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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 243 302
Rank change year-on-year -20 +59 -104
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 625 544 908
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.31% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 3.32% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 398 417 747
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £74,688 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,300 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

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 24,964 16,407 34,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.80% 39.42% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,816 9,150 22,981
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,487 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,555 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +3 582 £60,000 +4.35% 253
UK excluding London -19 432 £60,000 +9.09% 196
Work from Home -14 205 £64,000 +6.67% 124
London -6 167 £72,500 +11.54% 93
North of England -7 131 £60,000 +29.73% 53
South East +8 122 £60,000 +26.32% 49
Midlands -33 89 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Yorkshire -30 66 £40,000 +38.89% 24
North West +5 61 £63,491 +5.82% 24
East Midlands -5 51 £45,000 +20.00% 7
South West -36 44 £47,500 -20.83% 31
West Midlands -60 38 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Scotland -50 23 £55,000 -6.38% 13
East of England -39 21 £40,000 -27.27% 19
North East -40 4 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Wales -26 2 £71,500 +2.14% 8

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 (1.28%) Confluence
2 7 (1.12%) ArcGIS
3 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.64%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.48%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.16%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.04%) Azure
2 77 (12.32%) AWS
3 66 (10.56%) SaaS
4 48 (7.68%) Figma
5 41 (6.56%) GitHub
6 31 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.84%) GCP
8 23 (3.68%) Serverless
9 20 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (3.04%) Firebase
11 18 (2.88%) Entra ID
12 14 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (1.92%) Azure Functions
15 11 (1.76%) Stripe
15 11 (1.76%) TestFlight
16 7 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.96%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 60 (9.60%) Broadband
2 23 (3.68%) Wireless
3 21 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.40%) VPN
5 8 (1.28%) Firewall
6 7 (1.12%) DNS
7 6 (0.96%) DHCP
7 6 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.96%) WAN
8 4 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.32%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.32%) LAN
10 1 (0.16%) 4G
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.08%) MySQL
2 11 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.28%) GIS
4 7 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.80%) Power BI
7 3 (0.48%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (2.72%) JIRA
2 14 (2.24%) Burp Suite
2 14 (2.24%) Git
2 14 (2.24%) Metasploit
3 13 (2.08%) Crashlytics
4 12 (1.92%) XCUITest
5 11 (1.76%) XCTest
6 10 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.60%) Storybook
7 8 (1.28%) Xcode
8 6 (0.96%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.96%) Postman
9 5 (0.80%) Appium
10 3 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.48%) fastlane
10 3 (0.48%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.48%) Selenium
11 2 (0.32%) JMeter
11 2 (0.32%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.32%) NUnit
General
1 92 (14.72%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.40%) Finance
3 46 (7.36%) Games
4 45 (7.20%) Retail
5 39 (6.24%) Marketing
6 35 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (3.84%) Banking
9 22 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.08%) Advertising
10 13 (2.08%) Billing
10 13 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.08%) Health Technology
10 13 (2.08%) Law
10 13 (2.08%) Legal
10 13 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.76%) Local Government
12 10 (1.60%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.60%) Tech for Good
13 9 (1.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 252 (40.32%) Developer
2 158 (25.28%) Senior
3 68 (10.88%) Lead
4 63 (10.08%) Applications Developer
5 58 (9.28%) iOS Developer
5 58 (9.28%) Senior Developer
6 46 (7.36%) Mobile Developer
7 45 (7.20%) Designer
8 39 (6.24%) .NET Developer
9 38 (6.08%) Analyst
10 37 (5.92%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 34 (5.44%) Senior Designer
12 29 (4.64%) Android Developer
13 26 (4.16%) Product Designer
14 23 (3.68%) Lead Developer
14 23 (3.68%) React Developer
15 22 (3.52%) Applications Engineer
15 22 (3.52%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (3.52%) Senior Product Designer
16 21 (3.36%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (17.28%) React Native
2 75 (12.00%) .NET
3 71 (11.36%) React
4 45 (7.20%) RESTful
5 42 (6.72%) SwiftUI
6 34 (5.44%) CSS
7 30 (4.80%) Node.js
8 24 (3.84%) HTML
9 21 (3.36%) REST
10 19 (3.04%) Bootstrap
11 17 (2.72%) GraphQL
11 17 (2.72%) Vue
12 15 (2.40%) Android SDK
13 14 (2.24%) AngularJS
13 14 (2.24%) ASP.NET
13 14 (2.24%) Flutter
14 12 (1.92%) Jest
14 12 (1.92%) Spring
14 12 (1.92%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.92%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.68%) Onboarding
2 42 (6.72%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (4.00%) EPoS
5 24 (3.84%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.20%) IoT
7 19 (3.04%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.72%) Social Media
9 15 (2.40%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.08%) PropTech
11 12 (1.92%) iPhone
12 11 (1.76%) iPad
13 9 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.12%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
17 5 (0.80%) AI Agents
17 5 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
18 4 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
18 4 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 170 (27.20%) Apple iOS
2 168 (26.88%) Android
3 20 (3.20%) Windows
4 6 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.80%) Linux
6 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.32%) Debian
7 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (30.72%) Agile
2 126 (20.16%) CI/CD
3 117 (18.72%) User Experience
4 107 (17.12%) Mentoring
5 93 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (13.28%) AI
7 81 (12.96%) Test Automation
8 78 (12.48%) Android Development
8 78 (12.48%) iOS Development
9 76 (12.16%) Mobile Application Development
10 70 (11.20%) Mobile Development
11 69 (11.04%) Software Engineering
12 63 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
13 62 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (9.76%) Analytics
15 60 (9.60%) UX Design
16 57 (9.12%) DevOps
17 53 (8.48%) Collaborative Culture
18 47 (7.52%) SOLID
18 47 (7.52%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 76 (12.16%) Kotlin
2 59 (9.44%) TypeScript
3 55 (8.80%) Swift
4 44 (7.04%) SQL
5 41 (6.56%) C#
5 41 (6.56%) Java
6 36 (5.76%) JavaScript
7 25 (4.00%) Python
8 14 (2.24%) Bash
9 13 (2.08%) PHP
10 9 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.44%) VBA
11 6 (0.96%) C++
12 5 (0.80%) Dart
13 4 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.48%) Go
14 3 (0.48%) Perl
14 3 (0.48%) Ruby
15 2 (0.32%) Bicep
15 2 (0.32%) C
Qualifications
1 37 (5.92%) Degree
2 28 (4.48%) CREST Certified
2 28 (4.48%) OSCP
3 21 (3.36%) CHECK Team Leader
3 21 (3.36%) CHECK Team Member
4 18 (2.88%) CCSAM
5 12 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.44%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.12%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.64%) CISSP
9 4 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.48%) ISEB
11 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.32%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.32%) CEH
11 2 (0.32%) CISA
11 2 (0.32%) GPEN
11 2 (0.32%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.88%) Accessibility
2 27 (4.32%) QA
3 7 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.96%) GDPR
5 5 (0.80%) WCAG
6 4 (0.64%) GRC
6 4 (0.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (2.40%) Docker
2 7 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (3.36%) Terraform
2 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.76%) Nessus
4 9 (1.44%) Ansible
4 9 (1.44%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.64%) Nmap
8 3 (0.48%) Argo
9 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 36 (5.76%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.80%) Adobe
3 26 (4.16%) Apple
3 26 (4.16%) Xamarin
4 19 (3.04%) Google
5 11 (1.76%) Amplitude
6 10 (1.60%) Braze
7 9 (1.44%) Blue Prism
7 9 (1.44%) Pega
8 8 (1.28%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.28%) ESRI
9 7 (1.12%) Okta
10 5 (0.80%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.80%) Samsung
10 5 (0.80%) VMware
10 5 (0.80%) Zoho
11 4 (0.64%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.48%) SAP
12 3 (0.48%) WooCommerce