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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 370 266
Rank change year-on-year -4 -104 -10
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 544 326 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.66% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 1.63% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 356 222 404
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,025 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,438 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 32,149 19,978 22,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.09% 40.61% 32.17%
Number of salaries quoted 19,674 10,209 11,300
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,947 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% -15.09% -3.64%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +21 496 £60,000 -11.11% 602
UK excluding London +35 377 £55,000 - 236
Work from Home +53 210 £60,000 -18.92% 249
London -52 142 £75,000 -25.00% 403
North of England +7 132 £55,000 - 70
South East +14 89 £60,000 - 55
North West +14 77 £55,000 -15.38% 46
Midlands -7 63 £50,000 - 37
South West -35 50 £30,000 -40.00% 24
Yorkshire -13 40 £55,000 +51.72% 17
West Midlands -16 37 £50,000 +5.26% 16
East Midlands -14 26 £50,000 -34.43% 21
East of England -9 25 £60,000 +2.13% 13
North East -66 15 £47,000 -6.00% 7
Scotland +6 12 £34,000 - 22
Wales -69 7 £55,000 -12.00% 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 11 (2.02%) Confluence
2 6 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.92%) CMS
3 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.92%) WordPress
4 4 (0.74%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
3 2 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.37%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.55%) Workfront
2 2 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
3 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 112 (20.59%) Azure
2 69 (12.68%) AWS
3 46 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (6.07%) GCP
4 33 (6.07%) GitHub
5 26 (4.78%) SaaS
6 25 (4.60%) Google Play
7 21 (3.86%) Firebase
8 17 (3.13%) Azure AI
9 15 (2.76%) BigCommerce
9 15 (2.76%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.39%) Serverless
11 12 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
12 10 (1.84%) BrowserStack
12 10 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (1.84%) TestFlight
13 9 (1.65%) Cloud Functions
14 8 (1.47%) Figma
15 7 (1.29%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.10%) Internet
2 5 (0.92%) HTTP
3 4 (0.74%) Firewall
3 4 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (0.74%) RFID
3 4 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.37%) 5G
5 2 (0.37%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.18%) Intranet
6 1 (0.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.18%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (3.31%) MongoDB
3 17 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.65%) MySQL
6 9 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.47%) Redis
8 5 (0.92%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.55%) Big Data
9 3 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.37%) Power BI
10 2 (0.37%) SQLite
11 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.18%) GIS
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.41%) Git
2 16 (2.94%) fastlane
2 16 (2.94%) JIRA
3 13 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.02%) Android Studio
5 10 (1.84%) Appium
5 10 (1.84%) Xcode
6 9 (1.65%) Crashlytics
6 9 (1.65%) Postman
7 7 (1.29%) JUnit
7 7 (1.29%) XCTest
8 6 (1.10%) Gradle
8 6 (1.10%) Selenium
9 5 (0.92%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.92%) Gatling
10 3 (0.55%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.55%) GitLab
10 3 (0.55%) JMeter
10 3 (0.55%) XCUITest
11 2 (0.37%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (22.98%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.15%) Finance
3 41 (7.54%) Law
4 39 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 39 (7.17%) Retail
5 37 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.96%) Publishing
7 26 (4.78%) Marketing
8 24 (4.41%) Banking
9 22 (4.04%) Games
10 21 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 19 (3.49%) Legal
12 10 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.65%) Billing
14 7 (1.29%) Public Speaking
15 6 (1.10%) Automotive
15 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
16 5 (0.92%) Electronics
16 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (34.93%) Developer
2 127 (23.35%) Senior
3 59 (10.85%) Senior Developer
4 49 (9.01%) Lead
5 46 (8.46%) iOS Developer
6 37 (6.80%) Software Engineer
7 35 (6.43%) Android Developer
8 33 (6.07%) Analyst
9 32 (5.88%) .NET Developer
10 31 (5.70%) Mobile Developer
11 30 (5.51%) Applications Developer
12 24 (4.41%) Junior
12 24 (4.41%) Senior Mobile Developer
13 23 (4.23%) Designer
14 21 (3.86%) Senior iOS Developer
15 18 (3.31%) React Developer
15 18 (3.31%) Tester
16 17 (3.13%) Architect
16 17 (3.13%) Customer Service Specialist
16 17 (3.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (13.97%) React
2 68 (12.50%) React Native
3 57 (10.48%) RESTful
4 51 (9.38%) .NET
5 45 (8.27%) REST
6 38 (6.99%) SwiftUI
7 26 (4.78%) CSS
7 26 (4.78%) HTML
8 24 (4.41%) ASP.NET
9 21 (3.86%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (3.86%) Blazor
9 21 (3.86%) Node.js
10 20 (3.68%) .NET Core
10 20 (3.68%) Next.js
11 18 (3.31%) AngularJS
12 17 (3.13%) ML.NET
12 17 (3.13%) Vue
13 16 (2.94%) Flutter
14 15 (2.76%) NestJS
15 14 (2.57%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (4.96%) IoT
4 24 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.04%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.86%) iPhone
6 21 (3.86%) Web Conferencing
7 19 (3.49%) Social Media
8 17 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (3.13%) Podcast
9 13 (2.39%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.65%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.65%) Blog
12 8 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 7 (1.29%) CCTV
14 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.10%) Smart Home
14 6 (1.10%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 157 (28.86%) Android
2 127 (23.35%) Apple iOS
3 23 (4.23%) Windows
4 7 (1.29%) Linux
4 7 (1.29%) macOS
5 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (26.84%) Agile
2 102 (18.75%) CI/CD
3 100 (18.38%) User Experience
4 95 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (17.46%) Test Automation
5 92 (16.91%) AI
6 77 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (13.42%) Analytics
8 72 (13.24%) Full-Stack Development
9 70 (12.87%) Software Engineering
10 64 (11.76%) DevOps
10 64 (11.76%) iOS Development
11 61 (11.21%) Android Development
12 58 (10.66%) Mentoring
13 55 (10.11%) Mobile Development
14 53 (9.74%) Roadmaps
15 50 (9.19%) UX Design
16 49 (9.01%) Customer Experience
17 45 (8.27%) Code Quality
18 41 (7.54%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.68%) JavaScript
2 63 (11.58%) SQL
3 55 (10.11%) C#
4 52 (9.56%) Kotlin
5 49 (9.01%) TypeScript
6 47 (8.64%) Swift
7 35 (6.43%) Java
8 33 (6.07%) Python
9 17 (3.13%) C++
10 12 (2.21%) PHP
10 12 (2.21%) Ruby
11 8 (1.47%) C
12 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.92%) Dart
13 5 (0.92%) Go
14 4 (0.74%) Perl
15 3 (0.55%) Bash
15 3 (0.55%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (8.46%) Degree
2 27 (4.96%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.02%) CREST Certified
6 10 (1.84%) OSCP
7 8 (1.47%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (1.29%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (1.29%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.10%) ISEB
10 5 (0.92%) CISSP
11 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.74%) CEH
11 4 (0.74%) CISA
12 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.55%) MBA
13 2 (0.37%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.11%) Accessibility
2 52 (9.56%) QA
3 23 (4.23%) WCAG
4 7 (1.29%) GDPR
5 5 (0.92%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.55%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) WAI
7 3 (0.55%) WAI-ARIA
8 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (2.21%) Docker
2 11 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.65%) Firmware
4 5 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.02%) Grafana
3 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.92%) SCCM
6 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.37%) Bosun
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 49 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.35%) Google
3 19 (3.49%) Apple
4 18 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.21%) Dynatrace
6 9 (1.65%) Okta
7 8 (1.47%) Adobe
8 6 (1.10%) Oracle
8 6 (1.10%) SAP
8 6 (1.10%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.92%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.74%) Amplitude
10 4 (0.74%) Braze
10 4 (0.74%) Ping Identity
10 4 (0.74%) VMware
11 3 (0.55%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.55%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.37%) Foundry
12 2 (0.37%) Sage