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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 242 306
Rank change year-on-year -66 +64 -161
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 392 685 508
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.24% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 3.36% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 281 390 451
10th Percentile £31,375 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £82,500
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 20,700 20,404 19,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.99% 36.95% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,365 9,748 14,031
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,080 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.45% -0.91% -

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 1 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 1 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 -61 354 £62,500 +4.17% 379
UK excluding London -77 234 £52,500 -4.55% 328
Work from Home -53 141 £70,000 +12.00% 134
London -16 139 £90,000 +12.50% 131
North of England -18 68 £60,000 +20.00% 93
South East -42 62 £60,000 +14.29% 81
South West 0 36 £50,000 -16.67% 20
Midlands -31 33 £46,250 -22.92% 59
North West -9 32 £70,000 +16.67% 53
Scotland -18 25 £34,000 -38.18% 26
Yorkshire -6 23 £40,000 -11.11% 32
West Midlands -29 21 £48,750 -30.36% 30
North East +4 13 £50,000 +17.65% 10
East Midlands -12 12 £45,000 -10.00% 29
East of England -20 8 £60,000 -20.00% 36
Wales +8 3 £50,000 - 13

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 (2.04%) CMS
2 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Confluence
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.51%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Appian
5 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Sketch
2 7 (1.79%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.53%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.26%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.77%) Shopify
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (20.15%) Azure
2 57 (14.54%) SaaS
3 33 (8.42%) AWS
4 32 (8.16%) Figma
5 31 (7.91%) GitHub
6 24 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.08%) GCP
8 14 (3.57%) Serverless
9 11 (2.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (2.81%) Azure Functions
9 11 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (2.81%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.30%) Firebase
11 8 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.28%) Google Play
14 4 (1.02%) Azure App Service
14 4 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.55%) Broadband
3 9 (2.30%) VPN
3 9 (2.30%) Wireless
4 7 (1.79%) DNS
5 6 (1.53%) DHCP
5 6 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.53%) WAN
6 4 (1.02%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.77%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.51%) 4G
8 2 (0.51%) Firewall
8 2 (0.51%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) HTTP
9 1 (0.26%) Internet
9 1 (0.26%) RFID
9 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.06%) MySQL
3 9 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.28%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.77%) GIS
7 2 (0.51%) Big Data
7 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.26%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (5.61%) Git
2 13 (3.32%) JIRA
3 12 (3.06%) Xcode
4 10 (2.55%) Storybook
5 7 (1.79%) Android Studio
5 7 (1.79%) Postman
5 7 (1.79%) Selenium
6 6 (1.53%) Burp Suite
6 6 (1.53%) Metasploit
6 6 (1.53%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.28%) JMeter
8 4 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.02%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.51%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 97 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.71%) Finance
3 35 (8.93%) Retail
4 24 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 23 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.87%) Marketing
6 21 (5.36%) Billing
7 20 (5.10%) Advertising
8 19 (4.85%) Banking
9 17 (4.34%) Legal
10 16 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.55%) Electronics
11 10 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.30%) Back Office
12 9 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.30%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.79%) Law
15 6 (1.53%) Games
15 6 (1.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 155 (39.54%) Developer
2 65 (16.58%) Senior
3 38 (9.69%) Lead
4 37 (9.44%) Applications Developer
5 34 (8.67%) Mobile Developer
6 27 (6.89%) Analyst
6 27 (6.89%) iOS Developer
7 26 (6.63%) Architect
8 25 (6.38%) React Developer
9 24 (6.12%) .NET Developer
9 24 (6.12%) Senior Developer
9 24 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (5.36%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 19 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (4.08%) Consultant
13 15 (3.83%) Designer
13 15 (3.83%) Recruitment Consultant
14 14 (3.57%) Field Engineer
14 14 (3.57%) Field Service Engineer
14 14 (3.57%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (24.49%) React Native
2 78 (19.90%) React
3 60 (15.31%) .NET
4 43 (10.97%) Node.js
5 40 (10.20%) RESTful
6 35 (8.93%) CSS
7 34 (8.67%) HTML
8 19 (4.85%) SwiftUI
9 16 (4.08%) REST
9 16 (4.08%) Vue
10 13 (3.32%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.32%) Flutter
11 12 (3.06%) Next.js
12 11 (2.81%) Bootstrap
13 10 (2.55%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.55%) Jest
13 10 (2.55%) Laravel
14 9 (2.30%) Express.js
14 9 (2.30%) WebSockets
15 8 (2.04%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.87%) Onboarding
1 23 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.34%) IoT
3 15 (3.83%) EPoS
4 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.55%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.55%) iPad
5 10 (2.55%) iPhone
6 7 (1.79%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.53%) PropTech
7 6 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.28%) NHS
8 5 (1.28%) Smart Home
9 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.02%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 112 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 105 (26.79%) Android
3 20 (5.10%) Windows
4 6 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.77%) Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.51%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.08%) Agile
2 74 (18.88%) User Experience
3 63 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (15.82%) Mobile Application Development
5 58 (14.80%) CI/CD
6 57 (14.54%) Mobile Development
7 56 (14.29%) DevOps
8 54 (13.78%) Mentoring
9 53 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (12.50%) B2B
11 48 (12.24%) UX Design
12 47 (11.99%) Test Automation
13 43 (10.97%) Android Development
14 42 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (10.20%) AI
15 40 (10.20%) iOS Development
16 36 (9.18%) Software Engineering
17 34 (8.67%) B2C
17 34 (8.67%) Wireframes
18 32 (8.16%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 49 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 48 (12.24%) TypeScript
3 38 (9.69%) C#
4 33 (8.42%) Kotlin
5 31 (7.91%) Swift
6 23 (5.87%) SQL
7 22 (5.61%) Java
8 14 (3.57%) Python
9 11 (2.81%) PHP
10 9 (2.30%) C
10 9 (2.30%) C++
11 8 (2.04%) VBA
12 7 (1.79%) Bash
13 6 (1.53%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.02%) XAML
15 3 (0.77%) Perl
15 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.77%) Ruby
16 2 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 36 (9.18%) Degree
2 20 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.55%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.79%) CREST Certified
4 7 (1.79%) OSCP
5 6 (1.53%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.53%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.28%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (1.02%) CCSAM
7 4 (1.02%) CHECK Team Leader
7 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.51%) CEH
8 2 (0.51%) CISA
8 2 (0.51%) CISSP
8 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.51%) PhD
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.44%) Accessibility
2 30 (7.65%) QA
3 9 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.53%) GDPR
4 6 (1.53%) SLA
4 6 (1.53%) WCAG
5 5 (1.28%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Section 508
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (3.57%) Docker
2 9 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.83%) Terraform
2 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.53%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.02%) Ansible
5 4 (1.02%) Nessus
6 3 (0.77%) Nmap
7 2 (0.51%) Argo
Vendors
1 28 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.85%) Apple
2 19 (4.85%) Google
2 19 (4.85%) Xamarin
3 18 (4.59%) Adobe
4 8 (2.04%) Blue Prism
4 8 (2.04%) Pega
5 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
5 6 (1.53%) Okta
6 4 (1.02%) Samsung
6 4 (1.02%) SAP
6 4 (1.02%) VMware
6 4 (1.02%) Zoho
7 3 (0.77%) Cvent
7 3 (0.77%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.77%) ESRI
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle
7 3 (0.77%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.51%) Facebook
8 2 (0.51%) Salesforce