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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 241 312
Rank change year-on-year -54 +71 -160
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 407 674 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.24% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.97% 3.36% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 296 383 465
10th Percentile £31,938 £36,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.51%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
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 20,618 20,082 19,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.51% 37.00% 36.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10,354 9,479 14,387
10th Percentile £27,930 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,520
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,125 £54,151
% change year-on-year -12.24% -0.05% -1.54%

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 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 7 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 -47 367 £60,000 - 281
UK excluding London -69 242 £52,500 -4.55% 230
London +16 144 £90,000 +12.50% 101
Work from Home -59 140 £73,750 +22.92% 143
North of England -26 70 £60,000 +20.00% 56
South East -39 65 £60,000 +17.07% 68
South West +3 36 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Midlands -26 36 £45,000 -30.77% 37
North West -9 34 £70,000 +16.67% 36
Scotland -28 25 £34,000 -38.18% 13
Yorkshire -11 24 £40,000 -11.11% 16
West Midlands -21 20 £50,000 -28.57% 13
East Midlands +1 16 £45,000 -10.00% 24
North East 0 12 £50,000 +17.65% 5
East of England -20 8 £60,000 -20.00% 29
Wales +9 3 £50,000 - 10

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 (1.97%) CMS
2 6 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.23%) Confluence
4 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.49%) IIS
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.25%) Appian
6 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.21%) Sketch
2 7 (1.72%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.47%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.25%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.74%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.41%) Azure
2 59 (14.50%) SaaS
3 35 (8.60%) AWS
4 33 (8.11%) Figma
5 31 (7.62%) GitHub
6 24 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.93%) GCP
8 14 (3.44%) Serverless
9 11 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (2.70%) Azure Functions
9 11 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (2.70%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.21%) Firebase
11 8 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.23%) Google Play
14 4 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.46%) Broadband
3 9 (2.21%) VPN
3 9 (2.21%) Wireless
4 7 (1.72%) DNS
5 6 (1.47%) DHCP
5 6 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.47%) WAN
6 4 (0.98%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.74%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.49%) 4G
8 2 (0.49%) Firewall
8 2 (0.49%) LAN
9 1 (0.25%) HTTP
9 1 (0.25%) Internet
9 1 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.95%) MySQL
3 8 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.47%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.74%) GIS
7 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.25%) Big Data
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.25%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (5.41%) Git
2 14 (3.44%) JIRA
3 12 (2.95%) Xcode
4 10 (2.46%) Storybook
5 7 (1.72%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.47%) Burp Suite
6 6 (1.47%) Metasploit
6 6 (1.47%) Postman
6 6 (1.47%) Selenium
6 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.98%) JMeter
8 3 (0.74%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.49%) CMake
9 2 (0.49%) Crashlytics
9 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.49%) XCUITest
General
1 98 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.81%) Finance
3 38 (9.34%) Retail
4 28 (6.88%) Marketing
5 23 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.65%) Telecoms
6 21 (5.16%) Billing
7 20 (4.91%) Advertising
8 18 (4.42%) Banking
8 18 (4.42%) Legal
9 16 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.95%) Electronics
11 10 (2.46%) Games
11 10 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.21%) Back Office
12 9 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.47%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 167 (41.03%) Developer
2 74 (18.18%) Senior
3 44 (10.81%) Applications Developer
4 37 (9.09%) Lead
4 37 (9.09%) Mobile Developer
5 30 (7.37%) Analyst
5 30 (7.37%) iOS Developer
5 30 (7.37%) Senior Developer
6 26 (6.39%) Architect
6 26 (6.39%) React Developer
7 25 (6.14%) .NET Developer
7 25 (6.14%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 24 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.42%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (3.93%) Consultant
11 15 (3.69%) Designer
11 15 (3.69%) Lead Developer
11 15 (3.69%) Recruitment Consultant
12 14 (3.44%) Field Engineer
12 14 (3.44%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (24.08%) React Native
2 80 (19.66%) React
3 61 (14.99%) .NET
4 43 (10.57%) Node.js
5 41 (10.07%) RESTful
6 35 (8.60%) CSS
7 34 (8.35%) HTML
8 20 (4.91%) SwiftUI
9 16 (3.93%) Vue
10 15 (3.69%) REST
11 13 (3.19%) AngularJS
11 13 (3.19%) Flutter
11 13 (3.19%) Next.js
12 11 (2.70%) Bootstrap
13 10 (2.46%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.46%) Laravel
14 9 (2.21%) Express.js
14 9 (2.21%) Jest
14 9 (2.21%) WebSockets
15 8 (1.97%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.90%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.42%) IoT
4 15 (3.69%) EPoS
5 13 (3.19%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.46%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.46%) iPad
6 10 (2.46%) iPhone
7 7 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.72%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.47%) PropTech
9 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.23%) NHS
9 5 (1.23%) Smart Home
10 4 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (27.76%) Apple iOS
2 110 (27.03%) Android
3 20 (4.91%) Windows
4 6 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.74%) Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (27.52%) Agile
2 76 (18.67%) User Experience
3 63 (15.48%) Mobile Application Development
3 63 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (14.25%) CI/CD
5 56 (13.76%) DevOps
5 56 (13.76%) Mobile Development
6 55 (13.51%) Mentoring
7 54 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (12.29%) Android Development
9 49 (12.04%) B2B
10 48 (11.79%) UX Design
11 47 (11.55%) Test Automation
12 43 (10.57%) Full-Stack Development
13 42 (10.32%) iOS Development
14 40 (9.83%) AI
15 37 (9.09%) Software Engineering
16 34 (8.35%) B2C
16 34 (8.35%) Wireframes
17 31 (7.62%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.79%) JavaScript
1 48 (11.79%) TypeScript
2 38 (9.34%) C#
3 34 (8.35%) Kotlin
4 31 (7.62%) Swift
5 22 (5.41%) Java
5 22 (5.41%) SQL
6 13 (3.19%) Python
7 11 (2.70%) PHP
8 9 (2.21%) C
8 9 (2.21%) C++
9 8 (1.97%) VBA
10 7 (1.72%) Bash
11 5 (1.23%) Objective-C
12 4 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.98%) XAML
13 3 (0.74%) Perl
13 3 (0.74%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.74%) Ruby
14 2 (0.49%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 37 (9.09%) Degree
2 20 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.72%) CREST Certified
4 7 (1.72%) OSCP
5 6 (1.47%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.47%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.23%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (0.98%) CCSAM
7 4 (0.98%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (0.74%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.49%) CEH
9 2 (0.49%) CISA
9 2 (0.49%) CISSP
9 2 (0.49%) PhD
10 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.25%) GPEN
10 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.34%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.88%) QA
3 9 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.47%) GDPR
4 6 (1.47%) SLA
4 6 (1.47%) WCAG
5 5 (1.23%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.49%) Section 508
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (3.44%) Docker
2 9 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (3.93%) Terraform
2 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.47%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.23%) Ansible
6 4 (0.98%) Nessus
7 3 (0.74%) Nmap
8 2 (0.49%) Argo
Vendors
1 28 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.67%) Apple
2 19 (4.67%) Google
2 19 (4.67%) Xamarin
3 18 (4.42%) Adobe
4 8 (1.97%) Blue Prism
4 8 (1.97%) Pega
5 7 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.47%) Okta
7 4 (0.98%) Samsung
7 4 (0.98%) SAP
7 4 (0.98%) VMware
7 4 (0.98%) Zoho
8 3 (0.74%) Cvent
8 3 (0.74%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.74%) ESRI
8 3 (0.74%) Mapbox
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle
8 3 (0.74%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.49%) Instagram