Mobile App Job Trends

Mobile Application
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 248 296
Rank change year-on-year -18 +48 -137
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 534 613 742
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.27% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% 3.33% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 338 385 637
10th Percentile £34,625 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,164 18,421 27,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.14% 38.04% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,219 8,716 19,883
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.28% -15.12%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -9.09%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mobile App

Mobile App
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
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 App within the UK over the 6 months to 22 February 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 -7 488 £60,000 - 331
UK excluding London -22 351 £52,500 -8.70% 294
Work from Home -52 170 £60,000 -4.00% 138
London +8 156 £70,000 - 100
North of England -7 101 £57,500 +4.55% 79
South East -13 94 £60,000 +20.00% 77
Midlands -7 65 £45,000 -33.33% 48
North West -6 46 £64,741 +7.90% 41
Yorkshire -4 45 £40,000 -11.11% 32
South West -4 43 £47,500 -20.83% 35
East Midlands +6 36 £45,000 +2.86% 24
West Midlands -20 29 £50,000 -28.57% 24
Scotland -22 26 £34,000 -43.33% 19
East of England -1 21 £47,500 -36.67% 26
North East -20 10 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Wales -2 2 £65,000 - 10

Mobile App
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.50%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.31%) CMS
2 7 (1.31%) Confluence
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.19%) Appian
6 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.50%) Chatbot
1 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.56%) Sketch
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Shopify
2 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (16.85%) Azure
2 62 (11.61%) SaaS
3 52 (9.74%) AWS
4 42 (7.87%) Figma
5 28 (5.24%) GitHub
6 25 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (3.93%) GCP
8 16 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.81%) Serverless
10 13 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (2.25%) Firebase
12 10 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.87%) Azure Functions
12 10 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.12%) Google Play
14 5 (0.94%) TestFlight
15 4 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.30%) Broadband
2 23 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (4.31%) Wireless
3 14 (2.62%) VPN
4 7 (1.31%) DNS
4 7 (1.31%) Firewall
5 6 (1.12%) DHCP
5 6 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.12%) WAN
6 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.56%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.37%) 4G
8 2 (0.37%) LAN
9 1 (0.19%) HTTP
9 1 (0.19%) Internet
9 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.25%) MySQL
2 10 (1.87%) GIS
3 9 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.50%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.19%) Big Data
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.19%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 18 (3.37%) Git
2 16 (3.00%) JIRA
3 14 (2.62%) Burp Suite
3 14 (2.62%) Metasploit
4 11 (2.06%) Xcode
5 7 (1.31%) Storybook
6 6 (1.12%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.12%) Postman
6 6 (1.12%) XCUITest
7 5 (0.94%) Crashlytics
7 5 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.94%) Selenium
8 4 (0.75%) Appium
9 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.56%) XCTest
10 2 (0.37%) CMake
10 2 (0.37%) GitLab
10 2 (0.37%) JMeter
General
1 99 (18.54%) Social Skills
2 59 (11.05%) Finance
3 49 (9.18%) Retail
4 37 (6.93%) Marketing
5 26 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.87%) Games
6 22 (4.12%) Billing
6 22 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.93%) Banking
8 20 (3.75%) Advertising
8 20 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.62%) Legal
9 14 (2.62%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.25%) Electronics
11 11 (2.06%) Health Technology
11 11 (2.06%) Tech for Good
12 8 (1.50%) Law
12 8 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 197 (36.89%) Developer
2 127 (23.78%) Senior
3 54 (10.11%) Applications Developer
4 51 (9.55%) Lead
5 43 (8.05%) iOS Developer
6 42 (7.87%) Mobile Developer
7 39 (7.30%) Analyst
8 38 (7.12%) Designer
9 37 (6.93%) Senior Developer
10 30 (5.62%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 29 (5.43%) Senior Designer
12 27 (5.06%) .NET Developer
12 27 (5.06%) Product Designer
13 23 (4.31%) React Developer
13 23 (4.31%) Senior Product Designer
14 21 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (3.37%) Android Developer
15 18 (3.37%) Software Engineer
16 16 (3.00%) Consultant
17 15 (2.81%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (18.35%) React Native
2 73 (13.67%) React
3 63 (11.80%) .NET
4 39 (7.30%) RESTful
5 38 (7.12%) CSS
6 36 (6.74%) HTML
7 33 (6.18%) Node.js
8 29 (5.43%) SwiftUI
9 17 (3.18%) Vue
10 16 (3.00%) Bootstrap
11 15 (2.81%) REST
12 14 (2.62%) Flutter
13 13 (2.43%) AngularJS
13 13 (2.43%) Next.js
14 11 (2.06%) Spring
14 11 (2.06%) Spring Boot
15 10 (1.87%) Laravel
16 9 (1.69%) Express.js
17 8 (1.50%) OAuth
17 8 (1.50%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.30%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (4.49%) EPoS
5 21 (3.93%) IoT
6 17 (3.18%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.25%) iPhone
8 11 (2.06%) iPad
9 9 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.50%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.50%) PropTech
11 7 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.94%) Social Media
13 4 (0.75%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 138 (25.84%) Android
1 138 (25.84%) Apple iOS
2 23 (4.31%) Windows
3 6 (1.12%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.94%) Linux
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Debian
7 2 (0.37%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (31.27%) Agile
2 98 (18.35%) Mentoring
2 98 (18.35%) User Experience
3 92 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (14.98%) CI/CD
5 76 (14.23%) Mobile Application Development
6 63 (11.80%) Software Engineering
7 62 (11.61%) Android Development
8 60 (11.24%) Full-Stack Development
9 58 (10.86%) AI
10 57 (10.67%) iOS Development
10 57 (10.67%) Mobile Development
10 57 (10.67%) UX Design
11 54 (10.11%) DevOps
12 52 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
13 51 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (9.18%) Test Automation
15 47 (8.80%) Analytics
15 47 (8.80%) User Research
16 43 (8.05%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.43%) Kotlin
2 43 (8.05%) JavaScript
2 43 (8.05%) TypeScript
3 38 (7.12%) Swift
4 34 (6.37%) C#
5 30 (5.62%) SQL
6 24 (4.49%) Python
7 23 (4.31%) Java
8 14 (2.62%) Bash
9 12 (2.25%) PHP
10 9 (1.69%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.50%) C++
11 8 (1.50%) VBA
12 5 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.75%) XAML
14 3 (0.56%) Perl
14 3 (0.56%) Ruby
15 2 (0.37%) Go
15 2 (0.37%) Groovy
15 2 (0.37%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 37 (6.93%) Degree
2 25 (4.68%) CREST Certified
2 25 (4.68%) OSCP
3 21 (3.93%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.75%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (3.37%) CCSAM
6 11 (2.06%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.69%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.37%) CCSAS
10 2 (0.37%) CEH
10 2 (0.37%) CISA
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.37%) GPEN
10 2 (0.37%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.37%) PhD
10 2 (0.37%) Tigerscheme
11 1 (0.19%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.18%) Accessibility
2 27 (5.06%) QA
3 7 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.12%) GDPR
4 6 (1.12%) SLA
5 5 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.94%) WCAG
6 4 (0.75%) GRC
7 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) Section 508
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (2.62%) Docker
2 9 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.75%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (4.31%) Terraform
2 17 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (2.06%) Nessus
4 10 (1.87%) Ansible
4 10 (1.87%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.75%) Nmap
7 3 (0.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 34 (6.37%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.24%) Adobe
3 23 (4.31%) Apple
3 23 (4.31%) Xamarin
4 19 (3.56%) Google
5 10 (1.87%) ESRI
6 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.50%) Blue Prism
6 8 (1.50%) Pega
7 7 (1.31%) Okta
8 6 (1.12%) Samsung
9 5 (0.94%) Zoho
10 4 (0.75%) Amplitude
10 4 (0.75%) SAP
10 4 (0.75%) VMware
11 3 (0.56%) Mapbox
11 3 (0.56%) WooCommerce
12 2 (0.37%) Facebook
12 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock
12 2 (0.37%) Hotjar