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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 109 173
Rank change year-on-year -14 +64 -77
Permanent jobs citing Android 16 38 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.59% 1.40% 0.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.06% 11.52% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 14
10th Percentile - - £28,730
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £49,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -29.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £83,750 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

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 159 330 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.84% 12.20% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 80 190 295
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,450 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.58% +1.90% -
75th Percentile £54,063 £65,938 £69,900
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.44% +0.50% -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 31 December 2025.

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 31 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
Edinburgh -19 8 £31,500 -42.73% 11
Midlothian - 4 £65,000 - 3
Glasgow +13 3 £30,500 -6.15% 10
North Lanarkshire - 1 £30,500 -
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 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) ATM
2 3 (18.75%) DHCP
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) iOS Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Android Developer
3 4 (25.00%) iOS Android Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Mobile Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Android Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior iOS Android Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior iOS Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Mobile Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Field Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) IT Support
5 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Customer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) React Native
2 1 (6.25%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (18.75%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) EPoS
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Android Development
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) iOS Development
3 4 (25.00%) AI
3 4 (25.00%) Mobile Development
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.25%) Coaching
6 1 (6.25%) Product Strategy
6 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.25%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Apple
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft