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 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 588 685 687
Rank change year-on-year +97 +2 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 72 70 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 66 39 37
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +5.00%

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 47,105 63,636 50,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 94.54% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29,438 35,640 39,065
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £31,291
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.86% -

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 17 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Top 13 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 17 November 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 +94 65 £60,000 - 35
England +84 56 £55,000 -8.33% 47
Work from Home +88 24 £50,000 -23.08% 44
South East +35 19 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Scotland +17 16 £65,000 - 5
North of England +36 11 £50,000 -16.67% 14
South West +31 10 £50,000 +25.00% 2
North East +18 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
London +80 7 £57,500 -20.69% 17
East of England +5 6 £60,000 -20.00%
Midlands +65 3 £52,500 -8.70% 2
West Midlands +54 3 £52,500 - 1
North West +38 1 £55,000 -8.33% 11

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

For the 6 months to 17 November 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 57 (79.17%) Mobile Development
2 39 (54.17%) Android
3 38 (52.78%) Apple iOS
4 30 (41.67%) React Native
5 27 (37.50%) Android Development
5 27 (37.50%) iOS Development
6 18 (25.00%) Agile
7 17 (23.61%) Mobile Application Development
7 17 (23.61%) Swift
8 16 (22.22%) AI
9 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (19.44%) Git
11 13 (18.06%) JavaScript
12 12 (16.67%) Clean Code
12 12 (16.67%) TypeScript
13 11 (15.28%) Kotlin
14 10 (13.89%) RESTful
15 9 (12.50%) React
15 9 (12.50%) User Experience
15 9 (12.50%) Wireframes
16 8 (11.11%) Flutter
16 8 (11.11%) Next.js
16 8 (11.11%) UX Design
16 8 (11.11%) Xamarin
17 7 (9.72%) .NET
17 7 (9.72%) Software Engineering
17 7 (9.72%) Xcode
18 6 (8.33%) API Integration
18 6 (8.33%) Design Patterns
18 6 (8.33%) Push Notifications

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 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (4.17%) Firebase
2 3 (4.17%) GitHub
2 3 (4.17%) Google Play
3 2 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Figma
4 1 (1.39%) GCP
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.39%) IaaS
4 1 (1.39%) PaaS
4 1 (1.39%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) GIS
1 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Git
2 7 (9.72%) Xcode
3 6 (8.33%) Storybook
4 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.78%) JIRA
5 1 (1.39%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.39%) CMake
5 1 (1.39%) Crashlytics
5 1 (1.39%) fastlane
5 1 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.56%) Finance
3 2 (2.78%) Legal
3 2 (2.78%) Publishing
4 1 (1.39%) Automotive
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (41.67%) React Native
2 10 (13.89%) RESTful
3 9 (12.50%) React
4 8 (11.11%) Flutter
4 8 (11.11%) Next.js
5 7 (9.72%) .NET
6 5 (6.94%) AngularJS
6 5 (6.94%) Ionic Framework
6 5 (6.94%) Jest
7 3 (4.17%) Core Animation
7 3 (4.17%) Core Data
7 3 (4.17%) UIKit
8 2 (2.78%) YAML
9 1 (1.39%) MvvmCross
9 1 (1.39%) OpenSceneGraph
9 1 (1.39%) QML
9 1 (1.39%) Qt
9 1 (1.39%) Qt Quick
9 1 (1.39%) SwiftUI
9 1 (1.39%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 30 (41.67%) Mobile App
2 16 (22.22%) Augmented Reality
2 16 (22.22%) Virtual Team
3 10 (13.89%) IoT
4 4 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (4.17%) Animation
6 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.39%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 39 (54.17%) Android
2 38 (52.78%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.78%) Windows
4 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (79.17%) Mobile Development
2 27 (37.50%) Android Development
2 27 (37.50%) iOS Development
3 18 (25.00%) Agile
4 17 (23.61%) Mobile Application Development
5 16 (22.22%) AI
6 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.67%) Clean Code
8 9 (12.50%) User Experience
8 9 (12.50%) Wireframes
9 8 (11.11%) UX Design
10 7 (9.72%) Software Engineering
11 6 (8.33%) API Integration
11 6 (8.33%) Design Patterns
11 6 (8.33%) Push Notifications
11 6 (8.33%) Wealth Management
12 5 (6.94%) CI/CD
12 5 (6.94%) SOLID
13 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (5.56%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.61%) Swift
2 13 (18.06%) JavaScript
3 12 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 11 (15.28%) Kotlin
5 4 (5.56%) C#
6 2 (2.78%) Java
6 2 (2.78%) Objective-C
7 1 (1.39%) Bash
7 1 (1.39%) C
7 1 (1.39%) C++
7 1 (1.39%) Dart
7 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Xamarin
2 3 (4.17%) Google
3 2 (2.78%) Apple
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.39%) ESRI
4 1 (1.39%) Mapbox