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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 170 166
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Android 59 61 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.45% 1.19% 1.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.80% 6.56% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 40 44 89
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +9.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £48,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £55,750 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -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 602 930 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.58% 18.17% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 465 598 1,305
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,375 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -15 35 £30,000 -6.25% 5
West Midlands -49 24 £48,000 -14.29% 6
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 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (8.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.56%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.17%) Azure
3 6 (10.17%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.39%) Azure AI
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.39%) Google Play
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Firewall
2 9 (15.25%) LAN
2 9 (15.25%) WAN
3 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.39%) Bluetooth
5 2 (3.39%) VLAN
6 1 (1.69%) Wireless
6 1 (1.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) XCUITest
2 1 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.69%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Developer
2 11 (18.64%) Applications Developer
2 11 (18.64%) IT Engineer
2 11 (18.64%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 11 (18.64%) Mobile Developer
3 10 (16.95%) Graduate
3 10 (16.95%) Graduate Applications Developer
3 10 (16.95%) Graduate Developer
3 10 (16.95%) Graduate Mobile Developer
4 9 (15.25%) IT Support
4 9 (15.25%) Senior
5 8 (13.56%) Field Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Lead
7 6 (10.17%) Consultant
7 6 (10.17%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (10.17%) QA Engineer
7 6 (10.17%) Senior QA Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (8.47%) Security Consultant
8 5 (8.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) .NET
1 3 (5.08%) React
2 2 (3.39%) .NET Core
2 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (3.39%) Blazor
2 2 (3.39%) ML.NET
2 2 (3.39%) RESTful
3 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.69%) EDI
3 1 (1.69%) Flutter
3 1 (1.69%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.69%) gRPC
3 1 (1.69%) Kafka
3 1 (1.69%) Node.js
3 1 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.69%) React Native
3 1 (1.69%) REST
3 1 (1.69%) Spring
3 1 (1.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.68%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.47%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.47%) EPoS
2 5 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.39%) iPhone
4 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (64.41%) Apple iOS
2 33 (55.93%) Windows
3 9 (15.25%) Windows 10
3 9 (15.25%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.64%) Android Development
1 11 (18.64%) ITIL
2 9 (15.25%) Agile
3 8 (13.56%) Customer Service
4 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
4 7 (11.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 7 (11.86%) Observability
4 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
4 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
4 7 (11.86%) Test Strategy
5 6 (10.17%) Coaching
5 6 (10.17%) Functional Testing
5 6 (10.17%) Non-Functional Testing
5 6 (10.17%) Personalization
5 6 (10.17%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) Runbook
5 6 (10.17%) Scenario Testing
5 6 (10.17%) Service Catalogue
5 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.78%) Bash
3 3 (5.08%) SQL
4 2 (3.39%) C
4 2 (3.39%) C#
4 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.69%) Java
5 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) Degree
1 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (1.69%) CREST Certified
2 1 (1.69%) GPEN
2 1 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) Accessibility
1 7 (11.86%) QA
2 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.69%) GRC
3 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (27.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) Hyper-V
2 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.39%) Firmware
4 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.47%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.39%) SCCM
4 1 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.69%) Nessus
4 1 (1.69%) Nmap
4 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.17%) Logitech
2 6 (10.17%) Sophos
2 6 (10.17%) TOWER Software
3 5 (8.47%) VMware
4 3 (5.08%) MobileIron
5 2 (3.39%) Apple
5 2 (3.39%) Google
5 2 (3.39%) Meraki
5 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.69%) Qualys
6 1 (1.69%) Samsung