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 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 612 766
Rank change year-on-year -17 +154 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 71 30 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.071% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.078% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 61 17 69
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -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 70,590 38,369 82,605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.31% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 44,954 23,205 62,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 23 March 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 23 March 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 +8 67 £60,000 +20.00% 13
UK excluding London -6 63 £60,000 +20.00% 11
South East -12 17 £65,000 -21.21% 1
Work from Home +21 16 £57,500 +12.20% 8
Midlands -30 15 £45,000 -20.70% 1
East Midlands -27 14 £45,000 -21.74% 1
South West -12 13 £50,000 +25.00%
London +13 8 £70,000 - 2
North of England -38 8 £60,000 +23.08% 9
East of England -9 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland -14 4 £65,000 -
North East - 3 - -
North West - 3 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire -45 2 - - 3
West Midlands 0 1 £70,000 +25.00%

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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 41 (57.75%) React Native
2 35 (49.30%) Android
2 35 (49.30%) Mobile Development
3 31 (43.66%) Apple iOS
4 20 (28.17%) Mobile Application Development
5 19 (26.76%) Android Development
6 16 (22.54%) Agile
7 12 (16.90%) iOS Development
7 12 (16.90%) Swift
8 10 (14.08%) .NET
8 10 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (12.68%) Git
10 8 (11.27%) Flutter
10 8 (11.27%) TypeScript
10 8 (11.27%) Xamarin
10 8 (11.27%) Xcode
11 7 (9.86%) Apple
11 7 (9.86%) Bluetooth
11 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
12 6 (8.45%) Cross-Platform Development
12 6 (8.45%) Degree
12 6 (8.45%) React
12 6 (8.45%) RESTful
13 5 (7.04%) CI/CD
13 5 (7.04%) Kotlin
13 5 (7.04%) SQL
14 4 (5.63%) Architectural Patterns
14 4 (5.63%) Google
14 4 (5.63%) Google Play
14 4 (5.63%) Java

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 (5.63%) Google Play
2 3 (4.23%) SaaS
3 2 (2.82%) Azure
3 2 (2.82%) Firebase
3 2 (2.82%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.41%) GitHub
4 1 (1.41%) Serverless
4 1 (1.41%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.86%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) GIS
2 1 (1.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Git
2 8 (11.27%) Xcode
3 2 (2.82%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.82%) CMake
3 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.82%) JIRA
3 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.63%) Finance
3 3 (4.23%) Financial Institution
3 3 (4.23%) Wearables
4 2 (2.82%) Games
4 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.82%) Publishing
5 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (57.75%) React Native
2 10 (14.08%) .NET
3 8 (11.27%) Flutter
4 6 (8.45%) React
4 6 (8.45%) RESTful
5 4 (5.63%) SwiftUI
6 2 (2.82%) Android SDK
6 2 (2.82%) Google Maps API
6 2 (2.82%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.82%) OpenGL
6 2 (2.82%) OpenSceneGraph
6 2 (2.82%) QML
6 2 (2.82%) Qt
6 2 (2.82%) Qt Quick
6 2 (2.82%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.41%) Bootstrap
7 1 (1.41%) CSS
7 1 (1.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (69.01%) Mobile App
2 16 (22.54%) IoT
3 3 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.82%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (49.30%) Android
2 31 (43.66%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.63%) Windows
4 2 (2.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Mobile Development
2 20 (28.17%) Mobile Application Development
3 19 (26.76%) Android Development
4 16 (22.54%) Agile
5 12 (16.90%) iOS Development
6 10 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
8 6 (8.45%) Cross-Platform Development
9 5 (7.04%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.63%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (5.63%) Migration
10 4 (5.63%) Performance Optimisation
10 4 (5.63%) Technology Roadmap
10 4 (5.63%) Waterfall
11 3 (4.23%) Analytics
11 3 (4.23%) Data Protection
11 3 (4.23%) Fintech
11 3 (4.23%) Push Notifications
12 2 (2.82%) Front End Development
12 2 (2.82%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) Swift
2 8 (11.27%) TypeScript
3 5 (7.04%) Kotlin
3 5 (7.04%) SQL
4 4 (5.63%) Java
4 4 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.82%) Bash
5 2 (2.82%) C
5 2 (2.82%) C++
5 2 (2.82%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.41%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) Xamarin
2 7 (9.86%) Apple
3 4 (5.63%) Google
4 2 (2.82%) ESRI
4 2 (2.82%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft