Mobile Application Development Job Trends in Scotland

Mobile App Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Mobile Application Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 139 190
Rank change year-on-year -2 +51 +19
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Application Development 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.11% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £56,825 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,688 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -10.00% +4.25%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,188 £68,750
90th Percentile - £65,275 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +21.74% -28.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Mobile Application Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,191 2,453 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.52% 92.53% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 1,034 1,784
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,325 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,292 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mobile Application Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Mobile Application Development job vacancy trend in Scotland

Mobile Application Development
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Mobile Application Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Edinburgh -5 1 £57,500 - 3
Mobile Application Development
UK

Mobile Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Xamarin