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 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 241 302
Rank change year-on-year -54 +61 -153
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 414 665 529
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.24% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 3.34% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 303 379 466
10th Percentile £32,600 £36,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 20,526 19,906 19,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.36% 37.06% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10,316 9,362 14,418
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £54,793 £54,000
% change year-on-year -14.22% +1.47% -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 9 January 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 9 January 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 -56 374 £60,000 - 338
UK excluding London -80 245 £52,500 -4.55% 302
London +20 147 £90,000 +12.50% 93
Work from Home -49 140 £73,750 +20.41% 206
North of England -22 72 £57,500 +15.00% 65
South East -35 65 £60,000 +14.29% 91
Midlands -15 37 £45,000 -33.33% 43
South West -3 36 £50,000 -16.67% 24
North West -8 34 £70,000 +16.67% 38
Yorkshire -4 27 £40,000 -11.11% 20
Scotland -19 24 £34,000 -38.18% 14
West Midlands -19 20 £50,000 -28.57% 16
East Midlands -4 17 £45,000 -14.29% 27
North East +1 11 £50,000 +17.65% 8
East of England -19 9 £60,000 -20.00% 47
Wales +6 3 £50,000 - 19

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 (1.93%) CMS
2 6 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.21%) Confluence
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.48%) IIS
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Appian
6 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.17%) Sketch
2 7 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.45%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.24%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.32%) Azure
2 58 (14.01%) SaaS
3 37 (8.94%) AWS
4 33 (7.97%) Figma
5 28 (6.76%) GitHub
6 25 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.86%) GCP
8 14 (3.38%) Serverless
9 11 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (2.66%) Azure Functions
9 11 (2.66%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (2.66%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.17%) Firebase
11 8 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.45%) Google Play
14 4 (0.97%) Azure App Service
14 4 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.66%) Wireless
3 10 (2.42%) Broadband
4 9 (2.17%) VPN
5 7 (1.69%) DNS
6 6 (1.45%) DHCP
6 6 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.45%) WAN
7 4 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.72%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.48%) 4G
9 2 (0.48%) Firewall
9 2 (0.48%) LAN
10 1 (0.24%) HTTP
10 1 (0.24%) Internet
10 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.90%) MySQL
3 8 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.45%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.21%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.72%) GIS
8 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.24%) Big Data
9 1 (0.24%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 22 (5.31%) Git
2 14 (3.38%) JIRA
3 12 (2.90%) Xcode
4 10 (2.42%) Storybook
5 7 (1.69%) Android Studio
5 7 (1.69%) Burp Suite
5 7 (1.69%) Metasploit
6 6 (1.45%) Postman
6 6 (1.45%) Selenium
6 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.97%) JMeter
8 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.48%) Appium
9 2 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.48%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.48%) Crashlytics
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.48%) XCUITest
General
1 100 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.11%) Finance
3 40 (9.66%) Retail
4 28 (6.76%) Marketing
5 24 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 21 (5.07%) Billing
8 20 (4.83%) Advertising
9 18 (4.35%) Banking
9 18 (4.35%) Legal
10 13 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.90%) Electronics
12 10 (2.42%) Games
12 10 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.69%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.45%) Law
15 6 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 170 (41.06%) Developer
2 77 (18.60%) Senior
3 46 (11.11%) Applications Developer
4 38 (9.18%) Lead
5 37 (8.94%) Mobile Developer
6 32 (7.73%) iOS Developer
6 32 (7.73%) Senior Developer
7 31 (7.49%) Analyst
8 27 (6.52%) React Developer
9 26 (6.28%) .NET Developer
9 26 (6.28%) Architect
10 25 (6.04%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 24 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (3.86%) Consultant
13 16 (3.86%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.62%) Designer
14 15 (3.62%) Recruitment Consultant
15 14 (3.38%) Field Engineer
15 14 (3.38%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (24.15%) React Native
2 81 (19.57%) React
3 62 (14.98%) .NET
4 43 (10.39%) Node.js
4 43 (10.39%) RESTful
5 35 (8.45%) CSS
6 34 (8.21%) HTML
7 21 (5.07%) SwiftUI
8 16 (3.86%) Vue
9 15 (3.62%) REST
10 13 (3.14%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.14%) Flutter
10 13 (3.14%) Next.js
11 11 (2.66%) Bootstrap
12 10 (2.42%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.42%) Laravel
13 9 (2.17%) Express.js
13 9 (2.17%) Jest
13 9 (2.17%) WebSockets
14 8 (1.93%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.80%) Onboarding
1 24 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.35%) IoT
3 15 (3.62%) EPoS
4 13 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.66%) iPhone
6 10 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.42%) iPad
7 8 (1.93%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.69%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.45%) PropTech
10 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.21%) Smart Home
11 4 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.97%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (28.02%) Apple iOS
2 115 (27.78%) Android
3 21 (5.07%) Windows
4 6 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.72%) Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.48%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.48%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (27.78%) Agile
2 76 (18.36%) User Experience
3 66 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (15.22%) Mobile Application Development
5 59 (14.25%) CI/CD
6 57 (13.77%) Mobile Development
7 55 (13.29%) DevOps
7 55 (13.29%) Mentoring
8 54 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (12.56%) Android Development
10 49 (11.84%) B2B
11 48 (11.59%) UX Design
12 45 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
13 44 (10.63%) iOS Development
13 44 (10.63%) Test Automation
14 41 (9.90%) AI
15 37 (8.94%) Software Engineering
16 34 (8.21%) B2C
16 34 (8.21%) Wireframes
17 32 (7.73%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.84%) JavaScript
2 48 (11.59%) TypeScript
3 36 (8.70%) C#
4 35 (8.45%) Kotlin
5 32 (7.73%) Swift
6 23 (5.56%) SQL
7 20 (4.83%) Java
8 14 (3.38%) Python
9 11 (2.66%) PHP
10 9 (2.17%) C++
11 8 (1.93%) Bash
11 8 (1.93%) VBA
12 6 (1.45%) C
13 5 (1.21%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.97%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.97%) XAML
15 3 (0.72%) Perl
15 3 (0.72%) Ruby
16 2 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 35 (8.45%) Degree
2 17 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.66%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.17%) CREST Certified
4 9 (2.17%) OSCP
5 7 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (1.45%) CCSAM
6 6 (1.45%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.72%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.48%) CEH
8 2 (0.48%) CISA
8 2 (0.48%) CISSP
8 2 (0.48%) PhD
9 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.24%) GPEN
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.18%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.76%) QA
3 6 (1.45%) GDPR
3 6 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.45%) SLA
3 6 (1.45%) WCAG
4 4 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.48%) Section 508
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (3.38%) Docker
2 9 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.97%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (4.11%) Terraform
2 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
4 6 (1.45%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.21%) Nessus
6 3 (0.72%) Nmap
7 2 (0.48%) Argo
Vendors
1 27 (6.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.83%) Google
3 19 (4.59%) Apple
3 19 (4.59%) Xamarin
4 18 (4.35%) Adobe
5 8 (1.93%) Blue Prism
5 8 (1.93%) Pega
6 7 (1.69%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.45%) Okta
8 5 (1.21%) Zoho
9 4 (0.97%) Samsung
9 4 (0.97%) SAP
9 4 (0.97%) VMware
10 3 (0.72%) Cvent
10 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.72%) ESRI
10 3 (0.72%) Mapbox
10 3 (0.72%) Oracle
10 3 (0.72%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.48%) Salesforce