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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 374 282
Rank change year-on-year +8 -92 -35
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 539 323 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.65% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 1.59% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 354 222 407
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,438 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 31,589 20,312 23,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.73% 40.89% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 19,415 10,193 11,758
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,325 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,771 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 October 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 October 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 +21 491 £60,000 -11.11% 819
UK excluding London +47 370 £55,000 -4.35% 444
Work from Home +41 202 £62,500 -16.11% 385
London -68 144 £75,000 -21.05% 465
North of England +7 133 £55,000 -4.35% 119
South East +8 84 £60,000 - 97
North West +21 79 £65,000 - 71
Midlands +9 64 £50,000 -4.76% 67
South West -42 48 £46,250 -11.90% 45
Yorkshire -12 39 £55,000 +37.50% 38
West Midlands -24 38 £50,000 +5.26% 32
East Midlands -6 26 £50,000 -34.43% 35
East of England -15 23 £60,000 - 38
North East -63 15 £47,000 -1.05% 10
Scotland +3 12 £34,000 - 49
Wales -66 7 £55,000 -18.52% 22

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 (2.23%) Confluence
2 6 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.93%) CMS
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.93%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.93%) WordPress
4 4 (0.74%) IIS
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) Zeplin
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.56%) Workfront
2 2 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 110 (20.41%) Azure
2 69 (12.80%) AWS
3 47 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (6.49%) GCP
5 33 (6.12%) GitHub
6 31 (5.75%) SaaS
7 25 (4.64%) Google Play
8 22 (4.08%) Firebase
9 17 (3.15%) Azure AI
10 16 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (2.97%) Serverless
11 15 (2.78%) Entra ID
12 12 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
13 10 (1.86%) BigCommerce
13 10 (1.86%) BrowserStack
13 10 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.86%) TestFlight
14 9 (1.67%) Cloud Functions
15 8 (1.48%) Figma
16 7 (1.30%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.11%) Internet
2 5 (0.93%) HTTP
3 4 (0.74%) Firewall
3 4 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.56%) RFID
4 3 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.37%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.19%) Intranet
6 1 (0.19%) Modbus
6 1 (0.19%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (3.34%) NoSQL
3 17 (3.15%) MongoDB
4 13 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.67%) MySQL
6 9 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.48%) Redis
8 5 (0.93%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.56%) Big Data
9 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.56%) Power BI
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.37%) SQLite
11 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.19%) GIS
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.82%) Git
2 17 (3.15%) JIRA
3 15 (2.78%) fastlane
4 13 (2.41%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.86%) Android Studio
5 10 (1.86%) Appium
5 10 (1.86%) Crashlytics
5 10 (1.86%) Xcode
6 9 (1.67%) Postman
7 8 (1.48%) XCTest
8 7 (1.30%) Gradle
8 7 (1.30%) JUnit
9 6 (1.11%) Selenium
10 5 (0.93%) Gatling
11 4 (0.74%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.56%) GitLab
12 3 (0.56%) JMeter
12 3 (0.56%) XCUITest
13 2 (0.37%) MLflow
General
1 124 (23.01%) Social Skills
2 71 (13.17%) Finance
3 41 (7.61%) Law
4 39 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (6.86%) Retail
7 26 (4.82%) Marketing
7 26 (4.82%) Publishing
8 23 (4.27%) Banking
9 20 (3.71%) Public Sector
10 18 (3.34%) Games
11 15 (2.78%) Legal
12 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.67%) Billing
14 6 (1.11%) Automotive
14 6 (1.11%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.11%) Public Speaking
15 5 (0.93%) Electronics
15 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (35.06%) Developer
2 130 (24.12%) Senior
3 62 (11.50%) Senior Developer
4 49 (9.09%) Lead
5 46 (8.53%) iOS Developer
6 38 (7.05%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.68%) .NET Developer
8 34 (6.31%) Android Developer
9 30 (5.57%) Mobile Developer
10 28 (5.19%) Analyst
11 27 (5.01%) Applications Developer
12 25 (4.64%) Senior Mobile Developer
13 24 (4.45%) Junior
14 23 (4.27%) Designer
15 22 (4.08%) Senior iOS Developer
16 19 (3.53%) React Developer
17 18 (3.34%) Architect
17 18 (3.34%) Tester
18 17 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
19 16 (2.97%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (15.03%) React
2 70 (12.99%) React Native
3 56 (10.39%) .NET
3 56 (10.39%) RESTful
4 48 (8.91%) REST
5 38 (7.05%) SwiftUI
6 27 (5.01%) CSS
6 27 (5.01%) HTML
7 25 (4.64%) ASP.NET
8 22 (4.08%) Node.js
9 21 (3.90%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (3.90%) Blazor
10 20 (3.71%) .NET Core
10 20 (3.71%) AngularJS
10 20 (3.71%) Next.js
11 19 (3.53%) Vue
12 17 (3.15%) Flutter
12 17 (3.15%) ML.NET
13 16 (2.97%) NestJS
14 15 (2.78%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.76%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.64%) IoT
3 24 (4.45%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.90%) iPhone
5 20 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.97%) Web Conferencing
8 15 (2.78%) Social Media
9 13 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.41%) Podcast
10 11 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.67%) Blog
12 8 (1.48%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 7 (1.30%) CCTV
14 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.11%) Smart Home
14 6 (1.11%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 157 (29.13%) Android
2 130 (24.12%) Apple iOS
3 23 (4.27%) Windows
4 7 (1.30%) Linux
4 7 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (27.27%) Agile
2 107 (19.85%) CI/CD
3 101 (18.74%) User Experience
4 97 (18.00%) Test Automation
5 95 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (16.88%) AI
7 79 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 75 (13.91%) Analytics
9 71 (13.17%) Full-Stack Development
10 69 (12.80%) Software Engineering
11 65 (12.06%) DevOps
11 65 (12.06%) iOS Development
12 62 (11.50%) Android Development
13 57 (10.58%) Mentoring
14 56 (10.39%) Mobile Development
15 53 (9.83%) Roadmaps
16 51 (9.46%) UX Design
17 46 (8.53%) Code Quality
18 45 (8.35%) Clean Code
18 45 (8.35%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.80%) JavaScript
2 67 (12.43%) SQL
3 58 (10.76%) C#
4 52 (9.65%) Kotlin
5 51 (9.46%) TypeScript
6 47 (8.72%) Swift
7 33 (6.12%) Java
8 32 (5.94%) Python
9 16 (2.97%) C++
10 11 (2.04%) PHP
10 11 (2.04%) Ruby
11 7 (1.30%) C
11 7 (1.30%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.11%) Go
13 5 (0.93%) Dart
14 3 (0.56%) Bash
14 3 (0.56%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.56%) Perl
14 3 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (8.53%) Degree
2 28 (5.19%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.04%) CREST Certified
6 10 (1.86%) OSCP
7 7 (1.30%) CHECK Team Leader
7 7 (1.30%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.11%) CHECK Team Member
8 6 (1.11%) ISEB
9 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.74%) CISSP
10 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.56%) CEH
10 3 (0.56%) CISA
10 3 (0.56%) MBA
11 2 (0.37%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.20%) Accessibility
2 51 (9.46%) QA
3 23 (4.27%) WCAG
4 7 (1.30%) GDPR
5 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.56%) GRC
6 3 (0.56%) PMO
6 3 (0.56%) WAI
6 3 (0.56%) WAI-ARIA
7 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.04%) Docker
2 8 (1.48%) Firmware
3 5 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.04%) Grafana
2 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.93%) SCCM
5 3 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.37%) Bosun
7 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 50 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.42%) Google
3 19 (3.53%) Apple
4 18 (3.34%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.23%) Dynatrace
6 9 (1.67%) Okta
7 8 (1.48%) Adobe
8 7 (1.30%) Xamarin
9 6 (1.11%) Oracle
9 6 (1.11%) SAP
10 5 (0.93%) Amplitude
10 5 (0.93%) Braze
10 5 (0.93%) ForgeRock
10 5 (0.93%) VMware
11 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.74%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.56%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.37%) Databricks
13 2 (0.37%) IFS