Android Job Trends in the Midlands

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 197 163
Rank change year-on-year +8 -34 +16
Permanent jobs citing Android 25 46 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.31% 0.73% 1.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.81% 4.36% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 24 36 72
10th Percentile £28,500 £41,875 £25,809
25th Percentile £29,625 £53,125 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £70,000 £38,977
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +79.59% -25.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £65,875
England median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -8.33%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 520 1,055 876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.55% 16.78% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 413 389 777
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,300 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.49% -1.11%
75th Percentile £46,000 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £59,100 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Android job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Android
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the Midlands

Android
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
East Midlands -3 19 £35,500 -21.11% 39
West Midlands +2 6 £29,000 -58.57% 11
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Broadband
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Mobile Broadband
1 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (4.00%) VoIP
1 1 (4.00%) WebEx
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
1 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Metadata
1 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (4.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (24.00%) Law
2 5 (20.00%) Marketing
3 4 (16.00%) Advertising
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Applications Developer
1 10 (40.00%) Developer
1 10 (40.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 10 (40.00%) Mobile Developer
2 9 (36.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (36.00%) Graduate
2 9 (36.00%) Graduate Applications Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Graduate Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Graduate Mobile Developer
3 6 (24.00%) IT Support
3 6 (24.00%) Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 4 (16.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.00%) EDI
1 1 (4.00%) Flutter
1 1 (4.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (4.00%) gRPC
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
1 1 (4.00%) Node.js
1 1 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (4.00%) React
1 1 (4.00%) React Native
1 1 (4.00%) REST
1 1 (4.00%) Spring
1 1 (4.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) BYOD
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.00%) EPoS
2 1 (4.00%) iPhone
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Apple iOS
2 9 (36.00%) Windows
3 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (8.00%) Linux
5 1 (4.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Android Development
2 7 (28.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
4 3 (12.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (4.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (4.00%) DevSecOps
6 1 (4.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (4.00%) Epics
6 1 (4.00%) Integration Patterns
6 1 (4.00%) Objectives and Key Results
6 1 (4.00%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (4.00%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (4.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
1 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (4.00%) GPEN
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) GRC
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Nessus
2 1 (4.00%) Nmap
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Apple
1 5 (20.00%) Samsung
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco
3 1 (4.00%) iManage
3 1 (4.00%) Qualys
3 1 (4.00%) Remedy