Mobile Application Development Jobs

Mobile App Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mobile Application Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 829 695
Rank change year-on-year +104 -134 -131
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Application Development 161 146 644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.15% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 126 99 285
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -17.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,938 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -25.00% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mobile Application Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mobile Application Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mobile Application Development.

Salary trend for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mobile Application Development over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mobile Application Development in the UK

Mobile Application Development
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 Application Development within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 +100 146 £58,750 +1.29% 54
UK excluding London +54 132 £57,500 +27.78% 33
Work from Home +74 56 £50,000 -13.79% 27
Midlands +14 36 £45,000 -22.41% 11
North of England +59 34 £74,000 +68.18% 11
South West -2 31 £50,000 +28.21% 3
London +73 29 £72,500 -3.33% 26
West Midlands +30 22 £52,500 +23.53% 4
North West +8 18 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Yorkshire +95 15 £100,000 +127.27% 7
East Midlands -14 14 £42,500 -26.72% 7
Scotland -53 12 £75,000 +150.00%
South East +4 11 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England +4 5 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Wales +10 3 £47,500 +6.74% 2
North East - 1 £62,500 - 1

Mobile Application Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.21%) Confluence
2 7 (4.35%) Umbraco
2 7 (4.35%) WordPress
3 5 (3.11%) nginx
3 5 (3.11%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.24%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Adobe XD
1 3 (1.86%) Sketch
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.11%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.86%) Magento
3 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.88%) Azure
2 30 (18.63%) AWS
3 24 (14.91%) SaaS
4 13 (8.07%) GCP
5 12 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.83%) GitHub
7 10 (6.21%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.97%) Slack
9 5 (3.11%) npm
9 5 (3.11%) TestFlight
9 5 (3.11%) WhatsApp
10 4 (2.48%) Figma
10 4 (2.48%) Firebase
10 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.86%) Google Play
12 2 (1.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (1.24%) BrowserStack
12 2 (1.24%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.24%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.86%) Firewall
2 3 (1.86%) Internet
3 2 (1.24%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.24%) Wireless
3 2 (1.24%) Wireless Security
4 1 (0.62%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.70%) MySQL
3 9 (5.59%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.97%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.73%) SQLite
7 5 (3.11%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (2.48%) Power BI
9 2 (1.24%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.24%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.24%) GIS
9 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.24%) Looker
9 2 (1.24%) MS Access
9 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.62%) Redis
10 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (20.50%) Git
2 21 (13.04%) JIRA
3 15 (9.32%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.07%) CircleCI
5 9 (5.59%) Visual Studio
6 8 (4.97%) Cucumber
6 8 (4.97%) GitLab
6 8 (4.97%) JUnit
6 8 (4.97%) Selenium
7 7 (4.35%) Android Studio
8 6 (3.73%) fastlane
8 6 (3.73%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (3.73%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.73%) TeamCity
8 6 (3.73%) webpack
9 4 (2.48%) Xcode
10 2 (1.24%) Burp Suite
10 2 (1.24%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.62%) ESLint
11 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.29%) Finance
3 12 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.59%) Banking
5 7 (4.35%) Retail
6 6 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.73%) Legal
6 6 (3.73%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Advertising
8 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.24%) Electronics
9 2 (1.24%) French Language
9 2 (1.24%) German Language
9 2 (1.24%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.24%) Korean Language
9 2 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.24%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.62%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 108 (67.08%) Developer
2 38 (23.60%) Lead
3 29 (18.01%) Mobile Developer
4 24 (14.91%) Lead Developer
5 22 (13.66%) Full Stack Developer
6 19 (11.80%) Senior
7 17 (10.56%) Senior Developer
8 16 (9.94%) Applications Developer
9 13 (8.07%) iOS Developer
9 13 (8.07%) Software Engineer
10 12 (7.45%) Lead Mobile Developer
11 11 (6.83%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 11 (6.83%) PHP Developer
12 7 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Consultant
12 7 (4.35%) Senior iOS Developer
13 6 (3.73%) Architect
13 6 (3.73%) Junior
13 6 (3.73%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 6 (3.73%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (24.22%) .NET
2 34 (21.12%) HTML
3 33 (20.50%) CSS
4 29 (18.01%) RESTful
5 24 (14.91%) React
6 22 (13.66%) React Native
6 22 (13.66%) Vue
7 17 (10.56%) ASP.NET
8 14 (8.70%) Laravel
8 14 (8.70%) XML
9 13 (8.07%) .NET Framework
9 13 (8.07%) jQuery
10 12 (7.45%) Flutter
11 9 (5.59%) JSON
11 9 (5.59%) REST
12 8 (4.97%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (4.35%) .NET Core
13 7 (4.35%) Ajax
13 7 (4.35%) HTML5
13 7 (4.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 161 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 15 (9.32%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.11%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.86%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.86%) IoT
7 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.62%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.62%) Mobile Wallet
8 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (29.81%) Apple iOS
2 46 (28.57%) Android
3 10 (6.21%) Linux
4 4 (2.48%) Windows
5 2 (1.24%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (35.40%) Agile
2 52 (32.30%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (29.19%) DevOps
4 38 (23.60%) User Experience
5 33 (20.50%) Mentoring
6 32 (19.88%) CI/CD
6 32 (19.88%) Software Engineering
7 29 (18.01%) Full Stack Development
7 29 (18.01%) Mobile Development
8 28 (17.39%) iOS Development
9 27 (16.77%) API Integration
10 23 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (13.04%) Microservices
12 20 (12.42%) Coaching
13 18 (11.18%) Code Quality
13 18 (11.18%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (11.18%) Design Patterns
13 18 (11.18%) OO
13 18 (11.18%) UX Design
14 17 (10.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 58 (36.02%) JavaScript
2 44 (27.33%) C#
3 36 (22.36%) SQL
4 28 (17.39%) Swift
5 26 (16.15%) Java
6 24 (14.91%) Kotlin
6 24 (14.91%) Python
7 16 (9.94%) PHP
8 12 (7.45%) TypeScript
9 10 (6.21%) C++
10 5 (3.11%) C
10 5 (3.11%) Objective-C
11 4 (2.48%) JSX
12 3 (1.86%) Bash
12 3 (1.86%) Dart
13 2 (1.24%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.24%) R
13 2 (1.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (24.84%) Degree
2 12 (7.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.11%) PCI QSA
3 5 (3.11%) Postgraduate
4 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.24%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (1.24%) CREST Certified
4 2 (1.24%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.53%) QA
2 15 (9.32%) GDPR
3 8 (4.97%) PSD2
4 6 (3.73%) GRC
4 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.11%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (11.18%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.73%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.86%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.24%) Nmap
3 2 (1.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (15.53%) Google
2 24 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 17 (10.56%) Apple
4 16 (9.94%) Xamarin
5 8 (4.97%) Duck Creek
6 6 (3.73%) SAP
7 5 (3.11%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.86%) Adobe
9 2 (1.24%) DevExpress
9 2 (1.24%) Epicor
9 2 (1.24%) ESRI
10 1 (0.62%) Oracle
10 1 (0.62%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.62%) VMware