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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 245 266
Rank change year-on-year -79 +21 -135
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 354 744 614
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.09% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 3.28% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 248 433 543
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +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 19,213 22,684 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.05% 33.11% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,737 11,141 15,022
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,042
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 -87 309 £62,500 +4.17% 616
UK excluding London -113 193 £52,500 -12.50% 468
London +25 133 £95,000 +18.75% 244
Work from Home -59 117 £70,000 +7.69% 260
North of England -20 68 £55,000 -8.33% 123
North West -7 37 £65,000 +4.00% 75
South East -51 37 £60,000 +9.09% 140
South West +13 29 £50,000 -16.67% 45
Scotland -14 24 £34,000 -38.18% 28
Midlands -11 21 £46,250 -15.91% 67
West Midlands +6 19 £43,250 -30.80% 41
Yorkshire +5 17 £29,500 -41.00% 34
North East +14 14 £50,000 +11.11% 15
East of England -27 11 £60,000 -14.29% 39
Wales +11 4 £60,000 +33.33% 21
East Midlands +1 2 £76,250 +52.50% 26

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 (2.26%) CMS
2 5 (1.41%) Confluence
3 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.85%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Appian
6 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.98%) Sketch
3 6 (1.69%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.56%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.36%) Azure
2 42 (11.86%) AWS
3 37 (10.45%) SaaS
4 28 (7.91%) GitHub
5 25 (7.06%) Figma
6 16 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (4.52%) GCP
7 13 (3.67%) Serverless
8 12 (3.39%) Firebase
9 8 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (2.26%) Azure Functions
9 8 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.98%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.69%) Google Play
12 5 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.13%) VPN
2 4 (1.13%) Wireless
3 3 (0.85%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.85%) Broadband
3 3 (0.85%) DHCP
3 3 (0.85%) DNS
3 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.85%) WAN
4 2 (0.56%) 4G
4 2 (0.56%) RFID
4 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) Calico
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) Internet
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.95%) NoSQL
3 11 (3.11%) MySQL
3 11 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.41%) GIS
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.56%) Big Data
7 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.56%) Power BI
8 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (11.02%) Git
2 20 (5.65%) JIRA
3 11 (3.11%) Xcode
4 9 (2.54%) Selenium
5 8 (2.26%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.98%) Postman
6 7 (1.98%) Storybook
7 6 (1.69%) Android Studio
7 6 (1.69%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.41%) Appium
8 5 (1.41%) JMeter
9 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.85%) Crashlytics
9 3 (0.85%) JUnit
9 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.56%) CMake
10 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 110 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.41%) Finance
3 33 (9.32%) Banking
4 31 (8.76%) Retail
5 25 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (5.93%) Law
7 21 (5.93%) Legal
8 18 (5.08%) Advertising
8 18 (5.08%) Marketing
9 16 (4.52%) Telecoms
10 15 (4.24%) Billing
11 14 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.54%) Electronics
12 9 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.26%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.41%) Games
15 5 (1.41%) Health Technology
15 5 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 118 (33.33%) Developer
2 51 (14.41%) Senior
3 34 (9.60%) Mobile Developer
4 31 (8.76%) Lead
5 28 (7.91%) Applications Developer
5 28 (7.91%) Architect
6 26 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (7.06%) Software Engineer
8 22 (6.21%) Analyst
9 21 (5.93%) React Developer
10 20 (5.65%) Senior Developer
11 18 (5.08%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 17 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.52%) Designer
14 15 (4.24%) Consultant
15 14 (3.95%) .NET Developer
15 14 (3.95%) Recruitment Consultant
16 13 (3.67%) Digital Architect
16 13 (3.67%) Digital Solutions Architect
17 12 (3.39%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (24.29%) React Native
2 71 (20.06%) React
3 48 (13.56%) .NET
4 39 (11.02%) Node.js
4 39 (11.02%) RESTful
5 32 (9.04%) CSS
6 31 (8.76%) HTML
7 17 (4.80%) Flutter
7 17 (4.80%) REST
8 15 (4.24%) Next.js
8 15 (4.24%) Vue
9 14 (3.95%) AngularJS
9 14 (3.95%) GraphQL
9 14 (3.95%) SwiftUI
10 13 (3.67%) Jest
11 11 (3.11%) Kafka
12 9 (2.54%) Laravel
12 9 (2.54%) XML
13 8 (2.26%) HTML5
14 7 (1.98%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (5.65%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.80%) Client/Server
5 16 (4.52%) IoT
6 15 (4.24%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.82%) EPoS
8 6 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.69%) NHS
9 5 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.41%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.13%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.13%) Smart Home
11 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.85%) iPhone
11 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.85%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 99 (27.97%) Apple iOS
2 98 (27.68%) Android
3 23 (6.50%) Windows
4 4 (1.13%) Linux
4 4 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.85%) Unix
5 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (39.55%) Agile
2 77 (21.75%) CI/CD
3 66 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (16.95%) User Experience
5 57 (16.10%) Mobile Application Development
6 54 (15.25%) Test Automation
7 50 (14.12%) Mobile Development
8 49 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (13.28%) Software Engineering
10 46 (12.99%) DevOps
11 43 (12.15%) B2B
12 40 (11.30%) Mentoring
13 38 (10.73%) UX Design
14 36 (10.17%) Full-Stack Development
15 34 (9.60%) CRM
15 34 (9.60%) Technical Leadership
16 31 (8.76%) Clean Code
17 29 (8.19%) Microservices
18 28 (7.91%) B2C
18 28 (7.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.95%) JavaScript
2 53 (14.97%) TypeScript
3 40 (11.30%) C#
4 32 (9.04%) Java
5 31 (8.76%) Python
6 30 (8.47%) SQL
7 29 (8.19%) Swift
8 24 (6.78%) Kotlin
9 16 (4.52%) Go
10 10 (2.82%) Objective-C
10 10 (2.82%) PHP
11 9 (2.54%) C
12 8 (2.26%) VBA
13 6 (1.69%) C++
14 5 (1.41%) Bash
14 5 (1.41%) Dart
15 4 (1.13%) XAML
16 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.56%) Groovy
17 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (10.45%) Degree
2 20 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.26%) Master's Degree
3 8 (2.26%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.98%) AWS Certification
4 7 (1.98%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.41%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.85%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.56%) CCSAM
7 2 (0.56%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (0.56%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.56%) OSCP
7 2 (0.56%) PhD
8 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 28 (7.91%) QA
3 8 (2.26%) GDPR
4 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.69%) WCAG
5 5 (1.41%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.13%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.56%) Section 508
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (2.26%) Docker
2 7 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.41%) Firmware
4 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.67%) Terraform
3 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.41%) Grafana
4 5 (1.41%) Mesos
5 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.56%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.56%) Ansible
7 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.56%) Nessus
8 1 (0.28%) Argo
8 1 (0.28%) Istio
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 30 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.52%) Google
2 16 (4.52%) Xamarin
3 14 (3.95%) Apple
4 8 (2.26%) Adobe
4 8 (2.26%) Blue Prism
4 8 (2.26%) Pega
5 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.69%) Samsung
6 5 (1.41%) Zoho
7 4 (1.13%) ESRI
7 4 (1.13%) Oracle
8 3 (0.85%) Cvent
8 3 (0.85%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.85%) SAP
8 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.56%) Instagram
9 2 (0.56%) Splunk
9 2 (0.56%) TikTok
9 2 (0.56%) YouTube