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 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 308 284
Rank change year-on-year -21 -24 -64
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 570 432 889
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.88% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.21% 2.14% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 369 326 664
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,139 £92,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.64% - -

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 25,799 20,211 31,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.79% 41.08% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 16,442 10,061 19,771
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,251 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +17 527 £60,000 +4.35% 299
UK excluding London +47 446 £59,750 +8.64% 187
Work from Home +12 186 £64,000 +6.67% 102
North of England +56 163 £55,000 +22.22% 60
South East +10 101 £60,000 +4.35% 45
London -62 101 £80,000 +18.52% 150
Midlands +11 96 £54,000 +13.68% 29
North West +45 86 £58,750 +4.44% 30
Yorkshire -5 62 £55,000 +107.55% 24
West Midlands -15 50 £50,000 +5.26% 11
East Midlands +18 46 £54,000 +2.86% 18
South West -38 42 £59,500 -2.86% 27
East of England -5 21 £40,000 -27.27% 19
Scotland +6 16 £60,000 - 10
North East -43 15 £47,000 +4.44% 9
Wales -54 7 £55,000 -21.43% 5

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 12 (2.11%) Confluence
2 6 (1.05%) ArcGIS
2 6 (1.05%) IIS
3 5 (0.88%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.53%) CMS
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 98 (17.19%) Azure
2 84 (14.74%) AWS
3 55 (9.65%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (7.72%) GitHub
5 35 (6.14%) SaaS
6 33 (5.79%) Firebase
7 32 (5.61%) GCP
8 30 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (4.39%) Google Play
9 25 (4.39%) Serverless
10 17 (2.98%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.81%) Figma
12 15 (2.63%) Stripe
12 15 (2.63%) TestFlight
13 11 (1.93%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.58%) Cloud Functions
14 9 (1.58%) GitHub Copilot
15 8 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (1.23%) Cloud Run
17 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.72%) Broadband
2 10 (1.75%) Firewall
3 7 (1.23%) Wireless
4 6 (1.05%) VPN
5 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.53%) Internet
7 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.18%) NFC
7 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (2.81%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.75%) MySQL
4 9 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.40%) Redis
5 8 (1.40%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (1.05%) GIS
6 6 (1.05%) Power BI
7 5 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.53%) Big Data
9 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.35%) SQLite
11 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.51%) Crashlytics
1 20 (3.51%) Git
2 16 (2.81%) fastlane
3 15 (2.63%) XCTest
4 14 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.46%) JIRA
5 11 (1.93%) XCUITest
6 9 (1.58%) Xcode
7 8 (1.40%) Gradle
8 7 (1.23%) Burp Suite
8 7 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.05%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.88%) Appium
10 5 (0.88%) Postman
10 5 (0.88%) Storybook
11 4 (0.70%) GitLab
11 4 (0.70%) JMeter
11 4 (0.70%) Metasploit
12 2 (0.35%) JUnit
12 2 (0.35%) NUnit
General
1 76 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 39 (6.84%) Finance
4 37 (6.49%) Games
5 25 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.39%) Law
6 23 (4.04%) Retail
7 22 (3.86%) Marketing
8 19 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.63%) Banking
10 11 (1.93%) Publishing
11 10 (1.75%) Local Government
12 7 (1.23%) Health Technology
12 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.05%) Digital Health
14 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Electronics
15 4 (0.70%) Advertising
15 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.53%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 234 (41.05%) Developer
2 143 (25.09%) Senior
3 69 (12.11%) Senior Developer
4 65 (11.40%) Lead
5 56 (9.82%) iOS Developer
6 46 (8.07%) .NET Developer
7 41 (7.19%) Android Developer
8 40 (7.02%) Designer
9 33 (5.79%) Mobile Developer
9 33 (5.79%) Software Engineer
10 31 (5.44%) Senior Designer
11 29 (5.09%) Applications Developer
12 24 (4.21%) Senior iOS Developer
13 23 (4.04%) Mobile Applications Developer
14 21 (3.68%) Mobile Engineer
14 21 (3.68%) Product Designer
15 20 (3.51%) Senior Mobile Developer
15 20 (3.51%) Senior Product Designer
16 19 (3.33%) Lead Developer
16 19 (3.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (14.91%) React
2 78 (13.68%) React Native
3 68 (11.93%) .NET
4 60 (10.53%) RESTful
5 45 (7.89%) SwiftUI
6 35 (6.14%) Node.js
7 32 (5.61%) ASP.NET
8 29 (5.09%) CSS
9 28 (4.91%) REST
10 26 (4.56%) AngularJS
11 25 (4.39%) ASP.NET Core
12 24 (4.21%) Vue
13 22 (3.86%) UIKit
14 21 (3.68%) Next.js
15 20 (3.51%) Blazor
16 19 (3.33%) Android SDK
16 19 (3.33%) GraphQL
16 19 (3.33%) HTML
17 18 (3.16%) NestJS
18 17 (2.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (12.98%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.96%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 25 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.16%) iPhone
7 14 (2.46%) IoT
7 14 (2.46%) Social Media
8 11 (1.93%) EPoS
9 9 (1.58%) PropTech
9 9 (1.58%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.05%) Vector Graphics
12 5 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.70%) Smart Home
13 4 (0.70%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 167 (29.30%) Android
2 156 (27.37%) Apple iOS
3 14 (2.46%) Windows
4 7 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.05%) Linux
6 2 (0.35%) Debian
6 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (34.21%) Agile
2 154 (27.02%) CI/CD
3 106 (18.60%) User Experience
4 98 (17.19%) AI
5 97 (17.02%) Test Automation
6 91 (15.96%) Analytics
7 88 (15.44%) Mentoring
8 80 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
9 79 (13.86%) DevOps
10 77 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (12.81%) iOS Development
12 65 (11.40%) Android Development
12 65 (11.40%) Mobile Development
13 63 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 60 (10.53%) Roadmaps
15 57 (10.00%) Clean Code
15 57 (10.00%) Software Engineering
16 53 (9.30%) Observability
17 46 (8.07%) Code Quality
18 45 (7.89%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.28%) Kotlin
2 68 (11.93%) SQL
3 64 (11.23%) TypeScript
4 57 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 56 (9.82%) C#
6 55 (9.65%) Swift
7 41 (7.19%) Java
8 33 (5.79%) Python
9 10 (1.75%) C++
10 9 (1.58%) Ruby
11 8 (1.40%) PHP
12 7 (1.23%) Dart
13 6 (1.05%) Go
14 4 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.70%) Bash
15 3 (0.53%) C
15 3 (0.53%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.35%) Bicep
17 1 (0.18%) Perl
17 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (6.49%) Degree
2 20 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.46%) OSCP
4 13 (2.28%) CREST Certified
4 13 (2.28%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.75%) CHECK Team Leader
5 10 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.75%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.58%) CHECK Team Member
6 9 (1.58%) ISEB
6 9 (1.58%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.23%) CCSAM
8 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.35%) CCSAS
10 2 (0.35%) CISSP
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.35%) Tigerscheme
11 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (12.98%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.96%) QA
3 17 (2.98%) WCAG
4 6 (1.05%) GDPR
5 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.70%) GRC
6 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (1.58%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.70%) Firmware
2 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.46%) Terraform
2 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.70%) Ansible
4 4 (0.70%) Nessus
5 2 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (8.25%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.79%) Google
3 19 (3.33%) Apple
4 18 (3.16%) Xamarin
5 15 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.46%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.46%) Braze
7 13 (2.28%) Dynatrace
8 12 (2.11%) Adobe
9 6 (1.05%) ESRI
9 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.05%) Oracle
10 5 (0.88%) Okta
10 5 (0.88%) SAP
10 5 (0.88%) VMware
11 4 (0.70%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.70%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.70%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.53%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.35%) Samsung