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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 332 288
Rank change year-on-year -14 -44 -49
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 570 411 796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.83% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.11% 2.00% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 379 304 565
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.81% -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 26,967 20,553 27,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.03% 41.43% 33.39%
Number of salaries quoted 17,035 10,324 16,624
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +9 521 £60,000 - 378
UK excluding London +54 431 £59,750 +13.81% 228
Work from Home +24 190 £64,000 -1.54% 134
North of England +37 158 £55,000 +22.22% 67
London -80 111 £78,750 +5.00% 207
Midlands +8 96 £50,000 +5.26% 36
South East +17 95 £60,000 +4.35% 53
North West +44 87 £60,000 +6.67% 31
Yorkshire -8 56 £55,000 +107.55% 31
East Midlands +23 48 £54,000 +2.86% 21
West Midlands -27 48 £50,000 +5.26% 15
South West -34 42 £60,000 -2.04% 25
East of England -23 17 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Scotland +5 16 £60,000 - 16
North East -47 15 £47,000 +7.43% 7
Wales -50 7 £55,000 -21.43% 13

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 (2.28%) Confluence
2 6 (1.05%) IIS
3 5 (0.88%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.70%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.53%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Zeplin
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 99 (17.37%) Azure
2 87 (15.26%) AWS
3 53 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (8.25%) GitHub
5 35 (6.14%) GCP
5 35 (6.14%) SaaS
6 34 (5.96%) Firebase
7 31 (5.44%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (4.74%) Serverless
9 26 (4.56%) Google Play
10 17 (2.98%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.81%) TestFlight
12 15 (2.63%) Stripe
13 13 (2.28%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.28%) Figma
14 12 (2.11%) GitHub Copilot
15 9 (1.58%) Cloud Functions
15 9 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (1.23%) Cloud Run
16 7 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.09%) Broadband
2 8 (1.40%) Firewall
3 5 (0.88%) VPN
4 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.53%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) NFC
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (2.81%) MongoDB
3 11 (1.93%) MySQL
3 11 (1.93%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.40%) Redis
6 7 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.05%) Power BI
8 5 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.70%) GIS
10 3 (0.53%) Big Data
10 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.35%) SQLite
12 1 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (4.21%) Git
2 20 (3.51%) Crashlytics
3 18 (3.16%) JIRA
4 16 (2.81%) fastlane
4 16 (2.81%) XCTest
5 14 (2.46%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.11%) XCUITest
7 10 (1.75%) Xcode
8 8 (1.40%) Appium
8 8 (1.40%) Gradle
9 7 (1.23%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.05%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.88%) Postman
11 5 (0.88%) Storybook
12 4 (0.70%) JMeter
13 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.53%) GitLab
13 3 (0.53%) JUnit
13 3 (0.53%) Selenium
14 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
General
1 89 (15.61%) Social Skills
2 48 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 45 (7.89%) Finance
4 35 (6.14%) Law
5 34 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.09%) Games
7 24 (4.21%) Marketing
8 23 (4.04%) Retail
9 20 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 19 (3.33%) Banking
11 15 (2.63%) Publishing
12 8 (1.40%) Local Government
13 7 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.05%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.05%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.88%) Back Office
15 5 (0.88%) Electronics
15 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.70%) Advertising
16 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 236 (41.40%) Developer
2 143 (25.09%) Senior
3 73 (12.81%) Senior Developer
4 60 (10.53%) Lead
5 55 (9.65%) iOS Developer
6 46 (8.07%) .NET Developer
7 43 (7.54%) Android Developer
8 39 (6.84%) Mobile Developer
9 36 (6.32%) Software Engineer
10 31 (5.44%) Applications Developer
11 29 (5.09%) Designer
12 25 (4.39%) Senior iOS Developer
12 25 (4.39%) Senior Mobile Developer
13 24 (4.21%) Mobile Applications Developer
14 21 (3.68%) Mobile Engineer
15 20 (3.51%) Senior Designer
15 20 (3.51%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.51%) UX Designer
16 19 (3.33%) Senior Android Developer
17 18 (3.16%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (15.61%) React
2 86 (15.09%) React Native
3 66 (11.58%) .NET
4 65 (11.40%) RESTful
5 49 (8.60%) SwiftUI
6 36 (6.32%) REST
7 35 (6.14%) Node.js
8 34 (5.96%) ASP.NET
9 31 (5.44%) CSS
10 27 (4.74%) AngularJS
11 25 (4.39%) ASP.NET Core
11 25 (4.39%) GraphQL
12 24 (4.21%) UIKit
13 23 (4.04%) Vue
14 22 (3.86%) HTML
15 21 (3.68%) Blazor
16 20 (3.51%) Next.js
17 19 (3.33%) .NET Core
17 19 (3.33%) Android SDK
18 18 (3.16%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.28%) Product Ownership
2 33 (5.79%) Greenfield Project
3 27 (4.74%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.33%) iPhone
6 18 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.46%) IoT
8 13 (2.28%) Social Media
9 9 (1.58%) EPoS
10 8 (1.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (1.23%) Blog
11 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.23%) PropTech
12 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.05%) Vector Graphics
13 5 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.88%) Hackathon
13 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 177 (31.05%) Android
2 164 (28.77%) Apple iOS
3 15 (2.63%) Windows
4 7 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.70%) Linux
6 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.18%) Debian
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (32.28%) Agile
2 159 (27.89%) CI/CD
3 110 (19.30%) Test Automation
3 110 (19.30%) User Experience
4 98 (17.19%) AI
5 88 (15.44%) Analytics
6 78 (13.68%) iOS Development
7 75 (13.16%) DevOps
8 73 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 73 (12.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 73 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (12.46%) Android Development
9 71 (12.46%) Mentoring
9 71 (12.46%) Mobile Development
10 59 (10.35%) Roadmaps
11 56 (9.82%) Clean Code
11 56 (9.82%) Software Engineering
12 52 (9.12%) Code Quality
13 50 (8.77%) Observability
14 44 (7.72%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 77 (13.51%) Kotlin
2 68 (11.93%) SQL
3 67 (11.75%) TypeScript
4 63 (11.05%) JavaScript
5 61 (10.70%) Swift
6 58 (10.18%) C#
7 41 (7.19%) Java
8 30 (5.26%) Python
9 9 (1.58%) C++
9 9 (1.58%) PHP
10 8 (1.40%) Dart
10 8 (1.40%) Ruby
11 6 (1.05%) Go
12 4 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.53%) C
14 2 (0.35%) Bash
14 2 (0.35%) Bicep
14 2 (0.35%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (5.96%) Degree
2 23 (4.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (2.63%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.75%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.58%) ISEB
7 8 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.05%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.05%) OSCP
9 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.53%) CHECK Team Leader
10 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.35%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.35%) Tigerscheme
12 1 (0.18%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 40 (7.02%) QA
3 22 (3.86%) WCAG
4 7 (1.23%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.53%) GRC
6 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.35%) WAI
6 2 (0.35%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (1.93%) Docker
2 6 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.88%) Firmware
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (2.11%) Terraform
2 8 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) Rundeck
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.49%) Google
3 23 (4.04%) Apple
4 16 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.63%) Xamarin
6 14 (2.46%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.46%) Braze
7 13 (2.28%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.05%) Oracle
9 5 (0.88%) Adobe
9 5 (0.88%) Okta
9 5 (0.88%) SAP
9 5 (0.88%) VMware
10 4 (0.70%) ESRI
10 4 (0.70%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.70%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.70%) Ping Identity
11 3 (0.53%) Optimizely
12 2 (0.35%) Samsung