Android Job Trends in the North of England

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 32 174
Rank change year-on-year -183 +142 +42
Permanent jobs citing Android 132 743 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.64% 7.93% 1.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.44% 40.29% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 79 89 113
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £25,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -24.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £50,000 £33,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £69,390 £69,500 £62,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -18.18%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,061 1,844 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.13% 19.67% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 829 816 1,654
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,985 £70,000 £66,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Android job vacancy trend in the North of England

Android
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the North of England

Android
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Yorkshire -19 86 £45,000 +50.00% 8
North West -185 35 £50,000 -9.09% 11
North East -39 11 £47,000 +4.44% 6
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.52%) IIS
2 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (12.88%) Azure
3 11 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.82%) Google Play
5 6 (4.55%) AWS
5 6 (4.55%) Firebase
5 6 (4.55%) GitHub
5 6 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.03%) Azure AI
7 3 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.52%) Figma
8 2 (1.52%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.76%) Bitrise
9 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.76%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 37 (28.03%) Broadband
2 16 (12.12%) DHCP
2 16 (12.12%) DNS
2 16 (12.12%) TCP/IP
3 15 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (9.09%) Firewall
4 12 (9.09%) VLAN
5 10 (7.58%) VPN
6 5 (3.79%) ATM
7 3 (2.27%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.52%) LAN
8 2 (1.52%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.52%) WAN
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.76%) VoIP
9 1 (0.76%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.52%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.52%) Power BI
4 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.76%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (4.55%) fastlane
2 5 (3.79%) Android Studio
2 5 (3.79%) Crashlytics
2 5 (3.79%) Gradle
2 5 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.52%) NUnit
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) JUnit
General
1 36 (27.27%) Games
2 19 (14.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 6 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.27%) French Language
7 3 (2.27%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.27%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.27%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.52%) Finance
9 1 (0.76%) Banking
9 1 (0.76%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Retail
9 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Developer
2 25 (18.94%) Android Developer
3 19 (14.39%) Lead
4 18 (13.64%) Administrator
4 18 (13.64%) Systems Administrator
4 18 (13.64%) Technical Administrator
5 14 (10.61%) Senior
6 12 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (8.33%) IT Support
7 11 (8.33%) Software Developer
8 10 (7.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 10 (7.58%) iOS Android Developer
8 10 (7.58%) iOS Developer
9 9 (6.82%) Engineering Manager
10 7 (5.30%) Lead Developer
11 6 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.55%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.64%) Android SDK
2 14 (10.61%) GraphQL
3 11 (8.33%) RESTful
4 9 (6.82%) .NET
5 8 (6.06%) Android Jetpack
5 8 (6.06%) Jetpack Compose
6 6 (4.55%) ASP.NET
6 6 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (3.79%) Retrofit
8 4 (3.03%) .NET Core
8 4 (3.03%) Blazor
8 4 (3.03%) ML.NET
8 4 (3.03%) React
9 3 (2.27%) CSS
9 3 (2.27%) HTML
9 3 (2.27%) SwiftUI
10 2 (1.52%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.52%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (48.48%) Mobile App
2 26 (19.70%) Onboarding
3 22 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 14 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (9.85%) Social Media
6 6 (4.55%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.03%) iPhone
8 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.52%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.52%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.76%) Blog
10 1 (0.76%) Lidar
10 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (64.39%) Apple iOS
2 45 (34.09%) Windows
3 20 (15.15%) Mac OS
4 11 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.79%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (44.70%) CI/CD
2 48 (36.36%) Agile
2 48 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (33.33%) AI
4 40 (30.30%) Mentoring
5 36 (27.27%) Android Development
5 36 (27.27%) Observability
6 29 (21.97%) Incident Management
7 25 (18.94%) Decision-Making
7 25 (18.94%) Roadmaps
7 25 (18.94%) Technical Leadership
8 23 (17.42%) Backends for Frontends
8 23 (17.42%) Budgeting
8 23 (17.42%) Project Management
9 21 (15.91%) Customer Service
10 18 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
11 17 (12.88%) Service Delivery
12 14 (10.61%) Design Patterns
12 14 (10.61%) iOS Development
13 13 (9.85%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.70%) Kotlin
2 19 (14.39%) Java
3 16 (12.12%) SQL
4 10 (7.58%) C#
5 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.79%) Swift
7 3 (2.27%) Python
8 2 (1.52%) Bicep
8 2 (1.52%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.76%) C++
9 1 (0.76%) Dart
9 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (3.03%) Degree
2 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
3 1 (0.76%) ACSP
3 1 (0.76%) CCA
3 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (23.48%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.55%) WCAG
3 5 (3.79%) SLA
4 4 (3.03%) QA
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (13.64%) Nessus
2 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 38 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.88%) Apple
3 10 (7.58%) Google
4 6 (4.55%) Samsung
5 5 (3.79%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.79%) Xamarin
6 4 (3.03%) VMware
7 3 (2.27%) Meraki
7 3 (2.27%) Mitel
8 2 (1.52%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.76%) Adobe
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco
9 1 (0.76%) Veeam
9 1 (0.76%) WatchGuard