Android Job Trends in Scotland

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 140 123
Rank change year-on-year +5 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing Android 6 15 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.15% 0.59% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.61% 10.71% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 25
10th Percentile - £40,675 £30,350
25th Percentile £26,250 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.46% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £60,000
90th Percentile - £72,700 £75,473
UK median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% -18.18%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 166 140 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.03% 5.50% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 117 87 249
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £69,900 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Android job vacancy trend in Scotland

Android
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in Scotland

Android
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Edinburgh +15 2 £60,000 - 13
Glasgow +7 2 - - 6
Perth and Kinross - 2 £26,500 - 1
Android
UK

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Android Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) iOS SDK
2 1 (16.67%) Android SDK
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Application Security
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Android Development
2 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded C
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Google