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 4 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 364 | 344 | 260 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | -84 | -6 |
| Permanent jobs citing Mobile App | 570 | 351 | 693 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.47% | 0.70% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.68% | 1.85% | 3.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 347 | 235 | 396 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,300 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,000 | £46,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £85,000 | £77,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | +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 citing generic IT skills.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills | 33,855 | 18,989 | 21,947 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 27.70% | 37.77% | 32.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20,358 | 10,495 | 10,635 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £28,000 | £33,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £45,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £53,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -10.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,500 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,359 | £45,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.13% | -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 Salary Trend
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 4 November 2026.
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 4 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -20 | 513 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 265 |
| UK excluding London | +2 | 388 | £57,500 | +9.52% | 195 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 223 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 88 |
| London | -60 | 153 | £72,500 | -27.50% | 113 |
| North of England | -26 | 123 | £55,000 | -6.38% | 41 |
| South East | 0 | 111 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 54 |
| North West | -9 | 73 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 21 |
| Midlands | -34 | 56 | £52,250 | +12.97% | 32 |
| South West | -47 | 50 | £30,000 | -40.00% | 33 |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 35 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 17 |
| East Midlands | -27 | 28 | £54,000 | -29.18% | 15 |
| West Midlands | -50 | 28 | £50,000 | +15.61% | 17 |
| East of England | -54 | 25 | £60,000 | - | 18 |
| North East | -65 | 15 | £47,000 | -6.00% | 3 |
| Scotland | -13 | 12 | £34,000 | - | 7 |
| Wales | -64 | 12 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 10 |
Mobile App Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Ownership | 10.0% | 57 |
| 2 | IoT | 6.0% | 34 |
| 3 | Self-Motivation | 5.3% | 30 |
| 4 | iPhone | 4.6% | 26 |
| 5 | Management Information System | 4.4% | 25 |
| 6 | Social Media | 4.2% | 24 |
| 7 | Cloud Native | 3.9% | 22 |
| 8 | Web Conferencing | 3.7% | 21 |
| 9 | Podcast | 3.0% | 17 |
| 10 | Distributed Systems | 2.3% | 13 |
| 11 | Onboarding | 2.1% | 12 |
| 12 | Greenfield Project | 1.9% | 11 |
| 13 | AI Agents | 1.6% | 9 |
| 13 | Blog | 1.6% | 9 |
| 15 | CCTV | 1.2% | 7 |
| 15 | Public Cloud | 1.2% | 7 |
| 15 | Security Posture | 1.2% | 7 |
| 18 | Cyber Threat | 1.1% | 6 |
| 18 | Enterprise Software | 1.1% | 6 |
| 18 | Legacy Systems | 1.1% | 6 |