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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 233 293
Rank change year-on-year -17 +60 -102
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 608 543 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.33% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 3.42% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 374 420 731
10th Percentile £36,975 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £74,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 23,534 15,886 32,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.14% 38.92% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,004 8,884 22,189
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £44,905 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £79,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,200 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -7 557 £60,000 +4.35% 245
UK excluding London -7 417 £55,000 - 200
Work from Home -25 196 £60,000 - 129
London -15 159 £70,000 +7.69% 94
North of England -8 123 £56,250 +25.00% 53
South East 0 113 £60,000 +26.32% 53
Midlands -31 84 £50,000 -14.89% 35
Yorkshire -19 67 £40,000 +38.89% 20
East Midlands -5 50 £45,000 +2.86% 13
North West -2 49 £60,000 - 26
South West -25 46 £47,500 -20.83% 21
West Midlands -49 34 £50,000 -23.08% 22
Scotland -47 27 £34,000 -42.13% 13
East of England -34 23 £40,000 -27.27% 17
North East -30 7 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Wales - 2 £71,500 - 9

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 (1.32%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.15%) CMS
2 7 (1.15%) Confluence
3 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Appian
6 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Chatbot
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) Sketch
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.16%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (15.79%) Azure
2 72 (11.84%) AWS
3 58 (9.54%) SaaS
4 47 (7.73%) Figma
5 39 (6.41%) GitHub
6 30 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.62%) GCP
8 20 (3.29%) Firebase
9 19 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (3.13%) Serverless
10 17 (2.80%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (1.81%) TestFlight
13 10 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.64%) Stripe
14 9 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (1.48%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.15%) Google Play
16 6 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 60 (9.87%) Broadband
2 23 (3.78%) Wireless
3 22 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.47%) VPN
5 8 (1.32%) Firewall
6 7 (1.15%) DNS
7 6 (0.99%) DHCP
7 6 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.99%) WAN
8 4 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.33%) LAN
10 1 (0.16%) 4G
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) Internet
10 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.14%) MySQL
2 10 (1.64%) GIS
2 10 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.49%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Power BI
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.16%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 20 (3.29%) JIRA
2 17 (2.80%) Git
3 14 (2.30%) Burp Suite
3 14 (2.30%) Metasploit
4 12 (1.97%) Crashlytics
4 12 (1.97%) Xcode
5 11 (1.81%) XCUITest
6 10 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.64%) Storybook
6 10 (1.64%) XCTest
7 7 (1.15%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.99%) Postman
9 5 (0.82%) Appium
10 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.49%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.49%) fastlane
11 3 (0.49%) Selenium
12 2 (0.33%) CMake
12 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 92 (15.13%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.20%) Finance
3 46 (7.57%) Games
4 45 (7.40%) Retail
5 37 (6.09%) Marketing
6 33 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.29%) Banking
10 19 (3.13%) Advertising
11 17 (2.80%) Billing
12 15 (2.47%) Legal
13 13 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.14%) Health Technology
13 13 (2.14%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.81%) Law
14 11 (1.81%) Tech for Good
15 10 (1.64%) Electronics
15 10 (1.64%) Local Government
15 10 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 240 (39.47%) Developer
2 148 (24.34%) Senior
3 61 (10.03%) Applications Developer
4 59 (9.70%) iOS Developer
4 59 (9.70%) Lead
5 49 (8.06%) Mobile Developer
5 49 (8.06%) Senior Developer
6 41 (6.74%) Designer
7 40 (6.58%) Analyst
8 35 (5.76%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 31 (5.10%) Senior Designer
10 30 (4.93%) .NET Developer
11 28 (4.61%) Android Developer
12 26 (4.28%) Product Designer
13 22 (3.62%) Applications Engineer
13 22 (3.62%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.62%) Senior Product Designer
14 21 (3.45%) React Developer
14 21 (3.45%) Software Engineer
15 20 (3.29%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (17.93%) React Native
2 66 (10.86%) .NET
2 66 (10.86%) React
3 46 (7.57%) RESTful
4 43 (7.07%) CSS
4 43 (7.07%) SwiftUI
5 33 (5.43%) HTML
6 30 (4.93%) Node.js
7 18 (2.96%) Bootstrap
8 17 (2.80%) Vue
9 16 (2.63%) Flutter
9 16 (2.63%) GraphQL
10 15 (2.47%) Android SDK
10 15 (2.47%) REST
11 13 (2.14%) Jest
11 13 (2.14%) UIKit
12 12 (1.97%) Spring
12 12 (1.97%) Spring Boot
13 11 (1.81%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.81%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 42 (6.91%) Product Ownership
3 34 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.28%) EPoS
5 22 (3.62%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.29%) IoT
7 17 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.80%) Social Media
8 12 (1.97%) iPhone
9 11 (1.81%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.81%) iPad
10 10 (1.64%) PropTech
11 9 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.32%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.66%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 170 (27.96%) Apple iOS
2 168 (27.63%) Android
3 21 (3.45%) Windows
4 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.82%) Linux
6 4 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.33%) Debian
8 2 (0.33%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (32.40%) Agile
2 121 (19.90%) CI/CD
3 113 (18.59%) User Experience
4 109 (17.93%) Mentoring
5 96 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (13.98%) Mobile Application Development
7 83 (13.65%) AI
8 79 (12.99%) iOS Development
9 77 (12.66%) Android Development
10 75 (12.34%) Test Automation
11 69 (11.35%) Software Engineering
12 67 (11.02%) Mobile Development
13 61 (10.03%) Full-Stack Development
14 60 (9.87%) Analytics
14 60 (9.87%) UX Design
15 59 (9.70%) DevOps
16 58 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (8.88%) Collaborative Culture
18 47 (7.73%) Roadmaps
18 47 (7.73%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.51%) Kotlin
2 55 (9.05%) Swift
3 54 (8.88%) TypeScript
4 45 (7.40%) JavaScript
5 41 (6.74%) Java
6 37 (6.09%) C#
7 36 (5.92%) SQL
8 26 (4.28%) Python
9 15 (2.47%) Bash
9 15 (2.47%) PHP
10 9 (1.48%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.48%) VBA
11 8 (1.32%) C++
12 5 (0.82%) C
12 5 (0.82%) Dart
13 4 (0.66%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.49%) Perl
14 3 (0.49%) Ruby
14 3 (0.49%) XAML
15 2 (0.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (6.91%) Degree
2 25 (4.11%) CREST Certified
2 25 (4.11%) OSCP
3 21 (3.45%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.29%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (2.96%) CCSAM
6 12 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.32%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.99%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.49%) CISSP
11 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.33%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.33%) CEH
11 2 (0.33%) CISA
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.33%) PhD
11 2 (0.33%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.01%) Accessibility
2 27 (4.44%) QA
3 7 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.15%) WCAG
4 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.82%) GDPR
5 5 (0.82%) SLA
6 4 (0.66%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) Section 508
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.63%) Docker
2 8 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (3.45%) Terraform
2 18 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.81%) Nessus
4 10 (1.64%) Ansible
4 10 (1.64%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.66%) Nmap
8 3 (0.49%) Argo
9 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 35 (5.76%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.93%) Adobe
3 28 (4.61%) Apple
4 25 (4.11%) Xamarin
5 20 (3.29%) Google
6 10 (1.64%) Amplitude
6 10 (1.64%) ESRI
7 9 (1.48%) Blue Prism
7 9 (1.48%) Pega
8 8 (1.32%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.15%) Okta
10 6 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.99%) Samsung
11 5 (0.82%) Zoho
12 4 (0.66%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.66%) VMware
13 3 (0.49%) Mapbox
13 3 (0.49%) SAP
13 3 (0.49%) WooCommerce
14 2 (0.33%) Facebook