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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 237 291
Rank change year-on-year -23 +54 -113
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 599 550 865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.33% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 3.42% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 364 418 724
10th Percentile £36,975 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.06%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,625 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 23,327 16,088 31,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 38.89% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,831 8,877 22,066
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -8 550 £60,000 +4.35% 247
UK excluding London -21 411 £55,000 - 204
Work from Home -30 191 £60,000 - 127
London -15 158 £70,000 +7.69% 96
North of England +9 122 £57,500 +24.32% 50
South East +4 112 £60,000 +26.32% 57
Midlands -31 81 £48,750 -18.75% 37
Yorkshire -4 67 £40,000 +16.28% 19
East Midlands +2 50 £45,000 +2.86% 14
North West 0 47 £61,250 +2.08% 25
South West -14 45 £47,500 -20.83% 20
West Midlands -47 31 £50,000 -23.08% 23
Scotland -45 27 £34,000 -42.13% 15
East of England -26 23 £40,000 -27.27% 17
North East -26 8 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Wales -14 2 £65,000 - 9

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 (1.34%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.17%) CMS
2 7 (1.17%) Confluence
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.17%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Chatbot
1 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Sketch
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (16.36%) Azure
2 67 (11.19%) AWS
3 57 (9.52%) SaaS
4 47 (7.85%) Figma
5 35 (5.84%) GitHub
6 30 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.67%) GCP
8 20 (3.34%) Firebase
9 19 (3.17%) Serverless
10 17 (2.84%) Entra ID
11 16 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.84%) TestFlight
14 10 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.67%) Stripe
15 9 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (1.50%) Azure Functions
15 9 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (1.17%) Google Play
17 6 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.02%) Broadband
2 23 (3.84%) Wireless
3 22 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.50%) VPN
5 8 (1.34%) Firewall
6 7 (1.17%) DNS
7 6 (1.00%) DHCP
7 6 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.00%) WAN
8 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.33%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) 4G
10 1 (0.17%) HTTP
10 1 (0.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.17%) MySQL
2 10 (1.67%) GIS
2 10 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
3 8 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.50%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Power BI
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 18 (3.01%) Git
1 18 (3.01%) JIRA
2 14 (2.34%) Burp Suite
2 14 (2.34%) Metasploit
3 13 (2.17%) Xcode
4 12 (2.00%) Crashlytics
5 11 (1.84%) XCUITest
6 10 (1.67%) XCTest
7 7 (1.17%) Android Studio
7 7 (1.17%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.17%) Storybook
8 6 (1.00%) Postman
9 5 (0.83%) Appium
10 4 (0.67%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.50%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.50%) fastlane
11 3 (0.50%) Selenium
12 2 (0.33%) CMake
12 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 97 (16.19%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.35%) Finance
3 46 (7.68%) Games
4 45 (7.51%) Retail
5 35 (5.84%) Marketing
6 33 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (3.17%) Advertising
9 19 (3.17%) Banking
10 18 (3.01%) Billing
11 14 (2.34%) Legal
12 13 (2.17%) Health Technology
12 13 (2.17%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.84%) Electronics
14 11 (1.84%) Tech for Good
15 10 (1.67%) Law
15 10 (1.67%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 234 (39.07%) Developer
2 145 (24.21%) Senior
3 61 (10.18%) Applications Developer
4 59 (9.85%) iOS Developer
5 58 (9.68%) Lead
6 50 (8.35%) Mobile Developer
7 46 (7.68%) Senior Developer
8 40 (6.68%) Designer
9 39 (6.51%) Analyst
10 35 (5.84%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 31 (5.18%) Senior Designer
12 30 (5.01%) .NET Developer
13 27 (4.51%) Android Developer
14 26 (4.34%) Product Designer
15 22 (3.67%) Applications Engineer
15 22 (3.67%) Senior Product Designer
15 22 (3.67%) Software Engineer
16 21 (3.51%) React Developer
16 21 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
17 19 (3.17%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (17.70%) React Native
2 67 (11.19%) .NET
3 63 (10.52%) React
4 47 (7.85%) RESTful
5 43 (7.18%) SwiftUI
6 39 (6.51%) CSS
7 33 (5.51%) HTML
8 28 (4.67%) Node.js
9 17 (2.84%) Bootstrap
10 16 (2.67%) GraphQL
11 15 (2.50%) Android SDK
11 15 (2.50%) REST
11 15 (2.50%) Vue
12 14 (2.34%) Flutter
13 13 (2.17%) UIKit
14 12 (2.00%) Spring
14 12 (2.00%) Spring Boot
15 10 (1.67%) AngularJS
15 10 (1.67%) ASP.NET
15 10 (1.67%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.01%) Onboarding
2 41 (6.84%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.34%) EPoS
5 21 (3.51%) IoT
6 19 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.84%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.84%) Social Media
8 12 (2.00%) iPhone
9 11 (1.84%) iPad
10 10 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.50%) PropTech
12 8 (1.34%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.67%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 171 (28.55%) Apple iOS
2 168 (28.05%) Android
3 22 (3.67%) Windows
4 6 (1.00%) Linux
4 6 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (33.22%) Agile
2 117 (19.53%) CI/CD
3 113 (18.86%) User Experience
4 108 (18.03%) Mentoring
5 99 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (14.02%) Mobile Application Development
7 82 (13.69%) AI
8 79 (13.19%) iOS Development
9 76 (12.69%) Android Development
10 72 (12.02%) Test Automation
11 70 (11.69%) Software Engineering
12 67 (11.19%) Mobile Development
13 60 (10.02%) Analytics
13 60 (10.02%) DevOps
13 60 (10.02%) Full-Stack Development
13 60 (10.02%) UX Design
14 57 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (8.85%) Collaborative Culture
16 48 (8.01%) Roadmaps
17 47 (7.85%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 69 (11.52%) Kotlin
2 56 (9.35%) Swift
3 47 (7.85%) TypeScript
4 42 (7.01%) JavaScript
5 39 (6.51%) C#
5 39 (6.51%) Java
6 36 (6.01%) SQL
7 25 (4.17%) Python
8 15 (2.50%) Bash
9 14 (2.34%) PHP
10 9 (1.50%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.34%) C++
11 8 (1.34%) VBA
12 5 (0.83%) C
13 4 (0.67%) XAML
14 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.50%) Perl
14 3 (0.50%) Ruby
15 2 (0.33%) Dart
15 2 (0.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 41 (6.84%) Degree
2 25 (4.17%) CREST Certified
2 25 (4.17%) OSCP
3 21 (3.51%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.34%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (3.01%) CCSAM
6 12 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.17%) Security Cleared
9 5 (0.83%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.50%) CISSP
12 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.33%) CCSAS
12 2 (0.33%) CEH
12 2 (0.33%) CISA
12 2 (0.33%) GPEN
12 2 (0.33%) ISEB
12 2 (0.33%) PhD
12 2 (0.33%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.19%) Accessibility
2 26 (4.34%) QA
3 7 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.17%) WCAG
4 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.83%) GDPR
5 5 (0.83%) SLA
6 4 (0.67%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) Section 508
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (2.67%) Docker
2 8 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (3.51%) Terraform
2 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.84%) Nessus
4 10 (1.67%) Ansible
4 10 (1.67%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.67%) Nmap
8 3 (0.50%) Argo
9 1 (0.17%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 35 (5.84%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.01%) Adobe
3 28 (4.67%) Apple
4 25 (4.17%) Xamarin
5 20 (3.34%) Google
6 10 (1.67%) Amplitude
6 10 (1.67%) ESRI
7 8 (1.34%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.34%) Blue Prism
7 8 (1.34%) Pega
8 7 (1.17%) Okta
9 6 (1.00%) Samsung
10 5 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.83%) Zoho
11 4 (0.67%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.67%) VMware
12 3 (0.50%) Mapbox
12 3 (0.50%) SAP
12 3 (0.50%) WooCommerce
13 2 (0.33%) Facebook