Mobile Application Development Jobs

Mobile App Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mobile Application Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 830 682
Rank change year-on-year +88 -148 -117
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Application Development 156 150 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 122 103 278
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,188 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mobile Application Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile Application Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Application Development within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +104 143 £57,500 -0.86% 48
UK excluding London +48 129 £60,000 +33.33% 27
Work from Home +47 51 £50,000 -13.79% 27
Midlands +7 36 £45,000 -15.09% 8
North of England +68 34 £74,000 +66.29% 9
South West 0 31 £50,000 +28.21%
London +73 27 £65,000 -13.33% 24
West Midlands +17 22 £52,500 +23.53% 2
North West +9 18 £70,000 +36.59% 5
Yorkshire +101 15 £100,000 +127.27% 2
East Midlands -10 14 £42,500 -26.72% 6
Scotland -47 12 £75,000 +150.00%
South East +1 10 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East of England +16 5 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Wales +6 1 £47,500 +6.74% 5
North East - 1 £62,500 - 2

Mobile Application Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.41%) Confluence
2 7 (4.49%) Umbraco
2 7 (4.49%) WordPress
3 5 (3.21%) nginx
3 5 (3.21%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Adobe XD
1 3 (1.92%) Sketch
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.92%) Magento
3 1 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.87%) Azure
2 30 (19.23%) AWS
3 24 (15.38%) SaaS
4 13 (8.33%) GCP
5 12 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.41%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (6.41%) GitHub
7 8 (5.13%) Slack
8 5 (3.21%) npm
8 5 (3.21%) TestFlight
8 5 (3.21%) WhatsApp
9 4 (2.56%) Figma
9 4 (2.56%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.28%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.28%) Firebase
11 2 (1.28%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.28%) Google Play
11 2 (1.28%) Matillion
11 2 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.92%) Firewall
2 3 (1.92%) Internet
3 2 (1.28%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.28%) Wireless
3 2 (1.28%) Wireless Security
4 1 (0.64%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.10%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.97%) MySQL
3 9 (5.77%) NoSQL
4 8 (5.13%) Data Lake
4 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.49%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.85%) SQLite
7 5 (3.21%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (2.56%) Power BI
9 2 (1.28%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.28%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.28%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.28%) Looker
9 2 (1.28%) MS Access
9 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.64%) GIS
10 1 (0.64%) Redis
10 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (21.15%) Git
2 21 (13.46%) JIRA
3 15 (9.62%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.33%) CircleCI
5 9 (5.77%) Visual Studio
6 8 (5.13%) Cucumber
6 8 (5.13%) GitLab
6 8 (5.13%) JUnit
6 8 (5.13%) Selenium
7 7 (4.49%) Android Studio
8 6 (3.85%) fastlane
8 6 (3.85%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (3.85%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.85%) TeamCity
8 6 (3.85%) webpack
9 4 (2.56%) Xcode
10 2 (1.28%) Burp Suite
10 2 (1.28%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.64%) Crashlytics
11 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.74%) Finance
3 11 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.77%) Banking
5 7 (4.49%) Retail
6 6 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.85%) Legal
6 6 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.92%) Advertising
8 3 (1.92%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.28%) Electronics
9 2 (1.28%) French Language
9 2 (1.28%) German Language
9 2 (1.28%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.28%) Korean Language
9 2 (1.28%) Law
9 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.28%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.64%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 104 (66.67%) Developer
2 38 (24.36%) Lead
3 28 (17.95%) Mobile Developer
4 24 (15.38%) Lead Developer
5 20 (12.82%) Full Stack Developer
6 16 (10.26%) Senior
7 15 (9.62%) Applications Developer
7 15 (9.62%) Senior Developer
8 13 (8.33%) iOS Developer
8 13 (8.33%) Software Engineer
9 12 (7.69%) Lead Mobile Developer
10 11 (7.05%) PHP Developer
11 10 (6.41%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 7 (4.49%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (4.49%) Senior iOS Developer
13 6 (3.85%) Architect
13 6 (3.85%) Backend Developer
13 6 (3.85%) Consultant
13 6 (3.85%) Junior
13 6 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (24.36%) .NET
2 33 (21.15%) HTML
3 32 (20.51%) CSS
4 29 (18.59%) RESTful
5 24 (15.38%) React
6 22 (14.10%) Vue
7 19 (12.18%) React Native
8 17 (10.90%) ASP.NET
9 14 (8.97%) Laravel
9 14 (8.97%) XML
10 13 (8.33%) jQuery
11 12 (7.69%) .NET Framework
11 12 (7.69%) Flutter
12 9 (5.77%) JSON
12 9 (5.77%) REST
13 8 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (4.49%) .NET Core
14 7 (4.49%) Ajax
14 7 (4.49%) SOAP
15 6 (3.85%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 156 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 14 (8.97%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.21%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.92%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.92%) IoT
6 2 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.64%) Animation
7 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.64%) CMDB
7 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.64%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.64%) Mobile Wallet
7 1 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (30.77%) Apple iOS
2 46 (29.49%) Android
3 10 (6.41%) Linux
4 4 (2.56%) Windows
5 2 (1.28%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (36.54%) Agile
2 50 (32.05%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (30.13%) DevOps
4 37 (23.72%) User Experience
5 34 (21.79%) Mentoring
6 33 (21.15%) Software Engineering
7 32 (20.51%) CI/CD
8 29 (18.59%) Mobile Development
9 27 (17.31%) iOS Development
10 26 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
11 25 (16.03%) API Integration
12 23 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (13.46%) Microservices
14 20 (12.82%) Coaching
15 18 (11.54%) Code Quality
15 18 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (11.54%) Design Patterns
15 18 (11.54%) UX Design
16 17 (10.90%) OO
16 17 (10.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 55 (35.26%) JavaScript
2 43 (27.56%) C#
3 35 (22.44%) SQL
4 28 (17.95%) Swift
5 26 (16.67%) Java
6 24 (15.38%) Kotlin
7 23 (14.74%) Python
8 16 (10.26%) PHP
9 10 (6.41%) C++
9 10 (6.41%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.21%) C
10 5 (3.21%) Objective-C
11 4 (2.56%) JSX
12 3 (1.92%) Bash
12 3 (1.92%) Dart
13 2 (1.28%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.28%) R
13 2 (1.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (25.64%) Degree
2 13 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.21%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.21%) PCI QSA
3 5 (3.21%) Postgraduate
4 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.28%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (1.28%) CREST Certified
4 2 (1.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.03%) QA
2 15 (9.62%) GDPR
3 8 (5.13%) PSD2
4 6 (3.85%) GRC
4 6 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.21%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (11.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.85%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.28%) Nmap
3 2 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.38%) Google
2 23 (14.74%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.26%) Apple
4 14 (8.97%) Xamarin
5 8 (5.13%) Duck Creek
6 6 (3.85%) SAP
7 5 (3.21%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.92%) Adobe
9 2 (1.28%) DevExpress
9 2 (1.28%) Epicor
10 1 (0.64%) ESRI
10 1 (0.64%) Oracle
10 1 (0.64%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.64%) VMware