Hybrid/Remote Mobile App Job Trends

Mobile Application
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 225 254
Rank change year-on-year +13 +29 -114
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 203 217 406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.51% 1.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.25% 3.44% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 109 160 349
10th Percentile £47,000 £38,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% +6.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,150 £88,387
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,252 6,314 11,755
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.09% 43.94% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 3,671 9,270
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,400
Median % change year-on-year - +5.22% -8.62%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mobile App and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Mobile App job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Mobile App
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mobile App.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Mobile App salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.49%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.48%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.99%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.18%) Azure
2 41 (20.20%) AWS
3 36 (17.73%) Figma
4 34 (16.75%) GitHub
5 21 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (9.85%) SaaS
7 19 (9.36%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (8.37%) GCP
9 14 (6.90%) Firebase
10 13 (6.40%) Serverless
10 13 (6.40%) Stripe
11 12 (5.91%) TestFlight
12 10 (4.93%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (2.46%) Power Platform
15 4 (1.97%) Adobe Analytics
15 4 (1.97%) Google Play
15 4 (1.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (21.67%) Broadband
2 5 (2.46%) DNS
2 5 (2.46%) Wireless
3 4 (1.97%) DHCP
3 4 (1.97%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.97%) VPN
3 4 (1.97%) WAN
3 4 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.49%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (2.46%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.46%) Power BI
2 4 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.97%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.48%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.48%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.99%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Spanner
5 1 (0.49%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Crashlytics
1 12 (5.91%) XCTest
2 10 (4.93%) Storybook
3 6 (2.96%) XCUITest
4 5 (2.46%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.97%) Postman
6 3 (1.48%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.48%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.48%) JIRA
7 2 (0.99%) Appium
7 2 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.99%) Git
7 2 (0.99%) Gradle
7 2 (0.99%) JUnit
7 2 (0.99%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.99%) Mockito
7 2 (0.99%) Xcode
8 1 (0.49%) GitLab
8 1 (0.49%) NUnit
General
1 44 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.82%) Finance
2 24 (11.82%) Games
3 23 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (7.39%) Law
6 11 (5.42%) Health Technology
7 9 (4.43%) Banking
7 9 (4.43%) Tech for Good
8 7 (3.45%) Back Office
8 7 (3.45%) Retail
9 6 (2.96%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.97%) Billing
11 4 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.97%) Local Government
11 4 (1.97%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.49%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 66 (32.51%) Developer
2 45 (22.17%) Lead
2 45 (22.17%) Senior
3 22 (10.84%) Applications Developer
4 17 (8.37%) Mobile Engineer
5 14 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 12 (5.91%) Lead Developer
6 12 (5.91%) Senior Developer
7 11 (5.42%) Engineering Manager
7 11 (5.42%) Penetration Tester
7 11 (5.42%) Tester
8 10 (4.93%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 10 (4.93%) Product Manager
8 10 (4.93%) Senior Applications Developer
8 10 (4.93%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
8 10 (4.93%) Senior Mobile Developer
9 9 (4.43%) Analyst
10 8 (3.94%) iOS Developer
10 8 (3.94%) React Developer
10 8 (3.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (29.06%) React Native
2 43 (21.18%) React
3 25 (12.32%) .NET
4 20 (9.85%) CSS
5 15 (7.39%) Bootstrap
5 15 (7.39%) HTML
5 15 (7.39%) Node.js
6 14 (6.90%) SwiftUI
7 12 (5.91%) UIKit
8 11 (5.42%) RESTful
9 9 (4.43%) REST
10 8 (3.94%) Flutter
11 7 (3.45%) Jest
12 6 (2.96%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.96%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.96%) Spring
12 6 (2.96%) Spring Boot
12 6 (2.96%) Tailwind CSS
13 5 (2.46%) Swagger
13 5 (2.46%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.39%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (5.91%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.42%) iPhone
4 11 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.94%) iPad
5 8 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.48%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.48%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.99%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.99%) EPoS
9 2 (0.99%) IoT
9 2 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.99%) NHS
10 1 (0.49%) BYOD
10 1 (0.49%) Contactless
10 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (44.33%) Apple iOS
2 81 (39.90%) Android
3 9 (4.43%) Windows
4 4 (1.97%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.48%) Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.93%) CI/CD
2 76 (37.44%) Agile
3 65 (32.02%) Mentoring
3 65 (32.02%) User Experience
4 45 (22.17%) AI
5 42 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 40 (19.70%) Test Automation
7 38 (18.72%) Software Engineering
8 36 (17.73%) Wireframes
9 32 (15.76%) Collaborative Culture
10 30 (14.78%) Clean Code
10 30 (14.78%) DevOps
10 30 (14.78%) Observability
11 29 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
11 29 (14.29%) Project Management
11 29 (14.29%) UX Design
12 28 (13.79%) Roadmaps
13 27 (13.30%) Decision-Making
13 27 (13.30%) Incident Management
13 27 (13.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.78%) SQL
2 29 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 28 (13.79%) Kotlin
4 19 (9.36%) Swift
5 16 (7.88%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.90%) Java
7 9 (4.43%) C#
8 5 (2.46%) Dart
9 4 (1.97%) C++
9 4 (1.97%) Python
10 3 (1.48%) Go
11 1 (0.49%) Bash
11 1 (0.49%) Bicep
11 1 (0.49%) C
11 1 (0.49%) Perl
11 1 (0.49%) PHP
11 1 (0.49%) Ruby
11 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (4.93%) Degree
2 8 (3.94%) OSCP
3 7 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (3.45%) CREST Certified
4 5 (2.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.97%) AWS Certified Developer
5 4 (1.97%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (1.48%) CCSAS
6 3 (1.48%) CHECK Team Leader
6 3 (1.48%) Cyber Scheme
6 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.48%) Tigerscheme
7 2 (0.99%) GPEN
7 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.49%) CISSP
8 1 (0.49%) GWAPT
8 1 (0.49%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.69%) Accessibility
2 17 (8.37%) QA
3 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.97%) GDPR
4 4 (1.97%) GRC
4 4 (1.97%) SLA
5 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 9 (4.43%) Docker
2 5 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.97%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (8.37%) Terraform
2 7 (3.45%) Ansible
3 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.97%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.48%) Argo
7 2 (0.99%) Nessus
8 1 (0.49%) Nmap
8 1 (0.49%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 25 (12.32%) Adobe
2 13 (6.40%) Amplitude
2 13 (6.40%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.91%) Braze
4 10 (4.93%) Google
5 8 (3.94%) Apple
6 6 (2.96%) VMware
7 5 (2.46%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.97%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.97%) Okta
9 3 (1.48%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.49%) Brio
10 1 (0.49%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.49%) Foundry
10 1 (0.49%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.49%) Oracle
10 1 (0.49%) Qualys