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 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 648 689
Rank change year-on-year +56 +41 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 58 59 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.11% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 55 28 32
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £40,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.50% -13.08%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,313 £69,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £84,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -18.18%

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 53,595 50,414 50,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.94% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33,001 26,357 38,868
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +51 54 £60,000 +20.00% 20
England +74 51 £55,000 +10.00% 23
South East +18 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Work from Home +65 16 £55,000 -2.22% 13
Midlands +28 10 £45,000 -12.20% 9
South West +16 9 £50,000 +25.00%
East Midlands +1 8 £45,000 -21.74% 7
Scotland +5 7 £65,000 - 1
East of England +11 6 £60,000 +20.00% 2
North of England +25 5 £52,500 +5.00% 4
London +55 4 £57,500 - 4
North East - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands +24 2 £62,500 +38.89% 2
North West +18 1 £55,000 +2.33% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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%) Mobile Development
2 33 (56.90%) React Native
3 30 (51.72%) Android
4 26 (44.83%) Apple iOS
5 21 (36.21%) Android Development
6 17 (29.31%) Mobile Application Development
7 15 (25.86%) Agile
7 15 (25.86%) iOS Development
8 11 (18.97%) TypeScript
9 10 (17.24%) Git
9 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (17.24%) React
9 10 (17.24%) Swift
10 8 (13.79%) RESTful
10 8 (13.79%) Xamarin
10 8 (13.79%) Xcode
11 7 (12.07%) .NET
11 7 (12.07%) Bluetooth
11 7 (12.07%) Cross-Platform Development
11 7 (12.07%) Flutter
11 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
11 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
12 6 (10.34%) Clean Code
12 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
12 6 (10.34%) Kotlin
12 6 (10.34%) Next.js
13 5 (8.62%) Architectural Patterns
13 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
13 5 (8.62%) User Experience
13 5 (8.62%) UX Design

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 10 (17.24%) Git
2 8 (13.79%) Xcode
3 4 (6.90%) Storybook
4 2 (3.45%) Android Studio
4 2 (3.45%) CMake
4 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.45%) JIRA
4 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.45%) Publishing
3 2 (3.45%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (56.90%) React Native
2 10 (17.24%) React
3 8 (13.79%) RESTful
4 7 (12.07%) .NET
4 7 (12.07%) Flutter
5 6 (10.34%) Next.js
6 4 (6.90%) Ionic Framework
7 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.45%) Google Maps API
8 2 (3.45%) OpenGL
8 2 (3.45%) OpenSceneGraph
8 2 (3.45%) QML
8 2 (3.45%) Qt
8 2 (3.45%) Qt Quick
8 2 (3.45%) Vulkan
9 1 (1.72%) Core Animation
9 1 (1.72%) Core Data
9 1 (1.72%) Jest
9 1 (1.72%) SwiftUI
9 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (63.79%) Mobile App
2 15 (25.86%) IoT
3 3 (5.17%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.72%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 30 (51.72%) Android
2 26 (44.83%) Apple iOS
3 4 (6.90%) Windows
4 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Mobile Development
2 21 (36.21%) Android Development
3 17 (29.31%) Mobile Application Development
4 15 (25.86%) Agile
4 15 (25.86%) iOS Development
5 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.07%) Cross-Platform Development
6 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
7 6 (10.34%) Clean Code
8 5 (8.62%) Architectural Patterns
8 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (8.62%) User Experience
8 5 (8.62%) UX Design
8 5 (8.62%) Wireframes
9 4 (6.90%) API Integration
9 4 (6.90%) Migration
9 4 (6.90%) Push Notifications
9 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
9 4 (6.90%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) TypeScript
2 10 (17.24%) Swift
3 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 6 (10.34%) 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
6 1 (1.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) 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