Android Job Trends in London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 247 169
Rank change year-on-year +6 -78 +16
Permanent jobs citing Android 139 187 397
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.90% 1.24% 1.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.94% 8.51% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 111 85 220
10th Percentile £38,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £101,875 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £107,051 £92,500
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% -12.50%

All Operating Systems
London

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,398 2,198 3,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.08% 14.59% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 1,416 2,539
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £89,688 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,008 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.47% +9.49% -9.52%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Android relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Android job vacancy trend in London

Android
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in London

Android
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the London region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
Central London -2 15 £57,500 +15.00% 15
East London -9 1 - - 2
West London -12 1 £49,000 +63.33% 3
North London - 1 £60,000 -
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.16%) CINEMA 4D
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.16%) Sketch
3 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Exchequer
2 3 (2.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.02%) AWS
2 30 (21.58%) Azure
3 20 (14.39%) GCP
4 17 (12.23%) SaaS
5 16 (11.51%) Entra ID
5 16 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (6.47%) Figma
7 5 (3.60%) Azure Machine Learning
8 4 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (2.16%) Amazon EventBridge
9 3 (2.16%) Firebase
9 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.44%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.44%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.44%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.44%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.47%) Cisco IOS
1 9 (6.47%) LAN
1 9 (6.47%) WAAS
2 8 (5.76%) DNS
3 6 (4.32%) VoIP
3 6 (4.32%) VPN
3 6 (4.32%) WAN
3 6 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.60%) DHCP
4 5 (3.60%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.16%) Firewall
5 3 (2.16%) NAS
5 3 (2.16%) SAN
5 3 (2.16%) VLAN
5 3 (2.16%) WebEx
6 1 (0.72%) Broadband
6 1 (0.72%) HTTP
6 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.60%) MySQL
3 4 (2.88%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.16%) Metadata
4 3 (2.16%) Power BI
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.44%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.44%) Redis
6 1 (0.72%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.72%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) CircleCI
1 4 (2.88%) Git
2 3 (2.16%) Android Studio
3 2 (1.44%) Crashlytics
3 2 (1.44%) JIRA
4 1 (0.72%) Appium
4 1 (0.72%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.72%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.72%) JMeter
4 1 (0.72%) JUnit
4 1 (0.72%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.72%) MSI
4 1 (0.72%) Postman
4 1 (0.72%) XCUITest
General
1 28 (20.14%) Finance
2 27 (19.42%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.55%) Banking
3 23 (16.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (15.11%) Telecoms
5 16 (11.51%) Law
6 14 (10.07%) Retail
7 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.60%) Games
9 4 (2.88%) Back Office
9 4 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.16%) Legal
10 3 (2.16%) Marketing
10 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Billing
12 1 (0.72%) Advertising
12 1 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Front Office
12 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (40.29%) Senior
2 29 (20.86%) Lead
3 28 (20.14%) Android Engineer
4 23 (16.55%) Developer
5 17 (12.23%) Senior Developer
6 14 (10.07%) Android Developer
6 14 (10.07%) Senior Android Engineer
7 13 (9.35%) Senior Android Developer
8 10 (7.19%) Principal Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Security Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Software Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (4.32%) 1st Line Support
11 6 (4.32%) First Line Help Desk Support
11 6 (4.32%) Help Desk Officer
11 6 (4.32%) Help Desk Support
11 6 (4.32%) Network Support
11 6 (4.32%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.11%) Android Jetpack
1 21 (15.11%) Jetpack Compose
2 18 (12.95%) RESTful
3 17 (12.23%) WebSockets
4 13 (9.35%) REST
5 12 (8.63%) gRPC
6 11 (7.91%) React
6 11 (7.91%) React Native
7 9 (6.47%) Kafka
8 6 (4.32%) GraphQL
9 5 (3.60%) CSS
9 5 (3.60%) HTML
9 5 (3.60%) Laravel
9 5 (3.60%) Node.js
9 5 (3.60%) Symfony
9 5 (3.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 5 (3.60%) WebGL
10 4 (2.88%) .NET
10 4 (2.88%) Android NDK
10 4 (2.88%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.86%) Mobile App
2 12 (8.63%) AI Agents
3 11 (7.91%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.19%) Mobile Banking
5 9 (6.47%) CCTV
5 9 (6.47%) Cloud Native
5 9 (6.47%) CMDB
5 9 (6.47%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.32%) iPhone
6 6 (4.32%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (3.60%) Educational Technology
7 5 (3.60%) IoT
7 5 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.60%) Mobile Games
7 5 (3.60%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.16%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.16%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 60 (43.17%) Apple iOS
2 30 (21.58%) Windows
3 10 (7.19%) Linux
4 9 (6.47%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.60%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.88%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.65%) Android Development
2 39 (28.06%) AI
3 37 (26.62%) User Experience
4 30 (21.58%) CI/CD
5 28 (20.14%) Agile
6 21 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (15.11%) Mentoring
6 21 (15.11%) Software Engineering
6 21 (15.11%) Test Automation
7 20 (14.39%) Machine Learning
8 19 (13.67%) Computer Science
8 19 (13.67%) UX Design
9 18 (12.95%) DevOps
10 17 (12.23%) Microservices
11 16 (11.51%) Roadmaps
12 15 (10.79%) TDD
12 15 (10.79%) Zero Trust
13 14 (10.07%) Fintech
13 14 (10.07%) Information Security
13 14 (10.07%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (27.34%) Kotlin
2 17 (12.23%) Java
3 14 (10.07%) Go
4 13 (9.35%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.91%) TypeScript
6 10 (7.19%) C++
6 10 (7.19%) PHP
7 7 (5.04%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.60%) C#
9 4 (2.88%) Python
9 4 (2.88%) SQL
10 3 (2.16%) Swift
11 2 (1.44%) Bash
12 1 (0.72%) C
12 1 (0.72%) Groovy
12 1 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (18.71%) Degree
2 17 (12.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.04%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.32%) OSCP
5 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.60%) CREST Certified
6 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.72%) CISSP
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.95%) QA
2 9 (6.47%) SLA
3 8 (5.76%) Accessibility
4 7 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.60%) GRC
6 4 (2.88%) WCAG
7 3 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.44%) NIST
9 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (11.51%) Docker
2 12 (8.63%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (14.39%) Kubernetes
2 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (7.19%) SCCM
4 6 (4.32%) PaperCut
5 5 (3.60%) Terraform
6 4 (2.88%) Argo
7 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 34 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) Cisco
3 6 (4.32%) Dell KACE
3 6 (4.32%) Google
3 6 (4.32%) Sophos
4 4 (2.88%) Adobe
5 3 (2.16%) Apple
5 3 (2.16%) Citrix
5 3 (2.16%) iManage
5 3 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.16%) WooCommerce
6 2 (1.44%) Okta
7 1 (0.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) VMware