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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 232 289
Rank change year-on-year -40 +57 -141
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 455 669 621
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.26% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.19% 3.39% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 318 390 543
10th Percentile £33,525 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
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 20,778 19,731 22,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.76% 37.25% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,450 9,191 16,736
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,397
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.97% -4.73%

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 21 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 21 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 -40 411 £60,000 - 444
UK excluding London -64 266 £52,500 -4.55% 427
London +23 161 £85,000 +6.25% 91
Work from Home -54 148 £70,000 +16.67% 212
North of England -15 78 £60,000 +20.00% 104
South East -32 69 £60,000 +14.29% 122
Midlands -8 46 £45,000 -33.33% 46
North West -4 40 £70,000 +16.67% 52
South West +8 38 £50,000 -16.67% 57
Yorkshire -11 27 £40,000 -11.11% 42
East Midlands +3 25 £45,000 -14.29% 28
Scotland -29 24 £34,000 -38.18% 20
West Midlands -18 21 £50,000 -28.57% 16
North East +2 11 £50,000 +17.65% 11
East of England -21 9 £60,000 -20.00% 59
Wales +9 3 £50,000 - 22

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 (1.76%) CMS
2 6 (1.32%) Confluence
2 6 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.44%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Appian
5 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.76%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.32%) Sketch
3 3 (0.66%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.22%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Shopify
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 86 (18.90%) Azure
2 62 (13.63%) SaaS
3 38 (8.35%) AWS
4 37 (8.13%) Figma
5 27 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (5.93%) GitHub
6 17 (3.74%) GCP
6 17 (3.74%) Serverless
7 14 (3.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 14 (3.08%) Azure Functions
7 14 (3.08%) Azure Service Bus
8 12 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (2.64%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.98%) Firebase
10 8 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.54%) Google Play
11 7 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.88%) Azure App Service
13 4 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (3.96%) Wireless
3 16 (3.52%) Broadband
4 9 (1.98%) VPN
5 7 (1.54%) DNS
6 6 (1.32%) DHCP
6 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.32%) WAN
7 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.66%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.44%) 4G
9 2 (0.44%) Firewall
9 2 (0.44%) LAN
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.64%) MySQL
3 9 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.88%) GIS
7 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Big Data
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.22%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 20 (4.40%) Git
2 14 (3.08%) JIRA
3 12 (2.64%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.64%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.64%) Xcode
4 9 (1.98%) Storybook
5 7 (1.54%) Android Studio
6 6 (1.32%) Selenium
6 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.10%) Postman
8 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.88%) JMeter
9 3 (0.66%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.44%) Appium
10 2 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.44%) CMake
10 2 (0.44%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.44%) XCUITest
General
1 102 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.97%) Finance
3 49 (10.77%) Retail
4 38 (8.35%) Marketing
5 26 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.84%) Billing
7 20 (4.40%) Advertising
7 20 (4.40%) Banking
7 20 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.96%) Legal
9 16 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.86%) Electronics
11 10 (2.20%) Games
11 10 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.98%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.98%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.76%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.54%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 187 (41.10%) Developer
2 93 (20.44%) Senior
3 51 (11.21%) Applications Developer
4 43 (9.45%) Lead
5 40 (8.79%) Mobile Developer
6 38 (8.35%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.91%) Analyst
8 35 (7.69%) iOS Developer
9 29 (6.37%) .NET Developer
9 29 (6.37%) React Developer
10 28 (6.15%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 22 (4.84%) Architect
12 20 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.52%) Android Developer
15 16 (3.52%) Consultant
15 16 (3.52%) Designer
15 16 (3.52%) Lead Developer
16 15 (3.30%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (23.08%) React Native
2 84 (18.46%) React
3 66 (14.51%) .NET
4 41 (9.01%) RESTful
5 40 (8.79%) Node.js
6 39 (8.57%) CSS
7 38 (8.35%) HTML
8 22 (4.84%) SwiftUI
9 18 (3.96%) REST
10 16 (3.52%) Vue
11 14 (3.08%) Bootstrap
11 14 (3.08%) Flutter
12 13 (2.86%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.86%) Next.js
13 10 (2.20%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.20%) Laravel
14 9 (1.98%) Express.js
14 9 (1.98%) Jest
14 9 (1.98%) WebSockets
15 8 (1.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.96%) IoT
4 15 (3.30%) EPoS
5 14 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 13 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.64%) iPhone
8 11 (2.42%) iPad
9 9 (1.98%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.32%) PropTech
13 5 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.88%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.88%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 118 (25.93%) Android
2 114 (25.05%) Apple iOS
3 20 (4.40%) Windows
4 6 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.66%) Linux
7 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.44%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.44%) Unix
8 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.35%) Agile
2 85 (18.68%) User Experience
3 79 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (16.48%) Mobile Application Development
5 71 (15.60%) Mentoring
6 60 (13.19%) CI/CD
7 58 (12.75%) Android Development
8 57 (12.53%) Mobile Development
9 54 (11.87%) DevOps
9 54 (11.87%) Full-Stack Development
9 54 (11.87%) UX Design
10 53 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (11.65%) Software Engineering
11 48 (10.55%) B2B
11 48 (10.55%) iOS Development
12 40 (8.79%) AI
12 40 (8.79%) Test Automation
12 40 (8.79%) Wireframes
13 37 (8.13%) Collaborative Culture
14 33 (7.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.99%) TypeScript
2 48 (10.55%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.13%) C#
3 37 (8.13%) Kotlin
4 32 (7.03%) Swift
5 27 (5.93%) SQL
6 19 (4.18%) Java
6 19 (4.18%) Python
7 13 (2.86%) Bash
8 10 (2.20%) PHP
9 9 (1.98%) C++
10 8 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.76%) VBA
11 5 (1.10%) C
12 4 (0.88%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.88%) XAML
13 3 (0.66%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
14 2 (0.44%) Groovy
14 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (8.13%) Degree
2 19 (4.18%) CREST Certified
3 18 (3.96%) OSCP
4 16 (3.52%) CHECK Team Member
5 15 (3.30%) CHECK Team Leader
6 14 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.86%) CCSAM
8 11 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.76%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.32%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.44%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.44%) CEH
11 2 (0.44%) CISA
11 2 (0.44%) CISSP
11 2 (0.44%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.44%) PhD
11 2 (0.44%) Tigerscheme
12 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.22%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.47%) Accessibility
2 25 (5.49%) QA
3 8 (1.76%) GDPR
3 8 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.32%) SLA
4 6 (1.32%) WCAG
5 3 (0.66%) GRC
5 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.44%) Section 508
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (3.08%) Docker
2 9 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.18%) Terraform
2 10 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.98%) Nessus
3 9 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.54%) Ansible
5 6 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.88%) Nmap
7 3 (0.66%) Argo
Vendors
1 26 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.84%) Adobe
3 20 (4.40%) Apple
4 19 (4.18%) Google
4 19 (4.18%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.76%) Atlassian
5 8 (1.76%) Blue Prism
5 8 (1.76%) Pega
6 7 (1.54%) Okta
7 5 (1.10%) SAP
7 5 (1.10%) Zoho
8 4 (0.88%) ESRI
8 4 (0.88%) Samsung
8 4 (0.88%) VMware
9 3 (0.66%) Cvent
9 3 (0.66%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.66%) Mapbox
9 3 (0.66%) Oracle
9 3 (0.66%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.44%) Lotus