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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 239 283
Rank change year-on-year -25 +44 -115
Permanent jobs citing Mobile App 562 596 824
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.31% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 3.39% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 343 412 695
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +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 22,525 17,599 29,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.23% 38.78% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11,420 8,846 21,485
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +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 8 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 8 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 -15 515 £60,000 - 289
UK excluding London -10 382 £51,000 -7.27% 241
Work from Home -34 179 £60,000 - 110
London -29 152 £70,000 +7.69% 109
North of England +8 116 £57,500 +15.00% 67
South East +3 104 £60,000 +26.32% 60
Midlands -21 67 £45,000 -30.77% 43
Yorkshire 0 60 £40,000 -11.11% 22
North West +7 46 £64,741 +7.90% 38
South West -5 44 £47,500 -20.83% 22
East Midlands +9 37 £45,000 +2.86% 25
West Midlands -36 30 £50,000 -25.93% 18
Scotland -35 27 £34,000 -40.87% 17
East of England -11 23 £40,000 -30.43% 23
North East -17 10 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Wales -4 2 £65,000 - 10

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 (1.42%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.25%) CMS
2 7 (1.25%) Confluence
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.18%) Appian
6 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Chatbot
1 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) Sketch
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Shopify
2 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (16.73%) Azure
2 61 (10.85%) SaaS
3 58 (10.32%) AWS
4 45 (8.01%) Figma
5 28 (4.98%) GitHub
6 25 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.27%) GCP
8 17 (3.02%) Serverless
9 16 (2.85%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.49%) Firebase
10 14 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.78%) Azure Functions
12 10 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.07%) Google Play
14 6 (1.07%) TestFlight
15 5 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.89%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.61%) Broadband
2 23 (4.09%) Wireless
3 22 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.67%) VPN
5 8 (1.42%) Firewall
6 7 (1.25%) DNS
7 6 (1.07%) DHCP
7 6 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.07%) WAN
8 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.36%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.36%) LAN
10 1 (0.18%) 4G
10 1 (0.18%) HTTP
10 1 (0.18%) Internet
10 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.31%) MySQL
2 10 (1.78%) GIS
3 9 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.18%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 17 (3.02%) Git
2 16 (2.85%) JIRA
3 14 (2.49%) Burp Suite
3 14 (2.49%) Metasploit
4 11 (1.96%) Xcode
5 6 (1.07%) Android Studio
5 6 (1.07%) Crashlytics
5 6 (1.07%) Storybook
5 6 (1.07%) XCUITest
6 5 (0.89%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.89%) Postman
7 4 (0.71%) Appium
7 4 (0.71%) XCTest
8 3 (0.53%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.53%) Selenium
9 2 (0.36%) CMake
9 2 (0.36%) GitLab
9 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 94 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.14%) Finance
3 46 (8.19%) Retail
4 41 (7.30%) Games
5 35 (6.23%) Marketing
6 26 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (3.91%) Banking
8 22 (3.91%) Billing
8 22 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (3.74%) Advertising
10 14 (2.49%) Legal
11 13 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.14%) Health Technology
13 11 (1.96%) Electronics
13 11 (1.96%) Tech for Good
14 9 (1.60%) Law
15 7 (1.25%) Local Government
15 7 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 207 (36.83%) Developer
2 132 (23.49%) Senior
3 56 (9.96%) Applications Developer
4 55 (9.79%) Lead
5 47 (8.36%) iOS Developer
6 45 (8.01%) Mobile Developer
7 41 (7.30%) Designer
8 38 (6.76%) Analyst
9 37 (6.58%) Senior Developer
10 32 (5.69%) Senior Designer
11 31 (5.52%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 29 (5.16%) .NET Developer
13 27 (4.80%) Product Designer
14 23 (4.09%) Senior Product Designer
15 21 (3.74%) Android Developer
15 21 (3.74%) React Developer
15 21 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (3.56%) Software Engineer
17 17 (3.02%) Applications Engineer
18 16 (2.85%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (17.44%) React Native
2 68 (12.10%) React
3 66 (11.74%) .NET
4 41 (7.30%) RESTful
5 39 (6.94%) CSS
6 37 (6.58%) HTML
7 32 (5.69%) SwiftUI
8 28 (4.98%) Node.js
9 18 (3.20%) Bootstrap
10 17 (3.02%) Vue
11 14 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.49%) REST
12 13 (2.31%) Flutter
13 11 (1.96%) GraphQL
13 11 (1.96%) Next.js
13 11 (1.96%) Spring
13 11 (1.96%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.78%) Laravel
15 9 (1.60%) Express.js
16 8 (1.42%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 35 (6.23%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.63%) EPoS
5 22 (3.91%) IoT
6 17 (3.02%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.14%) iPhone
8 11 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.96%) iPad
8 11 (1.96%) Social Media
9 9 (1.60%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.42%) PropTech
11 7 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
13 4 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.71%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 156 (27.76%) Android
2 152 (27.05%) Apple iOS
3 22 (3.91%) Windows
4 6 (1.07%) Linux
4 6 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.36%) Debian
7 2 (0.36%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (32.74%) Agile
2 107 (19.04%) Mentoring
3 102 (18.15%) User Experience
4 98 (17.44%) CI/CD
5 95 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (14.23%) Mobile Application Development
7 76 (13.52%) AI
8 68 (12.10%) Android Development
9 65 (11.57%) Software Engineering
10 62 (11.03%) iOS Development
11 61 (10.85%) Mobile Development
12 59 (10.50%) Full-Stack Development
12 59 (10.50%) UX Design
13 56 (9.96%) DevOps
14 54 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (9.43%) Test Automation
16 52 (9.25%) Collaborative Culture
17 51 (9.07%) Analytics
18 47 (8.36%) Roadmaps
18 47 (8.36%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.43%) Kotlin
2 42 (7.47%) Swift
3 41 (7.30%) JavaScript
3 41 (7.30%) TypeScript
4 36 (6.41%) C#
5 32 (5.69%) SQL
6 28 (4.98%) Java
7 24 (4.27%) Python
8 15 (2.67%) Bash
9 12 (2.14%) PHP
10 9 (1.60%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.42%) C++
11 8 (1.42%) VBA
12 5 (0.89%) C
13 4 (0.71%) XAML
14 3 (0.53%) Perl
14 3 (0.53%) Ruby
15 2 (0.36%) Go
15 2 (0.36%) Groovy
15 2 (0.36%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 38 (6.76%) Degree
2 25 (4.45%) CREST Certified
2 25 (4.45%) OSCP
3 21 (3.74%) CHECK Team Member
4 20 (3.56%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (3.20%) CCSAM
6 11 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.60%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.53%) CISSP
9 3 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.36%) CCSAS
10 2 (0.36%) CEH
10 2 (0.36%) CISA
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.36%) GPEN
10 2 (0.36%) PhD
10 2 (0.36%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.21%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.45%) QA
3 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 5 (0.89%) SLA
6 4 (0.71%) GRC
6 4 (0.71%) WCAG
7 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.36%) Section 508
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (2.67%) Docker
2 9 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (4.09%) Terraform
2 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.96%) Ansible
3 11 (1.96%) Nessus
4 10 (1.78%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.71%) Nmap
7 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 34 (6.05%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.16%) Adobe
3 23 (4.09%) Apple
3 23 (4.09%) Xamarin
4 20 (3.56%) Google
5 10 (1.78%) ESRI
6 8 (1.42%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.42%) Blue Prism
6 8 (1.42%) Pega
7 7 (1.25%) Okta
8 6 (1.07%) Samsung
9 5 (0.89%) Amplitude
9 5 (0.89%) Zoho
10 4 (0.71%) VMware
11 3 (0.53%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.53%) Mapbox
11 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.53%) SAP
11 3 (0.53%) WooCommerce
12 2 (0.36%) Facebook