Android Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 48 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +17
Permanent jobs citing Android 6 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.16% 0.46% 1.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.22% 3.57% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £39,450
25th Percentile - - £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.00%
75th Percentile - - £46,250
90th Percentile - - £47,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 37 56 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.17% 12.90% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 48
10th Percentile - £32,200 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +18.64% -14.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £71,725
90th Percentile - - £85,000
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +1.00% -4.76%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Android job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Android
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Android

Android
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
County Antrim +8 3 £70,000 - 3
County Londonderry - 3 £70,000 -
Android
UK

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 4G
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Android Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Android Development
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Apple
1 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (16.67%) Intel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Wyse