Side by side

DevOps Engineer vs Mobile Engineer

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 3.4% apart. There is 1.4× more demand for Mobile Engineer. Mobile Engineer is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 7.2%. Listings for Mobile Engineer move faster — median age 35 days against 73.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDevOps EngineerMobile EngineerGap
Open postings11,52216,362-4,840
Posted this week599521
Median salary$137,500$133,000+$4.5k
25th percentile$109k$105k
75th percentile$171k$165k
Salary disclosed3.1%8.4%
Remote share5.8%13.0%-7.2pp
Median age of posting73d35d
Open over 60 days45.6%51.8%
Visa sponsorship25.8%5.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

DevOps Engineer

$62k$238k

Mobile Engineer

$60k$230k
Freshness

How old the listings are

DevOps Engineer

just posted73d median90d+

Mobile Engineer

just posted35d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

DevOps Engineer — technologies

React
72.0%
JavaScript
65.8%
SQL
59.6%
TypeScript
53.4%
Kotlin
47.2%
GCP
41.0%
Azure
34.8%

Mobile Engineer — technologies

React
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
TypeScript
59.6%
Swift
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
Kubernetes
41.0%
Snowflake
34.8%

DevOps Engineer — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Pinewood Education
7.2%
Beacon Robotics
6.5%
Solstice Biotech
5.8%
Rivergate Media
5.1%

Mobile Engineer — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Pinewood Education
8.7%
Rivergate Media
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Brightline Retail
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.