Android Jobs in Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Google Open Handset Alliance Android UK / Scotland
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	75	94	86
Rank change year-on-year	+19	-8
Permanent jobs citing Android	78	76	79
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	2.88%	2.65%	2.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category	14.47%	11.05%	10.51%
Number of salaries quoted	70	58	58
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£36,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,725	£31,750	£22,850
10% offered a salary of more than	£59,750	£64,125	£64,500
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000

Android is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	539	688	752
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	19.89%	23.96%	24.15%
Number of salaries quoted	768	920	980
Median salary	£39,000	£40,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.50%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,425	£22,500	£23,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£59,750	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Android as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Android in Scotland.

Android
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Android in Scotland over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Glasgow	+9	28	£40,000	+14.28%	3
Edinburgh	-21	21	£42,500	+7.59%	6
Dundee	-	18	£42,500	-	1
West Lothian	-	3	£22,500	-
South Lanarkshire	-1	2	£55,000	+46.66%
Falkirk	-	2	£38,750	-
Stirling	0	1	£26,000	-49.26%
Android UK

Android
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing Android also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Android.

1	95 (69.34%)	Apple iOS
2	69 (50.36%)	Android Development
3	67 (48.91%)	Java
4	62 (45.26%)	iOS Development
5	59 (43.07%)	Agile Software Development
6	54 (39.42%)	Mobile Development
7	51 (37.23%)	Degree
8	49 (35.77%)	Software Engineering
9	46 (33.58%)	Windows
10	45 (32.85%)	C#
11	44 (32.12%)	Mobile App
12	40 (29.20%)	Linux
13	35 (25.55%)	Xamarin
14	33 (24.09%)	.NET
15	31 (22.63%)	C++

16	27 (19.71%)	JavaScript
16	27 (19.71%)	OO
17	26 (18.98%)	C
18	24 (17.52%)	Spring
19	22 (16.06%)	PHP
20	21 (15.33%)	Hibernate
21	20 (14.60%)	Python
21	20 (14.60%)	Subversion
22	19 (13.87%)	HTML
22	19 (13.87%)	SQL Server
23	18 (13.14%)	Firmware
23	18 (13.14%)	Banking
23	18 (13.14%)	Computer Science
23	18 (13.14%)	Jenkins
24	17 (12.41%)	Unit Testing

Android
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	17 (12.41%)	Tomcat
2	15 (10.95%)	Apache
2	15 (10.95%)	CMS
3	3 (2.19%)	IIS
3	3 (2.19%)	JBoss
3	3 (2.19%)	MS Exchange
4	2 (1.46%)	nginx
5	1 (0.73%)	Confluence
5	1 (0.73%)	Skype for Business
5	1 (0.73%)	WildFly

Applications
1	8 (5.84%)	Microsoft Office
2	6 (4.38%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (2.92%)	Adobe Illustrator
3	4 (2.92%)	InDesign
3	4 (2.92%)	Photoshop

Cloud Services
1	10 (7.30%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (4.38%)	SaaS
3	4 (2.92%)	Amazon S3
3	4 (2.92%)	Microsoft Azure
4	2 (1.46%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.73%)	Cloud Computing
5	1 (0.73%)	OneDrive

Communications & Networking
1	5 (3.65%)	HTTPS
2	4 (2.92%)	SSL
3	3 (2.19%)	Internet
3	3 (2.19%)	VoIP
4	2 (1.46%)	SMS
4	2 (1.46%)	Wireless
5	1 (0.73%)	Bluetooth
5	1 (0.73%)	DHCP
5	1 (0.73%)	DNS
5	1 (0.73%)	TCP/IP
5	1 (0.73%)	WLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	19 (13.87%)	SQL Server
2	15 (10.95%)	NoSQL
3	10 (7.30%)	MySQL
4	5 (3.65%)	CouchDB
5	3 (2.19%)	MongoDB
5	3 (2.19%)	PostgreSQL
5	3 (2.19%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	2 (1.46%)	Crystal Reports
6	2 (1.46%)	PowerPivot
6	2 (1.46%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	1 (0.73%)	MariaDB
7	1 (0.73%)	Power BI
7	1 (0.73%)	Relational Database

Development Applications
1	20 (14.60%)	Subversion
2	18 (13.14%)	Jenkins
3	14 (10.22%)	Maven
4	9 (6.57%)	Git (software)
5	6 (4.38%)	Android Studio
6	4 (2.92%)	Dreamweaver
6	4 (2.92%)	JUnit
7	3 (2.19%)	Ant
7	3 (2.19%)	Bitbucket
7	3 (2.19%)	Cucumber
7	3 (2.19%)	Gradle
7	3 (2.19%)	HttpUnit
7	3 (2.19%)	JMeter
8	2 (1.46%)	Eclipse
8	2 (1.46%)	JIRA
8	2 (1.46%)	Visual Studio
8	2 (1.46%)	Xcode
9	1 (0.73%)	GDB
9	1 (0.73%)	Selenium
9	1 (0.73%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	18 (13.14%)	Banking
2	17 (12.41%)	Electronics
3	13 (9.49%)	Finance
4	4 (2.92%)	Games
5	3 (2.19%)	Music Industry
6	2 (1.46%)	Publishing
6	2 (1.46%)	Retail
7	1 (0.73%)	Automotive
7	1 (0.73%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	86 (62.77%)	Developer
2	29 (21.17%)	Software Engineer
3	24 (17.52%)	Android Developer
4	21 (15.33%)	Senior Developer
5	20 (14.60%)	iOS Developer
5	20 (14.60%)	Mobile Developer
6	19 (13.87%)	Java Developer
7	16 (11.68%)	Software Developer
8	15 (10.95%)	iOS Android Developer
9	13 (9.49%)	Senior Software Engineer
10	10 (7.30%)	Senior Android Developer
11	8 (5.84%)	C# Developer
11	8 (5.84%)	Graduate
11	8 (5.84%)	Mobile Engineer
11	8 (5.84%)	Senior Java Developer
11	8 (5.84%)	Xamarin Developer
12	7 (5.11%)	Analyst
12	7 (5.11%)	Graduate Software Engineer
13	6 (4.38%)	Junior
13	6 (4.38%)	PHP Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (24.09%)	.NET
2	24 (17.52%)	Spring
3	21 (15.33%)	Hibernate
4	19 (13.87%)	HTML
5	16 (11.68%)	AngularJS
6	14 (10.22%)	CSS
6	14 (10.22%)	J2EE
6	14 (10.22%)	JPA
6	14 (10.22%)	JSP
6	14 (10.22%)	Servlets
7	13 (9.49%)	Web Services
8	12 (8.76%)	Ruby on Rails
9	11 (8.03%)	HTML5
9	11 (8.03%)	JSON
10	10 (7.30%)	SOAP
11	9 (6.57%)	CSS3
11	9 (6.57%)	RESTful
12	8 (5.84%)	Angular 2
12	8 (5.84%)	XML
13	7 (5.11%)	ASP.NET

Miscellaneous
1	44 (32.12%)	Mobile App
2	18 (13.14%)	Computer Science
3	7 (5.11%)	Arduino
3	7 (5.11%)	Greenfield Project
3	7 (5.11%)	Raspberry Pi
4	4 (2.92%)	Analytical Skills
4	4 (2.92%)	Enterprise Software
4	4 (2.92%)	Linux Command Line
4	4 (2.92%)	Tandem
5	3 (2.19%)	Internet of Things
5	3 (2.19%)	User Experience
5	3 (2.19%)	W3C
6	1 (0.73%)	Algorithms
6	1 (0.73%)	Augmented Reality
6	1 (0.73%)	Blackberry
6	1 (0.73%)	Management Information System
6	1 (0.73%)	Mobile Computing

Operating Systems
1	95 (69.34%)	Apple iOS
2	46 (33.58%)	Windows
3	40 (29.20%)	Linux
4	7 (5.11%)	VxWorks
5	4 (2.92%)	Windows Phone
6	3 (2.19%)	Windows 8
7	2 (1.46%)	Mac OS
7	2 (1.46%)	Solaris
7	2 (1.46%)	Windows Server
8	1 (0.73%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.73%)	Unix
8	1 (0.73%)	Windows 10
8	1 (0.73%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	69 (50.36%)	Android Development
2	62 (45.26%)	iOS Development
3	59 (43.07%)	Agile Software Development
4	54 (39.42%)	Mobile Development
5	49 (35.77%)	Software Engineering
6	27 (19.71%)	OO
7	17 (12.41%)	Configuration Management
7	17 (12.41%)	Continuous Integration
7	17 (12.41%)	Unit Testing
8	16 (11.68%)	TDD
9	15 (10.95%)	Mentoring
9	15 (10.95%)	Scrum
10	14 (10.22%)	Web Application Development
11	12 (8.76%)	Front End Development
11	12 (8.76%)	Test Automation
12	9 (6.57%)	Web Development
13	7 (5.11%)	Kanban
13	7 (5.11%)	Project Planning
13	7 (5.11%)	Responsive Web Design
13	7 (5.11%)	Web Design

Programming Languages
1	67 (48.91%)	Java
2	45 (32.85%)	C#
3	31 (22.63%)	C++
4	27 (19.71%)	JavaScript
5	26 (18.98%)	C
6	22 (16.06%)	PHP
7	20 (14.60%)	Python
8	17 (12.41%)	VB
9	14 (10.22%)	Objective-C
10	13 (9.49%)	Perl
10	13 (9.49%)	Ruby
11	12 (8.76%)	Bash Shell
11	12 (8.76%)	SQL
12	8 (5.84%)	Apple Swift
13	4 (2.92%)	Assembly Language
13	4 (2.92%)	T-SQL
14	3 (2.19%)	Embedded C
15	2 (1.46%)	ActionScript
15	2 (1.46%)	Shell Script
15	2 (1.46%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	51 (37.23%)	Degree
2	11 (8.03%)	Computer Science Degree
3	2 (1.46%)	ISTQB
4	1 (0.73%)	ISEB
4	1 (0.73%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (2.19%)	QA
2	1 (0.73%)	ISO 9000

System Software
1	18 (13.14%)	Firmware
2	5 (3.65%)	Active Directory
2	5 (3.65%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	4 (2.92%)	Virtual Servers
4	2 (1.46%)	Docker
4	2 (1.46%)	Microsoft App-V

Systems Management
1	3 (2.19%)	SCCM
2	2 (1.46%)	Rancher
3	1 (0.73%)	Business Desktop Deployment

Vendors
1	35 (25.55%)	Xamarin
2	15 (10.95%)	Microsoft
3	14 (10.22%)	Alterian
4	11 (8.03%)	Oracle
5	5 (3.65%)	VMware
6	4 (2.92%)	Adobe
7	3 (2.19%)	Citrix
7	3 (2.19%)	Google
8	1 (0.73%)	Intel
8	1 (0.73%)	LANDesk
8	1 (0.73%)	Novell