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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 272 300
Rank change year-on-year +10 +28 -104
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 638 509 927
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.17% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.66% 2.79% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 413 396 756
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

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 23,941 18,269 34,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.62% 42.07% 35.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13,445 9,116 22,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,870 £41,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 13 May 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 May 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 +37 601 £60,000 +4.35% 233
UK excluding London +12 459 £60,000 +9.09% 173
Work from Home +31 209 £70,000 +16.67% 85
London -28 154 £72,500 +11.54% 91
North of England +41 146 £55,000 +10.00% 62
South East +38 126 £60,000 +26.32% 39
Midlands -6 105 £50,000 - 29
North West +44 72 £60,000 - 32
Yorkshire -26 67 £40,000 +50.94% 19
East Midlands +30 58 £45,000 +20.00% 15
West Midlands -44 47 £50,000 - 14
South West -30 46 £47,500 -20.83% 16
East of England -16 19 £40,000 -27.27% 14
Scotland -27 16 £60,000 - 11
North East -42 7 £47,000 +10.59% 11
Wales -35 1 £71,500 +2.14% 4

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 11 (1.72%) Confluence
2 7 (1.10%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.78%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.31%) Sketch
4 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.16%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (14.11%) Azure
2 81 (12.70%) AWS
3 66 (10.34%) SaaS
4 46 (7.21%) GitHub
5 42 (6.58%) Figma
6 37 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.08%) GCP
7 26 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (3.76%) Serverless
9 22 (3.45%) Firebase
10 16 (2.51%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.19%) Stripe
11 14 (2.19%) TestFlight
12 13 (2.04%) Google Play
13 12 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 12 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 10 (1.57%) Azure Functions
16 8 (1.25%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.09%) Broadband
2 22 (3.45%) Wireless
3 13 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (1.88%) VPN
5 7 (1.10%) Firewall
6 5 (0.78%) DNS
7 4 (0.63%) DHCP
7 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.63%) WAN
8 3 (0.47%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.16%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 12 (1.88%) MySQL
2 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.25%) GIS
4 7 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.94%) Power BI
6 4 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.16%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) Redis
8 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.66%) JIRA
2 16 (2.51%) Crashlytics
3 14 (2.19%) XCTest
4 13 (2.04%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.04%) Git
4 13 (2.04%) Metasploit
5 11 (1.72%) XCUITest
6 10 (1.57%) Storybook
7 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.10%) Android Studio
8 7 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.10%) fastlane
8 7 (1.10%) Xcode
9 5 (0.78%) Appium
9 5 (0.78%) Gradle
9 5 (0.78%) Postman
10 3 (0.47%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.47%) GitLab
10 3 (0.47%) Selenium
11 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
General
1 81 (12.70%) Social Skills
2 61 (9.56%) Finance
3 45 (7.05%) Games
4 42 (6.58%) Marketing
5 39 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.33%) Retail
7 31 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.98%) Banking
10 18 (2.82%) Law
11 13 (2.04%) Health Technology
11 13 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.72%) Local Government
13 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.41%) Tech for Good
13 9 (1.41%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.10%) Back Office
14 7 (1.10%) Billing
14 7 (1.10%) Electronics
15 6 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 274 (42.95%) Developer
2 156 (24.45%) Senior
3 71 (11.13%) Lead
4 68 (10.66%) Senior Developer
5 63 (9.87%) iOS Developer
6 53 (8.31%) Applications Developer
7 49 (7.68%) .NET Developer
8 45 (7.05%) Designer
9 36 (5.64%) Android Developer
10 35 (5.49%) Mobile Developer
11 34 (5.33%) Senior Designer
12 32 (5.02%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 28 (4.39%) Software Engineer
14 27 (4.23%) Analyst
15 26 (4.08%) React Developer
16 25 (3.92%) Product Designer
17 24 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
18 23 (3.61%) Lead Developer
18 23 (3.61%) Mobile Engineer
19 22 (3.45%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (17.40%) React Native
2 83 (13.01%) React
3 77 (12.07%) .NET
4 51 (7.99%) RESTful
5 45 (7.05%) SwiftUI
6 35 (5.49%) CSS
7 34 (5.33%) Node.js
8 25 (3.92%) HTML
8 25 (3.92%) REST
9 20 (3.13%) Bootstrap
10 19 (2.98%) ASP.NET
10 19 (2.98%) GraphQL
11 18 (2.82%) Vue
12 16 (2.51%) Android SDK
12 16 (2.51%) UIKit
13 15 (2.35%) AngularJS
14 13 (2.04%) Flutter
15 12 (1.88%) ASP.NET Core
15 12 (1.88%) Jest
15 12 (1.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.31%) Product Ownership
2 48 (7.52%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.98%) Security Posture
6 18 (2.82%) EPoS
7 17 (2.66%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.51%) iPhone
9 15 (2.35%) Social Media
10 14 (2.19%) PropTech
11 12 (1.88%) IoT
12 9 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.41%) iPad
13 7 (1.10%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.63%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
16 3 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
16 3 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 176 (27.59%) Android
2 172 (26.96%) Apple iOS
3 16 (2.51%) Windows
4 5 (0.78%) Linux
5 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.31%) Debian
7 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (30.72%) Agile
2 133 (20.85%) CI/CD
3 115 (18.03%) User Experience
4 109 (17.08%) Mentoring
5 91 (14.26%) AI
5 91 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (13.17%) iOS Development
7 83 (13.01%) Android Development
7 83 (13.01%) Test Automation
8 79 (12.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 77 (12.07%) Software Engineering
10 71 (11.13%) Mobile Development
11 67 (10.50%) Analytics
12 63 (9.87%) Mobile Application Development
13 62 (9.72%) DevOps
14 57 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (8.93%) UX Design
15 51 (7.99%) Collaborative Culture
16 48 (7.52%) Clean Code
17 46 (7.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 75 (11.76%) Kotlin
2 68 (10.66%) TypeScript
3 55 (8.62%) SQL
4 54 (8.46%) Swift
5 47 (7.37%) C#
6 45 (7.05%) JavaScript
7 42 (6.58%) Java
8 30 (4.70%) Python
9 13 (2.04%) Bash
9 13 (2.04%) PHP
10 9 (1.41%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.10%) C++
11 7 (1.10%) Ruby
12 5 (0.78%) Dart
13 4 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.47%) Go
14 3 (0.47%) Perl
15 2 (0.31%) Bicep
15 2 (0.31%) C
16 1 (0.16%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 38 (5.96%) Degree
2 29 (4.55%) OSCP
3 28 (4.39%) CREST Certified
4 22 (3.45%) CHECK Team Leader
4 22 (3.45%) CHECK Team Member
5 18 (2.82%) CCSAM
6 13 (2.04%) Security Cleared
7 12 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.57%) SC Cleared
9 6 (0.94%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.78%) ISEB
11 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.63%) CISSP
12 3 (0.47%) CCSAS
12 3 (0.47%) Cyber Scheme
12 3 (0.47%) Tigerscheme
13 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.31%) CEH
13 2 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.82%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.92%) QA
3 8 (1.25%) WCAG
4 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.78%) GDPR
6 5 (0.78%) GRC
7 3 (0.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (2.04%) Docker
2 5 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.98%) Terraform
2 15 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.72%) Nessus
4 9 (1.41%) Ansible
5 7 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.10%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.47%) Argo
7 3 (0.47%) Nmap
8 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 40 (6.27%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.39%) Adobe
3 26 (4.08%) Xamarin
4 25 (3.92%) Google
5 24 (3.76%) Apple
6 14 (2.19%) Amplitude
7 13 (2.04%) Braze
8 8 (1.25%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.25%) ESRI
9 7 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.94%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.94%) Okta
11 5 (0.78%) VMware
12 4 (0.63%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.63%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.47%) Oracle
13 3 (0.47%) SAP
13 3 (0.47%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.47%) Zoho
14 2 (0.31%) Mapbox