47%) Gradle
8 6 (1.26%) JUnit
8 6 (1.26%) Selenium
9 5 (1.05%) Appium
9 5 (1.05%) Gatling
9 5 (1.05%) XCUITest
10 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.63%) JMeter
12 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.42%) GitLab
12 2 (0.42%) Mockito
General
1 94 (19.79%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.84%) Law
3 38 (8.00%) Finance
4 35 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (6.53%) Retail
6 27 (5.68%) Marketing
7 25 (5.26%) Publishing
8 18 (3.79%) Banking
9 14 (2.95%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.26%) Automotive
11 6 (1.26%) Digital Health
12 5 (1.05%) Back Office
12 5 (1.05%) Electronics
12 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Public Speaking
13 4 (0.84%) Billing
13 4 (0.84%) Games
14 3 (0.63%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 198 (41.68%) Developer
2 112 (23.58%) Senior
3 67 (14.11%) Senior Developer
4 53 (11.16%) iOS Developer
5 51 (10.74%) Lead
6 42 (8.84%) .NET Developer
7 36 (7.58%) Android Developer
8 35 (7.37%) Mobile Developer
9 31 (6.53%) Senior Mobile Developer
9 31 (6.53%) Software Engineer
10 27 (5.68%) Applications Developer
10 27 (5.68%) Senior iOS Developer
11 23 (4.84%) Junior
12 22 (4.63%) Designer
12 22 (4.63%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 19 (4.00%) Senior Android Developer
13 19 (4.00%) Senior Applications Developer
13 19 (4.00%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
14 17 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.58%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (13.89%) React Native
2 64 (13.47%) React
3 61 (12.84%) .NET
4 54 (11.37%) RESTful
5 43 (9.05%) REST
6 39 (8.21%) SwiftUI
7 27 (5.68%) ASP.NET
8 22 (4.63%) ASP.NET Core
8 22 (4.63%) CSS
9 21 (4.42%) Blazor
10 20 (4.21%) .NET Core
10 20 (4.21%) HTML
11 17 (3.58%) ML.NET
11 17 (3.58%) UIKit
12 15 (3.16%) Flutter
12 15 (3.16%) Node.js
13 14 (2.95%) Vue
14 12 (2.53%) Next.js
15 11 (2.32%) Android Jetpack
15 11 (2.32%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.95%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.63%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (4.42%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.21%) iPhone
5 19 (4.00%) IoT
6 12 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.47%) PropTech
10 6 (1.26%) Blog
10 6 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.26%) Vector Graphics
11 5 (1.05%) CCTV
11 5 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.05%) Hackathon
11 5 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (1.05%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 145 (30.53%) Android
2 129 (27.16%) Apple iOS
3 17 (3.58%) Windows
4 6 (1.26%) Linux
4 6 (1.26%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (27.37%) Agile
2 96 (20.21%) Test Automation
3 93 (19.58%) User Experience
4 90 (18.95%) CI/CD
5 77 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (14.95%) iOS Development
7 69 (14.53%) AI
8 65 (13.68%) DevOps
9 64 (13.47%) Mobile Development
10 62 (13.05%) Analytics
10 62 (13.05%) Android Development
11 59 (12.42%) Full-Stack Development
12 54 (11.37%) Software Engineering
13 52 (10.95%) Mentoring
14 45 (9.47%) Clean Code
14 45 (9.47%) Code Quality
14 45 (9.47%) Roadmaps
14 45 (9.47%) UX Design
15 33 (6.95%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.26%) SQL
2 58 (12.21%) C#
3 54 (11.37%) JavaScript
3 54 (11.37%) Kotlin
4 48 (10.11%) Swift
5 42 (8.84%) TypeScript
6 33 (6.95%) Java
7 31 (6.53%) Python
8 14 (2.95%) C++
9 10 (2.11%) Ruby
10 9 (1.89%) PHP
11 7 (1.47%) Go
12 6 (1.26%) C
13 5 (1.05%) Dart
14 3 (0.63%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.42%) Perl
15 2 (0.42%) Rust
15 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (7.37%) Degree
2 19 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.11%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.68%) CREST Certified
6 7 (1.47%) ISTQB
6 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.47%) OSCP
7 6 (1.26%) ISEB
8 4 (0.84%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.63%) CISSP
9 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CEH
10 2 (0.42%) CHECK Team Member
10 2 (0.42%) CISA
10 2 (0.42%) CISM
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.11%) Accessibility
2 40 (8.42%) QA
3 18 (3.79%) WCAG
4 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.42%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (1.47%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.47%) Firmware
2 5 (1.05%) Docker
3 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.05%) Grafana
2 5 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.63%) SCCM
4 2 (0.42%) Bosun
Vendors
1 41 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.79%) Google
3 21 (4.42%) Apple
4 15 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.32%) Dynatrace
5 11 (2.32%) Xamarin
6 7 (1.47%) Amplitude
6 7 (1.47%) Braze
7 6 (1.26%) SAP
8 5 (1.05%) Okta
8 5 (1.05%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle
8 5 (1.05%) VMware
9 3 (0.63%) Adobe
9 3 (0.63%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.42%) Databricks
10 2 (0.42%) Foundry
10 2 (0.42%) IBM
10 2 (0.42%) IFS
10 2 (0.42%) Sage