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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 231 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 -97 +21
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,363 1,537 5,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.33% 1.58% 3.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.75% 9.81% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 845 1,022 1,830
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,313 £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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 £92,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +17 1,225 £45,000 -21.74% 315
UK excluding London +72 1,020 £45,000 -14.29% 211
Work from Home -34 455 £55,000 -8.33% 148
London -72 289 £65,000 +3.17% 118
South East -14 254 £37,500 -28.57% 41
North of England +144 245 £45,000 -4.26% 58
North West +101 181 £45,000 -5.26% 35
Midlands +45 173 £35,000 -24.32% 43
East of England +81 134 £45,000 +12.50% 27
South West -2 123 £50,000 -4.76% 24
East Midlands +44 102 £22,500 -57.14% 13
West Midlands +2 67 £45,000 - 30
Scotland -47 61 £55,000 - 18
Yorkshire +106 56 £45,000 - 19
Wales +24 30 £55,000 +83.33% 5
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
1 164 (12.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) CMS
4 19 (1.39%) 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
1 120 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.47%) Simulink
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.66%) 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
1 529 (38.81%) Azure
2 360 (26.41%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.46%) IBM Cloud
4 154 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.24%) Serverless
7 125 (9.17%) Azure API Management
7 125 (9.17%) Azure Functions
7 125 (9.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 110 (8.07%) AWS
9 81 (5.94%) Google Play
10 67 (4.92%) Entra ID
11 44 (3.23%) OneDrive
12 37 (2.71%) SaaS
13 29 (2.13%) GCP
14 28 (2.05%) Firebase
15 26 (1.91%) GitHub
16 23 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 16 (1.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 150 (11.01%) WAN
2 118 (8.66%) Wireless
3 90 (6.60%) Cisco IOS
4 82 (6.02%) LAN
5 76 (5.58%) WebEx
6 74 (5.43%) SD-WAN
7 65 (4.77%) DNS
8 61 (4.48%) Firewall
9 59 (4.33%) TCP/IP
10 57 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (3.67%) DHCP
12 44 (3.23%) VLAN
13 40 (2.93%) Internet
14 36 (2.64%) VPN
15 25 (1.83%) Network Security
16 23 (1.69%) Skype
17 21 (1.54%) VoIP
18 16 (1.17%) WLAN
19 15 (1.10%) Wireshark
20 10 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (19.59%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.83%) PostgreSQL
3 241 (17.68%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.46%) DB2
5 129 (9.46%) Relational Database
6 69 (5.06%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.69%) 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%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 87 (6.38%) Git
2 63 (4.62%) Android Studio
3 45 (3.30%) JIRA
4 24 (1.76%) Appium
5 21 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 19 (1.39%) Vagrant
7 17 (1.25%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.17%) JUnit
9 15 (1.10%) Bitbucket
10 14 (1.03%) Postman
11 11 (0.81%) Selenium
12 9 (0.66%) Xcode
13 7 (0.51%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.51%) Crashlytics
14 6 (0.44%) fastlane
14 6 (0.44%) Mockito
15 5 (0.37%) UI Automator
16 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
16 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
17 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 387 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 244 (17.90%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (9.68%) Finance
5 67 (4.92%) Law
6 63 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (4.48%) Banking
8 49 (3.60%) Legal
9 38 (2.79%) Automotive
10 36 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.57%) Retail
12 31 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.13%) Investment Banking
15 28 (2.05%) Marketing
16 21 (1.54%) Games
17 16 (1.17%) Electronics
18 11 (0.81%) Tech for Good
19 10 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
20 9 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 410 (30.08%) Developer
2 209 (15.33%) IT Support
3 143 (10.49%) Senior
4 130 (9.54%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.17%) Azure Developer
6 122 (8.95%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.44%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.22%) Azure Engineer
9 97 (7.12%) Support Specialist
10 95 (6.97%) Analyst
11 91 (6.68%) Android Developer
12 90 (6.60%) IT Support Specialist
13 75 (5.50%) Senior Developer
13 75 (5.50%) Support Engineer
14 67 (4.92%) Lead
15 66 (4.84%) IT Engineer
16 53 (3.89%) Android Engineer
17 49 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.52%) C# Developer
19 46 (3.37%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (27.29%) .NET
2 308 (22.60%) AngularJS
3 301 (22.08%) React
4 297 (21.79%) ASP.NET
5 294 (21.57%) CSS
6 291 (21.35%) HTML
7 288 (21.13%) REST
8 280 (20.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 262 (19.22%) Web Services
10 257 (18.86%) Vue
11 245 (17.98%) jQuery
12 241 (17.68%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.68%) Ember.js
13 240 (17.61%) ASP.NET Core
14 136 (9.98%) Node.js
15 70 (5.14%) Android Jetpack
16 53 (3.89%) .NET Core
17 52 (3.82%) .NET Framework
18 47 (3.45%) React Native
19 46 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 281 (20.62%) Algorithms
2 248 (18.20%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.46%) Blockchain
5 225 (16.51%) Mobile App
6 115 (8.44%) e-Learning
6 115 (8.44%) Video Conferencing
7 72 (5.28%) Wiki
8 66 (4.84%) iPhone
9 65 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (3.15%) Client/Server
11 42 (3.08%) Smartphone
12 34 (2.49%) Driving Licence
12 34 (2.49%) IoT
13 32 (2.35%) Product Ownership
14 30 (2.20%) Management Information System
15 26 (1.91%) Blog
16 24 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.69%) BYOD
18 20 (1.47%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 826 (60.60%) Apple iOS
2 691 (50.70%) Windows
3 351 (25.75%) Linux
4 238 (17.46%) Windows 10
5 76 (5.58%) Windows Server
6 57 (4.18%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.76%) Mac OS X
8 21 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 19 (1.39%) CentOS
9 19 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (1.03%) Windows 7
11 13 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
12 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.59%) Windows Mobile
14 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (27.73%) Agile
2 326 (23.92%) User Experience
3 314 (23.04%) MVC
3 314 (23.04%) MVVM
4 294 (21.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 293 (21.50%) Design Patterns
6 292 (21.42%) Full Stack Development
7 262 (19.22%) SOLID
8 259 (19.00%) OO
8 259 (19.00%) OOP
9 249 (18.27%) Web Development
10 242 (17.75%) Responsive Web Design
11 239 (17.53%) Design Thinking
12 238 (17.46%) Co-Creation
13 217 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
14 212 (15.55%) DevOps
15 198 (14.53%) Mentoring
16 178 (13.06%) Software Engineering
17 172 (12.62%) Android Development
18 164 (12.03%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 417 (30.59%) JavaScript
2 374 (27.44%) C#
3 312 (22.89%) SQL
4 245 (17.98%) Java
5 208 (15.26%) Python
6 167 (12.25%) Kotlin
7 74 (5.43%) Swift
8 67 (4.92%) C++
9 65 (4.77%) C
10 56 (4.11%) TypeScript
11 36 (2.64%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.54%) Objective-C
13 13 (0.95%) Go
14 8 (0.59%) Ruby
14 8 (0.59%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.44%) PHP
15 6 (0.44%) Rust
15 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.29%) Bash
16 4 (0.29%) JSX
Qualifications
1 238 (17.46%) Degree
2 147 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 80 (5.87%) Master's Degree
4 42 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 37 (2.71%) SC Cleared
6 26 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (1.47%) 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 86 (6.31%) QA
2 36 (2.64%) SLA
3 32 (2.35%) GDPR
4 27 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 18 (1.32%) 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
1 260 (19.08%) Active Directory
2 77 (5.65%) XenApp
3 76 (5.58%) XenDesktop
4 73 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
5 72 (5.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 31 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 27 (1.98%) Hyper-V
8 24 (1.76%) Docker
8 24 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.59%) Firmware
10 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 111 (8.14%) SCCM
2 100 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (5.28%) AirWatch
4 25 (1.83%) Ansible
4 25 (1.83%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.54%) Terraform
6 16 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (1.03%) Nmap
8 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.29%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.29%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
11 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.073%) MobiControl
11 1 (0.073%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.073%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 473 (34.70%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.46%) IBM
2 238 (17.46%) Red Hat
3 121 (8.88%) Google
4 108 (7.92%) Citrix
5 103 (7.56%) Apple
6 101 (7.41%) Cisco
7 45 (3.30%) Xamarin
8 41 (3.01%) VMware
9 24 (1.76%) Dell
9 24 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.47%) Xilinx
11 15 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
12 14 (1.03%) 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