Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 232 136
Rank change year-on-year +18 -96 +16
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,365 1,553 4,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 1.58% 2.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.80% 9.81% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 839 1,032 1,842
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Android is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,934 15,823 30,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 16.06% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,696 10,615 16,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Android
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the UK

Android
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android.

Salary trend for Android in the UK

Android
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Android in the UK

Android
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +27 1,228 £45,000 -18.18% 359
UK excluding London +66 1,009 £45,000 -14.29% 259
Work from Home -44 453 £55,000 -8.33% 168
London -70 302 £65,000 +4.00% 155
South East -17 254 £37,500 -28.57% 90
North of England +141 244 £45,000 - 52
North West +86 180 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Midlands +30 167 £35,000 -22.22% 43
East of England +87 132 £40,000 - 35
South West +8 122 £50,000 -4.76% 26
East Midlands +53 100 £22,500 -56.10% 14
West Midlands -5 63 £45,000 - 29
Scotland -50 60 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Yorkshire +107 56 £45,000 -2.70% 20
Wales +30 30 £55,000 +83.33% 4
North East -8 8 £45,000 +109.30% 4

Android
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
1 172 (12.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) CMS
4 17 (1.25%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.95%) NServiceBus
6 8 (0.59%) Confluence
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
Applications
1 116 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.32%) Simulink
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.37%) Trello
7 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.073%) 1Password
9 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Shopify
2 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.073%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 526 (38.53%) Azure
2 366 (26.81%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.44%) IBM Cloud
4 154 (11.28%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.23%) Serverless
7 125 (9.16%) Azure API Management
7 125 (9.16%) Azure Functions
7 125 (9.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 109 (7.99%) AWS
9 81 (5.93%) Google Play
10 66 (4.84%) Entra ID
11 43 (3.15%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.64%) SaaS
13 30 (2.20%) GCP
14 28 (2.05%) Firebase
15 26 (1.90%) GitHub
16 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 16 (1.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 160 (11.72%) WAN
2 128 (9.38%) Wireless
3 100 (7.33%) Cisco IOS
4 86 (6.30%) WebEx
5 84 (6.15%) SD-WAN
6 82 (6.01%) LAN
7 66 (4.84%) DNS
8 61 (4.47%) Firewall
9 60 (4.40%) TCP/IP
10 57 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (3.74%) DHCP
12 44 (3.22%) VLAN
13 39 (2.86%) Internet
14 35 (2.56%) VPN
15 25 (1.83%) Network Security
16 21 (1.54%) Skype
16 21 (1.54%) VoIP
17 16 (1.17%) WLAN
18 15 (1.10%) Wireshark
19 9 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (19.41%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.80%) PostgreSQL
3 241 (17.66%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.44%) DB2
5 129 (9.45%) Relational Database
6 70 (5.13%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.68%) MySQL
8 15 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.37%) Power BI
10 4 (0.29%) MS Access
11 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.15%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.15%) DTS
12 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.15%) Metadata
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 84 (6.15%) Git
2 63 (4.62%) Android Studio
3 45 (3.30%) JIRA
4 24 (1.76%) Appium
5 22 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.25%) Cypress.io
6 17 (1.25%) Vagrant
7 16 (1.17%) JUnit
8 15 (1.10%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.03%) Postman
10 11 (0.81%) Selenium
11 8 (0.59%) Xcode
12 7 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.51%) Crashlytics
13 6 (0.44%) fastlane
13 6 (0.44%) Mockito
14 5 (0.37%) UI Automator
15 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
16 3 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 393 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 244 (17.88%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (9.89%) Finance
5 65 (4.76%) Law
6 64 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (4.62%) Banking
8 50 (3.66%) Legal
9 38 (2.78%) Automotive
10 36 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.64%) Retail
11 30 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.12%) Investment Banking
13 28 (2.05%) Marketing
14 21 (1.54%) Games
15 16 (1.17%) Electronics
16 12 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.81%) Tech for Good
18 8 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 410 (30.04%) Developer
2 218 (15.97%) IT Support
3 147 (10.77%) Senior
4 130 (9.52%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.16%) Azure Developer
6 121 (8.86%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.42%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.21%) Azure Engineer
9 105 (7.69%) Support Specialist
10 98 (7.18%) IT Support Specialist
11 94 (6.89%) Analyst
12 89 (6.52%) Android Developer
13 78 (5.71%) Senior Developer
14 75 (5.49%) Support Engineer
15 67 (4.91%) Lead
16 66 (4.84%) IT Engineer
17 52 (3.81%) Android Engineer
18 49 (3.59%) C# Developer
18 49 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
19 46 (3.37%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (27.55%) .NET
2 309 (22.64%) AngularJS
3 303 (22.20%) React
4 300 (21.98%) ASP.NET
5 297 (21.76%) CSS
6 294 (21.54%) HTML
7 288 (21.10%) REST
8 281 (20.59%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 265 (19.41%) Web Services
10 257 (18.83%) Vue
11 246 (18.02%) jQuery
12 241 (17.66%) ASP.NET Core
12 241 (17.66%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.66%) Ember.js
13 136 (9.96%) Node.js
14 70 (5.13%) Android Jetpack
15 54 (3.96%) .NET Core
15 54 (3.96%) .NET Framework
16 48 (3.52%) ASP.NET Web API
17 46 (3.37%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 281 (20.59%) Algorithms
2 248 (18.17%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.44%) Blockchain
5 224 (16.41%) Mobile App
6 123 (9.01%) Video Conferencing
7 115 (8.42%) e-Learning
8 82 (6.01%) Wiki
9 66 (4.84%) iPhone
10 64 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
11 43 (3.15%) Client/Server
12 42 (3.08%) Smartphone
13 35 (2.56%) IoT
14 34 (2.49%) Driving Licence
15 33 (2.42%) Product Ownership
16 30 (2.20%) Management Information System
17 26 (1.90%) Blog
18 23 (1.68%) BYOD
18 23 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
19 21 (1.54%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 827 (60.59%) Apple iOS
2 697 (51.06%) Windows
3 348 (25.49%) Linux
4 243 (17.80%) Windows 10
5 75 (5.49%) Windows Server
6 57 (4.18%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.76%) Mac OS X
8 19 (1.39%) Ubuntu
9 17 (1.25%) CentOS
9 17 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (1.03%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
11 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.59%) Windows Mobile
13 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
14 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (27.77%) Agile
2 325 (23.81%) User Experience
3 316 (23.15%) MVC
4 314 (23.00%) MVVM
5 295 (21.61%) Full Stack Development
6 293 (21.47%) Design Patterns
7 292 (21.39%) Artificial Intelligence
8 262 (19.19%) SOLID
9 259 (18.97%) OO
9 259 (18.97%) OOP
10 249 (18.24%) Web Development
11 242 (17.73%) Responsive Web Design
12 239 (17.51%) Design Thinking
13 238 (17.44%) Co-Creation
14 217 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
15 213 (15.60%) DevOps
16 198 (14.51%) Mentoring
17 177 (12.97%) Software Engineering
18 171 (12.53%) Computer Science
19 169 (12.38%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 419 (30.70%) JavaScript
2 378 (27.69%) C#
3 313 (22.93%) SQL
4 241 (17.66%) Java
5 208 (15.24%) Python
6 166 (12.16%) Kotlin
7 75 (5.49%) Swift
8 64 (4.69%) C
8 64 (4.69%) C++
9 55 (4.03%) TypeScript
10 36 (2.64%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.68%) Objective-C
12 13 (0.95%) Go
13 9 (0.66%) Ruby
13 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.59%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.51%) PHP
15 7 (0.51%) Rust
16 4 (0.29%) Bash
16 4 (0.29%) JSX
Qualifications
1 245 (17.95%) Degree
2 154 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 90 (6.59%) Master's Degree
4 39 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 34 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 26 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.03%) CCSP
9 14 (1.03%) CEH
9 14 (1.03%) CISSP
9 14 (1.03%) SANS
9 14 (1.03%) SSCP
10 10 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.66%) CCIE
12 8 (0.59%) MCP
13 7 (0.51%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.51%) MCSE
14 6 (0.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.45%) QA
2 36 (2.64%) SLA
3 30 (2.20%) GDPR
4 26 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.03%) NIST
8 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.37%) NCSC
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.073%) JTAG
10 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 268 (19.63%) Active Directory
2 88 (6.45%) XenApp
3 86 (6.30%) XenDesktop
4 83 (6.08%) VMware ESXi
5 82 (6.01%) Microsoft App-V
6 31 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 27 (1.98%) Hyper-V
8 26 (1.90%) Docker
9 23 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.66%) Firmware
11 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 120 (8.79%) SCCM
2 98 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 82 (6.01%) AirWatch
4 25 (1.83%) Kubernetes
5 23 (1.68%) Ansible
6 19 (1.39%) Terraform
7 16 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.03%) Nmap
9 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.29%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.29%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
12 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.073%) MobiControl
12 1 (0.073%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.073%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 482 (35.31%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.44%) IBM
2 238 (17.44%) Red Hat
3 121 (8.86%) Google
4 118 (8.64%) Citrix
5 111 (8.13%) Cisco
6 101 (7.40%) Apple
7 45 (3.30%) Xamarin
8 41 (3.00%) VMware
9 24 (1.76%) Dell
9 24 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.32%) Xilinx
11 15 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
11 15 (1.10%) Qualys
12 14 (1.03%) Rapid7
12 14 (1.03%) Splunk
12 14 (1.03%) Thycotic
13 10 (0.73%) SAP
14 9 (0.66%) HP
14 9 (0.66%) Sun