Android Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 238 232
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 -21
Permanent jobs citing Android 396 327 731
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.17% 1.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.95% 7.46% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 293 224 543
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,813 £29,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,455
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +23.60% -22.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,617 4,382 9,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.82% 15.66% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,677 2,773 7,720
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,854
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.72% -10.75%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Android relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Android job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Android
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Android in the UK excluding London

Android
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
North of England -4 129 £32,500 -18.59% 24
South East +36 112 £60,000 +33.33% 34
Yorkshire +8 83 £30,000 - 11
East of England +12 53 £40,000 -20.00% 19
Midlands -44 40 £33,500 -52.14% 19
South West -29 36 £35,000 -42.86% 12
North West -26 34 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East Midlands -20 30 £33,500 +4.69% 8
Scotland -18 18 £31,500 -61.82% 4
North East -9 12 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -31 10 £32,500 -53.57% 11
Northern Ireland -25 6 £70,000 - 1
Wales -7 4 £29,000 +5.45% 3
Android
UK

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 41 (10.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (10.10%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.02%) CMS
4 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 35 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 101 (25.51%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (13.89%) Entra ID
3 49 (12.37%) Azure
4 18 (4.55%) SaaS
5 16 (4.04%) AWS
6 8 (2.02%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.52%) Google Play
7 6 (1.52%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.52%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.26%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.26%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.01%) Firebase
9 4 (1.01%) GitHub
10 3 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.51%) Figma
11 2 (0.51%) TestFlight
12 1 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.87%) Broadband
2 36 (9.09%) DNS
3 29 (7.32%) TCP/IP
4 28 (7.07%) DHCP
5 27 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (5.56%) Firewall
7 20 (5.05%) LAN
8 18 (4.55%) WAN
9 16 (4.04%) VPN
10 13 (3.28%) 4G
11 12 (3.03%) ATM
12 9 (2.27%) VLAN
13 8 (2.02%) VoIP
13 8 (2.02%) Wireless
14 5 (1.26%) Bluetooth
14 5 (1.26%) Cisco IOS
15 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
16 2 (0.51%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.51%) HTTP
16 2 (0.51%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.76%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.51%) GIS
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.25%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
5 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (3.03%) Git
2 11 (2.78%) Xcode
3 7 (1.77%) Android Studio
4 6 (1.52%) XCUITest
5 5 (1.26%) JIRA
6 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.76%) Postman
6 3 (0.76%) TestRail
6 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.51%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.51%) CMake
7 2 (0.51%) fastlane
7 2 (0.51%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.51%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.25%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.25%) NUnit
8 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.60%) Games
3 25 (6.31%) Marketing
4 23 (5.81%) Law
5 20 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.04%) Electronics
8 16 (4.04%) Finance
9 11 (2.78%) Advertising
10 10 (2.53%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.02%) Legal
12 6 (1.52%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.26%) Retail
14 4 (1.01%) Banking
15 3 (0.76%) French Language
15 3 (0.76%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 101 (25.51%) Developer
2 84 (21.21%) IT Support
3 65 (16.41%) Senior
4 62 (15.66%) Analyst
5 50 (12.63%) Support Engineer
6 41 (10.35%) IT Analyst
7 40 (10.10%) Android Developer
8 35 (8.84%) Support Analyst
9 33 (8.33%) Mobile Developer
10 31 (7.83%) 2nd Line Support
11 28 (7.07%) iOS Developer
11 28 (7.07%) Support Technician
12 26 (6.57%) IT Support Analyst
12 26 (6.57%) Service Analyst
12 26 (6.57%) Software Engineer
13 25 (6.31%) Service Desk Analyst
14 24 (6.06%) Applications Developer
15 23 (5.81%) IT Engineer
15 23 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
16 22 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.83%) RESTful
2 25 (6.31%) SwiftUI
3 24 (6.06%) .NET
4 22 (5.56%) React Native
5 16 (4.04%) GraphQL
6 14 (3.54%) Android SDK
7 8 (2.02%) CSS
7 8 (2.02%) Flutter
7 8 (2.02%) HTML
7 8 (2.02%) OpenGL
7 8 (2.02%) Vulkan
8 7 (1.77%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.52%) DirectX
9 6 (1.52%) Middleware
9 6 (1.52%) OpenGL ES
9 6 (1.52%) React
10 5 (1.26%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.26%) REST
11 4 (1.01%) Apache Cordova
12 3 (0.76%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 127 (32.07%) Mobile App
2 40 (10.10%) Onboarding
3 36 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 29 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.28%) Social Media
6 10 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.02%) iPhone
8 7 (1.77%) Replication
9 6 (1.52%) EPoS
9 6 (1.52%) IoT
9 6 (1.52%) NHS
9 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.76%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.76%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.51%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 217 (54.80%) Apple iOS
2 173 (43.69%) Windows
3 36 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 32 (8.08%) Windows Server
5 31 (7.83%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.53%) Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (23.48%) Android Development
3 73 (18.43%) CI/CD
4 71 (17.93%) Agile
5 70 (17.68%) Customer Service
6 64 (16.16%) ITIL
7 50 (12.63%) Mentoring
8 47 (11.87%) AI
9 45 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
11 43 (10.86%) Observability
12 37 (9.34%) iOS Development
13 36 (9.09%) Mobile Development
14 35 (8.84%) Roadmaps
15 34 (8.59%) Service Management
15 34 (8.59%) SOLID
16 33 (8.33%) Software Engineering
17 31 (7.83%) Incident Management
17 31 (7.83%) Service Delivery
18 29 (7.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.38%) Kotlin
2 33 (8.33%) Swift
3 27 (6.82%) Java
4 17 (4.29%) PowerShell
5 14 (3.54%) C#
6 13 (3.28%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.03%) SQL
8 10 (2.53%) C++
9 9 (2.27%) C
10 7 (1.77%) Python
10 7 (1.77%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.01%) Bash
11 4 (1.01%) XAML
12 2 (0.51%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Bicep
13 1 (0.25%) R
13 1 (0.25%) Rust
13 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (14.90%) Degree
2 49 (12.37%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.28%) A+ Certification
6 13 (3.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 9 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.01%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) MCSE
10 2 (0.51%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.25%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.25%) GPEN
11 1 (0.25%) HP APS
11 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.59%) SLA
2 33 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.29%) QA
4 4 (1.01%) GDPR
4 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.51%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 73 (18.43%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.04%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.01%) Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) Docker
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (8.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (1.52%) Nessus
4 3 (0.76%) Terraform
5 2 (0.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.51%) Nmap
5 2 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 112 (28.28%) Microsoft
2 71 (17.93%) Apple
3 34 (8.59%) Samsung
4 24 (6.06%) VMware
5 14 (3.54%) Xamarin
6 13 (3.28%) Google
7 12 (3.03%) Cisco
8 11 (2.78%) Starlink
9 9 (2.27%) Meraki
10 8 (2.02%) Veeam
11 5 (1.26%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.26%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.26%) Zoho
12 4 (1.01%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.76%) Citrix
13 3 (0.76%) Mitel
13 3 (0.76%) MobileIron
14 2 (0.51%) HP
14 2 (0.51%) Intel
14 2 (0.51%) Salesforce