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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 302 285
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 -67
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 590 457 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.93% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 2.27% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 374 345 740
10th Percentile £40,375 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,625 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 25,594 20,149 34,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 40.92% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 16,314 9,967 21,906
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,577 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% +4.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,730 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% - -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +7 544 £60,000 +2.30% 284
UK excluding London +43 447 £60,000 +9.09% 216
Work from Home +24 200 £64,000 +6.67% 103
North of England +44 158 £55,000 +15.79% 61
London -74 114 £75,000 +15.38% 127
South East +22 105 £60,000 +4.35% 51
Midlands +12 99 £54,000 +13.68% 29
North West +27 81 £57,500 -4.17% 35
Yorkshire -2 62 £55,000 +107.55% 23
West Midlands -19 51 £50,000 +5.26% 10
East Midlands +12 48 £58,250 +10.95% 19
South West -41 42 £59,500 -4.80% 29
East of England -13 21 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Scotland -4 16 £60,000 -10.45% 24
North East -47 15 £47,000 +4.44% 5
Wales -47 6 £62,500 -10.71% 8

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 13 (2.20%) Confluence
2 7 (1.19%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.02%) IIS
4 5 (0.85%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 98 (16.61%) Azure
2 82 (13.90%) AWS
3 57 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (7.80%) GitHub
5 35 (5.93%) SaaS
6 32 (5.42%) Firebase
7 30 (5.08%) GCP
7 30 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (4.24%) Google Play
8 25 (4.24%) Serverless
9 24 (4.07%) Figma
10 17 (2.88%) Azure AI
11 15 (2.54%) Stripe
11 15 (2.54%) TestFlight
12 12 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.53%) Cloud Functions
13 9 (1.53%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.19%) Cloud Run
16 6 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.64%) Broadband
2 11 (1.86%) Wireless
3 10 (1.69%) Firewall
4 6 (1.02%) VPN
5 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.51%) Internet
7 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.17%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (2.71%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.69%) MySQL
4 9 (1.53%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.36%) Redis
5 8 (1.36%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
6 7 (1.19%) GIS
7 6 (1.02%) Power BI
8 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.51%) Big Data
9 3 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.34%) SQLite
11 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.39%) Crashlytics
2 19 (3.22%) Git
3 16 (2.71%) fastlane
4 15 (2.54%) JIRA
4 15 (2.54%) XCTest
5 14 (2.37%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.86%) Burp Suite
6 11 (1.86%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.53%) Xcode
8 8 (1.36%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.36%) Gradle
8 8 (1.36%) Metasploit
9 6 (1.02%) Android Studio
9 6 (1.02%) Appium
10 5 (0.85%) Postman
10 5 (0.85%) Storybook
11 4 (0.68%) GitLab
11 4 (0.68%) JMeter
12 2 (0.34%) NUnit
12 2 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 88 (14.92%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.97%) Finance
3 43 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.27%) Games
5 31 (5.25%) Marketing
6 28 (4.75%) Retail
7 27 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (3.90%) Law
9 21 (3.56%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.88%) Banking
11 14 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.86%) Local Government
13 10 (1.69%) Health Technology
13 10 (1.69%) Publishing
14 7 (1.19%) Digital Health
15 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.02%) Electronics
16 5 (0.85%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.68%) Advertising
17 4 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (39.32%) Developer
2 150 (25.42%) Senior
3 70 (11.86%) Lead
4 67 (11.36%) Senior Developer
5 55 (9.32%) iOS Developer
6 46 (7.80%) .NET Developer
7 42 (7.12%) Designer
8 40 (6.78%) Android Developer
9 33 (5.59%) Senior Designer
10 32 (5.42%) Software Engineer
11 26 (4.41%) Mobile Developer
12 25 (4.24%) Applications Developer
13 23 (3.90%) Product Designer
14 22 (3.73%) Mobile Engineer
14 22 (3.73%) Senior iOS Developer
15 21 (3.56%) Senior Product Designer
16 20 (3.39%) Lead Developer
17 19 (3.22%) Analyst
17 19 (3.22%) Mobile Applications Developer
17 19 (3.22%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (14.58%) React
2 79 (13.39%) React Native
3 69 (11.69%) .NET
4 61 (10.34%) RESTful
5 45 (7.63%) SwiftUI
6 36 (6.10%) Node.js
7 32 (5.42%) ASP.NET
8 30 (5.08%) CSS
9 27 (4.58%) REST
10 25 (4.24%) AngularJS
10 25 (4.24%) ASP.NET Core
11 24 (4.07%) Vue
12 22 (3.73%) Next.js
13 21 (3.56%) UIKit
14 20 (3.39%) Blazor
14 20 (3.39%) HTML
15 19 (3.22%) Android SDK
15 19 (3.22%) GraphQL
16 17 (2.88%) .NET Core
16 17 (2.88%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.03%) Product Ownership
2 40 (6.78%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.76%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.22%) iPhone
7 14 (2.37%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.37%) Social Media
8 12 (2.03%) IoT
9 11 (1.86%) EPoS
10 9 (1.53%) PropTech
11 7 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.02%) Vector Graphics
13 5 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.68%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 165 (27.97%) Android
2 155 (26.27%) Apple iOS
3 14 (2.37%) Windows
4 7 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.02%) Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Debian
6 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (35.08%) Agile
2 154 (26.10%) CI/CD
3 116 (19.66%) User Experience
4 102 (17.29%) Mentoring
5 99 (16.78%) AI
6 96 (16.27%) Test Automation
7 92 (15.59%) Analytics
8 89 (15.08%) Full-Stack Development
9 88 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
10 82 (13.90%) DevOps
11 71 (12.03%) iOS Development
12 70 (11.86%) Software Engineering
13 64 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (10.68%) Android Development
15 61 (10.34%) Mobile Development
16 60 (10.17%) Roadmaps
17 57 (9.66%) Clean Code
18 52 (8.81%) Observability
18 52 (8.81%) UX Design
19 46 (7.80%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.03%) SQL
2 70 (11.86%) Kotlin
3 64 (10.85%) TypeScript
4 56 (9.49%) C#
4 56 (9.49%) JavaScript
5 55 (9.32%) Swift
6 41 (6.95%) Java
7 38 (6.44%) Python
8 10 (1.69%) C++
9 9 (1.53%) Ruby
10 8 (1.36%) Bash
10 8 (1.36%) PHP
11 7 (1.19%) Dart
12 6 (1.02%) Go
12 6 (1.02%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.51%) C
15 2 (0.34%) Bicep
16 1 (0.17%) Perl
16 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (6.61%) Degree
2 21 (3.56%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.39%) CREST Certified
3 20 (3.39%) OSCP
4 16 (2.71%) CHECK Team Leader
5 15 (2.54%) CHECK Team Member
6 12 (2.03%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.86%) CCSAM
8 10 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.53%) ISEB
9 9 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.68%) CCSAS
10 4 (0.68%) Cyber Scheme
10 4 (0.68%) Tigerscheme
11 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.34%) CISSP
13 1 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.71%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.76%) QA
3 16 (2.71%) WCAG
4 8 (1.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.02%) GRC
6 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (1.36%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.68%) Firmware
2 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.37%) Terraform
2 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.19%) Nessus
4 5 (0.85%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Grafana
5 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.17%) Nmap
6 1 (0.17%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 48 (8.14%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.42%) Google
3 19 (3.22%) Adobe
3 19 (3.22%) Apple
4 18 (3.05%) Xamarin
5 15 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.37%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.37%) Braze
7 13 (2.20%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.19%) ESRI
9 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.02%) Oracle
10 5 (0.85%) Okta
10 5 (0.85%) SAP
10 5 (0.85%) VMware
11 4 (0.68%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.51%) ForgeRock
12 3 (0.51%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.51%) Ping Identity
13 2 (0.34%) Planon