Mobile Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mobile Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile Development over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 713 545 398
Rank change year-on-year -168 -147 -76
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Development 176 492 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.47% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.49% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 155 352 716
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,750 £43,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% - +17.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £88,283 £82,068
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mobile 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 84,165 101,093 147,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59,702 59,212 83,288
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,496
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Development in the UK

Mobile Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Mobile Development in the UK

Mobile Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Development over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Mobile Development in the UK

Mobile Development
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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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 -130 158 £55,000 -18.52% 67
UK excluding London -122 136 £50,000 -16.67% 44
Work from Home -148 64 £52,500 -22.22% 31
North of England +40 37 £50,000 +11.11% 14
South East -84 35 £55,000 -15.38% 8
London -29 28 £67,500 -17.61% 27
South West -5 25 £47,500 +2.70% 7
Midlands +11 23 £42,500 -15.00% 6
Yorkshire +82 19 £75,000 +76.47% 3
West Midlands +31 18 £43,750 -5.41% 2
North West +9 18 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Scotland -68 10 £75,000 +30.43% 6
East Midlands -21 5 £32,500 -38.10% 4
East of England +14 4 £48,750 -27.78% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Mobile 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 9 (5.11%) Confluence
1 9 (5.11%) NServiceBus
2 6 (3.41%) CMS
3 5 (2.84%) Apache
3 5 (2.84%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.70%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.14%) Azure
2 26 (14.77%) AWS
3 25 (14.20%) SaaS
4 12 (6.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 8 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (4.55%) GCP
5 8 (4.55%) Slack
6 7 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.27%) IaaS
7 4 (2.27%) PaaS
8 2 (1.14%) GitHub
9 1 (0.57%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.57%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.57%) Firebase
9 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.57%) Google Play
9 1 (0.57%) Serverless
9 1 (0.57%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.27%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.57%) Internet
3 1 (0.57%) Multicast
3 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.93%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.55%) Data Lake
3 8 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.27%) MySQL
5 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (26.14%) Git
2 19 (10.80%) JIRA
3 13 (7.39%) CircleCI
3 13 (7.39%) Jenkins
3 13 (7.39%) JUnit
4 9 (5.11%) Visual Studio
5 8 (4.55%) Cucumber
5 8 (4.55%) GitLab
5 8 (4.55%) Selenium
6 5 (2.84%) fastlane
6 5 (2.84%) Maven
7 4 (2.27%) Android Studio
7 4 (2.27%) Xcode
8 3 (1.70%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.57%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.57%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 46 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.64%) Finance
3 18 (10.23%) Banking
4 9 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.11%) Tech for Good
5 8 (4.55%) Law
6 7 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.98%) Legal
6 7 (3.98%) Marketing
7 5 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.70%) Back Office
9 3 (1.70%) Retail
10 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Automotive
11 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 118 (67.05%) Developer
2 65 (36.93%) Mobile Developer
3 30 (17.05%) Lead
4 19 (10.80%) Software Engineer
5 14 (7.95%) Senior
6 13 (7.39%) Senior Developer
6 13 (7.39%) Senior Mobile Developer
7 12 (6.82%) Lead Developer
7 12 (6.82%) Lead Mobile Developer
8 11 (6.25%) iOS Developer
9 10 (5.68%) Android Developer
9 10 (5.68%) Flutter Developer
10 9 (5.11%) .NET Developer
11 7 (3.98%) Senior Android Developer
11 7 (3.98%) UI Developer
11 7 (3.98%) UI/UX Developer
11 7 (3.98%) UX Developer
12 6 (3.41%) Technical Leader
13 5 (2.84%) C# Developer
13 5 (2.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (25.00%) RESTful
2 35 (19.89%) .NET
3 31 (17.61%) HTML
4 30 (17.05%) React Native
5 29 (16.48%) AngularJS
5 29 (16.48%) CSS
6 28 (15.91%) Flutter
7 19 (10.80%) React
8 15 (8.52%) .NET Framework
9 14 (7.95%) REST
10 12 (6.82%) Blazor
10 12 (6.82%) Entity Framework
10 12 (6.82%) JSON
11 11 (6.25%) Vue
12 9 (5.11%) .NET Core
12 9 (5.11%) Android Jetpack
12 9 (5.11%) Apache Cordova
12 9 (5.11%) Web Services
13 8 (4.55%) ASP.NET
13 8 (4.55%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 62 (35.23%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.84%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.84%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.70%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (1.70%) Animation
5 3 (1.70%) BBC
5 3 (1.70%) Photography
5 3 (1.70%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.14%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.14%) Femtech
7 1 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.57%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.57%) PropTech
7 1 (0.57%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 67 (38.07%) Android
2 61 (34.66%) Apple iOS
3 11 (6.25%) Linux
4 6 (3.41%) Windows
5 4 (2.27%) DC/OS
6 1 (0.57%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (38.07%) Agile
2 38 (21.59%) Software Engineering
3 37 (21.02%) DevOps
4 33 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 33 (18.75%) Test Automation
5 32 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 32 (18.18%) User Experience
6 30 (17.05%) Mentoring
6 30 (17.05%) UX Design
7 29 (16.48%) Android Development
8 28 (15.91%) Mobile Application Development
9 27 (15.34%) iOS Development
10 26 (14.77%) Design Patterns
11 25 (14.20%) Coaching
12 24 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (13.64%) Project Management
13 23 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (10.80%) Computer Science
15 18 (10.23%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (10.23%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.66%) C#
2 43 (24.43%) JavaScript
3 31 (17.61%) SQL
4 29 (16.48%) Kotlin
5 26 (14.77%) Swift
6 17 (9.66%) Java
7 12 (6.82%) TypeScript
8 11 (6.25%) Dart
9 6 (3.41%) PHP
9 6 (3.41%) Python
10 5 (2.84%) Objective-C
10 5 (2.84%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.84%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.14%) Ruby
12 1 (0.57%) Ada
12 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.57%) C++
12 1 (0.57%) Perl
12 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (22.16%) Degree
2 13 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.41%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (18.75%) QA
2 14 (7.95%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.11%) GDPR
4 8 (4.55%) PSD2
5 4 (2.27%) NCSC
6 2 (1.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 16 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (10.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (23.86%) Xamarin
2 25 (14.20%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.52%) Google
4 8 (4.55%) Duck Creek
5 5 (2.84%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.57%) Salesforce