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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 244 294
Rank change year-on-year -24 +50 -143
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 493 650 711
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.25% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 3.37% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 326 386 617
10th Percentile £33,375 £36,250 £32,500
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 £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £92,061
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 21,047 19,277 25,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.98% 37.17% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10,570 8,899 18,968
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 1 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 1 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 -14 446 £60,000 - 313
UK excluding London -40 305 £55,000 - 279
London +11 158 £75,000 -6.25% 93
Work from Home -54 158 £64,482 +7.47% 127
North of England -15 90 £57,500 +15.00% 78
South East -5 82 £60,000 +14.29% 78
Midlands -6 53 £45,000 -33.33% 34
North West +13 46 £65,000 +8.33% 38
South West +4 40 £50,000 -16.67% 37
Yorkshire -4 34 £40,000 -11.11% 33
East Midlands +8 27 £45,000 -10.00% 21
West Midlands -3 26 £50,000 -28.57% 13
Scotland -29 24 £34,000 -38.18% 12
East of England -8 15 £60,000 -20.00% 32
North East -8 10 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Wales +3 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 (1.62%) CMS
2 5 (1.01%) Confluence
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.01%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.62%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.61%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Shopify
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 89 (18.05%) Azure
2 66 (13.39%) SaaS
3 41 (8.32%) AWS
3 41 (8.32%) Figma
4 28 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (5.68%) GitHub
5 17 (3.45%) GCP
6 16 (3.25%) Serverless
7 14 (2.84%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (2.64%) Azure Functions
8 13 (2.64%) Azure Service Bus
9 12 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.83%) Firebase
10 9 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.42%) Google Play
12 5 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.81%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.09%) Broadband
2 23 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (3.65%) Wireless
4 9 (1.83%) VPN
5 7 (1.42%) DNS
6 6 (1.22%) DHCP
6 6 (1.22%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.22%) WAN
7 4 (0.81%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.61%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.61%) Firewall
9 2 (0.41%) 4G
9 2 (0.41%) LAN
10 1 (0.20%) HTTP
10 1 (0.20%) Internet
10 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.43%) MySQL
2 11 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.22%) GIS
5 5 (1.01%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.41%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.20%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.06%) Git
2 14 (2.84%) JIRA
3 12 (2.43%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.43%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.43%) Xcode
4 9 (1.83%) Storybook
5 7 (1.42%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.22%) Selenium
7 5 (1.01%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.01%) Postman
8 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.61%) Appium
9 3 (0.61%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.61%) JMeter
10 2 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.41%) CMake
10 2 (0.41%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.41%) XCUITest
General
1 101 (20.49%) Social Skills
2 58 (11.76%) Finance
3 49 (9.94%) Retail
4 39 (7.91%) Marketing
5 26 (5.27%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.46%) Billing
6 22 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.06%) Advertising
7 20 (4.06%) Banking
8 17 (3.45%) Games
9 16 (3.25%) Legal
9 16 (3.25%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.64%) Electronics
10 13 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.03%) Tech for Good
12 9 (1.83%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.62%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 192 (38.95%) Developer
2 109 (22.11%) Senior
3 52 (10.55%) Applications Developer
4 51 (10.34%) Lead
5 40 (8.11%) iOS Developer
5 40 (8.11%) Mobile Developer
6 37 (7.51%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.30%) Analyst
8 30 (6.09%) .NET Developer
9 29 (5.88%) Designer
9 29 (5.88%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 28 (5.68%) React Developer
11 20 (4.06%) Product Designer
11 20 (4.06%) Senior Designer
12 19 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (3.65%) Architect
14 17 (3.45%) Android Developer
14 17 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.25%) Consultant
15 16 (3.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (20.69%) React Native
2 80 (16.23%) React
3 66 (13.39%) .NET
4 42 (8.52%) RESTful
5 39 (7.91%) CSS
6 37 (7.51%) HTML
6 37 (7.51%) Node.js
7 24 (4.87%) SwiftUI
8 17 (3.45%) REST
9 16 (3.25%) Vue
10 15 (3.04%) Bootstrap
11 14 (2.84%) Next.js
12 13 (2.64%) AngularJS
13 12 (2.43%) Flutter
14 10 (2.03%) Laravel
14 10 (2.03%) Spring
14 10 (2.03%) Spring Boot
15 9 (1.83%) Express.js
15 9 (1.83%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.83%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.65%) IoT
5 17 (3.45%) EPoS
6 14 (2.84%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.43%) iPhone
8 11 (2.23%) iPad
9 8 (1.62%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.62%) PropTech
10 7 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.01%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.81%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 125 (25.35%) Android
2 122 (24.75%) Apple iOS
3 21 (4.26%) Windows
4 6 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.01%) Linux
6 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.41%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.41%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (29.82%) Agile
2 91 (18.46%) User Experience
3 87 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 83 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (16.02%) Mobile Application Development
6 70 (14.20%) CI/CD
7 64 (12.98%) Software Engineering
8 62 (12.58%) Android Development
8 62 (12.58%) Full-Stack Development
9 59 (11.97%) Mobile Development
9 59 (11.97%) UX Design
10 57 (11.56%) DevOps
11 53 (10.75%) iOS Development
12 52 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (9.13%) AI
13 45 (9.13%) B2B
13 45 (9.13%) Collaborative Culture
13 45 (9.13%) Wireframes
14 42 (8.52%) Test Automation
15 40 (8.11%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.94%) TypeScript
2 47 (9.53%) JavaScript
3 39 (7.91%) Kotlin
4 36 (7.30%) C#
5 34 (6.90%) Swift
6 28 (5.68%) SQL
7 22 (4.46%) Java
8 21 (4.26%) Python
9 12 (2.43%) Bash
10 11 (2.23%) PHP
11 9 (1.83%) C++
12 8 (1.62%) VBA
13 7 (1.42%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.22%) C
15 4 (0.81%) Perl
15 4 (0.81%) XAML
16 3 (0.61%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.61%) Ruby
17 2 (0.41%) Groovy
17 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (7.71%) Degree
2 19 (3.85%) CREST Certified
2 19 (3.85%) OSCP
3 16 (3.25%) CHECK Team Member
4 15 (3.04%) CHECK Team Leader
5 13 (2.64%) CCSAM
5 13 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.43%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.83%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.42%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.61%) CISSP
10 2 (0.41%) CCSAS
10 2 (0.41%) CEH
10 2 (0.41%) CISA
10 2 (0.41%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.41%) GPEN
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.41%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) Tigerscheme
11 1 (0.20%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.71%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.87%) QA
3 8 (1.62%) GDPR
3 8 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.22%) SLA
4 6 (1.22%) WCAG
5 4 (0.81%) GRC
6 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.41%) Section 508
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (2.84%) Docker
2 9 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (4.26%) Terraform
2 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.83%) Ansible
3 9 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.83%) Nessus
3 9 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.62%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.81%) Nmap
6 3 (0.61%) Argo
Vendors
1 28 (5.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.27%) Adobe
3 22 (4.46%) Xamarin
4 20 (4.06%) Apple
5 17 (3.45%) Google
6 8 (1.62%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.62%) Blue Prism
6 8 (1.62%) Pega
7 7 (1.42%) Okta
8 6 (1.22%) ESRI
9 5 (1.01%) SAP
9 5 (1.01%) Zoho
10 4 (0.81%) Samsung
10 4 (0.81%) VMware
11 3 (0.61%) Cvent
11 3 (0.61%) Mapbox
11 3 (0.61%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.61%) WooCommerce
12 2 (0.41%) Facebook
12 2 (0.41%) ServiceNow