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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 625 803
Rank change year-on-year -6 +178 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 69 22 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.053% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.060% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 60 14 69
10th Percentile £44,500 £43,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £46,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,625 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 79,058 36,853 88,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 89.53% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 50,594 23,309 65,653
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 15 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Top 15 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 15 April 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 0 64 £60,000 +20.00% 8
UK excluding London -39 59 £60,000 +20.00% 8
South East -23 16 £65,000 -21.21% 1
Midlands -28 16 £45,000 -20.70%
Work from Home +14 15 £57,500 +12.20% 7
East Midlands -33 15 £45,000 -21.74%
London -4 10 £70,000 - 1
South West -45 9 £50,000 +25.00%
North of England -66 7 £60,000 +23.08% 6
East of England -23 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland -22 5 £65,000 - 1
North West - 3 £60,000 - 4
Yorkshire -61 2 - - 2
North East - 2 - -
West Midlands -20 1 £70,000 +25.00%

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 2026, 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 38 (55.07%) React Native
2 37 (53.62%) Mobile Development
3 31 (44.93%) Android
4 28 (40.58%) Apple iOS
5 17 (24.64%) Android Development
6 16 (23.19%) Mobile Application Development
7 13 (18.84%) Agile
8 11 (15.94%) Swift
9 10 (14.49%) iOS Development
10 9 (13.04%) TypeScript
11 8 (11.59%) .NET
11 8 (11.59%) React
12 7 (10.14%) Apple
12 7 (10.14%) Bluetooth
12 7 (10.14%) Kotlin
12 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
13 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
14 5 (7.25%) Cross-Platform Development
14 5 (7.25%) Degree
14 5 (7.25%) JavaScript
14 5 (7.25%) SQL
14 5 (7.25%) SwiftUI
15 4 (5.80%) Architectural Patterns
15 4 (5.80%) Flutter
15 4 (5.80%) Git
15 4 (5.80%) Master's Degree
15 4 (5.80%) Migration
15 4 (5.80%) Technology Roadmap
15 4 (5.80%) Waterfall

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 3 (4.35%) Azure
1 3 (4.35%) Google Play
1 3 (4.35%) SaaS
2 2 (2.90%) Firebase
3 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.45%) GitHub
3 1 (1.45%) Serverless
3 1 (1.45%) Stripe
3 1 (1.45%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.90%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) GIS
1 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) Xcode
3 1 (1.45%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.45%) CMake
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.45%) XCUITest
General
1 4 (5.80%) Finance
2 3 (4.35%) Financial Institution
2 3 (4.35%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.35%) Wearables
3 2 (2.90%) Games
3 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.45%) Publishing
4 1 (1.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (55.07%) React Native
2 8 (11.59%) .NET
2 8 (11.59%) React
3 5 (7.25%) SwiftUI
4 4 (5.80%) Flutter
5 3 (4.35%) RESTful
6 2 (2.90%) Android SDK
6 2 (2.90%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.45%) Bootstrap
7 1 (1.45%) CSS
7 1 (1.45%) Google Maps API
7 1 (1.45%) HTML
7 1 (1.45%) OpenGL
7 1 (1.45%) OpenSceneGraph
7 1 (1.45%) QML
7 1 (1.45%) Qt
7 1 (1.45%) Qt Quick
7 1 (1.45%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 46 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 16 (23.19%) IoT
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.90%) Social Media
4 1 (1.45%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 31 (44.93%) Android
2 28 (40.58%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.35%) Windows
4 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (53.62%) Mobile Development
2 17 (24.64%) Android Development
3 16 (23.19%) Mobile Application Development
4 13 (18.84%) Agile
5 10 (14.49%) iOS Development
6 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
7 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.25%) Cross-Platform Development
9 4 (5.80%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (5.80%) Migration
9 4 (5.80%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (5.80%) Waterfall
10 3 (4.35%) DevOps
10 3 (4.35%) Fintech
10 3 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
10 3 (4.35%) Portfolio Management
11 2 (2.90%) Analytics
11 2 (2.90%) Front End Development
11 2 (2.90%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) Swift
2 9 (13.04%) TypeScript
3 7 (10.14%) Kotlin
4 5 (7.25%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.25%) SQL
5 3 (4.35%) Java
6 1 (1.45%) Bash
6 1 (1.45%) C
6 1 (1.45%) C++
6 1 (1.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) Degree
2 4 (5.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (10.14%) Apple
2 3 (4.35%) Google
2 3 (4.35%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.45%) ESRI
3 1 (1.45%) Mapbox
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft