Mobile App Job Trends in the West Midlands

Mobile Application
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 142 155
Rank change year-on-year -11 +13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 44 38 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.51% 1.10% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 2.65% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 37 24 54
10th Percentile £35,650 £27,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £49,250 £39,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% +2.30%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,500 £76,000 £64,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Mobile App falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,739 1,432 1,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.33% 41.41% 29.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 837 1,009
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,375 £28,400
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £65,001
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mobile App relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Mobile App
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile App.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in the West Midlands

Mobile App
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Birmingham -34 16 £65,000 +57.58% 4
Staffordshire +13 12 £50,000 - 3
Shropshire - 8 £73,000 -
Warwickshire -4 7 £37,500 -42.31% 1
Mobile App
England

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.09%) IIS
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) SaaS
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) AWS
4 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.55%) Azure AI
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.55%) Google Play
6 1 (2.27%) GCP
6 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) Firewall
1 4 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.27%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.27%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Appium
2 1 (2.27%) TestRail
General
1 11 (25.00%) Marketing
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Banking
4 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Electronics
6 1 (2.27%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (25.00%) Marketing Manager
2 9 (20.45%) Developer
3 8 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Xamarin Developer
5 5 (11.36%) Consultant
5 5 (11.36%) Lead
5 5 (11.36%) Penetration Tester
5 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Security Consultant
5 5 (11.36%) Security Penetration Tester
5 5 (11.36%) Security Tester
5 5 (11.36%) Tester
6 4 (9.09%) Digital Project Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Support
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Junior Digital Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Junior Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.45%) .NET
2 4 (9.09%) COM
2 4 (9.09%) DCOM
2 4 (9.09%) LDAP
2 4 (9.09%) Middleware
3 2 (4.55%) .NET Core
3 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET
3 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (4.55%) Blazor
3 2 (4.55%) ML.NET
3 2 (4.55%) React
3 2 (4.55%) RESTful
4 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (2.27%) REST
4 1 (2.27%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) PropTech
2 4 (9.09%) PKI
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.09%) Smartcard
3 2 (4.55%) iPhone
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (2.27%) Online Gambling
4 1 (2.27%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Android
2 6 (13.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
2 13 (29.55%) Agile
3 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.45%) DevOps
3 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) Risk Management
4 8 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 8 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 8 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 8 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 7 (15.91%) Analytics
5 7 (15.91%) CI/CD
5 7 (15.91%) Internal Audit
6 5 (11.36%) Case Management
6 5 (11.36%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (11.36%) Red Team
6 5 (11.36%) Security Testing
7 4 (9.09%) AI
7 4 (9.09%) Project Management
7 4 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (6.82%) C#
3 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Degree
2 8 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 7 (15.91%) ISEB
3 7 (15.91%) Master's Degree
4 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 4 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) Xamarin
3 4 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.55%) Google
4 2 (4.55%) IFS
5 1 (2.27%) Databricks
5 1 (2.27%) SYSPRO