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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 251 275
Rank change year-on-year -102 +24 -130
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 330 725 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.12% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 3.23% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 231 426 519
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £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 £85,000 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
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 18,681 22,418 19,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.50% 34.57% 38.25%
Number of salaries quoted 10,484 10,966 14,636
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,625 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,917 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,289
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 1 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 1 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 -91 288 £65,000 +8.33% 367
UK excluding London -117 180 £55,000 -8.33% 377
London +14 124 £100,000 +42.86% 85
Work from Home -72 110 £75,000 +17.19% 125
North of England -37 60 £60,000 +9.09% 106
South East -45 39 £60,000 +9.09% 112
North West -9 32 £67,500 +12.50% 58
South West +4 29 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Scotland -20 22 £34,000 -38.18% 19
Midlands -25 19 £45,000 -25.00% 60
West Midlands -1 16 £41,500 -38.52% 34
Yorkshire -5 15 £32,500 -31.58% 34
North East +10 13 £50,000 +8.11% 15
East of England -21 8 £60,000 -20.00% 28
Wales +12 4 £60,000 +33.33% 17
East Midlands +1 3 £52,500 +5.00% 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 7 (2.12%) CMS
2 5 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.61%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.61%) IIS
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.30%) Appian
6 1 (0.30%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.12%) Sketch
2 6 (1.82%) Adobe XD
3 5 (1.52%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (19.70%) Azure
2 39 (11.82%) SaaS
3 29 (8.79%) AWS
3 29 (8.79%) GitHub
4 20 (6.06%) Figma
5 18 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.64%) Serverless
7 11 (3.33%) GCP
8 10 (3.03%) Firebase
9 8 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (2.42%) Azure Functions
9 8 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.12%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.52%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.52%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (1.52%) DNS
2 5 (1.52%) VPN
2 5 (1.52%) Wireless
3 4 (1.21%) DHCP
3 4 (1.21%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.21%) WAN
4 3 (0.91%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.91%) Broadband
4 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.61%) 4G
5 2 (0.61%) RFID
6 1 (0.30%) Calico
6 1 (0.30%) Firewall
6 1 (0.30%) HTTP
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
6 1 (0.30%) LAN
6 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.73%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.12%) MySQL
4 7 (2.12%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.52%) GIS
7 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.61%) Big Data
8 2 (0.61%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.61%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.61%) Power BI
9 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.30%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.30%) Event Store
9 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (8.48%) Git
2 14 (4.24%) JIRA
3 12 (3.64%) Xcode
4 9 (2.73%) Selenium
5 8 (2.42%) Postman
6 7 (2.12%) Android Studio
6 7 (2.12%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.82%) Storybook
7 6 (1.82%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.52%) Appium
8 5 (1.52%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.52%) JMeter
9 3 (0.91%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.91%) JUnit
9 3 (0.91%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.61%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.61%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.03%) Finance
3 31 (9.39%) Retail
4 25 (7.58%) Banking
5 18 (5.45%) Advertising
5 18 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.15%) Legal
6 17 (5.15%) Marketing
6 17 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.55%) Billing
8 14 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.33%) Law
11 8 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.12%) Back Office
12 7 (2.12%) Electronics
12 7 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.21%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.21%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 104 (31.52%) Developer
2 48 (14.55%) Senior
3 29 (8.79%) Lead
4 28 (8.48%) Architect
4 28 (8.48%) Mobile Developer
5 26 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (7.58%) Applications Developer
7 23 (6.97%) Analyst
8 20 (6.06%) React Developer
9 19 (5.76%) Software Engineer
10 16 (4.85%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 15 (4.55%) Consultant
11 15 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (4.24%) Designer
12 14 (4.24%) iOS Developer
12 14 (4.24%) Recruitment Consultant
12 14 (4.24%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.94%) .NET Developer
13 13 (3.94%) Digital Architect
13 13 (3.94%) Digital Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (26.36%) React Native
2 73 (22.12%) React
3 46 (13.94%) .NET
4 40 (12.12%) Node.js
5 35 (10.61%) RESTful
6 29 (8.79%) CSS
7 28 (8.48%) HTML
8 17 (5.15%) REST
9 16 (4.85%) SwiftUI
10 15 (4.55%) Flutter
10 15 (4.55%) Next.js
11 14 (4.24%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.24%) GraphQL
11 14 (4.24%) Vue
12 12 (3.64%) Jest
13 8 (2.42%) HTML5
13 8 (2.42%) Playwright
13 8 (2.42%) XML
14 7 (2.12%) NestJS
15 6 (1.82%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.55%) IoT
4 14 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.64%) EPoS
7 10 (3.03%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.82%) NHS
9 5 (1.52%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.21%) iPad
10 4 (1.21%) iPhone
10 4 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.21%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 93 (28.18%) Apple iOS
2 88 (26.67%) Android
3 19 (5.76%) Windows
4 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.91%) Linux
5 3 (0.91%) Unix
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.61%) Nucleus RTOS
7 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (36.67%) Agile
2 68 (20.61%) CI/CD
3 58 (17.58%) User Experience
4 56 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (15.15%) Mobile Application Development
5 50 (15.15%) Test Automation
6 48 (14.55%) Mobile Development
7 47 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (13.94%) DevOps
9 45 (13.64%) B2B
10 39 (11.82%) Software Engineering
11 37 (11.21%) Mentoring
12 36 (10.91%) UX Design
13 34 (10.30%) Full-Stack Development
14 33 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
15 31 (9.39%) CRM
16 29 (8.79%) B2C
16 29 (8.79%) Clean Code
17 27 (8.18%) AI
18 26 (7.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.45%) JavaScript
1 51 (15.45%) TypeScript
2 35 (10.61%) C#
3 30 (9.09%) Swift
4 26 (7.88%) Kotlin
5 25 (7.58%) Java
5 25 (7.58%) SQL
6 21 (6.36%) Python
7 9 (2.73%) C
7 9 (2.73%) Objective-C
8 8 (2.42%) Go
8 8 (2.42%) VBA
9 7 (2.12%) C++
9 7 (2.12%) PHP
10 5 (1.52%) Bash
11 4 (1.21%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.21%) XAML
12 2 (0.61%) Dart
12 2 (0.61%) Groovy
12 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (9.70%) Degree
2 19 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.73%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.82%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.52%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.91%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.61%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.61%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (0.61%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.61%) OSCP
8 2 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.39%) QA
3 7 (2.12%) GDPR
3 7 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.82%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.82%) WCAG
5 5 (1.52%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.52%) SLA
6 2 (0.61%) 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 7 (2.12%) Docker
2 6 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) Firmware
3 3 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.03%) Terraform
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.91%) Grafana
4 3 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.61%) Ansible
5 2 (0.61%) Mesos
5 2 (0.61%) Nessus
5 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) Argo
6 1 (0.30%) Istio
6 1 (0.30%) Nmap
Vendors
1 27 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.24%) Apple
2 14 (4.24%) Google
3 12 (3.64%) Xamarin
4 9 (2.73%) Adobe
5 8 (2.42%) Blue Prism
5 8 (2.42%) Pega
6 4 (1.21%) ESRI
6 4 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.21%) Samsung
7 3 (0.91%) Cvent
7 3 (0.91%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle
7 3 (0.91%) SAP
7 3 (0.91%) VMware
7 3 (0.91%) Zoho
8 2 (0.61%) Instagram
8 2 (0.61%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.61%) TikTok
8 2 (0.61%) YouTube