Mobile Developer Jobs

Mobile Developer
UK

The median Mobile Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 819 771
Rank change year-on-year +120 -48 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 41 95 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.089% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.094% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35 76 96
10th Percentile £47,750 £47,500 £46,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £69,375 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £91,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +18.18%

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 53,510 101,343 81,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.83% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29,131 71,360 54,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,740 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.95%

Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mobile Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mobile Developer.

Salary trend for Mobile Developer in the UK

Mobile Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Developer over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +130 35 £62,500 +4.17% 49
England +99 27 £57,500 -17.86% 69
Scotland +101 14 £65,000 -13.33% 4
Work from Home +97 10 £50,000 -33.33% 26
South East +50 8 £60,000 -14.29% 12
North of England +32 7 £47,500 -20.83% 17
London +89 6 £67,500 -20.59% 24
North East +50 6 £47,500 +5.56% 5
Midlands +83 4 £54,250 -27.67% 7
West Midlands +67 4 £54,250 -27.67% 5
South West +94 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +44 1 £47,500 -36.67% 4
East of England +34 1 £57,500 -23.33% 2

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Mobile Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 35 (85.37%) Mobile Development
2 24 (58.54%) Android
3 22 (53.66%) Apple iOS
4 19 (46.34%) Android Development
5 18 (43.90%) iOS Development
6 13 (31.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 13 (31.71%) Augmented Reality
6 13 (31.71%) Virtual Team
6 13 (31.71%) Mobile App
7 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
7 9 (21.95%) Swift
7 9 (21.95%) Kotlin
8 8 (19.51%) React Native
8 8 (19.51%) Clean Code
8 8 (19.51%) Agile
8 8 (19.51%) Git
9 7 (17.07%) TypeScript
10 6 (14.63%) User Experience
10 6 (14.63%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (12.20%) SOLID
11 5 (12.20%) Mobile Application Development
12 4 (9.76%) React
12 4 (9.76%) Jest
12 4 (9.76%) Wireframes
12 4 (9.76%) Design Patterns
12 4 (9.76%) Degree
12 4 (9.76%) QA
13 3 (7.32%) Unit Testing
13 3 (7.32%) UX Design

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Firebase
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) GitHub
3 1 (2.44%) AWS
3 1 (2.44%) Figma
3 1 (2.44%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.44%) Google Play
3 1 (2.44%) IaaS
3 1 (2.44%) npm
3 1 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Storybook
3 1 (2.44%) Crashlytics
3 1 (2.44%) fastlane
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Automotive
2 2 (4.88%) Legal
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.51%) React Native
2 4 (9.76%) Jest
2 4 (9.76%) React
3 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
3 3 (7.32%) RESTful
4 2 (4.88%) .NET
4 2 (4.88%) Core Animation
4 2 (4.88%) Core Data
4 2 (4.88%) CSS
4 2 (4.88%) Flutter
4 2 (4.88%) HTML
4 2 (4.88%) Ionic Framework
4 2 (4.88%) Next.js
4 2 (4.88%) UIKit
5 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.44%) Apache Cordova
5 1 (2.44%) Laravel
5 1 (2.44%) MvvmCross
5 1 (2.44%) Node.js
5 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Augmented Reality
1 13 (31.71%) Mobile App
1 13 (31.71%) Virtual Team
2 6 (14.63%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.88%) Animation
3 2 (4.88%) IoT
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (58.54%) Android
2 22 (53.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) Mobile Development
2 19 (46.34%) Android Development
3 18 (43.90%) iOS Development
4 13 (31.71%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (19.51%) Agile
5 8 (19.51%) Clean Code
6 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.63%) User Experience
7 5 (12.20%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (12.20%) SOLID
8 4 (9.76%) Design Patterns
8 4 (9.76%) Wireframes
9 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
9 3 (7.32%) Push Notifications
9 3 (7.32%) Scrum
9 3 (7.32%) Unit Testing
9 3 (7.32%) UX Design
10 2 (4.88%) Software Engineering
10 2 (4.88%) Wealth Management
10 2 (4.88%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
1 9 (21.95%) Kotlin
1 9 (21.95%) Swift
2 7 (17.07%) TypeScript
3 3 (7.32%) C#
4 2 (4.88%) Dart
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.44%) PHP
5 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Google
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) Xamarin