Mobile Developer Job Trends in England

Mobile Developer
UK > England

The median Mobile Developer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 624 654
Rank change year-on-year +71 +30 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 52 52 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.099% 0.11% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 49 26 27
10th Percentile £41,000 £43,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.79% -14.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £73,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Mobile Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Mobile Developer job vacancy trend in England

Mobile Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Mobile Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Mobile Developer job vacancies in England

Mobile Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Developer in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in England

Mobile Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
South East +24 17 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Midlands +32 11 £45,000 -12.20% 8
East Midlands 0 10 £45,000 -21.74% 6
South West +17 9 £50,000 +25.00%
East of England +9 6 £60,000 +20.00% 1
London +56 5 £70,000 - 3
North of England +28 4 £55,000 +10.00% 2
North East - 3 - -
North West +26 1 £55,000 +2.33% 1
West Midlands +22 1 £70,000 +55.56% 2
Mobile Developer
UK

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Mobile Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 29 (55.77%) Android
1 29 (55.77%) React Native
2 26 (50.00%) Mobile Development
3 20 (38.46%) Android Development
4 19 (36.54%) Apple iOS
5 18 (34.62%) Mobile Application Development
6 11 (21.15%) Agile
7 10 (19.23%) iOS Development
7 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (17.31%) Git
8 9 (17.31%) Swift
9 8 (15.38%) Xamarin
9 8 (15.38%) Xcode
10 7 (13.46%) .NET
10 7 (13.46%) Bluetooth
10 7 (13.46%) Flutter
10 7 (13.46%) RESTful
10 7 (13.46%) Software Engineering
10 7 (13.46%) TypeScript
11 6 (11.54%) Clean Code
11 6 (11.54%) Kotlin
11 6 (11.54%) Next.js
11 6 (11.54%) React
12 5 (9.62%) Degree
12 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
12 5 (9.62%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (9.62%) User Experience
12 5 (9.62%) UX Design
13 4 (7.69%) API Integration
13 4 (7.69%) Apple

Mobile Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Google Play
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.92%) Firebase
4 1 (1.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) GIS
2 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Git
2 8 (15.38%) Xcode
3 4 (7.69%) Storybook
4 2 (3.85%) Android Studio
4 2 (3.85%) CMake
4 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.85%) JIRA
4 2 (3.85%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (5.77%) Financial Institution
3 3 (5.77%) Wearables
4 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (55.77%) React Native
2 7 (13.46%) .NET
2 7 (13.46%) Flutter
2 7 (13.46%) RESTful
3 6 (11.54%) Next.js
3 6 (11.54%) React
4 4 (7.69%) Ionic Framework
5 2 (3.85%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.85%) Google Maps API
5 2 (3.85%) OpenGL
5 2 (3.85%) OpenSceneGraph
5 2 (3.85%) QML
5 2 (3.85%) Qt
5 2 (3.85%) Qt Quick
5 2 (3.85%) Vulkan
6 1 (1.92%) Jest
6 1 (1.92%) SwiftUI
6 1 (1.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (76.92%) Mobile App
2 16 (30.77%) IoT
3 3 (5.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.85%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 29 (55.77%) Android
2 19 (36.54%) Apple iOS
3 4 (7.69%) Windows
4 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 20 (38.46%) Android Development
3 18 (34.62%) Mobile Application Development
4 11 (21.15%) Agile
5 10 (19.23%) iOS Development
5 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.46%) Software Engineering
7 6 (11.54%) Clean Code
8 5 (9.62%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (9.62%) User Experience
8 5 (9.62%) UX Design
9 4 (7.69%) API Integration
9 4 (7.69%) Wealth Management
9 4 (7.69%) Wireframes
10 3 (5.77%) CI/CD
10 3 (5.77%) Code Quality
10 3 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (5.77%) Cross-Platform Development
10 3 (5.77%) Push Notifications
10 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) Swift
2 7 (13.46%) TypeScript
3 6 (11.54%) Kotlin
4 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.85%) Bash
5 2 (3.85%) C
5 2 (3.85%) C++
5 2 (3.85%) Java
5 2 (3.85%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Xamarin
2 4 (7.69%) Apple
2 4 (7.69%) Google
3 2 (3.85%) ESRI
3 2 (3.85%) Mapbox
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft