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 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 608 757
Rank change year-on-year -14 +149 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 72 32 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.075% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.083% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 62 18 69
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £44,600
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -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 69,032 38,440 80,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 90.40% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,952 23,033 61,568
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +18 68 £60,000 +20.00% 12
UK excluding London +11 64 £60,000 +20.00% 11
South East -8 18 £65,000 -21.21% 3
Work from Home +12 17 £55,000 -4.35% 9
Midlands -9 15 £45,000 -20.70% 1
East Midlands -31 14 £45,000 -21.74% 1
South West -17 13 £50,000 +25.00%
London +9 8 £70,000 - 2
North of England -38 8 £60,000 +20.00% 7
East of England -16 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland -21 4 £65,000 -
North West -7 3 £60,000 -11.11% 4
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire -37 2 - - 3
West Midlands -5 1 £70,000 +25.00%

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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 41 (56.94%) React Native
2 36 (50.00%) Mobile Development
3 35 (48.61%) Android
4 31 (43.06%) Apple iOS
5 20 (27.78%) Mobile Application Development
6 19 (26.39%) Android Development
7 16 (22.22%) Agile
8 12 (16.67%) iOS Development
8 12 (16.67%) Swift
9 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.89%) .NET
11 9 (12.50%) Git
12 8 (11.11%) Flutter
12 8 (11.11%) TypeScript
12 8 (11.11%) Xamarin
12 8 (11.11%) Xcode
13 7 (9.72%) Apple
13 7 (9.72%) Bluetooth
13 7 (9.72%) React
13 7 (9.72%) Roadmaps
14 6 (8.33%) Cross-Platform Development
14 6 (8.33%) Degree
14 6 (8.33%) Kotlin
14 6 (8.33%) RESTful
15 5 (6.94%) CI/CD
15 5 (6.94%) SQL
16 4 (5.56%) Architectural Patterns
16 4 (5.56%) Fintech
16 4 (5.56%) Google
16 4 (5.56%) Google Play

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 (5.56%) Google Play
2 3 (4.17%) SaaS
3 2 (2.78%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) Firebase
3 2 (2.78%) TestFlight
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub
4 1 (1.39%) Serverless
4 1 (1.39%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.72%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) GIS
2 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Git
2 8 (11.11%) Xcode
3 2 (2.78%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.78%) CMake
3 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.78%) JIRA
3 2 (2.78%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.94%) Finance
3 3 (4.17%) Financial Institution
3 3 (4.17%) Wearables
4 2 (2.78%) Games
4 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.78%) Publishing
5 1 (1.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (56.94%) React Native
2 10 (13.89%) .NET
3 8 (11.11%) Flutter
4 7 (9.72%) React
5 6 (8.33%) RESTful
6 4 (5.56%) SwiftUI
7 2 (2.78%) Android SDK
7 2 (2.78%) Google Maps API
7 2 (2.78%) GraphQL
7 2 (2.78%) OpenGL
7 2 (2.78%) OpenSceneGraph
7 2 (2.78%) QML
7 2 (2.78%) Qt
7 2 (2.78%) Qt Quick
7 2 (2.78%) Vulkan
8 1 (1.39%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.39%) Bootstrap
8 1 (1.39%) CSS
8 1 (1.39%) HTML
8 1 (1.39%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (69.44%) Mobile App
2 16 (22.22%) IoT
3 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (48.61%) Android
2 31 (43.06%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.56%) Windows
4 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 20 (27.78%) Mobile Application Development
3 19 (26.39%) Android Development
4 16 (22.22%) Agile
5 12 (16.67%) iOS Development
6 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (9.72%) Roadmaps
8 6 (8.33%) Cross-Platform Development
9 5 (6.94%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.56%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (5.56%) Fintech
10 4 (5.56%) Migration
10 4 (5.56%) Performance Optimisation
10 4 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
10 4 (5.56%) Waterfall
11 3 (4.17%) Analytics
11 3 (4.17%) Data Protection
11 3 (4.17%) Push Notifications
12 2 (2.78%) Observability
12 2 (2.78%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) Swift
2 8 (11.11%) TypeScript
3 6 (8.33%) Kotlin
4 5 (6.94%) SQL
5 4 (5.56%) Java
5 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.78%) Bash
6 2 (2.78%) C
6 2 (2.78%) C++
6 2 (2.78%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (8.33%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Xamarin
2 7 (9.72%) Apple
3 4 (5.56%) Google
4 2 (2.78%) ESRI
4 2 (2.78%) Mapbox
5 1 (1.39%) Microsoft