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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 101 221
Rank change year-on-year -31 +120 -72
Permanent jobs citing Android 15 20 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.48% 1.03% 0.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.14% 10.15% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 25
10th Percentile - £43,750 £16,769
25th Percentile £29,750 £59,063 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £85,126 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -63.00% +70.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56,125 £146,300 £82,500
90th Percentile £63,750 - £91,934
UK median annual salary £57,062 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% +15.79% -17.39%

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 210 197 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.69% 10.14% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 97 159 428
10th Percentile £27,200 £31,250 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £86,756 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 +6 14 £31,500 -70.41% 1
Glasgow -14 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) GitHub
2 2 (13.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.67%) Firebase
3 1 (6.67%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) DHCP
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) fastlane
2 1 (6.67%) Android Studio
2 1 (6.67%) Appium
2 1 (6.67%) Crashlytics
2 1 (6.67%) Gradle
2 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Postman
2 1 (6.67%) REST Assured
2 1 (6.67%) SoapUI
2 1 (6.67%) TestRail
2 1 (6.67%) Xcode
2 1 (6.67%) XCTest
2 1 (6.67%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (13.33%) Games
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Senior
2 8 (53.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) IT Support
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Android Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) iOS Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Mobile Tester
5 1 (6.67%) QA Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Android Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) React Native
2 1 (6.67%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (6.67%) Android SDK
2 1 (6.67%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) Retrofit
2 1 (6.67%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Android Development
3 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience
5 2 (13.33%) API Integration
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
5 2 (13.33%) Kanban
5 2 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (13.33%) OWASP
5 2 (13.33%) Scrum
5 2 (13.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (13.33%) UX Design
6 1 (6.67%) API Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) GDPR
1 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (13.33%) WCAG
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Apple
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Dynatrace
2 1 (6.67%) Google