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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 273 299
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 -101
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 649 509 934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.16% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.66% 2.71% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 423 395 758
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +8.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

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 24,357 18,766 34,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.46% 42.59% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,771 9,154 23,029
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +21 612 £60,000 +4.35% 247
UK excluding London +22 470 £60,000 +9.09% 183
Work from Home +45 209 £70,000 +16.67% 93
London -35 154 £72,500 +11.54% 101
North of England +43 150 £55,000 +10.00% 60
South East +32 130 £60,000 +20.00% 38
Midlands +8 108 £50,000 +2.56% 30
North West +53 77 £60,000 - 31
Yorkshire -17 67 £40,000 +44.67% 22
East Midlands +25 58 £45,000 +20.00% 15
West Midlands -29 50 £50,000 - 15
South West -39 45 £47,500 -20.83% 20
East of England -19 20 £40,000 -27.27% 17
Scotland -33 16 £60,000 - 13
North East -43 6 £47,000 +10.59% 7
Wales -36 1 £71,500 +2.14% 6

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 11 (1.69%) Confluence
2 7 (1.08%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.77%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
5 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.31%) Sketch
4 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Shopify
2 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (13.56%) Azure
2 82 (12.63%) AWS
3 63 (9.71%) SaaS
4 46 (7.09%) GitHub
5 42 (6.47%) Figma
6 37 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (3.70%) GCP
8 24 (3.70%) Serverless
9 22 (3.39%) Firebase
10 15 (2.31%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.16%) Stripe
12 13 (2.00%) TestFlight
13 12 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 12 (1.85%) Google Play
14 11 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.54%) Azure Functions
16 8 (1.23%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (8.94%) Broadband
2 21 (3.24%) Wireless
3 12 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.69%) VPN
5 7 (1.08%) Firewall
6 4 (0.62%) DNS
7 3 (0.46%) DHCP
7 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.46%) WAN
8 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.15%) LAN
9 1 (0.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (1.69%) MySQL
3 8 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.23%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (1.08%) GIS
5 6 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.92%) Power BI
6 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.31%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.15%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.15%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.47%) Crashlytics
1 16 (2.47%) JIRA
2 14 (2.16%) Burp Suite
2 14 (2.16%) XCTest
3 13 (2.00%) Metasploit
4 12 (1.85%) Git
5 11 (1.69%) XCUITest
6 10 (1.54%) Storybook
7 7 (1.08%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.08%) fastlane
7 7 (1.08%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.92%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.92%) Xcode
9 5 (0.77%) Appium
9 5 (0.77%) Gradle
9 5 (0.77%) Postman
10 3 (0.46%) GitLab
10 3 (0.46%) Selenium
11 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.31%) CircleCI
General
1 80 (12.33%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.24%) Finance
3 45 (6.93%) Games
4 43 (6.63%) Marketing
5 39 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (5.39%) Retail
7 30 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (3.24%) Banking
8 21 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.77%) Law
10 13 (2.00%) Health Technology
10 13 (2.00%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.69%) Local Government
12 9 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.39%) Tech for Good
12 9 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.08%) Back Office
13 7 (1.08%) Billing
13 7 (1.08%) Electronics
14 6 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 278 (42.84%) Developer
2 160 (24.65%) Senior
3 73 (11.25%) Lead
4 72 (11.09%) Senior Developer
5 63 (9.71%) iOS Developer
6 52 (8.01%) Applications Developer
7 49 (7.55%) .NET Developer
8 45 (6.93%) Designer
9 37 (5.70%) Android Developer
10 34 (5.24%) Senior Designer
11 33 (5.08%) Mobile Developer
12 31 (4.78%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 29 (4.47%) Software Engineer
14 27 (4.16%) React Developer
15 26 (4.01%) Analyst
16 25 (3.85%) Product Designer
17 24 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
17 24 (3.70%) Lead Developer
18 23 (3.54%) Mobile Engineer
19 22 (3.39%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (17.57%) React Native
2 83 (12.79%) React
3 75 (11.56%) .NET
4 49 (7.55%) RESTful
5 45 (6.93%) SwiftUI
6 36 (5.55%) CSS
7 33 (5.08%) Node.js
8 26 (4.01%) HTML
9 25 (3.85%) REST
10 20 (3.08%) Bootstrap
11 19 (2.93%) ASP.NET
11 19 (2.93%) GraphQL
12 18 (2.77%) Vue
13 16 (2.47%) Android SDK
13 16 (2.47%) UIKit
14 15 (2.31%) AngularJS
15 13 (2.00%) Flutter
15 13 (2.00%) Next.js
16 12 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
16 12 (1.85%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 47 (7.24%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.08%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.93%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.62%) EPoS
8 16 (2.47%) IoT
9 15 (2.31%) iPhone
9 15 (2.31%) Social Media
10 14 (2.16%) PropTech
11 9 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
12 8 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.23%) iPad
13 7 (1.08%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.62%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
15 3 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
15 3 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 177 (27.27%) Android
2 173 (26.66%) Apple iOS
3 14 (2.16%) Windows
4 5 (0.77%) Linux
5 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.31%) Debian
7 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (30.66%) Agile
2 135 (20.80%) CI/CD
3 116 (17.87%) User Experience
4 115 (17.72%) Mentoring
5 93 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (14.02%) AI
7 88 (13.56%) Test Automation
8 82 (12.63%) iOS Development
9 81 (12.48%) Android Development
9 81 (12.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 80 (12.33%) Software Engineering
11 71 (10.94%) Mobile Development
12 69 (10.63%) Analytics
13 64 (9.86%) DevOps
14 62 (9.55%) Mobile Application Development
15 59 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (8.78%) UX Design
17 51 (7.86%) Collaborative Culture
18 49 (7.55%) Clean Code
18 49 (7.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 75 (11.56%) Kotlin
2 67 (10.32%) TypeScript
3 55 (8.47%) SQL
4 54 (8.32%) Swift
5 48 (7.40%) C#
6 44 (6.78%) JavaScript
7 41 (6.32%) Java
8 33 (5.08%) Python
9 12 (1.85%) Bash
9 12 (1.85%) PHP
10 10 (1.54%) Ruby
11 9 (1.39%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.08%) C++
13 5 (0.77%) Dart
14 4 (0.62%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.46%) Go
15 3 (0.46%) Perl
16 2 (0.31%) Bicep
17 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (6.01%) Degree
2 29 (4.47%) OSCP
3 28 (4.31%) CREST Certified
4 22 (3.39%) CHECK Team Leader
4 22 (3.39%) CHECK Team Member
5 18 (2.77%) CCSAM
6 14 (2.16%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.00%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.54%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.08%) ISEB
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.62%) CISSP
12 3 (0.46%) CCSAS
12 3 (0.46%) Cyber Scheme
12 3 (0.46%) Tigerscheme
13 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.31%) CISA
13 2 (0.31%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.63%) Accessibility
2 30 (4.62%) QA
3 8 (1.23%) WCAG
4 7 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.77%) GDPR
6 5 (0.77%) GRC
7 2 (0.31%) SLA
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (1.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (2.77%) Terraform
2 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.69%) Nessus
4 9 (1.39%) Ansible
5 7 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.92%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.46%) Nmap
8 2 (0.31%) Argo
9 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 38 (5.86%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.31%) Adobe
3 25 (3.85%) Xamarin
4 24 (3.70%) Google
5 23 (3.54%) Apple
6 14 (2.16%) Amplitude
7 13 (2.00%) Braze
8 8 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.08%) ESRI
9 7 (1.08%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.92%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.92%) Okta
11 4 (0.62%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.62%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.62%) Oracle
11 4 (0.62%) SAP
11 4 (0.62%) VMware
12 3 (0.46%) WooCommerce
13 2 (0.31%) Samsung
13 2 (0.31%) Zoho