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 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 302 286
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 -75
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 642 467 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.03% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 2.43% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 411 348 804
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +8.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

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 24,223 19,254 36,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.57% 42.62% 33.48%
Number of salaries quoted 15,449 9,216 23,556
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +34 601 £60,000 +4.35% 205
UK excluding London +48 476 £57,500 +4.55% 161
Work from Home +37 205 £65,125 +8.54% 73
North of England +51 166 £55,000 +15.79% 41
London -59 138 £75,000 +15.38% 87
South East +27 115 £60,000 +14.29% 43
Midlands +17 114 £50,000 +5.26% 21
North West +57 85 £58,750 -2.08% 23
Yorkshire +5 68 £45,000 +69.81% 15
East Midlands +29 60 £49,500 -5.71% 12
West Midlands -19 54 £50,000 +5.26% 9
South West -43 41 £58,500 -4.49% 20
East of England -12 22 £40,000 -27.27% 19
Scotland +1 16 £60,000 - 12
North East -47 13 £47,000 +7.43% 4
Wales -46 2 £70,750 +1.07% 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 15 (2.34%) Confluence
2 7 (1.09%) ArcGIS
3 6 (0.93%) IIS
4 5 (0.78%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.47%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 97 (15.11%) Azure
2 84 (13.08%) AWS
3 55 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (7.17%) GitHub
5 45 (7.01%) SaaS
6 34 (5.30%) Figma
7 32 (4.98%) Firebase
8 30 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (3.89%) Serverless
10 24 (3.74%) GCP
11 22 (3.43%) Google Play
12 15 (2.34%) Stripe
12 15 (2.34%) TestFlight
13 14 (2.18%) Azure AI
14 13 (2.02%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
16 8 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
17 7 (1.09%) Azure Functions
17 7 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.03%) Broadband
2 18 (2.80%) Wireless
3 10 (1.56%) Firewall
4 8 (1.25%) VPN
5 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (2.02%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.56%) MySQL
3 10 (1.56%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (1.09%) GIS
4 7 (1.09%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.93%) Power BI
6 4 (0.62%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.31%) Redis
8 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.31%) SQLite
9 1 (0.16%) Big Data
9 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.12%) Crashlytics
2 17 (2.65%) JIRA
3 16 (2.49%) fastlane
4 15 (2.34%) Git
4 15 (2.34%) XCTest
5 14 (2.18%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.02%) Burp Suite
7 11 (1.71%) Metasploit
7 11 (1.71%) XCUITest
8 10 (1.56%) Xcode
9 8 (1.25%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.25%) Gradle
10 7 (1.09%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.93%) Appium
11 6 (0.93%) Storybook
12 5 (0.78%) Postman
13 4 (0.62%) GitLab
14 3 (0.47%) JMeter
14 3 (0.47%) Selenium
15 2 (0.31%) JUnit
General
1 94 (14.64%) Social Skills
2 56 (8.72%) Finance
3 45 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (6.54%) Games
5 41 (6.39%) Marketing
6 37 (5.76%) Retail
7 30 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.12%) Law
10 19 (2.96%) Banking
11 14 (2.18%) Health Technology
12 11 (1.71%) Local Government
13 9 (1.40%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.09%) Digital Health
14 7 (1.09%) Electronics
14 7 (1.09%) Publishing
15 6 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.93%) iGaming
16 5 (0.78%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 273 (42.52%) Developer
2 164 (25.55%) Senior
3 79 (12.31%) Lead
4 78 (12.15%) Senior Developer
5 60 (9.35%) iOS Developer
6 50 (7.79%) .NET Developer
7 44 (6.85%) Android Developer
8 43 (6.70%) Designer
9 42 (6.54%) Applications Developer
10 37 (5.76%) Mobile Developer
11 34 (5.30%) Senior Designer
12 29 (4.52%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 29 (4.52%) Software Engineer
13 26 (4.05%) Analyst
13 26 (4.05%) React Developer
14 25 (3.89%) Product Designer
14 25 (3.89%) Senior iOS Developer
15 24 (3.74%) Lead Developer
16 22 (3.43%) Senior Product Designer
17 21 (3.27%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (15.89%) React Native
2 87 (13.55%) React
3 75 (11.68%) .NET
4 57 (8.88%) RESTful
5 47 (7.32%) SwiftUI
6 33 (5.14%) CSS
6 33 (5.14%) Node.js
7 28 (4.36%) ASP.NET
7 28 (4.36%) REST
8 23 (3.58%) HTML
9 21 (3.27%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (3.27%) UIKit
10 20 (3.12%) Vue
11 19 (2.96%) Android SDK
11 19 (2.96%) GraphQL
12 18 (2.80%) Next.js
13 17 (2.65%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.49%) Blazor
15 15 (2.34%) Bootstrap
16 14 (2.18%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.28%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.14%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (3.58%) Cloud Native
5 21 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.96%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.65%) iPhone
8 14 (2.18%) Social Media
9 12 (1.87%) EPoS
9 12 (1.87%) IoT
10 11 (1.71%) PropTech
11 9 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.09%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.93%) Vector Graphics
14 4 (0.62%) PKI
14 4 (0.62%) Smartcard
14 4 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 178 (27.73%) Android
2 166 (25.86%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.02%) Windows
4 7 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.93%) Linux
6 2 (0.31%) Debian
6 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (33.33%) Agile
2 148 (23.05%) CI/CD
3 126 (19.63%) User Experience
4 120 (18.69%) Mentoring
5 102 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (15.11%) Test Automation
7 93 (14.49%) AI
8 92 (14.33%) Full-Stack Development
9 83 (12.93%) Analytics
10 82 (12.77%) DevOps
11 80 (12.46%) Software Engineering
12 78 (12.15%) iOS Development
13 74 (11.53%) Android Development
14 68 (10.59%) Mobile Development
15 64 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 60 (9.35%) UX Design
17 58 (9.03%) Clean Code
18 56 (8.72%) Roadmaps
19 51 (7.94%) Mobile Application Development
20 49 (7.63%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 71 (11.06%) Kotlin
2 69 (10.75%) SQL
3 67 (10.44%) TypeScript
4 57 (8.88%) C#
4 57 (8.88%) Swift
5 53 (8.26%) JavaScript
6 45 (7.01%) Java
7 38 (5.92%) Python
8 11 (1.71%) Bash
9 9 (1.40%) PHP
9 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.40%) Ruby
10 8 (1.25%) C++
11 7 (1.09%) Dart
12 4 (0.62%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.62%) Go
13 2 (0.31%) Bicep
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) Perl
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (6.23%) Degree
2 27 (4.21%) CREST Certified
2 27 (4.21%) OSCP
3 23 (3.58%) CHECK Team Leader
4 22 (3.43%) CHECK Team Member
5 20 (3.12%) Security Cleared
6 18 (2.80%) CCSAM
7 11 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.56%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.25%) ISEB
10 7 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.62%) CCSAS
11 4 (0.62%) Cyber Scheme
11 4 (0.62%) Tigerscheme
12 2 (0.31%) CISSP
13 1 (0.16%) GWAPT
13 1 (0.16%) OSCE
13 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.84%) Accessibility
2 33 (5.14%) QA
3 16 (2.49%) WCAG
4 8 (1.25%) GDPR
5 6 (0.93%) GRC
6 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (0.93%) Docker
2 4 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.34%) Terraform
2 12 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.56%) Nessus
4 9 (1.40%) Ansible
5 5 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Nmap
7 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 45 (7.01%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.67%) Google
3 25 (3.89%) Adobe
4 21 (3.27%) Xamarin
5 20 (3.12%) Apple
6 14 (2.18%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.18%) Braze
7 13 (2.02%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.87%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.09%) ESRI
10 5 (0.78%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.78%) Oracle
11 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.62%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.62%) SAP
12 3 (0.47%) Okta
12 3 (0.47%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.47%) VMware
13 2 (0.31%) IFS
13 2 (0.31%) Samsung