Android Jobs in the North West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 124 221
Rank change year-on-year +96 +97 -13
Permanent jobs citing Android 667 181 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.58% 1.78% 0.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.40% 15.18% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21 68 38
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £82,500 £55,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £83,750 £68,250 £91,875
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% -4.17%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,226 1,192 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.76% 11.70% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 335 885 747
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £59,625 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the North West

Android
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android in the North West.

Salary trend for Android in the North West

Android
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the North West over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Android in the North West

Android
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 May 2025. 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
Lancashire +64 468 - - 38
Manchester +30 101 £55,000 +10.00% 99
Cheshire +35 68 £85,000 +226.92% 46
Merseyside +57 29 - - 21
Cumbria -65 1 - - 3
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.60%) IBM Domino
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (0.60%) AWS
2 4 (0.60%) Figma
2 4 (0.60%) Kibo
2 4 (0.60%) Nutanix
2 4 (0.60%) SaaS
3 1 (0.15%) Azure
3 1 (0.15%) Bitrise
3 1 (0.15%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 639 (95.80%) VPN
2 384 (57.57%) DNS
3 254 (38.08%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (1.20%) Firewall
5 4 (0.60%) HTTP
5 4 (0.60%) Internet
5 4 (0.60%) SSH
6 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 9 (1.35%) Git
2 6 (0.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.15%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.15%) fastlane
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 629 (94.30%) Analytical Skills
1 629 (94.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 385 (57.72%) Finance
3 16 (2.40%) Social Skills
4 5 (0.75%) Electronics
5 3 (0.45%) Banking
6 1 (0.15%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (0.15%) Law
6 1 (0.15%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (0.15%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.15%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.15%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.15%) Publishing
6 1 (0.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 385 (57.72%) Developer
2 380 (56.97%) Software Developer
3 250 (37.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (1.20%) IT Support
5 6 (0.90%) Lead
5 6 (0.90%) Team Leader
6 5 (0.75%) Software Team Leader
7 4 (0.60%) Designer
7 4 (0.60%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (0.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (0.60%) IT Support Specialist
7 4 (0.60%) Product Designer
7 4 (0.60%) Software Engineer
7 4 (0.60%) Support Specialist
8 3 (0.45%) Android Developer
8 3 (0.45%) Senior
9 2 (0.30%) Analyst
9 2 (0.30%) Senior Developer
9 2 (0.30%) Service Analyst
9 2 (0.30%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (37.48%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (0.60%) LDAP
3 2 (0.30%) Android SDK
3 2 (0.30%) React
3 2 (0.30%) React Native
4 1 (0.15%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (0.15%) CSS
4 1 (0.15%) HTML
4 1 (0.15%) Jest
4 1 (0.15%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (0.15%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.15%) Redux
4 1 (0.15%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 629 (94.30%) Cyberattack
2 4 (0.60%) Anti-Spyware
2 4 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (0.60%) EMV
2 4 (0.60%) Mobile App
3 3 (0.45%) CCTV
3 3 (0.45%) Smartphone
4 2 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (0.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.15%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 633 (94.90%) Linux
2 267 (40.03%) Windows
3 11 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (94.45%) Line Management
2 629 (94.30%) Mathematics
3 388 (58.17%) Agile
4 387 (58.02%) Android Development
5 379 (56.82%) Design Patterns
5 379 (56.82%) OO
5 379 (56.82%) OOP
6 269 (40.33%) Problem-Solving
7 251 (37.63%) Task Automation
8 250 (37.48%) DevOps
8 250 (37.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 250 (37.48%) Platform Engineering
8 250 (37.48%) Risk Management
8 250 (37.48%) Storage Management
9 9 (1.35%) Embedded Software Development
10 7 (1.05%) Customer Service
11 6 (0.90%) Service Management
11 6 (0.90%) Software Engineering
11 6 (0.90%) User Experience
12 5 (0.75%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 629 (94.30%) Python
2 384 (57.57%) C++
3 381 (57.12%) Java
4 379 (56.82%) Go
5 251 (37.63%) PowerShell
6 250 (37.48%) Bash
7 5 (0.75%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.60%) C
8 4 (0.60%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.15%) VB
10 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 380 (56.97%) Security Cleared
2 379 (56.82%) DV Cleared
3 3 (0.45%) Degree
4 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.15%) MCP
4 1 (0.15%) MCSA
4 1 (0.15%) MCSE
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.75%) IEC 62304
1 5 (0.75%) ISO 13485
2 2 (0.30%) SLA
3 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 629 (94.30%) Docker
2 250 (37.48%) Hyper-V
2 250 (37.48%) VMware NSX
2 250 (37.48%) vSphere
3 7 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 633 (94.90%) Ansible
2 250 (37.48%) Terraform
3 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 254 (38.08%) Cisco
2 250 (37.48%) 3PAR
2 250 (37.48%) Juniper
2 250 (37.48%) Splunk
3 8 (1.20%) Microsoft
4 6 (0.90%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.75%) VMware
6 4 (0.60%) Okta
6 4 (0.60%) Perforce
7 3 (0.45%) Apple
7 3 (0.45%) Avaya
7 3 (0.45%) Citrix
8 1 (0.15%) Intel
8 1 (0.15%) McAfee
8 1 (0.15%) Symantec