# Market evidence report — mobile-application-developer

Source: **51 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 51), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 29 | 57 % |
| senior | 17 | 33 % |
| lead | 3 | 6 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Git | 12 | 24 % |
| 2 | Java | 11 | 22 % |
| 3 | Kotlin | 10 | 20 % |
| 4 | Swift | 10 | 20 % |
| 5 | React Native | 9 | 18 % |
| 6 | aws | 8 | 16 % |
| 7 | Android Studio | 7 | 14 % |
| 8 | Xcode | 7 | 14 % |
| 9 | Android | 6 | 12 % |
| 10 | Flutter | 6 | 12 % |
| 11 | iOS | 6 | 12 % |
| 12 | JavaScript | 6 | 12 % |
| 13 | MySQL | 6 | 12 % |
| 14 | Firebase | 5 | 10 % |
| 15 | Samsung Knox | 5 | 10 % |
| 16 | VMware AirWatch | 5 | 10 % |
| 17 | Android SDK | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | Azure | 4 | 8 % |
| 19 | Bitrise | 4 | 8 % |
| 20 | Gradle | 4 | 8 % |
| 21 | Android NDK | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | bootstrap | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | CocoaPods | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | CSS | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | Github | 3 | 6 % |
| 26 | GitHub Actions | 3 | 6 % |
| 27 | Google Play | 3 | 6 % |
| 28 | Hibernate | 3 | 6 % |
| 29 | html5 | 3 | 6 % |
| 30 | ionic | 3 | 6 % |
| 31 | Jenkins | 3 | 6 % |
| 32 | Jira | 3 | 6 % |
| 33 | jquery | 3 | 6 % |
| 34 | Kafka | 3 | 6 % |
| 35 | Postgres | 3 | 6 % |
| 36 | Springboot | 3 | 6 % |
| 37 | Struts | 3 | 6 % |
| 38 | SwiftUI | 3 | 6 % |
| 39 | TypeScript | 3 | 6 % |
| 40 | Xamarin | 3 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mobile application development | 26 | 51 % |
| 2 | api integration | 17 | 33 % |
| 3 | mobile application design | 13 | 25 % |
| 4 | debugging | 11 | 22 % |
| 5 | performance optimization | 9 | 18 % |
| 6 | secure coding practices | 8 | 16 % |
| 7 | troubleshooting | 7 | 14 % |
| 8 | data protection | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | problem solving | 5 | 10 % |
| 10 | software architecture | 5 | 10 % |
| 11 | software design | 5 | 10 % |
| 12 | software development | 5 | 10 % |
| 13 | software engineering | 5 | 10 % |
| 14 | unit testing | 5 | 10 % |
| 15 | analytical skills | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | android development | 4 | 8 % |
| 17 | application testing | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | android application development | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | ci/cd pipeline setup | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | cross-platform development | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | java programming | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | kotlin programming | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | memory management | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | react native development | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | rest api integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 26 | swift programming | 3 | 6 % |
| 27 | testing | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agile development | 10 | 20 % |
| 2 | agile delivery | 6 | 12 % |
| 3 | rmf | 5 | 10 % |
| 4 | secure sdlc | 5 | 10 % |
| 5 | ci/cd | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | agile practices | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | mvvm | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | stig | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | application maintenance | 12 | 24 % |
| 2 | application design | 11 | 22 % |
| 3 | application development | 10 | 20 % |
| 4 | application testing | 8 | 16 % |
| 5 | issue resolution | 6 | 12 % |
| 6 | security implementation | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | api integration | 5 | 10 % |
| 8 | technical communication | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | code maintenance | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | code review | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | cross-functional collaboration | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | mobile app development | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | performance monitoring | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | app development | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | application architecture | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | application delivery | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | backend integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | continuous improvement | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | issue troubleshooting | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | performance optimization | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 51 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

51 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- mobile application development — 51 % (26 ads)
- api integration — 33 % (17 ads)
- mobile application design — 25 % (13 ads)
- debugging — 22 % (11 ads)
- performance optimization — 18 % (9 ads)
- secure coding practices — 16 % (8 ads)
- troubleshooting — 14 % (7 ads)
- data protection — 10 % (5 ads)
- problem solving — 10 % (5 ads)
- software architecture — 10 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Git — 24 % (12 ads)
- Java — 22 % (11 ads)
- Kotlin — 20 % (10 ads)
- Swift — 20 % (10 ads)
- React Native — 18 % (9 ads)
- aws — 16 % (8 ads)
- Android Studio — 14 % (7 ads)
- Xcode — 14 % (7 ads)
- Android — 12 % (6 ads)
- Flutter — 12 % (6 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 57 % · senior 33 % · lead 6 % · junior 2 % · n/a 2 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Android Developer | 2 |
| Android Mobile Application Developer | 2 |
| Enterprise Mobile Application Developer (IOS And Android) | 2 |
| Mobile Application Developer | 2 |
| Senior Mobile Developer | 2 |
| Sr. Mobile Application Developer | 2 |
| Android Mobile Application Developer with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Application Developer - Mid & Sr | 1 |
| CrossPlatform Mobile Dev | 1 |
| Enterprise Mobile Application Developer | 1 |
| Entry-Level React Native Developer | 1 |
| Hybrid Mobile Developer | 1 |
| Hybrid Senior Android Mobile Software Developer | 1 |
| iOS (Swift and AI developer) | 1 |
| iOS Developer[Mobile]-(hybrid) | 1 |
| iOS Mobile Application Developer | 1 |
| IOS Mobile Developer | 1 |
| iOS or Android Developer | 1 |
| Lead Mobile Application Developer | 1 |
| Mobile and Web App Developer | 1 |
| Mobile App Developer | 1 |
| Mobile App Developer (iOS & Android) | 1 |
| Mobile App Engineer (iOS/Android) - API-Driven | 1 |
| Mobile App Engineer: Data & Video Integration | 1 |
| Mobile Application Developer - Flutter Developer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.