Mobile Developer Job Trends

Mobile Developer
UK

The median Mobile Developer salary in the UK is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 25 April 2026.

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

3 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 467 643
Rank change year-on-year -51 +176 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 27 3 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.014% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.015% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 37
10th Percentile £54,750 £49,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £59,375 £54,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £80,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.54% -7.14% +13.82%

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 44,974 19,516 50,550
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.00% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 29,637 12,283 35,858
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 3 months to 25 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Top 12 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 3 months to 25 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -44 26 £70,000 +7.69% 4
UK excluding London -36 20 £66,000 +1.54% 4
Work from Home -3 7 £67,500 +3.85% 6
South East -22 7 £55,000 -33.33%
London - 7 £90,000 - 2
Midlands -34 4 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England -38 4 £65,000 +36.84% 2
East Midlands - 4 £70,000 -
South West - 4 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -36 2 - - 1
North West - 2 £65,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 37 (55.22%) Mobile Development
2 36 (53.73%) React Native
3 29 (43.28%) Android
4 26 (38.81%) Apple iOS
5 17 (25.37%) Android Development
6 14 (20.90%) Mobile Application Development
7 11 (16.42%) Agile
8 10 (14.93%) iOS Development
9 9 (13.43%) Swift
9 9 (13.43%) TypeScript
10 8 (11.94%) .NET
10 8 (11.94%) React
11 7 (10.45%) Apple
11 7 (10.45%) Bluetooth
11 7 (10.45%) Kotlin
12 6 (8.96%) CI/CD
12 6 (8.96%) Roadmaps
13 5 (7.46%) Cross-Platform Development
13 5 (7.46%) Degree
13 5 (7.46%) JavaScript
13 5 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (7.46%) SQL
13 5 (7.46%) SwiftUI
14 4 (5.97%) Architectural Patterns
14 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
14 4 (5.97%) Migration
14 4 (5.97%) Technology Roadmap
14 4 (5.97%) Waterfall
15 3 (4.48%) Azure
15 3 (4.48%) DevOps

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 (4.48%) Azure
1 3 (4.48%) Google Play
1 3 (4.48%) SaaS
2 2 (2.99%) Firebase
3 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.49%) GitHub
3 1 (1.49%) Serverless
3 1 (1.49%) Stripe
3 1 (1.49%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.99%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) GIS
1 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.49%) CMake
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.49%) Xcode
2 1 (1.49%) XCUITest
General
1 4 (5.97%) Finance
2 3 (4.48%) Financial Institution
2 3 (4.48%) Wearables
3 2 (2.99%) Games
3 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Publishing
4 1 (1.49%) Retail
4 1 (1.49%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (53.73%) React Native
2 8 (11.94%) .NET
2 8 (11.94%) React
3 5 (7.46%) SwiftUI
4 2 (2.99%) Android SDK
4 2 (2.99%) Flutter
4 2 (2.99%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.49%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.49%) CSS
5 1 (1.49%) Google Maps API
5 1 (1.49%) HTML
5 1 (1.49%) OpenGL
5 1 (1.49%) OpenSceneGraph
5 1 (1.49%) QML
5 1 (1.49%) Qt
5 1 (1.49%) Qt Quick
5 1 (1.49%) RESTful
5 1 (1.49%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 44 (65.67%) Mobile App
2 16 (23.88%) IoT
3 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.99%) Social Media
4 1 (1.49%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.28%) Android
2 26 (38.81%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.48%) Windows
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (55.22%) Mobile Development
2 17 (25.37%) Android Development
3 14 (20.90%) Mobile Application Development
4 11 (16.42%) Agile
5 10 (14.93%) iOS Development
6 6 (8.96%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.96%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.46%) Cross-Platform Development
7 5 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.97%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (5.97%) Migration
8 4 (5.97%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (5.97%) Waterfall
9 3 (4.48%) DevOps
9 3 (4.48%) Fintech
9 3 (4.48%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (4.48%) Portfolio Management
10 2 (2.99%) Front End Development
10 2 (2.99%) Push Notifications
10 2 (2.99%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.43%) Swift
1 9 (13.43%) TypeScript
2 7 (10.45%) Kotlin
3 5 (7.46%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.46%) SQL
4 3 (4.48%) Java
5 1 (1.49%) Bash
5 1 (1.49%) C
5 1 (1.49%) C++
5 1 (1.49%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (7.46%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Apple
2 3 (4.48%) Google
3 1 (1.49%) ESRI
3 1 (1.49%) Mapbox
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.49%) Xamarin