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)