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 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 682 684
Rank change year-on-year +114 +2 +177
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 71 74 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 34
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £40,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -14.29%

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 48,733 63,029 48,562
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.33% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 30,765 35,185 37,779
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,044 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% -

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +104 64 £60,000 +4.35% 19
England +105 55 £57,500 - 19
Work from Home +87 24 £55,000 -10.20% 15
South East +47 19 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Scotland +25 16 £65,000 - 1
North of England +29 10 £50,000 -16.67% 1
South West +27 10 £50,000 +25.00% 1
North East +21 9 £50,000 +11.11% 1
London +52 7 £57,500 -20.69% 3
East of England +16 7 £60,000 -4.00%
Midlands +61 2 £53,750 +4.88% 7
West Midlands +58 2 £53,750 +19.44% 2
North West +42 1 £55,000 -8.33%

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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 55 (77.46%) Mobile Development
2 38 (53.52%) Android
3 37 (52.11%) Apple iOS
4 31 (43.66%) React Native
5 26 (36.62%) Android Development
5 26 (36.62%) iOS Development
6 19 (26.76%) Mobile Application Development
7 17 (23.94%) Agile
8 16 (22.54%) AI
9 14 (19.72%) Git
9 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (19.72%) Swift
10 12 (16.90%) Clean Code
10 12 (16.90%) JavaScript
10 12 (16.90%) TypeScript
11 9 (12.68%) .NET
11 9 (12.68%) Kotlin
11 9 (12.68%) React
11 9 (12.68%) RESTful
11 9 (12.68%) User Experience
11 9 (12.68%) Xamarin
12 8 (11.27%) Flutter
12 8 (11.27%) Next.js
12 8 (11.27%) UX Design
12 8 (11.27%) Wireframes
12 8 (11.27%) Xcode
13 7 (9.86%) Software Engineering
14 6 (8.45%) API Integration
14 6 (8.45%) CI/CD
14 6 (8.45%) Push Notifications

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 5 (7.04%) Google Play
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
3 3 (4.23%) Firebase
3 3 (4.23%) GitHub
3 3 (4.23%) SaaS
4 2 (2.82%) TestFlight
5 1 (1.41%) AWS
5 1 (1.41%) Figma
5 1 (1.41%) GCP
5 1 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) GIS
2 1 (1.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Git
2 8 (11.27%) Xcode
3 6 (8.45%) Storybook
4 3 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.23%) JIRA
5 2 (2.82%) Android Studio
5 2 (2.82%) CMake
5 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.41%) Crashlytics
6 1 (1.41%) fastlane
6 1 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (18.31%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.63%) Finance
3 3 (4.23%) Publishing
4 2 (2.82%) Legal
4 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.41%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (43.66%) React Native
2 9 (12.68%) .NET
2 9 (12.68%) React
2 9 (12.68%) RESTful
3 8 (11.27%) Flutter
3 8 (11.27%) Next.js
4 5 (7.04%) Ionic Framework
5 4 (5.63%) AngularJS
5 4 (5.63%) Jest
6 2 (2.82%) Core Animation
6 2 (2.82%) Core Data
6 2 (2.82%) Google Maps API
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%) UIKit
6 2 (2.82%) Vulkan
6 2 (2.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (46.48%) Mobile App
2 16 (22.54%) Augmented Reality
2 16 (22.54%) Virtual Team
3 12 (16.90%) IoT
4 3 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.82%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (2.82%) Animation
5 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (53.52%) Android
2 37 (52.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.63%) Windows
4 2 (2.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (77.46%) Mobile Development
2 26 (36.62%) Android Development
2 26 (36.62%) iOS Development
3 19 (26.76%) Mobile Application Development
4 17 (23.94%) Agile
5 16 (22.54%) AI
6 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.90%) Clean Code
8 9 (12.68%) User Experience
9 8 (11.27%) UX Design
9 8 (11.27%) Wireframes
10 7 (9.86%) Software Engineering
11 6 (8.45%) API Integration
11 6 (8.45%) CI/CD
11 6 (8.45%) Push Notifications
11 6 (8.45%) Wealth Management
12 5 (7.04%) Design Patterns
12 5 (7.04%) Performance Optimisation
13 4 (5.63%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.72%) Swift
2 12 (16.90%) JavaScript
2 12 (16.90%) TypeScript
3 9 (12.68%) Kotlin
4 3 (4.23%) C#
4 3 (4.23%) Java
4 3 (4.23%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.82%) Bash
5 2 (2.82%) C
5 2 (2.82%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Dart
6 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (5.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) QA
2 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Xamarin
2 5 (7.04%) Google
3 4 (5.63%) Apple
4 2 (2.82%) ESRI
4 2 (2.82%) Mapbox
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft