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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 241 274
Rank change year-on-year -94 +33 -136
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 357 746 587
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.11% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 3.27% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 251 436 519
10th Percentile £31,375 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 19,108 22,794 19,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 33.94% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,752 11,165 14,638
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 -92 313 £63,779 +6.30% 454
UK excluding London -105 192 £55,000 -8.33% 430
London +20 137 £95,000 +35.71% 126
Work from Home -63 118 £70,000 +7.69% 167
North of England -7 68 £56,250 -6.25% 112
North West +5 38 £65,000 +4.00% 67
South East -47 38 £60,000 +9.09% 143
South West +8 30 £50,000 -16.67% 34
Scotland -18 23 £34,000 -38.18% 24
Midlands -34 19 £46,250 -15.91% 63
West Midlands +6 17 £43,250 -33.46% 36
Yorkshire -2 16 £40,000 -20.00% 34
North East +14 14 £50,000 +11.11% 12
East of England -13 11 £60,000 -20.00% 29
Wales +8 4 £60,000 +33.33% 24
East Midlands -1 2 £76,250 +52.50% 27

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 (2.24%) CMS
2 5 (1.40%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) IIS
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Appian
5 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Chatbot
1 7 (1.96%) Sketch
2 6 (1.68%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.61%) Azure
2 41 (11.48%) AWS
3 37 (10.36%) SaaS
4 30 (8.40%) GitHub
5 24 (6.72%) Figma
6 18 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.76%) GCP
8 14 (3.92%) Firebase
9 13 (3.64%) Serverless
10 8 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (2.24%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.96%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.68%) Google Play
12 6 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (1.40%) DNS
2 5 (1.40%) VPN
2 5 (1.40%) Wireless
3 4 (1.12%) DHCP
3 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.12%) WAN
4 3 (0.84%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.84%) Broadband
4 3 (0.84%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.56%) 4G
5 2 (0.56%) RFID
6 1 (0.28%) Calico
6 1 (0.28%) Firewall
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) LAN
6 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.04%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.20%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.08%) MySQL
5 9 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.40%) GIS
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.56%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.56%) Power BI
10 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Spanner
10 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.28%) Event Store
10 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 39 (10.92%) Git
2 20 (5.60%) JIRA
3 12 (3.36%) Xcode
4 9 (2.52%) Selenium
5 8 (2.24%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.96%) Android Studio
6 7 (1.96%) Postman
6 7 (1.96%) Storybook
7 6 (1.68%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.68%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.40%) Appium
8 5 (1.40%) JMeter
9 3 (0.84%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.84%) Crashlytics
9 3 (0.84%) JUnit
9 3 (0.84%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.56%) CMake
10 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 108 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.41%) Finance
3 33 (9.24%) Banking
4 31 (8.68%) Retail
5 21 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (5.88%) Law
5 21 (5.88%) Legal
6 18 (5.04%) Advertising
6 18 (5.04%) Marketing
7 17 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.20%) Billing
9 14 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.52%) Electronics
11 8 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.68%) Back Office
14 5 (1.40%) Games
14 5 (1.40%) Health Technology
14 5 (1.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (33.61%) Developer
2 55 (15.41%) Senior
3 33 (9.24%) Mobile Developer
4 31 (8.68%) Lead
5 29 (8.12%) Applications Developer
6 28 (7.84%) Architect
7 26 (7.28%) Software Engineer
7 26 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (6.44%) Analyst
9 21 (5.88%) React Developer
10 20 (5.60%) Senior Developer
11 18 (5.04%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 17 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (4.20%) .NET Developer
13 15 (4.20%) Consultant
13 15 (4.20%) Designer
14 14 (3.92%) Recruitment Consultant
15 13 (3.64%) Digital Architect
15 13 (3.64%) Digital Solutions Architect
16 12 (3.36%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (24.93%) React Native
2 74 (20.73%) React
3 51 (14.29%) .NET
4 41 (11.48%) RESTful
5 40 (11.20%) Node.js
6 33 (9.24%) CSS
7 32 (8.96%) HTML
8 19 (5.32%) REST
9 17 (4.76%) Flutter
10 16 (4.48%) SwiftUI
11 15 (4.20%) GraphQL
11 15 (4.20%) Next.js
11 15 (4.20%) Vue
12 14 (3.92%) AngularJS
13 13 (3.64%) Jest
14 11 (3.08%) Kafka
15 9 (2.52%) Laravel
15 9 (2.52%) XML
16 8 (2.24%) .NET Framework
16 8 (2.24%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.76%) Client/Server
3 17 (4.76%) IoT
4 16 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.48%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.80%) EPoS
6 6 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.68%) NHS
7 5 (1.40%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.12%) iPad
8 4 (1.12%) iPhone
8 4 (1.12%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.12%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 96 (26.89%) Apple iOS
2 95 (26.61%) Android
3 20 (5.60%) Windows
4 4 (1.12%) Linux
4 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.84%) Unix
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Nucleus RTOS
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (39.22%) Agile
2 80 (22.41%) CI/CD
3 65 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (17.37%) User Experience
5 58 (16.25%) Mobile Application Development
6 56 (15.69%) Test Automation
7 50 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (14.01%) Mobile Development
8 49 (13.73%) DevOps
9 48 (13.45%) Software Engineering
10 45 (12.61%) B2B
11 40 (11.20%) Mentoring
12 38 (10.64%) UX Design
13 37 (10.36%) Full-Stack Development
14 34 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
15 33 (9.24%) CRM
16 30 (8.40%) AI
16 30 (8.40%) Clean Code
17 29 (8.12%) B2C
17 29 (8.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 59 (16.53%) JavaScript
2 54 (15.13%) TypeScript
3 41 (11.48%) C#
4 34 (9.52%) SQL
5 33 (9.24%) Java
6 31 (8.68%) Python
6 31 (8.68%) Swift
7 28 (7.84%) Kotlin
8 16 (4.48%) Go
9 10 (2.80%) Objective-C
9 10 (2.80%) PHP
10 9 (2.52%) C
11 8 (2.24%) VBA
12 7 (1.96%) C++
13 5 (1.40%) Bash
13 5 (1.40%) Dart
14 4 (1.12%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.12%) XAML
15 2 (0.56%) Groovy
15 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (10.64%) Degree
2 21 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.52%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.24%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 7 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.40%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.84%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.56%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.56%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (0.56%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.56%) OSCP
8 2 (0.56%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.96%) Accessibility
2 29 (8.12%) QA
3 8 (2.24%) GDPR
4 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.68%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.68%) WCAG
6 5 (1.40%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.56%) Section 508
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (2.24%) Docker
2 6 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.40%) Firmware
4 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.64%) Terraform
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.40%) Grafana
4 5 (1.40%) Mesos
5 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.56%) Ansible
7 2 (0.56%) Nessus
8 1 (0.28%) Argo
8 1 (0.28%) Istio
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 29 (8.12%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.76%) Google
3 16 (4.48%) Xamarin
4 14 (3.92%) Apple
5 9 (2.52%) Adobe
6 8 (2.24%) Blue Prism
6 8 (2.24%) Pega
7 6 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.12%) ESRI
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle
8 4 (1.12%) Samsung
9 3 (0.84%) Cvent
9 3 (0.84%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.84%) SAP
9 3 (0.84%) VMware
9 3 (0.84%) Zoho
10 2 (0.56%) Instagram
10 2 (0.56%) Splunk
10 2 (0.56%) TikTok
10 2 (0.56%) YouTube