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Mobile Developer

Rating on Glassdoor's top 50: No. 26

Overall Job Score: 4.3 (out of 5)

Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.7 (out of 5)

Number of Job Openings: 2,130

Median Base Pay: $85,000

Development of applications for mobile devices is the most active application development area right now, boosting demand for people with the necessary skills for building mobile applications.

Along with being familiar with iOS and Android, the leading mobile operating environments, mobile developers can increase their value by having a strong understanding of C++, objective-C, wireless networks, PHP, MS/SQL, Adobe, Java, HTML and Flash technologies. Many developers hold special software development and configuration certifications.