Mobile Developer Job Trends

Mobile Developer
UK

The median Mobile Developer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 634 733
Rank change year-on-year +22 +99 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 58 56 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.089% 0.11% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.12% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 54 26 60
10th Percentile £40,750 £45,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £70,875 £75,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%

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 59,580 46,251 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 91.84% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 37,171 23,847 55,273
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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
UK excluding London +25 55 £55,000 +10.00% 18
England +36 54 £55,000 +10.00% 25
South East +12 19 £60,000 - 8
Work from Home +49 17 £55,000 -4.35% 16
Midlands +19 12 £45,000 -19.64% 3
East Midlands -6 11 £45,000 -21.74% 2
South West +1 10 £50,000 +25.00% 2
East of England +7 6 £60,000 +20.00% 1
North of England -3 4 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Scotland -13 4 £65,000 -
London +38 3 £70,000 - 7
North East - 3 - -
West Midlands +22 1 £70,000 +38.61% 1
North West +20 1 £55,000 -18.52% 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 February 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 35 (60.34%) React Native
2 31 (53.45%) Mobile Development
3 30 (51.72%) Android
4 23 (39.66%) Apple iOS
5 20 (34.48%) Android Development
6 19 (32.76%) Mobile Application Development
7 16 (27.59%) Agile
8 11 (18.97%) iOS Development
9 10 (17.24%) .NET
10 9 (15.52%) Git
10 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
11 8 (13.79%) React
11 8 (13.79%) Swift
11 8 (13.79%) Xamarin
11 8 (13.79%) Xcode
12 7 (12.07%) Bluetooth
12 7 (12.07%) Cross-Platform Development
12 7 (12.07%) Flutter
12 7 (12.07%) RESTful
12 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
13 6 (10.34%) Degree
14 5 (8.62%) Architectural Patterns
14 5 (8.62%) Fintech
14 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
14 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
14 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
15 4 (6.90%) Apple
15 4 (6.90%) Clean Code
15 4 (6.90%) Google

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 (6.90%) Google Play
2 3 (5.17%) SaaS
3 2 (3.45%) Azure
3 2 (3.45%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.72%) Firebase
4 1 (1.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) GIS
2 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
2 8 (13.79%) Xcode
3 2 (3.45%) Android Studio
3 2 (3.45%) CMake
3 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.45%) JIRA
3 2 (3.45%) Storybook
3 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (5.17%) Financial Institution
3 3 (5.17%) Wearables
4 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (60.34%) React Native
2 10 (17.24%) .NET
3 8 (13.79%) React
4 7 (12.07%) Flutter
4 7 (12.07%) RESTful
5 4 (6.90%) Next.js
6 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.45%) Google Maps API
6 2 (3.45%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (3.45%) OpenGL
6 2 (3.45%) OpenSceneGraph
6 2 (3.45%) QML
6 2 (3.45%) Qt
6 2 (3.45%) Qt Quick
6 2 (3.45%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.72%) Jest
7 1 (1.72%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (70.69%) Mobile App
2 16 (27.59%) IoT
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 30 (51.72%) Android
2 23 (39.66%) Apple iOS
3 4 (6.90%) Windows
4 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Mobile Development
2 20 (34.48%) Android Development
3 19 (32.76%) Mobile Application Development
4 16 (27.59%) Agile
5 11 (18.97%) iOS Development
6 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.07%) Cross-Platform Development
7 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.62%) Architectural Patterns
8 5 (8.62%) Fintech
8 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
9 4 (6.90%) Clean Code
9 4 (6.90%) Migration
9 4 (6.90%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
10 3 (5.17%) CI/CD
10 3 (5.17%) Code Quality
10 3 (5.17%) Push Notifications
10 3 (5.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
2 8 (13.79%) Swift
3 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.90%) Kotlin
4 4 (6.90%) SQL
5 2 (3.45%) Bash
5 2 (3.45%) C
5 2 (3.45%) C++
5 2 (3.45%) Java
5 2 (3.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Xamarin
2 4 (6.90%) Apple
2 4 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (3.45%) ESRI
3 2 (3.45%) Mapbox
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft