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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 202 182
Rank change year-on-year -13 -20 -83
Permanent jobs citing Android 66 36 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.42% 0.64% 1.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.62% 4.99% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 43
10th Percentile £30,400 £27,075 £30,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -26.32% +29.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £71,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +43.75% -11.11% -18.18%

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 766 722 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.88% 12.86% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 558 564 597
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,713 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.76% -8.22% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,100 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 25 September 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 25 September 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
West Midlands -25 37 £45,000 +28.57% 27
East Midlands -22 29 £37,500 +17.19% 16
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 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (28.79%) Mimecast
3 15 (22.73%) Azure
4 7 (10.61%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) AWS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.03%) GitHub
5 2 (3.03%) Google Play
5 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 29 (43.94%) LAN
2 26 (39.39%) Firewall
3 25 (37.88%) WAN
4 7 (10.61%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (10.61%) DHCP
4 7 (10.61%) DNS
5 6 (9.09%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.58%) VPN
6 5 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (6.06%) VLAN
8 3 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (3.03%) Wireless
10 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Appium
2 1 (1.52%) TestRail
2 1 (1.52%) XCUITest
General
1 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.12%) Retail
3 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Law
4 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Automotive
5 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) IT Engineer
2 20 (30.30%) Field Engineer
3 19 (28.79%) Field Service Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Lead
4 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) Consultant
5 6 (9.09%) IT Support
6 5 (7.58%) Developer
6 5 (7.58%) Penetration Tester
6 5 (7.58%) Security Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Security Penetration Tester
6 5 (7.58%) Security Tester
6 5 (7.58%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Technical Support
6 5 (7.58%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Tester
7 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 4 (6.06%) Team Leader
8 3 (4.55%) Help Desk Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) .NET
2 3 (4.55%) REST
3 2 (3.03%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (3.03%) Blazor
3 2 (3.03%) ML.NET
3 2 (3.03%) Next.js
3 2 (3.03%) React
3 2 (3.03%) RESTful
4 1 (1.52%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (1.52%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 6 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.58%) IoT
4 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.55%) EPoS
5 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.55%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Smart City
6 2 (3.03%) BYOD
6 2 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.03%) iPhone
7 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (69.70%) Windows
2 44 (66.67%) Apple iOS
3 25 (37.88%) Windows 10
4 8 (12.12%) Linux
5 5 (7.58%) Windows Server
6 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) ITIL
2 24 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 19 (28.79%) Proactive Monitoring
3 19 (28.79%) Service Catalogue
4 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (13.64%) ITSM
7 8 (12.12%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (9.09%) Agile
8 6 (9.09%) Validation
9 5 (7.58%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (7.58%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (7.58%) Red Team
9 5 (7.58%) Security Testing
9 5 (7.58%) Workflow
10 4 (6.06%) AI
10 4 (6.06%) Change Management
10 4 (6.06%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (6.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (39.39%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.06%) C#
3 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.03%) SQL
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) Degree
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.03%) CCNA
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) ISO 9001
2 3 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.58%) Hyper-V
2 5 (7.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.03%) Bosun
2 2 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.03%) SCCM
2 2 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 43 (65.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (28.79%) Logitech
2 19 (28.79%) Sophos
2 19 (28.79%) TOWER Software
3 7 (10.61%) Cisco
4 6 (9.09%) Apple
5 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.55%) MobileIron
6 3 (4.55%) Samsung
7 2 (3.03%) Google
7 2 (3.03%) Meraki
7 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.03%) VMware
8 1 (1.52%) Fortinet