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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 237 289
Rank change year-on-year -22 +52 -93
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 615 551 891
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.35% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 3.48% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 382 423 737
10th Percentile £37,625 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 23,815 15,852 32,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.74% 38.75% 36.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,196 8,889 22,415
10th Percentile £29,125 £32,000 £28,038
25th Percentile £38,984 £43,750 £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 £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -24 565 £60,000 +4.35% 245
UK excluding London -27 418 £57,500 +4.55% 200
Work from Home -18 202 £60,000 - 129
London -21 165 £72,500 +13.28% 94
North of England -18 125 £57,500 +27.78% 53
South East -3 113 £60,000 +26.32% 53
Midlands -33 86 £50,000 -11.89% 35
Yorkshire -17 67 £40,000 +38.89% 20
North West -7 51 £61,250 +2.08% 26
East Midlands -3 50 £45,000 +2.86% 13
South West -25 45 £47,500 -20.83% 21
West Midlands -57 36 £50,000 -20.00% 22
Scotland -52 25 £51,000 -13.19% 13
East of England -31 23 £40,000 -27.27% 17
North East -28 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 (1.30%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.14%) Confluence
3 6 (0.98%) CMS
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.30%) Chatbot
1 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.49%) Sketch
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.16%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
3 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 98 (15.93%) Azure
2 75 (12.20%) AWS
3 60 (9.76%) SaaS
4 48 (7.80%) Figma
5 39 (6.34%) GitHub
6 31 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.74%) GCP
8 20 (3.25%) Firebase
8 20 (3.25%) Serverless
9 19 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (2.93%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (1.63%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (1.63%) Stripe
13 10 (1.63%) TestFlight
14 7 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (0.98%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 60 (9.76%) Broadband
2 23 (3.74%) Wireless
3 22 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.44%) VPN
5 8 (1.30%) Firewall
6 7 (1.14%) DNS
7 6 (0.98%) DHCP
7 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.98%) WAN
8 4 (0.65%) 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 (2.11%) MySQL
2 9 (1.46%) GIS
2 9 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.49%) Power BI
8 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (3.09%) JIRA
2 15 (2.44%) Git
3 14 (2.28%) Burp Suite
3 14 (2.28%) Metasploit
4 12 (1.95%) Crashlytics
4 12 (1.95%) XCUITest
5 10 (1.63%) Cypress.io
5 10 (1.63%) Storybook
5 10 (1.63%) Xcode
5 10 (1.63%) XCTest
6 6 (0.98%) Android Studio
6 6 (0.98%) Postman
7 5 (0.81%) Appium
8 3 (0.49%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.49%) fastlane
8 3 (0.49%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.49%) Selenium
9 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 92 (14.96%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.41%) Finance
3 46 (7.48%) Games
3 46 (7.48%) Retail
4 38 (6.18%) Marketing
5 34 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.74%) Banking
8 22 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (2.76%) Advertising
10 15 (2.44%) Billing
10 15 (2.44%) Legal
11 13 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.11%) Health Technology
11 13 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.95%) Law
13 11 (1.79%) Local Government
14 10 (1.63%) Electronics
14 10 (1.63%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 244 (39.67%) Developer
2 151 (24.55%) Senior
3 63 (10.24%) Lead
4 61 (9.92%) Applications Developer
5 57 (9.27%) iOS Developer
6 50 (8.13%) Senior Developer
7 49 (7.97%) Mobile Developer
8 42 (6.83%) Designer
9 39 (6.34%) Analyst
10 35 (5.69%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 32 (5.20%) .NET Developer
11 32 (5.20%) Senior Designer
12 27 (4.39%) Android Developer
13 26 (4.23%) Product Designer
14 23 (3.74%) Lead Developer
15 22 (3.58%) Applications Engineer
15 22 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (3.58%) Senior Product Designer
16 21 (3.41%) React Developer
16 21 (3.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (18.21%) React Native
2 70 (11.38%) React
3 68 (11.06%) .NET
4 46 (7.48%) RESTful
5 43 (6.99%) CSS
6 42 (6.83%) SwiftUI
7 33 (5.37%) HTML
8 31 (5.04%) Node.js
9 18 (2.93%) Bootstrap
10 17 (2.76%) REST
10 17 (2.76%) Vue
11 16 (2.60%) GraphQL
12 15 (2.44%) Android SDK
12 15 (2.44%) Flutter
13 13 (2.11%) Jest
14 12 (1.95%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.95%) Spring
14 12 (1.95%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.95%) UIKit
15 11 (1.79%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.80%) Onboarding
2 44 (7.15%) Product Ownership
3 32 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.23%) EPoS
5 22 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.25%) IoT
7 18 (2.93%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.76%) Social Media
9 14 (2.28%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.95%) iPhone
11 11 (1.79%) iPad
11 11 (1.79%) PropTech
12 9 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.30%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (0.81%) AI Agents
17 4 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
17 4 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 172 (27.97%) Apple iOS
2 169 (27.48%) Android
3 20 (3.25%) Windows
4 6 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.81%) Linux
6 4 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.33%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (32.03%) Agile
2 128 (20.81%) CI/CD
3 114 (18.54%) User Experience
4 110 (17.89%) Mentoring
5 96 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (13.82%) AI
6 85 (13.82%) Mobile Application Development
7 79 (12.85%) Test Automation
8 77 (12.52%) iOS Development
9 75 (12.20%) Android Development
10 70 (11.38%) Software Engineering
11 69 (11.22%) Mobile Development
12 65 (10.57%) Full-Stack Development
13 61 (9.92%) Analytics
13 61 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (9.92%) DevOps
14 60 (9.76%) UX Design
15 53 (8.62%) Collaborative Culture
16 47 (7.64%) Roadmaps
16 47 (7.64%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 71 (11.54%) Kotlin
2 58 (9.43%) TypeScript
3 55 (8.94%) Swift
4 45 (7.32%) JavaScript
5 41 (6.67%) Java
6 38 (6.18%) C#
6 38 (6.18%) SQL
7 27 (4.39%) Python
8 15 (2.44%) PHP
9 14 (2.28%) Bash
10 9 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.46%) VBA
11 7 (1.14%) C++
12 5 (0.81%) Dart
13 4 (0.65%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.65%) C
14 3 (0.49%) Perl
14 3 (0.49%) Ruby
14 3 (0.49%) XAML
15 2 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (6.83%) Degree
2 26 (4.23%) CREST Certified
2 26 (4.23%) OSCP
3 21 (3.41%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.25%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (2.93%) CCSAM
6 13 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.30%) Security Cleared
9 6 (0.98%) SC Cleared
10 5 (0.81%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.49%) CISSP
12 3 (0.49%) ISEB
13 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.33%) CCSAS
13 2 (0.33%) CEH
13 2 (0.33%) CISA
13 2 (0.33%) GPEN
13 2 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (11.87%) Accessibility
2 29 (4.72%) QA
3 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.14%) WCAG
4 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.98%) GDPR
5 5 (0.81%) SLA
6 4 (0.65%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) Section 508
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.60%) Docker
2 7 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (3.41%) Terraform
2 18 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.79%) Nessus
4 10 (1.63%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.46%) Ansible
5 9 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.65%) Nmap
8 3 (0.49%) Argo
9 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 36 (5.85%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.88%) Adobe
3 29 (4.72%) Apple
4 24 (3.90%) Xamarin
5 19 (3.09%) Google
6 10 (1.63%) Amplitude
7 9 (1.46%) Blue Prism
7 9 (1.46%) ESRI
7 9 (1.46%) Pega
8 8 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.14%) Okta
10 6 (0.98%) Samsung
11 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.81%) Zoho
12 4 (0.65%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.65%) VMware
13 3 (0.49%) SAP
13 3 (0.49%) WooCommerce
14 2 (0.33%) DevExpress
14 2 (0.33%) Oracle