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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 201 151
Rank change year-on-year -2 -50 +2
Permanent jobs citing Android 23 45 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.69% 1.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.44% 4.20% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 22 35 71
10th Percentile £28,500 £41,750 £25,760
25th Percentile £28,875 £52,500 £30,590
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +75.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £45,000 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 518 1,072 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.59% 16.46% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 410 401 726
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,011 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.97% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 7 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 7 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 +6 17 £35,500 -21.11% 9
West Midlands -1 6 £29,000 -58.57% 5
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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Broadband
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Mobile Broadband
1 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (4.35%) VoIP
1 1 (4.35%) WebEx
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
1 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (26.09%) Law
2 5 (21.74%) Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) Advertising
3 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Back Office
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) 2nd Line Support
1 9 (39.13%) Developer
1 9 (39.13%) Mobile Developer
2 8 (34.78%) Applications Developer
2 8 (34.78%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Graduate
3 7 (30.43%) Graduate Applications Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Graduate Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Graduate Mobile Developer
4 6 (26.09%) IT Support
4 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (17.39%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (17.39%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) IT Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (17.39%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.35%) Core Animation
1 1 (4.35%) Core Data
1 1 (4.35%) RESTful
1 1 (4.35%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) Animation
2 1 (4.35%) BYOD
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.35%) EPoS
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Apple iOS
2 9 (39.13%) Windows
3 5 (21.74%) Mac OS
4 2 (8.70%) Linux
5 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Android Development
2 7 (30.43%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (21.74%) Configuration Management
3 5 (21.74%) Service Management
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.35%) iOS Development
6 1 (4.35%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (4.35%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) Metadata Management
6 1 (4.35%) Mobile Development
6 1 (4.35%) OWASP
6 1 (4.35%) Secure Coding
6 1 (4.35%) Test Planning
6 1 (4.35%) User Stories
6 1 (4.35%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
4 1 (4.35%) GPEN
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Nessus
2 1 (4.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Apple
1 5 (21.74%) Samsung
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) iManage
3 1 (4.35%) Qualys
3 1 (4.35%) Remedy