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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 246 298
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 -136
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 506 632 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.26% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.36% 3.35% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 329 386 627
10th Percentile £33,600 £36,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.27% -4.09%

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 21,397 18,864 26,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.57% 37.73% 36.03%
Number of salaries quoted 10,791 8,700 19,684
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +10.67% -13.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +3 460 £60,000 - 312
UK excluding London -42 318 £53,750 -2.27% 286
London +10 159 £75,000 +7.14% 92
Work from Home -57 158 £60,000 -4.00% 127
South East -10 91 £60,000 +20.00% 79
North of England -11 90 £57,500 +15.00% 77
Midlands -7 54 £45,000 -34.55% 39
North West +7 43 £65,000 +8.33% 44
South West -9 41 £48,750 -18.75% 36
Yorkshire -21 37 £40,000 -11.11% 27
East Midlands +3 27 £45,000 -10.00% 24
West Midlands -16 27 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Scotland -39 24 £34,000 -38.18% 17
East of England -4 17 £60,000 -20.00% 29
North East -9 10 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Wales +4 2 £65,000 - 11

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 (1.58%) CMS
2 6 (1.19%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.99%) Confluence
3 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Shopify
2 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (17.19%) Azure
2 62 (12.25%) SaaS
3 43 (8.50%) AWS
4 41 (8.10%) Figma
5 26 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (5.14%) GitHub
6 18 (3.56%) GCP
7 14 (2.77%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.57%) Serverless
9 10 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (1.98%) Azure Functions
9 10 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.78%) Firebase
11 7 (1.38%) Google Play
12 6 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.79%) BigCommerce
14 4 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.32%) Broadband
2 23 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (4.55%) Wireless
3 10 (1.98%) VPN
4 7 (1.38%) DNS
5 6 (1.19%) DHCP
5 6 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.19%) WAN
6 4 (0.79%) Firewall
6 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.59%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.40%) 4G
8 2 (0.40%) LAN
9 1 (0.20%) HTTP
9 1 (0.20%) Internet
9 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.37%) MySQL
2 9 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (1.78%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.58%) GIS
4 6 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.59%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.59%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Big Data
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.20%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 18 (3.56%) Git
2 14 (2.77%) Burp Suite
2 14 (2.77%) JIRA
2 14 (2.77%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.37%) Xcode
4 9 (1.78%) Storybook
5 7 (1.38%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.99%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.99%) Postman
6 5 (0.99%) Selenium
7 3 (0.59%) Appium
7 3 (0.59%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.40%) CMake
8 2 (0.40%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.40%) JMeter
8 2 (0.40%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.20%) Charles Proxy
General
1 98 (19.37%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.45%) Finance
3 48 (9.49%) Retail
4 39 (7.71%) Marketing
5 26 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.35%) Billing
6 22 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (3.95%) Advertising
7 20 (3.95%) Banking
8 19 (3.75%) Games
9 17 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.96%) Legal
12 13 (2.57%) Electronics
13 12 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.98%) Health Technology
14 10 (1.98%) Tech for Good
15 9 (1.78%) Public Sector
16 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 192 (37.94%) Developer
2 114 (22.53%) Senior
3 51 (10.08%) Applications Developer
4 49 (9.68%) Lead
5 41 (8.10%) Mobile Developer
6 40 (7.91%) iOS Developer
7 39 (7.71%) Analyst
8 36 (7.11%) Senior Developer
9 33 (6.52%) Designer
10 28 (5.53%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 26 (5.14%) .NET Developer
12 25 (4.94%) React Developer
13 24 (4.74%) Product Designer
13 24 (4.74%) Senior Designer
14 21 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (3.95%) Senior Product Designer
16 18 (3.56%) Android Developer
17 16 (3.16%) Architect
17 16 (3.16%) Consultant
17 16 (3.16%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (20.36%) React Native
2 77 (15.22%) React
3 64 (12.65%) .NET
4 39 (7.71%) RESTful
5 38 (7.51%) CSS
6 36 (7.11%) HTML
7 35 (6.92%) Node.js
8 23 (4.55%) SwiftUI
9 16 (3.16%) Bootstrap
10 15 (2.96%) AngularJS
10 15 (2.96%) REST
10 15 (2.96%) Vue
11 14 (2.77%) Next.js
12 13 (2.57%) Flutter
13 10 (1.98%) Laravel
13 10 (1.98%) Spring
13 10 (1.98%) Spring Boot
14 9 (1.78%) Express.js
14 9 (1.78%) Jest
14 9 (1.78%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.52%) Onboarding
2 29 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.15%) EPoS
5 19 (3.75%) IoT
6 16 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.37%) iPhone
8 11 (2.17%) iPad
9 9 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.58%) PropTech
11 7 (1.38%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.99%) Social Media
13 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.79%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 128 (25.30%) Android
2 122 (24.11%) Apple iOS
3 24 (4.74%) Windows
4 6 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.99%) Linux
6 4 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.40%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.40%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (31.03%) Agile
2 92 (18.18%) User Experience
3 90 (17.79%) Mentoring
3 90 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (15.61%) Mobile Application Development
5 67 (13.24%) CI/CD
6 63 (12.45%) Android Development
6 63 (12.45%) Software Engineering
7 61 (12.06%) Full-Stack Development
8 58 (11.46%) UX Design
9 57 (11.26%) Mobile Development
10 55 (10.87%) DevOps
11 53 (10.47%) iOS Development
12 52 (10.28%) Collaborative Culture
13 49 (9.68%) AI
13 49 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (9.09%) Wireframes
15 44 (8.70%) B2B
15 44 (8.70%) User Research
16 40 (7.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.29%) JavaScript
1 47 (9.29%) TypeScript
2 40 (7.91%) Kotlin
3 33 (6.52%) Swift
4 32 (6.32%) C#
5 27 (5.34%) SQL
6 23 (4.55%) Python
7 22 (4.35%) Java
8 14 (2.77%) Bash
9 11 (2.17%) PHP
10 9 (1.78%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.58%) C++
11 8 (1.58%) VBA
12 5 (0.99%) C
13 4 (0.79%) Perl
13 4 (0.79%) XAML
14 3 (0.59%) Ruby
15 2 (0.40%) Groovy
15 2 (0.40%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 39 (7.71%) Degree
2 24 (4.74%) CREST Certified
2 24 (4.74%) OSCP
3 21 (4.15%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.95%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (3.56%) CCSAM
6 11 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.78%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.38%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.40%) CCSAS
10 2 (0.40%) CEH
10 2 (0.40%) CISA
10 2 (0.40%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.40%) GPEN
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.40%) PhD
10 2 (0.40%) Tigerscheme
11 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.31%) Accessibility
2 23 (4.55%) QA
3 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.19%) GDPR
4 6 (1.19%) SLA
5 5 (0.99%) WCAG
6 4 (0.79%) GRC
7 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.40%) Section 508
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (2.77%) Docker
2 9 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (4.15%) Terraform
2 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (2.17%) Nessus
4 9 (1.78%) Ansible
4 9 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.78%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.79%) Nmap
6 3 (0.59%) Argo
Vendors
1 28 (5.53%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.34%) Adobe
3 23 (4.55%) Xamarin
4 20 (3.95%) Apple
5 18 (3.56%) Google
6 8 (1.58%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.58%) Blue Prism
6 8 (1.58%) ESRI
6 8 (1.58%) Pega
7 7 (1.38%) Okta
8 5 (0.99%) SAP
8 5 (0.99%) Zoho
9 4 (0.79%) Samsung
9 4 (0.79%) VMware
10 3 (0.59%) Cvent
10 3 (0.59%) Mapbox
10 3 (0.59%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.59%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.40%) Facebook
11 2 (0.40%) ServiceNow