Android Job Trends in the South East

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 213 135
Rank change year-on-year -48 -78 -11
Permanent jobs citing Android 67 85 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.39% 0.97% 1.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.41% 6.43% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 50 31 135
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £26,600
25th Percentile £32,625 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £40,312 £45,000
% change year-on-year +36.44% -10.42% -18.18%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,238 1,321 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.29% 15.01% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 1,035 1,595
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £40,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -16.67% +6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £48,750 £60,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £75,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -8.57%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Android job vacancy trend in the South East

Android
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the South East over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the South East

Android
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
East Sussex -1 25 £60,000 - 5
Hampshire -54 18 £34,000 -53.10% 7
Thames Valley -12 13 £75,000 +108.33% 15
Surrey -26 10 £31,000 -58.67% 4
Berkshire +19 9 £85,000 +43.46% 4
Buckinghamshire -13 2 £30,000 -22.58% 3
Oxfordshire -22 2 £62,500 +73.61% 8
Kent -19 1 £47,500 +53.23% 4
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (11.94%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.43%) Azure
3 4 (5.97%) Azure AI
3 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.97%) Google Play
4 1 (1.49%) AWS
4 1 (1.49%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (8.96%) VoIP
3 3 (4.48%) Firewall
4 2 (2.99%) DHCP
4 2 (2.99%) DNS
4 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.49%) LAN
5 1 (1.49%) VLAN
5 1 (1.49%) VPN
5 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.97%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Android Studio
2 3 (4.48%) Git
3 2 (2.99%) JIRA
4 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (4.48%) Legal
1 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
1 3 (4.48%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
2 1 (1.49%) Electronics
2 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (43.28%) Developer
2 13 (19.40%) Android Engineer
2 13 (19.40%) iOS Developer
3 8 (11.94%) IT Support
3 8 (11.94%) Senior
3 8 (11.94%) Test Engineer
4 7 (10.45%) Senior Developer
5 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) IT Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Mobile Developer
5 6 (8.96%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 5 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Senior Android Developer
6 5 (7.46%) Senior Applications Developer
6 5 (7.46%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (31.34%) RESTful
2 15 (22.39%) SwiftUI
3 7 (10.45%) .NET
4 6 (8.96%) ASP.NET
4 6 (8.96%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (5.97%) .NET Core
5 4 (5.97%) Blazor
5 4 (5.97%) ML.NET
5 4 (5.97%) React
6 3 (4.48%) React Native
7 2 (2.99%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.99%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (55.22%) Mobile App
2 6 (8.96%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (8.96%) iPhone
3 4 (5.97%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (47.76%) Apple iOS
2 8 (11.94%) Windows
3 4 (5.97%) Linux
3 4 (5.97%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) Android Development
2 21 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (28.36%) Multithreading
4 18 (26.87%) Mobile Development
5 17 (25.37%) SOLID
6 15 (22.39%) Agile
6 15 (22.39%) iOS Development
6 15 (22.39%) Memory Management
6 15 (22.39%) Performance Optimisation
7 10 (14.93%) Test Automation
8 8 (11.94%) Defect Management
8 8 (11.94%) Exploratory Testing
8 8 (11.94%) Regression Testing
8 8 (11.94%) Test Planning
9 5 (7.46%) AI
9 5 (7.46%) Mentoring
9 5 (7.46%) Platform Engineering
10 4 (5.97%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (5.97%) DevOps
10 4 (5.97%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 20 (29.85%) Kotlin
2 15 (22.39%) Swift
3 7 (10.45%) C#
4 6 (8.96%) SQL
5 5 (7.46%) C
5 5 (7.46%) C++
6 4 (5.97%) Java
6 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.48%) DV Cleared
2 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Degree
4 1 (1.49%) CCNA
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) TP-LINK
2 6 (8.96%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (5.97%) Google
4 3 (4.48%) Xamarin
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco
5 2 (2.99%) Meraki
6 1 (1.49%) Apple