Mobile Developer Job Trends

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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 621 784
Rank change year-on-year -24 +163 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 65 16 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.072% 0.038% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.042% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 57 8 69
10th Percentile £43,000 £44,250 £49,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -28.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,375 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -21 59 £60,000 +20.00% 6
UK excluding London -29 55 £60,000 +20.00% 4
South East -9 16 £65,000 -21.21% 1
Midlands -19 16 £45,000 -19.64%
East Midlands - 15 £45,000 -
Work from Home +10 13 £60,000 +9.09% 7
London -5 10 £70,000 - 3
East of England -14 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland -25 6 £65,000 - 1
South West -46 6 £67,500 -
North of England -56 5 £65,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire -62 2 - - 1
North West - 2 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands -23 1 £70,000 +25.00%
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 (53.85%) Mobile Development
2 34 (52.31%) React Native
3 26 (40.00%) Android
4 23 (35.38%) Apple iOS
5 15 (23.08%) Android Development
6 13 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
7 10 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (12.31%) iOS Development
8 8 (12.31%) React
8 8 (12.31%) Swift
8 8 (12.31%) TypeScript
9 7 (10.77%) Apple
9 7 (10.77%) Bluetooth
10 6 (9.23%) .NET
10 6 (9.23%) CI/CD
10 6 (9.23%) Kotlin
11 5 (7.69%) Cross-Platform Development
11 5 (7.69%) Degree
11 5 (7.69%) Roadmaps
11 5 (7.69%) SQL
11 5 (7.69%) SwiftUI
12 4 (6.15%) Architectural Patterns
12 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
12 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
12 4 (6.15%) Migration
12 4 (6.15%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (6.15%) Technology Roadmap
12 4 (6.15%) Waterfall
13 3 (4.62%) Fintech
13 3 (4.62%) 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 3 (4.62%) Google Play
1 3 (4.62%) SaaS
2 2 (3.08%) Azure
3 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.54%) Firebase
3 1 (1.54%) GitHub
3 1 (1.54%) Serverless
3 1 (1.54%) Stripe
3 1 (1.54%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.77%) Bluetooth
2 2 (3.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Android Studio
1 1 (1.54%) CMake
1 1 (1.54%) Git
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
1 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.54%) Xcode
1 1 (1.54%) XCUITest
General
1 4 (6.15%) Finance
2 3 (4.62%) Financial Institution
2 3 (4.62%) Wearables
3 2 (3.08%) Games
3 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.54%) Publishing
4 1 (1.54%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (52.31%) React Native
2 8 (12.31%) React
3 6 (9.23%) .NET
4 5 (7.69%) SwiftUI
5 2 (3.08%) Android SDK
5 2 (3.08%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.54%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.54%) CSS
6 1 (1.54%) Flutter
6 1 (1.54%) Google Maps API
6 1 (1.54%) HTML
6 1 (1.54%) OpenGL
6 1 (1.54%) OpenSceneGraph
6 1 (1.54%) QML
6 1 (1.54%) Qt
6 1 (1.54%) Qt Quick
6 1 (1.54%) RESTful
6 1 (1.54%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 41 (63.08%) Mobile App
2 16 (24.62%) IoT
3 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.08%) Social Media
4 1 (1.54%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 26 (40.00%) Android
2 23 (35.38%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.62%) Windows
4 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.85%) Mobile Development
2 15 (23.08%) Android Development
3 13 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 10 (15.38%) Agile
5 8 (12.31%) iOS Development
6 6 (9.23%) CI/CD
7 5 (7.69%) Cross-Platform Development
7 5 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.15%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (6.15%) Migration
8 4 (6.15%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.15%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (6.15%) Waterfall
9 3 (4.62%) Fintech
9 3 (4.62%) Portfolio Management
10 2 (3.08%) AI
10 2 (3.08%) DevOps
10 2 (3.08%) Front End Development
10 2 (3.08%) Software Architecture
10 2 (3.08%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) Swift
1 8 (12.31%) TypeScript
2 6 (9.23%) Kotlin
3 5 (7.69%) SQL
4 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.62%) Java
6 1 (1.54%) Bash
6 1 (1.54%) C
6 1 (1.54%) C++
6 1 (1.54%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) Apple
2 3 (4.62%) Google
3 1 (1.54%) ESRI
3 1 (1.54%) Mapbox
3 1 (1.54%) Xamarin