Mobile Development Job Trends in the South East

Mobile Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Mobile Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 257 260
Rank change year-on-year +25 +3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Development 43 45 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.41% 0.49% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.55% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 37 31 6
10th Percentile £54,500 - £46,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £65,750
% change year-on-year +2.13% -10.65% +1.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Mobile 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,378 8,110 6,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.85% 87.72% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,956 3,982 4,915
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,253 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Mobile Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Mobile Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Mobile Development
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mobile Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mobile Development

Mobile Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Development in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile Development in the South East

Mobile Development
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hampshire +36 22 £66,250 -13.11% 1
East Sussex +11 18 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Thames Valley +7 1 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Surrey +6 1 £95,000 +65.22% 4
West Sussex - 1 £57,500 -
Berkshire - 1 £60,000 - 2
Mobile Development
England

Mobile Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (16.28%) Azure
2 6 (13.95%) GitHub
3 4 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.98%) Google Play
5 2 (4.65%) SaaS
6 1 (2.33%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.33%) GIS
1 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.33%) MySQL
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Storybook
2 2 (4.65%) Git
3 1 (2.33%) Android Studio
3 1 (2.33%) CMake
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.33%) Xcode
General
1 9 (20.93%) Finance
2 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.33%) Billing
4 1 (2.33%) Marketing
4 1 (2.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (93.02%) Developer
2 18 (41.86%) iOS Developer
2 18 (41.86%) Mobile Developer
3 11 (25.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 7 (16.28%) Bluetooth Developer
4 7 (16.28%) IoT Developer
4 7 (16.28%) React Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Senior
6 1 (2.33%) Android Developer
6 1 (2.33%) Applications Developer
6 1 (2.33%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 1 (2.33%) Head of Development
6 1 (2.33%) Head of Software Development
6 1 (2.33%) iOS Android Developer
6 1 (2.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (30.23%) Next.js
1 13 (30.23%) React
2 12 (27.91%) RESTful
3 11 (25.58%) SwiftUI
4 10 (23.26%) React Native
5 8 (18.60%) .NET
6 7 (16.28%) Jest
7 5 (11.63%) Ionic Framework
8 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
8 2 (4.65%) YAML
9 1 (2.33%) Enzyme
9 1 (2.33%) Google Maps API
9 1 (2.33%) OpenGL
9 1 (2.33%) OpenSceneGraph
9 1 (2.33%) QML
9 1 (2.33%) Qt
9 1 (2.33%) Qt Quick
9 1 (2.33%) REST
9 1 (2.33%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 30 (69.77%) Mobile App
2 7 (16.28%) IoT
3 1 (2.33%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 30 (69.77%) Apple iOS
2 23 (53.49%) Android
3 3 (6.98%) Windows
4 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) iOS Development
2 15 (34.88%) Android Development
3 14 (32.56%) Clean Code
4 11 (25.58%) Memory Management
4 11 (25.58%) Multithreading
4 11 (25.58%) Performance Optimisation
4 11 (25.58%) SOLID
4 11 (25.58%) Wealth Management
5 10 (23.26%) Agile
5 10 (23.26%) User Experience
5 10 (23.26%) UX Design
5 10 (23.26%) Wireframes
6 9 (20.93%) CI/CD
6 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (18.60%) Software Engineering
8 7 (16.28%) API Integration
9 6 (13.95%) DevOps
9 6 (13.95%) Front End Development
10 3 (6.98%) Fintech
11 2 (4.65%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) Kotlin
2 12 (27.91%) Swift
3 11 (25.58%) TypeScript
4 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.33%) Bash
5 1 (2.33%) C
5 1 (2.33%) C#
5 1 (2.33%) C++
5 1 (2.33%) Java
5 1 (2.33%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) Apple
1 3 (6.98%) Google
2 1 (2.33%) ESRI
2 1 (2.33%) Mapbox
2 1 (2.33%) Xamarin