Mobile Application Development Job Trends in the South West

Mobile App Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mobile Application Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 225 219
Rank change year-on-year +56 -6 +91
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Application Development 2 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.056% 0.058% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.076% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - £47,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,625 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +41.10% +8.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £48,438
90th Percentile - £74,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £67,500 £64,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +10.34% -22.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,952 5,267 4,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 82.30% 76.00% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 3,056 3,385
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,375 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Mobile Application Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Mobile Application Development
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Somerset - 2 £45,000 - 2
Mobile Application Development
England

Mobile Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Flutter
1 2 (100.00%) React Native
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Swift
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Xamarin