Android Job Trends in South Wales

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 +20
Permanent jobs citing Android 4 22 11
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.56% 2.43% 1.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.02% 29.33% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 19 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 £23,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -38.89% +32.62%
75th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 -
90th Percentile - £32,900 -
Wales median annual salary £29,000 £27,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -38.89% +32.62%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 57 75 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 8.02% 8.27% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 40 34 56
10th Percentile £26,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £23,750 £37,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £29,750 £41,598
Median % change year-on-year +73.11% -28.48% -7.56%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,166 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,610 £69,800
Wales median annual salary £50,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +44.29% -12.50% -11.11%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Android job vacancy trend in South Wales

Android
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Android

Android
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Newport - 4 £29,000 - 5
Android
Wales

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (75.00%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (75.00%) Modbus
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
1 3 (75.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Law
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Cognitive Science
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (75.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) Psychology
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Statistics
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) R
1 3 (75.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nessus
1 3 (75.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Qualtrics
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk