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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 245 295
Rank change year-on-year -94 +50 -147
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 348 685 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.19% 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 3.29% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 257 399 467
10th Percentile £31,325 £37,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 20,916 20,818 18,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.72% 36.30% 38.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10,584 10,229 13,930
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £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 16 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 16 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 -77 307 £65,000 +8.33% 455
UK excluding London -107 201 £55,000 - 449
London 0 124 £100,000 +25.00% 96
Work from Home -59 124 £71,250 +14.00% 197
North of England -30 64 £64,741 +20.45% 126
South East -45 49 £60,000 +9.09% 117
South West +14 33 £50,000 -13.04% 36
North West -18 32 £75,000 +25.00% 72
Scotland -25 23 £34,000 -38.18% 27
Midlands -43 21 £45,000 -28.00% 82
Yorkshire -16 19 £32,500 -27.78% 45
West Midlands -29 17 £46,250 -33.93% 42
North East -2 13 £50,000 - 11
East of England -24 8 £60,000 -17.24% 48
Wales +4 4 £60,000 - 14
East Midlands -16 4 £45,000 -14.29% 39

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 (2.30%) CMS
2 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.29%) Appian
6 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.29%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.59%) Sketch
2 7 (2.01%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.72%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.57%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.26%) Azure
2 48 (13.79%) SaaS
3 31 (8.91%) GitHub
4 29 (8.33%) AWS
5 23 (6.61%) Figma
6 21 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.31%) Serverless
8 13 (3.74%) GCP
9 11 (3.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (3.16%) Azure Functions
9 11 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (2.87%) Firebase
11 9 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.59%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.44%) Google Play
16 4 (1.15%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (2.01%) DNS
2 7 (2.01%) VPN
2 7 (2.01%) Wireless
3 6 (1.72%) DHCP
3 6 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.72%) WAN
4 4 (1.15%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.86%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.86%) Broadband
6 2 (0.57%) 4G
6 2 (0.57%) Firewall
6 2 (0.57%) LAN
6 2 (0.57%) RFID
7 1 (0.29%) HTTP
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.87%) MySQL
4 7 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.86%) GIS
8 2 (0.57%) Big Data
8 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.57%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.29%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (7.76%) Git
2 13 (3.74%) JIRA
3 12 (3.45%) Xcode
4 8 (2.30%) Postman
4 8 (2.30%) Selenium
5 7 (2.01%) Storybook
6 6 (1.72%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.72%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.72%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.44%) Burp Suite
7 5 (1.44%) JMeter
7 5 (1.44%) Metasploit
8 4 (1.15%) Appium
8 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.57%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.57%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.57%) CMake
10 2 (0.57%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 96 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 38 (10.92%) Finance
3 32 (9.20%) Retail
4 23 (6.61%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.46%) Advertising
5 19 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.46%) Banking
5 19 (5.46%) Billing
6 18 (5.17%) Marketing
7 16 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.60%) Legal
8 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.30%) Back Office
9 8 (2.30%) Electronics
9 8 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.72%) Law
11 5 (1.44%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.15%) Games
Job Titles
1 120 (34.48%) Developer
2 56 (16.09%) Senior
3 30 (8.62%) Applications Developer
3 30 (8.62%) Lead
4 29 (8.33%) Mobile Developer
5 26 (7.47%) Architect
6 24 (6.90%) Analyst
6 24 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (6.03%) iOS Developer
8 20 (5.75%) React Developer
9 18 (5.17%) .NET Developer
10 17 (4.89%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 17 (4.89%) Senior Developer
11 16 (4.60%) Consultant
11 16 (4.60%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.31%) Recruitment Consultant
12 15 (4.31%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.74%) Designer
13 13 (3.74%) IT Consultant
13 13 (3.74%) IT Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (25.00%) React Native
2 75 (21.55%) React
3 53 (15.23%) .NET
4 41 (11.78%) Node.js
5 37 (10.63%) RESTful
6 32 (9.20%) CSS
7 31 (8.91%) HTML
8 19 (5.46%) REST
9 18 (5.17%) SwiftUI
10 15 (4.31%) Flutter
11 14 (4.02%) Next.js
11 14 (4.02%) Vue
12 13 (3.74%) AngularJS
13 12 (3.45%) GraphQL
14 11 (3.16%) Jest
15 9 (2.59%) WebSockets
16 8 (2.30%) Bootstrap
16 8 (2.30%) HTML5
16 8 (2.30%) Laravel
16 8 (2.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.46%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.89%) IoT
4 13 (3.74%) EPoS
5 12 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.87%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.30%) iPad
7 8 (2.30%) iPhone
8 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.44%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.44%) NHS
10 5 (1.44%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 104 (29.89%) Apple iOS
2 96 (27.59%) Android
3 21 (6.03%) Windows
4 6 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.15%) Linux
5 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.86%) Unix
7 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.57%) Nucleus RTOS
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (32.47%) Agile
2 64 (18.39%) CI/CD
2 64 (18.39%) User Experience
3 56 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (15.23%) Mobile Application Development
5 52 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (14.94%) Mobile Development
6 49 (14.08%) DevOps
7 48 (13.79%) Test Automation
8 46 (13.22%) B2B
9 41 (11.78%) Mentoring
10 39 (11.21%) UX Design
11 36 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
12 34 (9.77%) AI
13 33 (9.48%) Android Development
13 33 (9.48%) iOS Development
14 32 (9.20%) CRM
14 32 (9.20%) Software Engineering
15 31 (8.91%) Clean Code
15 31 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.66%) TypeScript
2 49 (14.08%) JavaScript
3 37 (10.63%) C#
4 31 (8.91%) Swift
5 30 (8.62%) Kotlin
6 20 (5.75%) SQL
7 19 (5.46%) Java
8 15 (4.31%) Python
9 9 (2.59%) C
9 9 (2.59%) C++
9 9 (2.59%) PHP
10 8 (2.30%) Objective-C
10 8 (2.30%) VBA
11 6 (1.72%) Bash
12 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.15%) XAML
13 3 (0.86%) Perl
13 3 (0.86%) Ruby
14 2 (0.57%) Groovy
14 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (10.63%) Degree
2 23 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.16%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.72%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.44%) CREST Certified
5 5 (1.44%) OSCP
6 4 (1.15%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.86%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.57%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.57%) CEH
8 2 (0.57%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (0.57%) CISA
8 2 (0.57%) CISSP
8 2 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.57%) PhD
9 1 (0.29%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.77%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.48%) QA
3 9 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.72%) GDPR
4 6 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.72%) SLA
4 6 (1.72%) WCAG
5 5 (1.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) Section 508
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (2.87%) Docker
2 9 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.87%) Terraform
2 8 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.01%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.86%) Nessus
5 3 (0.86%) Nmap
6 2 (0.57%) Ansible
6 2 (0.57%) Argo
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 26 (7.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.60%) Apple
2 16 (4.60%) Google
3 14 (4.02%) Xamarin
4 9 (2.59%) Adobe
5 8 (2.30%) Blue Prism
5 8 (2.30%) Pega
6 4 (1.15%) Okta
6 4 (1.15%) Samsung
6 4 (1.15%) SAP
6 4 (1.15%) VMware
6 4 (1.15%) Zoho
7 3 (0.86%) Cvent
7 3 (0.86%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.86%) ESRI
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle
7 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.57%) Facebook
8 2 (0.57%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.57%) Lotus