Android Job Trends in the South West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 123 166
Rank change year-on-year -29 +43 -7
Permanent jobs citing Android 58 37 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.75% 1.32% 1.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.90% 7.82% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 55 20 100
10th Percentile £28,700 £39,000 £29,944
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,125 £73,886 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,372 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -19.64%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 586 473 1,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.56% 16.82% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 378 303 1,274
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -
75th Percentile £63,438 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Android job vacancy trend in the South West

Android
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the South West over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the South West

Android
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Wiltshire +9 25 £32,500 -51.85% 2
Bristol -35 11 £56,250 -10.00% 7
Gloucestershire -17 10 £85,000 +21.43% 15
Devon -20 9 £65,000 -
Dorset -7 2 £35,000 -22.22%
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (15.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (37.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (60.34%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.79%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.45%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.45%) Google Play
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.21%) 4G
1 21 (36.21%) Broadband
2 2 (3.45%) DNS
2 2 (3.45%) VoIP
2 2 (3.45%) VPN
2 2 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.72%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
1 2 (3.45%) Gradle
1 2 (3.45%) JUnit
1 2 (3.45%) Mockito
2 1 (1.72%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.72%) Xcode
General
1 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Advertising
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (41.38%) Analyst
2 18 (31.03%) Support Analyst
3 16 (27.59%) IT Analyst
3 16 (27.59%) IT Support
3 16 (27.59%) IT Support Analyst
4 10 (17.24%) Software Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Android Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Android Software Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Senior
6 8 (13.79%) Developer
7 7 (12.07%) IT Technician
8 6 (10.34%) Senior Developer
8 6 (10.34%) Service Analyst
8 6 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Lead
10 2 (3.45%) .NET Developer
10 2 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
10 2 (3.45%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 2 (3.45%) Service Desk Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) OpenGL
1 6 (10.34%) REST
2 4 (6.90%) GraphQL
2 4 (6.90%) React Native
2 4 (6.90%) RESTful
3 3 (5.17%) Flutter
3 3 (5.17%) React
4 2 (3.45%) .NET
4 2 (3.45%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.45%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (3.45%) Blazor
4 2 (3.45%) gRPC
4 2 (3.45%) ML.NET
4 2 (3.45%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (1.72%) Jest
5 1 (1.72%) MobX
5 1 (1.72%) Redux
5 1 (1.72%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Mobile App
2 6 (10.34%) Vector Graphics
3 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.17%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.45%) iPhone
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (67.24%) Windows
2 29 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 17 (29.31%) Apple iOS
4 12 (20.69%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.17%) Linux
5 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) ITIL
2 24 (41.38%) Service Management
3 21 (36.21%) Software License Management
4 10 (17.24%) Software Engineering
5 8 (13.79%) Operations Management
6 7 (12.07%) Agile
6 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 5 (8.62%) Customer Service
8 5 (8.62%) ITSM
8 5 (8.62%) Mobile Development
8 5 (8.62%) Test Automation
8 5 (8.62%) User Experience
9 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (5.17%) Mobile Application Development
10 3 (5.17%) Security Management
10 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.17%) Software Architecture
10 3 (5.17%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) Kotlin
2 8 (13.79%) C#
3 6 (10.34%) C++
4 5 (8.62%) SQL
5 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.72%) Swift
7 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (46.55%) Security Cleared
2 24 (41.38%) A+ Certification
2 24 (41.38%) Degree
3 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) GDPR
1 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (36.21%) Starlink
2 14 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.62%) Apple
4 4 (6.90%) VMware
5 3 (5.17%) Adobe
6 2 (3.45%) Citrix
6 2 (3.45%) Google
6 2 (3.45%) Remedy
6 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.72%) HP