Mobile App Jobs

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 300 203
Rank change year-on-year +31 -97 -75
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 553 891 2,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.96% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.08% 2.68% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 425 737 1,173
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 17,976 33,296 48,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.56% 35.85% 43.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9,440 22,433 24,889
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £35,497
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mobile App.

Salary trend for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 15 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 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 +7 489 £57,500 +7.48% 876
UK excluding London +8 352 £55,000 +4.76% 389
Work from Home +49 243 £60,000 +9.09% 431
London +94 183 £64,000 -5.19% 558
Midlands +17 88 £56,750 +13.50% 55
West Midlands +21 79 £62,500 +19.05% 35
South East +60 78 £47,500 -5.00% 91
North of England -3 72 £45,000 -10.00% 119
Scotland +146 53 £60,000 -20.00% 31
South West +31 32 £60,000 -4.00% 45
North West -29 31 £60,000 +26.32% 70
East of England -2 29 £55,000 - 41
Yorkshire +54 27 £28,800 -49.91% 36
North East +36 13 £42,500 - 14
East Midlands +10 9 £43,750 -2.78% 18

Mobile App
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.25%) WordPress
2 16 (2.89%) CMS
2 16 (2.89%) Confluence
3 14 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.17%) Drupal
5 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.72%) Apache
6 4 (0.72%) nginx
7 3 (0.54%) IIS
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.18%) Magnolia
Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Sketch
2 5 (0.90%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.54%) Notion
5 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.36%) Revit
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) InVision
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Magento
2 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 141 (25.50%) AWS
2 105 (18.99%) Azure
3 59 (10.67%) GCP
4 35 (6.33%) SaaS
5 33 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.88%) GitHub
7 24 (4.34%) Figma
7 24 (4.34%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.89%) Serverless
9 14 (2.53%) Firebase
9 14 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.81%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.45%) DigitalOcean
13 8 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.27%) BrowserStack
14 7 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.08%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.07%) Internet
2 9 (1.63%) Bluetooth
2 9 (1.63%) Wireless
3 8 (1.45%) HTTP
4 6 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.36%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.36%) Network Security
6 2 (0.36%) VPN
7 1 (0.18%) 5G
7 1 (0.18%) DNS
7 1 (0.18%) Firewall
7 1 (0.18%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.75%) MySQL
2 60 (10.85%) SQL Server
3 25 (4.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (2.89%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.17%) Power BI
7 8 (1.45%) Big Data
8 7 (1.27%) MariaDB
9 6 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.90%) GIS
11 4 (0.72%) Cloud Spanner
11 4 (0.72%) Event Store
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.36%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.36%) Redis
14 1 (0.18%) Hadoop
14 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 117 (21.16%) Git
2 30 (5.42%) Visual Studio
3 28 (5.06%) JIRA
4 26 (4.70%) Appium
5 25 (4.52%) Jenkins
6 18 (3.25%) JUnit
7 14 (2.53%) GitLab
7 14 (2.53%) Selenium
8 13 (2.35%) Gradle
9 12 (2.17%) TestNG
10 11 (1.99%) Maven
10 11 (1.99%) Xcode
11 10 (1.81%) Android Studio
12 8 (1.45%) SonarQube
13 7 (1.27%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.90%) WebDriver
14 5 (0.90%) XCUITest
15 4 (0.72%) Browser DevTools
General
1 125 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 103 (18.63%) Finance
3 78 (14.10%) Games
4 48 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (8.32%) Banking
5 46 (8.32%) Marketing
6 34 (6.15%) Legal
7 31 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.61%) Retail
8 16 (2.89%) Law
9 14 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.35%) Aviation
11 12 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.81%) Automotive
13 8 (1.45%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.45%) Local Government
14 7 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.27%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.08%) Publishing
15 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 233 (42.13%) Developer
2 140 (25.32%) Senior
3 86 (15.55%) Senior Developer
4 73 (13.20%) Lead
5 50 (9.04%) Software Engineer
6 37 (6.69%) Analyst
7 32 (5.79%) iOS Developer
8 25 (4.52%) Android Engineer
8 25 (4.52%) Portal Developer
9 23 (4.16%) React Developer
10 22 (3.98%) PHP Developer
10 22 (3.98%) Xamarin Developer
11 21 (3.80%) Senior Xamarin Developer
12 20 (3.62%) Lead Developer
13 19 (3.44%) Android Developer
13 19 (3.44%) Graduate
14 17 (3.07%) Mobile Engineer
14 17 (3.07%) Senior PHP Developer
14 17 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (3.07%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (19.35%) CSS
1 107 (19.35%) HTML
1 107 (19.35%) React
2 102 (18.44%) .NET
3 58 (10.49%) RESTful
4 52 (9.40%) React Native
5 49 (8.86%) .NET Core
6 47 (8.50%) Laravel
7 45 (8.14%) .NET Framework
8 41 (7.41%) JSON
9 39 (7.05%) LAMP
10 35 (6.33%) REST
11 32 (5.79%) XML
12 28 (5.06%) ASP.NET
13 26 (4.70%) Node.js
14 25 (4.52%) Flutter
14 25 (4.52%) GraphQL
15 21 (3.80%) HTML5
15 21 (3.80%) MvvmCross
16 19 (3.44%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.07%) Hackathon
4 17 (3.07%) Learning Management System
5 15 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.71%) Online Banking
6 14 (2.53%) IoT
6 14 (2.53%) Mobile Games
7 12 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.99%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.99%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.81%) EPoS
10 8 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.08%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.08%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.90%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 160 (28.93%) Android
2 150 (27.12%) Apple iOS
3 33 (5.97%) Windows
4 26 (4.70%) Linux
5 10 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.72%) VMS
8 3 (0.54%) Rocky
8 3 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (34.36%) Agile
2 122 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (21.88%) Software Engineering
4 107 (19.35%) CI/CD
5 100 (18.08%) User Experience
6 99 (17.90%) DevOps
7 98 (17.72%) Mobile Application Development
8 87 (15.73%) E-Commerce
9 74 (13.38%) Test Automation
10 68 (12.30%) Web Development
11 62 (11.21%) OOP
12 59 (10.67%) MVC
13 57 (10.31%) iOS Development
13 57 (10.31%) Mobile Development
14 55 (9.95%) Computer Science
15 52 (9.40%) Android Development
16 50 (9.04%) Full-Stack Development
17 47 (8.50%) Analytics
18 46 (8.32%) Software Testing
19 44 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 192 (34.72%) JavaScript
2 94 (17.00%) C#
3 77 (13.92%) Kotlin
4 75 (13.56%) SQL
5 70 (12.66%) Java
6 68 (12.30%) Python
7 63 (11.39%) Swift
8 62 (11.21%) TypeScript
9 52 (9.40%) PHP
10 22 (3.98%) Objective-C
11 13 (2.35%) C++
12 11 (1.99%) C
13 10 (1.81%) Dart
14 6 (1.08%) Go
14 6 (1.08%) Ladder Logic
15 5 (0.90%) Ruby
16 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.18%) Bicep
18 1 (0.18%) XAML
Qualifications
1 88 (15.91%) Degree
2 48 (8.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (3.62%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.07%) PhD
5 9 (1.63%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (1.63%) CREST Certified
6 7 (1.27%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.72%) ACCA
7 4 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (0.72%) CIMA
7 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.72%) OSCP
7 4 (0.72%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.36%) CISSP
9 2 (0.36%) CSSLP
9 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.18%) MCT
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (10.13%) QA
2 17 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.08%) NIST
5 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.72%) GRC
5 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.72%) WCAG
6 3 (0.54%) Data Quality
System Software
1 26 (4.70%) Docker
2 22 (3.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) LXC
3 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.35%) Terraform
3 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.27%) AirWatch
4 7 (1.27%) SCCM
5 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.36%) Grafana
6 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.36%) Puppet
7 1 (0.18%) Ansible
7 1 (0.18%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 91 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.96%) Google
3 24 (4.34%) Xamarin
4 17 (3.07%) IBM
5 14 (2.53%) New Relic
6 13 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.35%) Twitter
7 11 (1.99%) Apple
8 10 (1.81%) Adobe
8 10 (1.81%) Zoho
9 7 (1.27%) Oracle
9 7 (1.27%) Samsung
10 6 (1.08%) Siemens
11 4 (0.72%) iManage
11 4 (0.72%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.54%) Citrix
12 3 (0.54%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.54%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.54%) SAP
12 3 (0.54%) VMware