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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 241 295
Rank change year-on-year -31 +54 -147
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 458 670 617
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.26% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 3.39% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 321 391 539
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.06%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
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 20,829 19,764 22,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.63% 37.20% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10,491 9,228 16,641
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -13.64% +5.26% -5.00%

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 22 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 22 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 -34 414 £60,000 - 500
UK excluding London -68 271 £52,500 -4.55% 493
London +15 159 £85,000 +6.25% 91
Work from Home -50 148 £70,000 +16.67% 230
North of England -9 79 £60,000 +20.00% 116
South East -23 70 £60,000 +14.29% 140
Midlands -10 49 £45,000 -33.33% 58
North West -1 41 £70,000 +16.67% 59
South West +9 38 £50,000 -16.67% 62
East Midlands +9 27 £45,000 -14.29% 34
Yorkshire -12 27 £40,000 -11.11% 45
Scotland -33 24 £34,000 -38.18% 20
West Midlands -12 22 £48,750 -30.36% 22
North East 0 11 £50,000 +17.65% 12
East of England -17 9 £60,000 -20.00% 71
Wales +6 3 £50,000 - 29

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 (1.75%) CMS
2 6 (1.31%) Confluence
2 6 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.44%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Appian
5 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.87%) Sketch
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Shopify
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (19.00%) Azure
2 62 (13.54%) SaaS
3 38 (8.30%) AWS
4 35 (7.64%) Figma
5 28 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (5.90%) GitHub
7 17 (3.71%) GCP
7 17 (3.71%) Serverless
8 14 (3.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 14 (3.06%) Azure Functions
8 14 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
9 13 (2.84%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.97%) Firebase
12 8 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.53%) Google Play
14 5 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.87%) Azure App Service
15 4 (0.87%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (3.71%) Wireless
3 16 (3.49%) Broadband
4 9 (1.97%) VPN
5 7 (1.53%) DNS
6 6 (1.31%) DHCP
6 6 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.31%) WAN
7 4 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.66%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.44%) 4G
9 2 (0.44%) Firewall
9 2 (0.44%) LAN
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.62%) MySQL
3 9 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.87%) GIS
7 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Big Data
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.22%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 20 (4.37%) Git
2 15 (3.28%) JIRA
3 12 (2.62%) Xcode
4 11 (2.40%) Burp Suite
4 11 (2.40%) Metasploit
5 9 (1.97%) Storybook
6 7 (1.53%) Android Studio
7 6 (1.31%) Selenium
7 6 (1.31%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.09%) Postman
9 4 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.87%) JMeter
10 3 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.44%) Appium
11 2 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.44%) CMake
11 2 (0.44%) Crashlytics
11 2 (0.44%) XCUITest
General
1 103 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.66%) Finance
3 51 (11.14%) Retail
4 40 (8.73%) Marketing
5 27 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.80%) Billing
7 20 (4.37%) Advertising
7 20 (4.37%) Banking
8 18 (3.93%) Legal
8 18 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.84%) Electronics
11 11 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.18%) Games
13 9 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.97%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.75%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 190 (41.48%) Developer
2 94 (20.52%) Senior
3 52 (11.35%) Applications Developer
4 43 (9.39%) Lead
5 41 (8.95%) Mobile Developer
6 39 (8.52%) Senior Developer
7 37 (8.08%) iOS Developer
8 36 (7.86%) Analyst
9 29 (6.33%) .NET Developer
9 29 (6.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 29 (6.33%) React Developer
10 22 (4.80%) Architect
11 20 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (3.71%) Android Developer
13 17 (3.71%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (3.49%) Consultant
14 16 (3.49%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.28%) Recruitment Consultant
15 15 (3.28%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (22.93%) React Native
2 84 (18.34%) React
3 66 (14.41%) .NET
4 41 (8.95%) Node.js
4 41 (8.95%) RESTful
5 40 (8.73%) CSS
6 38 (8.30%) HTML
7 22 (4.80%) SwiftUI
8 18 (3.93%) REST
9 17 (3.71%) Vue
10 14 (3.06%) Bootstrap
11 13 (2.84%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.84%) Flutter
11 13 (2.84%) Next.js
12 10 (2.18%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.18%) Jest
12 10 (2.18%) Laravel
13 9 (1.97%) Express.js
13 9 (1.97%) WebSockets
14 8 (1.75%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.33%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.93%) IoT
4 15 (3.28%) EPoS
5 13 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.84%) Security Posture
6 12 (2.62%) iPhone
7 11 (2.40%) iPad
8 9 (1.97%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.31%) PropTech
11 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (25.33%) Android
2 113 (24.67%) Apple iOS
3 20 (4.37%) Windows
4 6 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.66%) Linux
7 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.44%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.44%) Unix
8 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (28.60%) Agile
2 84 (18.34%) User Experience
3 78 (17.03%) Mobile Application Development
3 78 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (15.28%) Mentoring
5 60 (13.10%) CI/CD
6 59 (12.88%) Android Development
7 57 (12.45%) Mobile Development
8 55 (12.01%) DevOps
8 55 (12.01%) Software Engineering
9 54 (11.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 53 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (11.35%) UX Design
12 50 (10.92%) iOS Development
13 48 (10.48%) B2B
14 40 (8.73%) Test Automation
15 39 (8.52%) AI
16 38 (8.30%) Wireframes
17 36 (7.86%) Collaborative Culture
18 34 (7.42%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 51 (11.14%) TypeScript
2 49 (10.70%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.08%) C#
3 37 (8.08%) Kotlin
4 32 (6.99%) Swift
5 27 (5.90%) SQL
6 19 (4.15%) Java
6 19 (4.15%) Python
7 12 (2.62%) Bash
8 11 (2.40%) PHP
9 9 (1.97%) C++
10 8 (1.75%) VBA
11 7 (1.53%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.09%) C
13 4 (0.87%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.87%) XAML
14 3 (0.66%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.66%) Perl
15 2 (0.44%) Groovy
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (8.52%) Degree
2 18 (3.93%) CREST Certified
3 17 (3.71%) OSCP
4 15 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
5 14 (3.06%) CHECK Team Leader
5 14 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.62%) CCSAM
6 12 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.97%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.53%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) CCSAS
9 2 (0.44%) CEH
9 2 (0.44%) CISA
9 2 (0.44%) CISSP
9 2 (0.44%) Cyber Scheme
9 2 (0.44%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.44%) PhD
9 2 (0.44%) Tigerscheme
10 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.21%) Accessibility
2 25 (5.46%) QA
3 9 (1.97%) GDPR
4 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.53%) WCAG
6 6 (1.31%) SLA
7 4 (0.87%) GRC
8 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.44%) Section 508
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (3.06%) Docker
2 9 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.15%) Terraform
2 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.75%) Nessus
5 7 (1.53%) Ansible
6 6 (1.31%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.87%) Nmap
8 3 (0.66%) Argo
Vendors
1 27 (5.90%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.37%) Adobe
2 20 (4.37%) Apple
3 19 (4.15%) Xamarin
4 17 (3.71%) Google
5 8 (1.75%) Atlassian
5 8 (1.75%) Blue Prism
5 8 (1.75%) Pega
6 7 (1.53%) Okta
7 5 (1.09%) SAP
7 5 (1.09%) Zoho
8 4 (0.87%) ESRI
8 4 (0.87%) Samsung
8 4 (0.87%) VMware
9 3 (0.66%) Cvent
9 3 (0.66%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.66%) Mapbox
9 3 (0.66%) Oracle
9 3 (0.66%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.66%) WooCommerce