Mobile App Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Mobile Application
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 216 286
Rank change year-on-year -59 +70 -91
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 257 464 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.61% 1.29% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 3.78% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 201 291 288
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £33,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £84,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.34%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,592 12,280 11,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.21% 34.23% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,281 5,272 8,510
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,744
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.28% -4.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -3 77 £60,000 +20.00% 68
South East -35 66 £60,000 +20.00% 126
Midlands -14 42 £45,000 -32.08% 46
North West +4 39 £70,000 +16.67% 39
South West +2 37 £50,000 -16.67% 42
Yorkshire -5 27 £40,000 -11.11% 20
Scotland -25 24 £34,000 -38.18% 16
East Midlands -2 22 £45,000 -14.29% 29
West Midlands -22 20 £50,000 -28.57% 17
North East -3 11 £50,000 +17.65% 10
East of England -15 9 £60,000 -20.00% 67
Wales +6 3 £50,000 - 20
Mobile App
UK

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.78%) HCL Notes
1 2 (0.78%) IIS
1 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.39%) CMS
2 1 (0.39%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.57%) Azure
2 51 (19.84%) SaaS
3 21 (8.17%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (7.78%) AWS
5 19 (7.39%) GitHub
6 13 (5.06%) Serverless
7 12 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (4.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 11 (4.28%) Azure Functions
8 11 (4.28%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (3.11%) Figma
10 7 (2.72%) Firebase
11 6 (2.33%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.95%) Google Play
13 4 (1.56%) GCP
14 3 (1.17%) BigCommerce
14 3 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.78%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
15 2 (0.78%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.56%) Broadband
3 3 (1.17%) Bluetooth
3 3 (1.17%) VPN
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
4 1 (0.39%) Wireless
4 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.50%) MySQL
3 6 (2.33%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.17%) GIS
6 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.84%) Git
2 12 (4.67%) Xcode
3 7 (2.72%) JIRA
4 6 (2.33%) Android Studio
5 5 (1.95%) Storybook
6 3 (1.17%) Burp Suite
6 3 (1.17%) Metasploit
6 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.78%) CMake
7 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.78%) Postman
8 1 (0.39%) Appium
8 1 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.39%) Selenium
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.39%) XCUITest
General
1 41 (15.95%) Social Skills
2 20 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (7.78%) Billing
3 17 (6.61%) Advertising
4 16 (6.23%) Finance
5 12 (4.67%) Marketing
6 11 (4.28%) Retail
7 8 (3.11%) Electronics
7 8 (3.11%) Legal
8 7 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.95%) Banking
10 5 (1.95%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.56%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Publishing
12 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 140 (54.47%) Developer
2 37 (14.40%) Applications Developer
3 36 (14.01%) Mobile Developer
4 33 (12.84%) Senior
5 26 (10.12%) .NET Developer
6 25 (9.73%) Lead
7 24 (9.34%) iOS Developer
7 24 (9.34%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 18 (7.00%) React Developer
8 18 (7.00%) Senior Developer
9 16 (6.23%) Consultant
10 15 (5.84%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (5.84%) Recruitment Consultant
11 14 (5.45%) Field Engineer
11 14 (5.45%) Field Service Engineer
12 13 (5.06%) IT Consultant
12 13 (5.06%) IT Recruitment Consultant
13 12 (4.67%) Analyst
14 11 (4.28%) Team Leader
15 9 (3.50%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (24.12%) .NET
2 54 (21.01%) React Native
3 47 (18.29%) React
4 31 (12.06%) RESTful
5 26 (10.12%) CSS
6 25 (9.73%) HTML
7 16 (6.23%) REST
7 16 (6.23%) SwiftUI
8 12 (4.67%) Bootstrap
8 12 (4.67%) Next.js
9 10 (3.89%) AngularJS
9 10 (3.89%) Flutter
9 10 (3.89%) Vue
10 9 (3.50%) Jest
11 7 (2.72%) Laravel
11 7 (2.72%) Node.js
12 6 (2.33%) HTML5
13 5 (1.95%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.95%) CSS3
13 5 (1.95%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.95%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.84%) EPoS
3 12 (4.67%) IoT
4 6 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.33%) iPhone
4 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.33%) PropTech
4 6 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.95%) iPad
6 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.56%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.17%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.17%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.17%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.17%) Social Media
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.78%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 77 (29.96%) Android
2 68 (26.46%) Apple iOS
3 15 (5.84%) Windows
4 3 (1.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (22.18%) Agile
2 47 (18.29%) Mobile Application Development
3 43 (16.73%) Mobile Development
4 40 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (14.40%) CI/CD
5 37 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (14.01%) Android Development
7 34 (13.23%) DevOps
8 30 (11.67%) iOS Development
8 30 (11.67%) User Experience
9 27 (10.51%) B2B
9 27 (10.51%) CRM
9 27 (10.51%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (10.12%) TDD
11 25 (9.73%) Mentoring
11 25 (9.73%) SOLID
12 24 (9.34%) Wireframes
13 22 (8.56%) Clean Code
14 20 (7.78%) UX Design
15 19 (7.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.06%) C#
2 29 (11.28%) TypeScript
3 27 (10.51%) JavaScript
4 23 (8.95%) Swift
5 22 (8.56%) Kotlin
6 18 (7.00%) SQL
7 13 (5.06%) Java
8 7 (2.72%) PHP
9 6 (2.33%) Python
10 5 (1.95%) C++
10 5 (1.95%) VBA
11 4 (1.56%) Bash
11 4 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.56%) XAML
12 3 (1.17%) Perl
13 2 (0.78%) C
13 2 (0.78%) Groovy
13 2 (0.78%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.78%) Ruby
14 1 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (5.06%) Degree
2 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.95%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.17%) CREST Certified
4 3 (1.17%) OSCP
5 2 (0.78%) CEH
5 2 (0.78%) CISA
5 2 (0.78%) CISSP
5 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.39%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (0.39%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.72%) Accessibility
1 7 (2.72%) QA
2 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) GDPR
3 2 (0.78%) SLA
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.39%) GRC
4 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.56%) Ansible
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.56%) Terraform
4 3 (1.17%) Nmap
5 1 (0.39%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (7.39%) Xamarin
2 15 (5.84%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.06%) Apple
4 9 (3.50%) Google
5 7 (2.72%) Adobe
6 5 (1.95%) Blue Prism
6 5 (1.95%) Okta
6 5 (1.95%) Pega
6 5 (1.95%) Zoho
7 3 (1.17%) ESRI
7 3 (1.17%) Oracle
8 2 (0.78%) Facebook
8 2 (0.78%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.78%) Instagram
8 2 (0.78%) Lotus
8 2 (0.78%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.78%) Samsung
8 2 (0.78%) TikTok
8 2 (0.78%) YouTube
9 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow