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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 245 298
Rank change year-on-year -37 +53 -150
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 455 660 594
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.25% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 3.35% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 319 381 519
10th Percentile £33,600 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year - +8.99% -15.31%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,500
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 20,688 19,674 22,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.83% 37.19% 36.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,370 9,152 16,114
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,805 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,000
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 £81,094
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,225 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -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 20 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 20 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 -26 411 £60,000 - 513
UK excluding London -52 267 £52,500 -4.55% 483
London +29 160 £85,000 +6.25% 126
Work from Home -51 149 £70,000 +16.67% 289
North of England -21 78 £60,000 +20.00% 98
South East -25 69 £60,000 +14.29% 152
Midlands -4 46 £45,000 -35.71% 52
North West -5 40 £70,000 +16.67% 49
South West +9 39 £50,000 -16.67% 62
Yorkshire -9 27 £40,000 -11.11% 38
East Midlands +2 25 £45,000 -14.29% 32
Scotland -28 24 £34,000 -38.18% 21
West Midlands -12 21 £50,000 -28.57% 18
North East +3 11 £50,000 +17.65% 12
East of England -10 9 £60,000 -20.00% 79
Wales +7 3 £50,000 - 24

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 (1.76%) CMS
2 6 (1.32%) Confluence
2 6 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) 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 (1.76%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.32%) Sketch
3 3 (0.66%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.22%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
5 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
Cloud Services
1 86 (18.90%) Azure
2 63 (13.85%) SaaS
3 38 (8.35%) AWS
4 37 (8.13%) Figma
5 28 (6.15%) GitHub
6 27 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.74%) GCP
7 17 (3.74%) Serverless
8 14 (3.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 14 (3.08%) Azure Functions
8 14 (3.08%) Azure Service Bus
9 12 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (2.64%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.98%) Firebase
11 8 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.54%) Google Play
12 7 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.88%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (3.96%) Wireless
3 16 (3.52%) Broadband
4 9 (1.98%) VPN
5 7 (1.54%) DNS
6 6 (1.32%) DHCP
6 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.32%) WAN
7 4 (0.88%) 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 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.64%) MySQL
3 9 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.88%) 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 (4.40%) Git
2 14 (3.08%) JIRA
3 12 (2.64%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.64%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.64%) Xcode
4 9 (1.98%) Storybook
5 7 (1.54%) Android Studio
5 7 (1.54%) Selenium
6 6 (1.32%) Postman
6 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.88%) JMeter
9 3 (0.66%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.44%) Appium
10 2 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.44%) CMake
10 2 (0.44%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.44%) XCUITest
General
1 103 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.97%) Finance
3 49 (10.77%) Retail
4 38 (8.35%) Marketing
5 26 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.84%) Billing
7 20 (4.40%) Advertising
7 20 (4.40%) Banking
7 20 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.96%) Legal
9 16 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.86%) Electronics
11 10 (2.20%) Games
11 10 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.98%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.98%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.76%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (40.88%) Developer
2 93 (20.44%) Senior
3 51 (11.21%) Applications Developer
4 44 (9.67%) Lead
5 40 (8.79%) Mobile Developer
6 38 (8.35%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.91%) Analyst
8 35 (7.69%) iOS Developer
9 29 (6.37%) .NET Developer
9 29 (6.37%) React Developer
10 28 (6.15%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 22 (4.84%) Architect
12 20 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.52%) Android Developer
15 16 (3.52%) Consultant
15 16 (3.52%) Designer
15 16 (3.52%) Lead Developer
16 15 (3.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (22.86%) React Native
2 83 (18.24%) React
3 66 (14.51%) .NET
4 42 (9.23%) RESTful
5 39 (8.57%) CSS
5 39 (8.57%) Node.js
6 38 (8.35%) HTML
7 22 (4.84%) SwiftUI
8 18 (3.96%) REST
9 16 (3.52%) Vue
10 14 (3.08%) Bootstrap
11 13 (2.86%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.86%) Flutter
12 12 (2.64%) Next.js
13 10 (2.20%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.20%) Laravel
14 9 (1.98%) Express.js
14 9 (1.98%) Jest
14 9 (1.98%) WebSockets
15 8 (1.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.96%) IoT
4 15 (3.30%) EPoS
5 14 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 13 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.64%) iPhone
8 11 (2.42%) iPad
9 9 (1.98%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.32%) PropTech
13 5 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.88%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.88%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.88%) Smart Home
14 4 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 118 (25.93%) Android
2 114 (25.05%) Apple iOS
3 20 (4.40%) Windows
4 6 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) 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
1 130 (28.57%) Agile
2 85 (18.68%) User Experience
3 79 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (16.48%) Mobile Application Development
5 72 (15.82%) Mentoring
6 61 (13.41%) CI/CD
7 58 (12.75%) Android Development
8 57 (12.53%) Mobile Development
9 55 (12.09%) DevOps
10 54 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (11.87%) UX Design
11 53 (11.65%) Full-Stack Development
11 53 (11.65%) Software Engineering
12 48 (10.55%) B2B
12 48 (10.55%) iOS Development
13 41 (9.01%) Test Automation
14 40 (8.79%) Wireframes
15 39 (8.57%) AI
16 37 (8.13%) Collaborative Culture
17 33 (7.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.99%) TypeScript
2 49 (10.77%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.13%) C#
3 37 (8.13%) Kotlin
4 32 (7.03%) Swift
5 27 (5.93%) SQL
6 19 (4.18%) Java
6 19 (4.18%) Python
7 13 (2.86%) Bash
8 10 (2.20%) PHP
9 9 (1.98%) C++
10 8 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.76%) VBA
11 5 (1.10%) C
12 4 (0.88%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.88%) XAML
13 3 (0.66%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
14 2 (0.44%) Groovy
14 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (8.13%) Degree
2 19 (4.18%) CREST Certified
3 18 (3.96%) OSCP
4 16 (3.52%) CHECK Team Member
5 15 (3.30%) CHECK Team Leader
6 14 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.86%) CCSAM
8 11 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.76%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.32%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.66%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.44%) CCSAS
12 2 (0.44%) CEH
12 2 (0.44%) CISA
12 2 (0.44%) CISSP
12 2 (0.44%) Cyber Scheme
12 2 (0.44%) PhD
12 2 (0.44%) Tigerscheme
13 1 (0.22%) GPEN
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.47%) Accessibility
2 26 (5.71%) QA
3 8 (1.76%) GDPR
3 8 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.32%) SLA
4 6 (1.32%) WCAG
5 3 (0.66%) GRC
5 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.44%) Section 508
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (3.08%) Docker
2 9 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.18%) Terraform
2 10 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.98%) Nessus
3 9 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.54%) Ansible
5 6 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.88%) Nmap
7 3 (0.66%) Argo
Vendors
1 26 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.84%) Adobe
3 20 (4.40%) Apple
4 19 (4.18%) Google
4 19 (4.18%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.76%) Atlassian
5 8 (1.76%) Blue Prism
5 8 (1.76%) Pega
6 7 (1.54%) Okta
7 5 (1.10%) SAP
7 5 (1.10%) Zoho
8 4 (0.88%) ESRI
8 4 (0.88%) Samsung
8 4 (0.88%) 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%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.44%) Instagram