Mobile App Job Trends

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 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 237 295
Rank change year-on-year -50 +58 -145
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 438 681 542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.27% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.12% 3.42% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 319 390 470
10th Percentile £32,900 £36,700 £36,225
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £78,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

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 20,616 19,935 20,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.19% 37.19% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,355 9,359 14,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

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 15 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
England -41 396 £60,000 - 392
UK excluding London -64 263 £52,500 -4.55% 367
London +24 150 £90,000 +12.50% 82
Work from Home -53 144 £70,000 +12.00% 207
North of England -19 78 £58,750 +17.50% 78
South East -29 68 £60,000 +20.00% 114
Midlands -17 44 £45,000 -32.08% 49
North West -1 40 £70,000 +16.67% 43
South West -7 38 £50,000 -16.67% 37
Yorkshire -9 27 £40,000 -11.11% 26
East Midlands -4 24 £45,000 -14.29% 31
Scotland -22 24 £34,000 -38.18% 13
West Midlands -26 20 £50,000 -28.57% 18
North East +4 11 £50,000 +17.65% 10
East of England -13 9 £60,000 -20.00% 57
Wales +8 3 £50,000 - 21

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (1.83%) CMS
2 6 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.14%) Confluence
4 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.46%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.46%) IIS
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Appian
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.60%) Chatbot
1 7 (1.60%) Sketch
2 4 (0.91%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Shopify
2 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (19.41%) Azure
2 63 (14.38%) SaaS
3 37 (8.45%) AWS
4 30 (6.85%) Figma
5 28 (6.39%) GitHub
6 26 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.88%) GCP
7 17 (3.88%) Serverless
8 14 (3.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 14 (3.20%) Azure Functions
8 14 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 12 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (2.51%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.05%) Firebase
12 8 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.37%) Google Play
15 4 (0.91%) Azure App Service
15 4 (0.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (3.42%) Wireless
3 9 (2.05%) Broadband
3 9 (2.05%) VPN
4 7 (1.60%) DNS
5 6 (1.37%) DHCP
5 6 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.37%) WAN
6 4 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.68%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.46%) 4G
8 2 (0.46%) Firewall
8 2 (0.46%) LAN
9 1 (0.23%) HTTP
9 1 (0.23%) Internet
9 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.74%) MySQL
3 9 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.68%) GIS
8 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) Big Data
9 1 (0.23%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.23%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.23%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 20 (4.57%) Git
2 14 (3.20%) JIRA
3 13 (2.97%) Xcode
4 9 (2.05%) Burp Suite
4 9 (2.05%) Metasploit
4 9 (2.05%) Storybook
5 8 (1.83%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.37%) Postman
6 6 (1.37%) Selenium
6 6 (1.37%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.91%) JMeter
8 3 (0.68%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.46%) CMake
9 2 (0.46%) Crashlytics
9 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.46%) XCUITest
General
1 103 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.10%) Finance
3 46 (10.50%) Retail
4 34 (7.76%) Marketing
5 26 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.02%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.79%) Billing
8 20 (4.57%) Advertising
9 18 (4.11%) Banking
9 18 (4.11%) Legal
10 13 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.97%) Electronics
11 10 (2.28%) Games
11 10 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.05%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.60%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.60%) Law
13 7 (1.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 183 (41.78%) Developer
2 83 (18.95%) Senior
3 50 (11.42%) Applications Developer
4 40 (9.13%) Mobile Developer
5 38 (8.68%) Lead
6 35 (7.99%) Senior Developer
7 33 (7.53%) iOS Developer
8 32 (7.31%) Analyst
9 29 (6.62%) .NET Developer
9 29 (6.62%) React Developer
10 28 (6.39%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 24 (5.48%) Architect
12 22 (5.02%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.65%) Consultant
15 15 (3.42%) Designer
15 15 (3.42%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.42%) Recruitment Consultant
15 15 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (3.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (24.20%) React Native
2 84 (19.18%) React
3 67 (15.30%) .NET
4 42 (9.59%) RESTful
5 41 (9.36%) Node.js
6 38 (8.68%) CSS
7 37 (8.45%) HTML
8 20 (4.57%) SwiftUI
9 19 (4.34%) REST
10 16 (3.65%) Vue
11 13 (2.97%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.97%) Bootstrap
11 13 (2.97%) Flutter
12 12 (2.74%) Next.js
13 10 (2.28%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.28%) Laravel
14 9 (2.05%) Express.js
14 9 (2.05%) Jest
14 9 (2.05%) WebSockets
15 8 (1.83%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.16%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.11%) IoT
4 15 (3.42%) EPoS
5 13 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.51%) iPhone
7 10 (2.28%) iPad
7 10 (2.28%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.05%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.60%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.37%) PropTech
11 5 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.91%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.91%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (26.48%) Android
2 112 (25.57%) Apple iOS
3 21 (4.79%) Windows
4 6 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.68%) Linux
7 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.46%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.46%) Unix
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (28.54%) Agile
2 75 (17.12%) User Experience
3 72 (16.44%) Mobile Application Development
4 69 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (13.93%) Mentoring
6 59 (13.47%) CI/CD
7 57 (13.01%) Mobile Development
8 55 (12.56%) Android Development
9 54 (12.33%) DevOps
10 53 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (11.19%) B2B
12 48 (10.96%) UX Design
13 46 (10.50%) Full-Stack Development
13 46 (10.50%) iOS Development
14 43 (9.82%) Software Engineering
15 42 (9.59%) Test Automation
16 39 (8.90%) AI
17 34 (7.76%) B2C
18 33 (7.53%) TDD
18 33 (7.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.42%) JavaScript
1 50 (11.42%) TypeScript
2 40 (9.13%) C#
3 35 (7.99%) Kotlin
4 30 (6.85%) Swift
5 25 (5.71%) SQL
6 19 (4.34%) Java
7 15 (3.42%) Python
8 10 (2.28%) Bash
8 10 (2.28%) PHP
9 9 (2.05%) C++
10 8 (1.83%) VBA
11 6 (1.37%) C
12 5 (1.14%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.91%) XAML
14 3 (0.68%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.68%) Perl
15 2 (0.46%) Groovy
15 2 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (8.90%) Degree
2 16 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.42%) CREST Certified
4 14 (3.20%) OSCP
5 12 (2.74%) CHECK Team Member
6 11 (2.51%) CHECK Team Leader
6 11 (2.51%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.28%) CCSAM
8 7 (1.60%) Security Cleared
9 6 (1.37%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.46%) CEH
11 2 (0.46%) CISA
11 2 (0.46%) CISSP
11 2 (0.46%) PhD
12 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.23%) Cyber Scheme
12 1 (0.23%) GPEN
12 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.23%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.76%) Accessibility
2 27 (6.16%) QA
3 8 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.60%) GDPR
5 6 (1.37%) SLA
5 6 (1.37%) WCAG
6 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.46%) GRC
7 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.46%) Section 508
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (3.20%) Docker
2 9 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.11%) Terraform
2 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.37%) Ansible
4 6 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.37%) Nessus
5 4 (0.91%) Nmap
6 3 (0.68%) Argo
Vendors
1 27 (6.16%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.34%) Apple
2 19 (4.34%) Xamarin
3 18 (4.11%) Google
4 16 (3.65%) Adobe
5 8 (1.83%) Blue Prism
5 8 (1.83%) Pega
6 7 (1.60%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.37%) Okta
8 5 (1.14%) SAP
8 5 (1.14%) Zoho
9 4 (0.91%) Samsung
9 4 (0.91%) VMware
10 3 (0.68%) Cvent
10 3 (0.68%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.68%) ESRI
10 3 (0.68%) Mapbox
10 3 (0.68%) Oracle
10 3 (0.68%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.46%) Lotus