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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 303 276
Rank change year-on-year -3 -27 -56
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 609 460 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.96% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 2.32% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 388 350 774
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £89,125 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% +1.90%

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 25,196 19,868 35,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.83% 41.35% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 16,123 9,750 22,651
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% - -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 7 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 7 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 +14 563 £60,000 +4.35% 335
UK excluding London +40 457 £60,000 +9.09% 280
Work from Home +21 201 £64,000 +6.67% 445
North of England +35 163 £55,000 +15.79% 73
London -58 122 £75,000 +15.38% 114
South East +18 106 £60,000 +4.35% 67
Midlands +20 104 £54,000 +13.68% 42
North West +41 84 £60,000 - 40
Yorkshire +9 65 £55,000 +107.55% 25
East Midlands +24 53 £54,000 +2.86% 26
West Midlands -22 51 £50,000 +5.26% 16
South West -44 41 £62,500 +2.04% 36
East of England -13 22 £40,000 -27.27% 32
Scotland -5 16 £60,000 -10.45% 18
North East -43 14 £47,000 +4.44% 10
Wales -49 5 £70,000 - 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 13 (2.13%) Confluence
2 7 (1.15%) ArcGIS
3 6 (0.99%) IIS
4 5 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 102 (16.75%) Azure
2 81 (13.30%) AWS
3 59 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (7.39%) GitHub
5 41 (6.73%) SaaS
6 32 (5.25%) Firebase
7 30 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (4.76%) GCP
9 26 (4.27%) Google Play
10 25 (4.11%) Serverless
11 24 (3.94%) Figma
12 18 (2.96%) Azure AI
13 15 (2.46%) Stripe
13 15 (2.46%) TestFlight
14 11 (1.81%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
16 8 (1.31%) Cloud Functions
16 8 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
17 7 (1.15%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.37%) Broadband
2 16 (2.63%) Wireless
3 10 (1.64%) Firewall
4 6 (0.99%) VPN
5 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) NFC
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (2.79%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.64%) MySQL
4 9 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
5 7 (1.15%) GIS
5 7 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.99%) Power BI
6 6 (0.99%) Redis
7 5 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.33%) SQLite
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.28%) Crashlytics
2 16 (2.63%) fastlane
2 16 (2.63%) Git
3 15 (2.46%) JIRA
3 15 (2.46%) XCTest
4 14 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.13%) Burp Suite
6 11 (1.81%) XCUITest
7 10 (1.64%) Metasploit
7 10 (1.64%) Xcode
8 8 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.31%) Gradle
9 7 (1.15%) Android Studio
10 6 (0.99%) Appium
11 5 (0.82%) Postman
11 5 (0.82%) Storybook
12 4 (0.66%) GitLab
12 4 (0.66%) JMeter
13 2 (0.33%) Mockito
13 2 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 89 (14.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.54%) Finance
3 43 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (6.24%) Games
5 34 (5.58%) Marketing
5 34 (5.58%) Retail
6 29 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.78%) Law
8 21 (3.45%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.79%) Banking
10 14 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.81%) Health Technology
11 11 (1.81%) Local Government
12 10 (1.64%) Publishing
13 7 (1.15%) Digital Health
14 6 (0.99%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Electronics
16 4 (0.66%) Advertising
16 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 248 (40.72%) Developer
2 156 (25.62%) Senior
3 72 (11.82%) Lead
3 72 (11.82%) Senior Developer
4 57 (9.36%) iOS Developer
5 51 (8.37%) .NET Developer
6 41 (6.73%) Designer
7 40 (6.57%) Android Developer
8 33 (5.42%) Senior Designer
9 32 (5.25%) Software Engineer
10 31 (5.09%) Applications Developer
11 29 (4.76%) Mobile Developer
12 24 (3.94%) Senior iOS Developer
13 23 (3.78%) Product Designer
14 22 (3.61%) Analyst
14 22 (3.61%) Mobile Applications Developer
15 21 (3.45%) Lead Developer
15 21 (3.45%) Mobile Engineer
15 21 (3.45%) React Developer
15 21 (3.45%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (14.94%) React
2 89 (14.61%) React Native
3 74 (12.15%) .NET
4 61 (10.02%) RESTful
5 46 (7.55%) SwiftUI
6 36 (5.91%) Node.js
7 33 (5.42%) ASP.NET
8 32 (5.25%) CSS
9 30 (4.93%) REST
10 26 (4.27%) ASP.NET Core
11 23 (3.78%) AngularJS
11 23 (3.78%) Vue
12 22 (3.61%) HTML
13 21 (3.45%) Blazor
13 21 (3.45%) Next.js
13 21 (3.45%) UIKit
14 19 (3.12%) Android SDK
14 19 (3.12%) GraphQL
15 18 (2.96%) .NET Core
15 18 (2.96%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.33%) Product Ownership
2 40 (6.57%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (3.78%) Cloud Native
5 21 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.12%) iPhone
7 16 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.30%) Social Media
9 11 (1.81%) EPoS
9 11 (1.81%) IoT
10 9 (1.48%) PropTech
11 8 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.15%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.99%) Vector Graphics
14 4 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.66%) PKI
14 4 (0.66%) Smartcard
14 4 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 171 (28.08%) Android
2 158 (25.94%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.13%) Windows
4 7 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.99%) Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Debian
6 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (35.30%) Agile
2 153 (25.12%) CI/CD
3 115 (18.88%) User Experience
4 107 (17.57%) Mentoring
5 97 (15.93%) AI
6 95 (15.60%) Test Automation
7 93 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (14.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 89 (14.61%) Analytics
10 81 (13.30%) DevOps
11 74 (12.15%) iOS Development
12 72 (11.82%) Software Engineering
13 65 (10.67%) Android Development
14 63 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (10.34%) Mobile Development
15 58 (9.52%) Roadmaps
16 57 (9.36%) Clean Code
17 52 (8.54%) UX Design
18 51 (8.37%) Observability
19 43 (7.06%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 71 (11.66%) SQL
2 69 (11.33%) Kotlin
3 68 (11.17%) TypeScript
4 60 (9.85%) C#
5 57 (9.36%) JavaScript
6 56 (9.20%) Swift
7 40 (6.57%) Java
8 37 (6.08%) Python
9 10 (1.64%) Bash
10 9 (1.48%) C++
10 9 (1.48%) Ruby
11 8 (1.31%) PHP
11 8 (1.31%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.15%) Dart
13 4 (0.66%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.66%) Go
14 2 (0.33%) Bicep
14 2 (0.33%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
15 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (6.57%) Degree
2 25 (4.11%) CREST Certified
2 25 (4.11%) OSCP
3 21 (3.45%) CHECK Team Leader
3 21 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
5 16 (2.63%) CCSAM
6 12 (1.97%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.64%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.48%) ISEB
9 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.66%) CCSAS
10 4 (0.66%) Cyber Scheme
10 4 (0.66%) Tigerscheme
11 2 (0.33%) CISSP
12 1 (0.16%) GPEN
12 1 (0.16%) GWAPT
12 1 (0.16%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.32%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.58%) QA
3 16 (2.63%) WCAG
4 8 (1.31%) GDPR
5 6 (0.99%) GRC
6 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (0.99%) Docker
2 4 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.49%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.13%) Terraform
2 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.48%) Nessus
4 7 (1.15%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.99%) Ansible
6 2 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.16%) Nmap
7 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (8.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.42%) Google
3 19 (3.12%) Adobe
4 18 (2.96%) Apple
4 18 (2.96%) Xamarin
5 14 (2.30%) Amplitude
5 14 (2.30%) Braze
5 14 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.13%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.15%) ESRI
8 6 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.99%) Oracle
9 4 (0.66%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.66%) SAP
10 3 (0.49%) Okta
10 3 (0.49%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.49%) VMware
11 2 (0.33%) Databricks
11 2 (0.33%) Planon
11 2 (0.33%) Samsung