Mobile Developer Job Trends

Mobile Developer
UK

The median Mobile Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 587 677 670
Rank change year-on-year +90 -7 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 62 72 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 58 38 34
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £40,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +1.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% +30.56% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 48,887 61,129 48,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 94.26% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 30,843 33,997 37,695
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,656 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Mobile Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Mobile Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Mobile Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Mobile Developer job vacancies in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Developer over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 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
UK excluding London +78 60 £60,000 +2.13% 22
England +96 47 £55,000 -6.38% 22
Work from Home +82 21 £55,000 -10.20% 13
South East +50 19 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Scotland +23 15 £65,000 - 1
South West +29 9 £50,000 +25.00%
North of England +27 9 £50,000 -16.67% 1
North East - 8 £50,000 - 1
East of England +10 6 £60,000 -4.00% 2
London +54 2 £43,750 -39.66% 3
Midlands +49 2 £50,000 -2.44% 9
West Midlands +54 1 £55,000 +22.22% 2
North West +36 1 £55,000 -8.33%
East Midlands +22 1 £45,000 -21.74% 7

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Mobile Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 48 (77.42%) Mobile Development
2 35 (56.45%) Android
3 34 (54.84%) Apple iOS
4 29 (46.77%) React Native
5 25 (40.32%) Android Development
6 24 (38.71%) iOS Development
7 15 (24.19%) AI
7 15 (24.19%) Mobile Application Development
8 13 (20.97%) Agile
9 12 (19.35%) Swift
10 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (16.13%) Git
11 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
11 10 (16.13%) TypeScript
12 9 (14.52%) Clean Code
13 8 (12.90%) .NET
13 8 (12.90%) Kotlin
13 8 (12.90%) Next.js
13 8 (12.90%) React
13 8 (12.90%) RESTful
13 8 (12.90%) Xamarin
13 8 (12.90%) Xcode
14 7 (11.29%) Flutter
14 7 (11.29%) Software Engineering
14 7 (11.29%) User Experience
14 7 (11.29%) UX Design
14 7 (11.29%) Wireframes
15 6 (9.68%) API Integration
15 6 (9.68%) Storybook
15 6 (9.68%) Wealth Management

Mobile Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Google Play
2 3 (4.84%) Azure
2 3 (4.84%) SaaS
3 2 (3.23%) GitHub
3 2 (3.23%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.61%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Git
2 8 (12.90%) Xcode
3 6 (9.68%) Storybook
4 2 (3.23%) Android Studio
4 2 (3.23%) CMake
4 2 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.23%) JIRA
4 2 (3.23%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.45%) Finance
3 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.23%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (46.77%) React Native
2 8 (12.90%) .NET
2 8 (12.90%) Next.js
2 8 (12.90%) React
2 8 (12.90%) RESTful
3 7 (11.29%) Flutter
4 5 (8.06%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.84%) Jest
6 2 (3.23%) Google Maps API
6 2 (3.23%) OpenGL
6 2 (3.23%) OpenSceneGraph
6 2 (3.23%) QML
6 2 (3.23%) Qt
6 2 (3.23%) Qt Quick
6 2 (3.23%) Vulkan
6 2 (3.23%) YAML
7 1 (1.61%) Core Animation
7 1 (1.61%) Core Data
7 1 (1.61%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 28 (45.16%) Mobile App
2 15 (24.19%) Augmented Reality
2 15 (24.19%) Virtual Team
3 11 (17.74%) IoT
4 3 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.23%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.61%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 35 (56.45%) Android
2 34 (54.84%) Apple iOS
3 4 (6.45%) Windows
4 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (77.42%) Mobile Development
2 25 (40.32%) Android Development
3 24 (38.71%) iOS Development
4 15 (24.19%) AI
4 15 (24.19%) Mobile Application Development
5 13 (20.97%) Agile
6 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.52%) Clean Code
8 7 (11.29%) Software Engineering
8 7 (11.29%) User Experience
8 7 (11.29%) UX Design
8 7 (11.29%) Wireframes
9 6 (9.68%) API Integration
9 6 (9.68%) Wealth Management
10 5 (8.06%) Performance Optimisation
11 4 (6.45%) CI/CD
11 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.45%) Push Notifications
12 3 (4.84%) Data Protection
12 3 (4.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) Swift
2 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
2 10 (16.13%) TypeScript
3 8 (12.90%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.23%) Bash
4 2 (3.23%) C
4 2 (3.23%) C++
4 2 (3.23%) Java
4 2 (3.23%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.61%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.61%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) Xamarin
2 4 (6.45%) Apple
2 4 (6.45%) Google
3 2 (3.23%) ESRI
3 2 (3.23%) Mapbox
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
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