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 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 650 692
Rank change year-on-year +65 +42 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 57 57 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.11% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 54 26 38
10th Percentile £41,625 £43,750 £42,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.25% -10.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

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 53,744 49,685 53,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.91% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33,208 25,763 41,197
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
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 12 January 2026.

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 12 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 +82 52 £55,000 +10.00% 22
UK excluding London +46 52 £60,000 +20.00% 20
South East +28 17 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Work from Home +52 15 £57,500 - 17
Midlands +26 11 £45,000 -12.20% 7
East Midlands +1 10 £45,000 -21.74% 5
South West +20 9 £50,000 +25.00%
East of England +9 6 £60,000 +20.00% 1
London +59 5 £70,000 - 3
Scotland +5 5 £65,000 - 1
North of England +12 4 £55,000 +10.00% 2
North East - 3 - -
North West +32 1 £55,000 +2.33% 1
West Midlands +21 1 £70,000 +55.56% 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 33 (57.89%) React Native
2 31 (54.39%) Mobile Development
3 30 (52.63%) Android
4 24 (42.11%) Apple iOS
5 21 (36.84%) Android Development
6 18 (31.58%) Mobile Application Development
7 15 (26.32%) Agile
8 13 (22.81%) iOS Development
9 11 (19.30%) TypeScript
10 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (17.54%) React
11 9 (15.79%) Git
11 9 (15.79%) Swift
12 8 (14.04%) Xamarin
12 8 (14.04%) Xcode
13 7 (12.28%) .NET
13 7 (12.28%) Bluetooth
13 7 (12.28%) Cross-Platform Development
13 7 (12.28%) Flutter
13 7 (12.28%) RESTful
13 7 (12.28%) Roadmaps
13 7 (12.28%) Software Engineering
14 6 (10.53%) Clean Code
14 6 (10.53%) Kotlin
14 6 (10.53%) Next.js
15 5 (8.77%) Architectural Patterns
15 5 (8.77%) Degree
15 5 (8.77%) JavaScript
15 5 (8.77%) Performance Optimisation
15 5 (8.77%) User Experience

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 (7.02%) Google Play
2 3 (5.26%) SaaS
3 2 (3.51%) Azure
3 2 (3.51%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.75%) Firebase
4 1 (1.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) GIS
2 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Git
2 8 (14.04%) Xcode
3 4 (7.02%) Storybook
4 2 (3.51%) Android Studio
4 2 (3.51%) CMake
4 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.51%) JIRA
4 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
3 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
3 3 (5.26%) Wearables
4 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.51%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (57.89%) React Native
2 10 (17.54%) React
3 7 (12.28%) .NET
3 7 (12.28%) Flutter
3 7 (12.28%) RESTful
4 6 (10.53%) Next.js
5 4 (7.02%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (3.51%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.51%) Google Maps API
6 2 (3.51%) OpenGL
6 2 (3.51%) OpenSceneGraph
6 2 (3.51%) QML
6 2 (3.51%) Qt
6 2 (3.51%) Qt Quick
6 2 (3.51%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.75%) Jest
7 1 (1.75%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (70.18%) Mobile App
2 16 (28.07%) IoT
3 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.51%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (52.63%) Android
2 24 (42.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (7.02%) Windows
4 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Mobile Development
2 21 (36.84%) Android Development
3 18 (31.58%) Mobile Application Development
4 15 (26.32%) Agile
5 13 (22.81%) iOS Development
6 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.28%) Cross-Platform Development
7 7 (12.28%) Roadmaps
7 7 (12.28%) Software Engineering
8 6 (10.53%) Clean Code
9 5 (8.77%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (8.77%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (8.77%) User Experience
9 5 (8.77%) UX Design
10 4 (7.02%) API Integration
10 4 (7.02%) Migration
10 4 (7.02%) Technology Roadmap
10 4 (7.02%) Waterfall
10 4 (7.02%) Wealth Management
10 4 (7.02%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.30%) TypeScript
2 9 (15.79%) Swift
3 6 (10.53%) Kotlin
4 5 (8.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.02%) SQL
6 2 (3.51%) Bash
6 2 (3.51%) C
6 2 (3.51%) C++
6 2 (3.51%) Java
6 2 (3.51%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Xamarin
2 4 (7.02%) Apple
2 4 (7.02%) Google
3 2 (3.51%) ESRI
3 2 (3.51%) Mapbox
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft