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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 243 299
Rank change year-on-year -77 +56 -156
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 369 690 514
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.23% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 3.34% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 271 395 455
10th Percentile £31,375 £37,200 £34,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £98,250
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 20,847 20,656 18,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.93% 36.82% 37.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,494 10,007 13,804
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% -6.15%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,974 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.86% -1.82% -

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -74 330 £65,000 +8.33% 832
UK excluding London -95 219 £55,000 - 754
Work from Home -51 130 £72,500 +16.00% 426
London +8 129 £97,500 +21.88% 203
North of England -29 66 £62,241 +21.45% 181
South East -36 58 £60,000 +11.63% 180
South West +6 34 £50,000 -16.67% 80
North West -18 31 £75,000 +25.00% 99
Midlands -34 27 £47,500 -20.83% 141
Scotland -26 24 £34,000 -38.18% 47
Yorkshire -9 22 £36,250 -19.44% 74
West Midlands -19 20 £47,500 -32.14% 72
North East +7 13 £50,000 +8.11% 10
East of England -14 8 £60,000 -20.00% 100
East Midlands -19 7 £45,000 -10.00% 65
Wales +11 3 £50,000 - 22

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 (2.17%) CMS
2 6 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.81%) Confluence
5 2 (0.54%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Appian
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.44%) Sketch
2 7 (1.90%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.63%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.27%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.54%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.14%) Azure
2 53 (14.36%) SaaS
3 30 (8.13%) GitHub
4 29 (7.86%) AWS
5 24 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (6.50%) Figma
6 15 (4.07%) GCP
7 14 (3.79%) Serverless
8 11 (2.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 11 (2.98%) Azure Functions
8 11 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (2.71%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.44%) Firebase
11 8 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.36%) Google Play
14 4 (1.08%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.17%) VPN
3 7 (1.90%) DNS
3 7 (1.90%) Wireless
4 6 (1.63%) DHCP
4 6 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.63%) WAN
5 4 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.81%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.81%) Broadband
7 2 (0.54%) 4G
7 2 (0.54%) Firewall
7 2 (0.54%) LAN
8 1 (0.27%) HTTP
8 1 (0.27%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) RFID
8 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.98%) MySQL
4 6 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.81%) GIS
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.54%) Big Data
7 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.54%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.54%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.27%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.27%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (6.23%) Git
2 13 (3.52%) JIRA
3 12 (3.25%) Xcode
4 9 (2.44%) Storybook
5 7 (1.90%) Android Studio
5 7 (1.90%) Postman
5 7 (1.90%) Selenium
6 6 (1.63%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.36%) Burp Suite
7 5 (1.36%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.36%) JMeter
7 5 (1.36%) Metasploit
8 4 (1.08%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.81%) Appium
9 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.54%) CMake
10 2 (0.54%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.54%) WebDriver
General
1 92 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.57%) Finance
3 33 (8.94%) Retail
4 24 (6.50%) Telecoms
5 22 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.42%) Advertising
6 20 (5.42%) Billing
7 19 (5.15%) Banking
7 19 (5.15%) Marketing
8 16 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.34%) Legal
9 9 (2.44%) Back Office
9 9 (2.44%) Electronics
9 9 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.90%) Law
12 6 (1.63%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 138 (37.40%) Developer
2 57 (15.45%) Senior
3 33 (8.94%) Applications Developer
4 32 (8.67%) Lead
5 30 (8.13%) Mobile Developer
6 26 (7.05%) Architect
6 26 (7.05%) iOS Developer
7 25 (6.78%) Analyst
8 24 (6.50%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (5.96%) .NET Developer
9 22 (5.96%) React Developer
10 20 (5.42%) Senior Developer
11 18 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (4.88%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 16 (4.34%) Consultant
12 16 (4.34%) Software Engineer
13 15 (4.07%) Recruitment Consultant
14 14 (3.79%) Designer
14 14 (3.79%) Field Engineer
14 14 (3.79%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (24.66%) React Native
2 77 (20.87%) React
3 58 (15.72%) .NET
4 42 (11.38%) Node.js
5 39 (10.57%) RESTful
6 34 (9.21%) CSS
7 33 (8.94%) HTML
8 18 (4.88%) SwiftUI
9 17 (4.61%) REST
10 15 (4.07%) Vue
11 14 (3.79%) Flutter
12 13 (3.52%) AngularJS
12 13 (3.52%) Next.js
13 10 (2.71%) Bootstrap
13 10 (2.71%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.71%) Jest
14 9 (2.44%) Laravel
14 9 (2.44%) WebSockets
15 8 (2.17%) Express.js
15 8 (2.17%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (5.42%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.34%) IoT
4 15 (4.07%) EPoS
5 13 (3.52%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.71%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.44%) iPad
7 9 (2.44%) iPhone
8 7 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.36%) NHS
10 5 (1.36%) PropTech
10 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.36%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 111 (30.08%) Apple iOS
2 102 (27.64%) Android
3 20 (5.42%) Windows
4 6 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.81%) Linux
7 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.54%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.54%) Unix
8 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.35%) Agile
2 67 (18.16%) User Experience
3 60 (16.26%) CI/CD
4 56 (15.18%) Mobile Application Development
4 56 (15.18%) Mobile Development
5 54 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (14.36%) DevOps
7 50 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (13.01%) B2B
9 47 (12.74%) Test Automation
10 43 (11.65%) Mentoring
11 41 (11.11%) UX Design
12 39 (10.57%) iOS Development
13 38 (10.30%) Android Development
14 37 (10.03%) AI
15 36 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
16 33 (8.94%) B2C
16 33 (8.94%) Clean Code
17 32 (8.67%) CRM
18 31 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.55%) TypeScript
2 48 (13.01%) JavaScript
3 37 (10.03%) C#
4 32 (8.67%) Kotlin
5 31 (8.40%) Swift
6 22 (5.96%) SQL
7 19 (5.15%) Java
8 14 (3.79%) Python
9 10 (2.71%) PHP
10 9 (2.44%) C
10 9 (2.44%) C++
11 8 (2.17%) VBA
12 6 (1.63%) Bash
12 6 (1.63%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.08%) XAML
14 3 (0.81%) Perl
14 3 (0.81%) Ruby
15 2 (0.54%) Groovy
15 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (9.21%) Degree
2 20 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.63%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.63%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.36%) CREST Certified
5 5 (1.36%) OSCP
6 3 (0.81%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.54%) CCSAM
7 2 (0.54%) CEH
7 2 (0.54%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (0.54%) CISA
7 2 (0.54%) CISSP
7 2 (0.54%) PhD
8 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.27%) GPEN
8 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.49%) Accessibility
2 31 (8.40%) QA
3 9 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.63%) GDPR
4 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.63%) SLA
4 6 (1.63%) WCAG
5 5 (1.36%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.54%) Section 508
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 13 (3.52%) Docker
2 9 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.25%) Terraform
2 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.81%) Nessus
4 3 (0.81%) Nmap
5 2 (0.54%) Ansible
5 2 (0.54%) Argo
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 27 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.88%) Apple
2 18 (4.88%) Google
3 17 (4.61%) Xamarin
4 11 (2.98%) Adobe
5 8 (2.17%) Blue Prism
5 8 (2.17%) Pega
6 5 (1.36%) Okta
7 4 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.08%) Samsung
7 4 (1.08%) SAP
7 4 (1.08%) VMware
7 4 (1.08%) Zoho
8 3 (0.81%) Cvent
8 3 (0.81%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.81%) ESRI
8 3 (0.81%) Oracle
8 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.54%) TikTok
9 2 (0.54%) WooCommerce