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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 243 286
Rank change year-on-year -103 +43 -138
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 338 720 565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.16% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.68% 3.29% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 240 425 499
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 20,104 21,861 19,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.65% 35.19% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,526 10,793 14,491
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,210
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,750 £84,056
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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -93 296 £65,000 +8.33% 636
UK excluding London -104 188 £55,000 -8.33% 626
London +21 125 £100,000 +25.00% 112
Work from Home -73 116 £75,000 +15.38% 221
North of England -28 63 £64,482 +17.24% 162
South East -46 42 £60,000 +9.09% 161
North West -5 34 £71,250 +18.75% 85
South West +14 32 £50,000 -16.67% 53
Scotland -28 22 £34,000 -38.18% 30
Midlands -44 18 £45,000 -25.00% 117
Yorkshire -16 16 £32,500 -31.58% 60
West Midlands -22 16 £41,500 -38.52% 65
North East +4 13 £50,000 - 18
East of England -24 8 £60,000 -20.00% 82
Wales +7 4 £60,000 -7.69% 21
East Midlands -9 2 £72,500 +45.00% 49

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 (2.37%) CMS
2 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Confluence
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.59%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.59%) IIS
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.30%) Appian
5 1 (0.30%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.37%) Sketch
2 6 (1.78%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.78%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.30%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.59%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (20.41%) Azure
2 42 (12.43%) SaaS
3 30 (8.88%) GitHub
4 29 (8.58%) AWS
5 22 (6.51%) Figma
6 19 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.44%) Serverless
8 11 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 11 (3.25%) Azure Functions
8 11 (3.25%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (3.25%) GCP
9 10 (2.96%) Firebase
10 9 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.07%) Entra ID
12 7 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.07%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.48%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.78%) DNS
2 6 (1.78%) VPN
2 6 (1.78%) Wireless
3 5 (1.48%) DHCP
3 5 (1.48%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.48%) WAN
4 4 (1.18%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.89%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.89%) Broadband
6 2 (0.59%) 4G
6 2 (0.59%) RFID
7 1 (0.30%) Calico
7 1 (0.30%) Firewall
7 1 (0.30%) HTTP
7 1 (0.30%) Internet
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.66%) MySQL
4 7 (2.07%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.07%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.48%) GIS
7 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.59%) Big Data
8 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.59%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.59%) Power BI
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.30%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (8.28%) Git
2 14 (4.14%) JIRA
3 12 (3.55%) Xcode
4 9 (2.66%) Selenium
5 8 (2.37%) Postman
6 7 (2.07%) Android Studio
6 7 (2.07%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.78%) Storybook
7 6 (1.78%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.48%) Appium
8 5 (1.48%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.48%) JMeter
9 3 (0.89%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.89%) JUnit
9 3 (0.89%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.59%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.59%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.72%) Finance
3 32 (9.47%) Retail
4 22 (6.51%) Banking
5 19 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 18 (5.33%) Advertising
6 18 (5.33%) Marketing
7 17 (5.03%) Legal
8 16 (4.73%) Billing
9 15 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.37%) Law
11 8 (2.37%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.07%) Back Office
12 7 (2.07%) Electronics
12 7 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.18%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 110 (32.54%) Developer
2 53 (15.68%) Senior
3 30 (8.88%) Lead
4 28 (8.28%) Mobile Developer
5 27 (7.99%) Applications Developer
5 27 (7.99%) Architect
6 25 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (7.10%) Analyst
8 20 (5.92%) React Developer
9 17 (5.03%) iOS Developer
9 17 (5.03%) Software Engineer
10 16 (4.73%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (4.73%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 16 (4.73%) Senior Developer
11 15 (4.44%) .NET Developer
11 15 (4.44%) Consultant
12 14 (4.14%) Designer
12 14 (4.14%) Recruitment Consultant
13 12 (3.55%) Digital Architect
13 12 (3.55%) Digital Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (25.15%) React Native
2 73 (21.60%) React
3 49 (14.50%) .NET
4 40 (11.83%) Node.js
5 36 (10.65%) RESTful
6 30 (8.88%) CSS
7 29 (8.58%) HTML
8 20 (5.92%) REST
9 17 (5.03%) SwiftUI
10 15 (4.44%) Flutter
11 14 (4.14%) Next.js
11 14 (4.14%) Vue
12 13 (3.85%) AngularJS
13 12 (3.55%) GraphQL
14 11 (3.25%) Jest
15 8 (2.37%) HTML5
15 8 (2.37%) Laravel
15 8 (2.37%) Playwright
15 8 (2.37%) XML
16 7 (2.07%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.44%) IoT
4 13 (3.85%) EPoS
5 12 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.37%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.78%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.78%) iPad
7 6 (1.78%) iPhone
7 6 (1.78%) NHS
8 5 (1.48%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.18%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.18%) Smart Home
9 4 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (28.40%) Apple iOS
2 89 (26.33%) Android
3 20 (5.92%) Windows
4 5 (1.48%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.89%) Linux
6 3 (0.89%) Unix
7 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.59%) Nucleus RTOS
8 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (34.91%) Agile
2 68 (20.12%) CI/CD
3 61 (18.05%) User Experience
4 57 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (15.68%) Mobile Application Development
6 49 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (14.50%) Test Automation
7 48 (14.20%) Mobile Development
8 47 (13.91%) DevOps
9 45 (13.31%) B2B
10 38 (11.24%) Mentoring
10 38 (11.24%) UX Design
11 35 (10.36%) Full-Stack Development
11 35 (10.36%) Software Engineering
12 32 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
13 31 (9.17%) AI
13 31 (9.17%) CRM
14 29 (8.58%) Android Development
14 29 (8.58%) B2C
14 29 (8.58%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.79%) TypeScript
2 49 (14.50%) JavaScript
3 38 (11.24%) C#
4 30 (8.88%) Swift
5 28 (8.28%) Kotlin
6 23 (6.80%) SQL
7 22 (6.51%) Java
8 19 (5.62%) Python
9 9 (2.66%) C
9 9 (2.66%) PHP
10 8 (2.37%) C++
10 8 (2.37%) Objective-C
10 8 (2.37%) VBA
11 5 (1.48%) Bash
11 5 (1.48%) Go
12 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.18%) XAML
13 2 (0.59%) Perl
13 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (10.36%) Degree
2 21 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.96%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.78%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.48%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.89%) CREST Certified
6 3 (0.89%) OSCP
7 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.59%) CCSAM
7 2 (0.59%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (0.59%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.59%) PhD
8 1 (0.30%) CEH
8 1 (0.30%) CISA
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.06%) Accessibility
2 32 (9.47%) QA
3 7 (2.07%) GDPR
3 7 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.78%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.78%) SLA
4 6 (1.78%) WCAG
5 5 (1.48%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.59%) Section 508
7 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (2.66%) Docker
2 7 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.96%) Kubernetes
1 10 (2.96%) Terraform
2 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.59%) Ansible
4 2 (0.59%) Grafana
4 2 (0.59%) Nessus
5 1 (0.30%) Argo
5 1 (0.30%) Istio
5 1 (0.30%) Mesos
5 1 (0.30%) Nmap
5 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.44%) Apple
2 15 (4.44%) Google
3 12 (3.55%) Xamarin
4 9 (2.66%) Adobe
5 8 (2.37%) Blue Prism
5 8 (2.37%) Pega
6 4 (1.18%) ESRI
6 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.18%) Samsung
6 4 (1.18%) VMware
7 3 (0.89%) Cvent
7 3 (0.89%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle
7 3 (0.89%) SAP
7 3 (0.89%) Zoho
8 2 (0.59%) Instagram
8 2 (0.59%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.59%) Okta
8 2 (0.59%) YouTube