Mobile App Jobs

Mobile Application
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 294 221
Rank change year-on-year -42 -73 -116
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 469 1,022 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.92% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.75% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 349 805 1,000
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,800 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,118 37,184 39,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.58% 33.30% 43.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,806 23,665 21,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £46,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Salary trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 June 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
England -58 417 £57,500 +4.55% 2,548
UK excluding London -78 272 £55,000 +2.80% 1,543
London +77 173 £65,000 -3.70% 1,184
Work from Home -74 172 £60,000 +9.09% 1,207
North of England -46 74 £47,500 -7.32% 367
South East +15 61 £50,000 - 416
Midlands +7 57 £47,500 -5.00% 232
West Midlands +39 51 £47,500 -9.52% 144
North West -67 35 £60,000 +20.00% 205
Scotland +106 31 £67,000 -4.29% 110
Yorkshire +39 30 £26,500 -53.91% 133
South West +24 27 £61,250 -2.00% 157
East of England -43 17 £55,000 - 184
North East +36 9 £43,750 +2.94% 29
East Midlands +2 6 £52,500 +16.67% 88
Wales +26 5 £70,000 +33.33% 55

Mobile App
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.33%) CMS
2 16 (3.41%) WordPress
3 13 (2.77%) Confluence
4 12 (2.56%) Drupal
5 11 (2.35%) Headless CMS
6 9 (1.92%) IIS
7 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) Apache
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Appian
8 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Sketch
2 5 (1.07%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.43%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 143 (30.49%) AWS
2 75 (15.99%) Azure
3 51 (10.87%) GCP
4 36 (7.68%) SaaS
5 32 (6.82%) Figma
6 24 (5.12%) Serverless
7 23 (4.90%) Power Platform
8 20 (4.26%) GitHub
9 18 (3.84%) Firebase
10 11 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.13%) Contentful
12 9 (1.92%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.71%) DigitalOcean
14 7 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.49%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (1.07%) Bitrise
16 5 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
17 4 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.13%) Internet
2 5 (1.07%) HTTP
3 4 (0.85%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.21%) Calico
5 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) Wireless
5 1 (0.21%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.58%) SQL Server
2 50 (10.66%) MySQL
3 36 (7.68%) NoSQL
4 18 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (3.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (2.99%) Power BI
7 10 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.71%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.07%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.85%) Big Data
11 4 (0.85%) Cloud Spanner
11 4 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.85%) Event Store
12 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.64%) Redis
13 2 (0.43%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.43%) GIS
14 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 83 (17.70%) Git
2 29 (6.18%) JIRA
3 22 (4.69%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.26%) Appium
5 18 (3.84%) Visual Studio
6 13 (2.77%) Selenium
7 9 (1.92%) GitLab
8 8 (1.71%) Android Studio
8 8 (1.71%) Maven
9 7 (1.49%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.49%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.49%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.49%) Storybook
10 6 (1.28%) Gradle
10 6 (1.28%) JUnit
10 6 (1.28%) Xcode
11 5 (1.07%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.07%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.07%) JMeter
11 5 (1.07%) WebDriver
General
1 137 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 98 (20.90%) Finance
3 57 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (11.09%) Banking
5 49 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (9.81%) Games
7 41 (8.74%) Law
8 38 (8.10%) Marketing
9 27 (5.76%) Retail
10 18 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.99%) Automotive
12 12 (2.56%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.35%) Legal
14 10 (2.13%) Aviation
15 7 (1.49%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.28%) Public Sector
17 5 (1.07%) Digital Health
17 5 (1.07%) Police
17 5 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 182 (38.81%) Developer
2 87 (18.55%) Senior
3 71 (15.14%) Lead
4 59 (12.58%) Software Engineer
5 53 (11.30%) Senior Developer
6 28 (5.97%) Full-Stack Developer
7 26 (5.54%) Analyst
8 21 (4.48%) Android Engineer
8 21 (4.48%) iOS Developer
9 20 (4.26%) Mobile Engineer
10 18 (3.84%) IT Engineer
10 18 (3.84%) IT Support
10 18 (3.84%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (3.84%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.62%) Lead Developer
11 17 (3.62%) Lead Software Engineer
11 17 (3.62%) React Developer
12 16 (3.41%) Designer
12 16 (3.41%) Python Engineer
12 16 (3.41%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (22.17%) React
2 86 (18.34%) CSS
3 85 (18.12%) HTML
4 69 (14.71%) .NET
5 68 (14.50%) React Native
6 56 (11.94%) RESTful
7 38 (8.10%) .NET Core
8 36 (7.68%) GraphQL
9 32 (6.82%) JSON
9 32 (6.82%) Laravel
9 32 (6.82%) REST
10 30 (6.40%) Node.js
11 29 (6.18%) .NET Framework
12 25 (5.33%) ASP.NET
13 24 (5.12%) HTML5
13 24 (5.12%) LAMP
14 23 (4.90%) CSS3
15 22 (4.69%) AngularJS
15 22 (4.69%) Flutter
16 21 (4.48%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (4.05%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.77%) Online Banking
7 11 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.13%) Mobile Games
8 10 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.28%) EPoS
11 5 (1.07%) Educational Technology
11 5 (1.07%) IoT
12 4 (0.85%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.64%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.64%) Animation
13 3 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.64%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 120 (25.59%) Android
2 110 (23.45%) Apple iOS
3 35 (7.46%) Windows
4 19 (4.05%) Linux
5 10 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.07%) Rocky
7 2 (0.43%) Unix
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (42.64%) Agile
2 116 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (24.09%) Software Engineering
4 112 (23.88%) CI/CD
5 101 (21.54%) User Experience
6 76 (16.20%) Mobile Application Development
7 62 (13.22%) DevOps
7 62 (13.22%) E-Commerce
7 62 (13.22%) Test Automation
8 59 (12.58%) SDLC
9 58 (12.37%) Full-Stack Development
10 51 (10.87%) Microservices
11 49 (10.45%) Mobile Development
12 47 (10.02%) OOP
13 45 (9.59%) Software Testing
14 44 (9.38%) Migration
14 44 (9.38%) MVC
15 42 (8.96%) iOS Development
15 42 (8.96%) Mentoring
16 41 (8.74%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 145 (30.92%) JavaScript
2 77 (16.42%) TypeScript
3 74 (15.78%) SQL
4 55 (11.73%) C#
4 55 (11.73%) Java
5 53 (11.30%) Python
6 43 (9.17%) Kotlin
7 42 (8.96%) Swift
8 36 (7.68%) PHP
9 24 (5.12%) Go
10 19 (4.05%) Objective-C
11 12 (2.56%) Dart
12 9 (1.92%) C
13 7 (1.49%) C++
14 3 (0.64%) Ruby
15 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.43%) Rust
16 1 (0.21%) Bash
16 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (10.45%) Degree
2 27 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.84%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.35%) AWS Certification
5 9 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.64%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.21%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.21%) CITP
10 1 (0.21%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.21%) MBA
10 1 (0.21%) MCT
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.02%) QA
2 23 (4.90%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.64%) WCAG
5 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.43%) GDPR
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) PERC
6 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (5.76%) Docker
2 13 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.64%) Firmware
3 3 (0.64%) LXC
4 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.33%) Terraform
3 9 (1.92%) AirWatch
4 8 (1.71%) Mesos
5 7 (1.49%) Grafana
5 7 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) Ansible
7 1 (0.21%) Istio
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
7 1 (0.21%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.61%) Google
3 18 (3.84%) Zoho
4 14 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.77%) Apple
6 11 (2.35%) New Relic
7 9 (1.92%) Adobe
7 9 (1.92%) Samsung
8 8 (1.71%) Twitter
9 6 (1.28%) Oracle
9 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.28%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.07%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.85%) Rollbar
12 3 (0.64%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.64%) Optimizely
13 1 (0.21%) CyberSource
13 1 (0.21%) IBM
13 1 (0.21%) Talend