Android Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 178 149
Rank change year-on-year -5 -29 -23
Permanent jobs citing Android 18 19 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.25% 0.49% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.76% 4.82% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 17 12 34
10th Percentile £33,650 £32,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £34,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £36,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +136.11% +2.86% -53.33%
75th Percentile - £41,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - £58,100 £57,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +33.33% -16.28%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 479 394 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.65% 10.19% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 400 309 402
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,600 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +7.53%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Android job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Android
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the Thames Valley

Android
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Berkshire +29 14 £85,000 +41.67% 15
Buckinghamshire -5 3 £30,000 -12.41% 2
Oxfordshire -38 1 £65,000 +80.56% 11
Android
South East

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Stack
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) WAN
2 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.56%) VLAN
3 1 (5.56%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 7 (38.89%) Health Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 9 (50.00%) Senior
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Mobile Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Applications Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Mobile Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Senior Android Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Senior Applications Developer
4 5 (27.78%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
5 4 (22.22%) iOS Android Developer
5 4 (22.22%) iOS Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Android Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Android Software Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) IT Support
6 3 (16.67%) Senior Android Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
7 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
1 1 (5.56%) React Native
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Mobile App
1 7 (38.89%) NHS
2 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Apple iOS
2 4 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Android Development
2 5 (27.78%) Mobile Development
3 4 (22.22%) iOS Development
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) ITIL
5 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) API Development
6 1 (5.56%) Business Transformation
6 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Engineering
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.56%) OOP
6 1 (5.56%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (5.56%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) Service Management
6 1 (5.56%) SOLID
6 1 (5.56%) TestOps
6 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Kotlin
2 1 (5.56%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.56%) Xamarin