Android Jobs in Scotland

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 210 172
Rank change year-on-year +64 -38 -40
Permanent jobs citing Android 18 67 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.58% 0.98% 1.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.33% 8.67% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 25
10th Percentile £65,000 £26,600 £30,200
25th Percentile £70,250 £31,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £118,840 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +106.68% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £146,300 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - £91,934 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% -4.17%

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 193 773 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.27% 11.26% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 136 424 407
10th Percentile £35,625 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £76,250 £76,017
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android in Scotland.

Salary trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 June 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 14 June 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 +28 11 £127,680 +82.40% 15
Glasgow +107 3 £75,000 +25.00% 5
Midlothian - 3 £65,000 - 5
Dundee +8 1 - - 1
Android
UK

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Figma
1 1 (5.56%) Firebase
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub
1 1 (5.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Jenkins
1 8 (44.44%) Maven
2 1 (5.56%) Android Studio
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Android Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Lead
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 4 (22.22%) Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Android Developer
4 3 (16.67%) iOS Android Developer
4 3 (16.67%) iOS Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Android Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior iOS Android Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior iOS Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Mobile Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (50.00%) RESTful
2 8 (44.44%) Android Jetpack
2 8 (44.44%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (5.56%) Apollo GraphQL
3 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.56%) React
3 1 (5.56%) React Native
3 1 (5.56%) ReactiveCocoa
3 1 (5.56%) Redux
3 1 (5.56%) RxSwift
3 1 (5.56%) SwiftUI
3 1 (5.56%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Mobile App
2 12 (66.67%) Virtual Team
3 10 (55.56%) Product Ownership
4 9 (50.00%) Online Banking
5 3 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) VxWorks
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Android Development
2 10 (55.56%) User Experience
2 10 (55.56%) UX Design
3 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 9 (50.00%) Microservices
3 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 8 (44.44%) Containerisation
4 8 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (44.44%) DevOps
4 8 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
4 8 (44.44%) Line Management
4 8 (44.44%) Pair Programming
4 8 (44.44%) Push Notifications
4 8 (44.44%) TDD
4 8 (44.44%) Unit Testing
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Mobile Development
6 4 (22.22%) iOS Development
7 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) Kotlin
2 9 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (16.67%) C
3 3 (16.67%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) Swift
4 2 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) Objective-C
5 1 (5.56%) C#
5 1 (5.56%) Python
5 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) Kubernetes
1 8 (44.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Google
1 1 (5.56%) Salesforce