Android Developer Job Trends

Android Developer
UK

The median Android Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 629 684
Rank change year-on-year +15 +55 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an Android Developer 37 83 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.062% 0.16% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.17% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 33 34 48
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £53,700
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,750 £73,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Android Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Android Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Developer over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
England +32 31 £80,000 +18.52% 13
UK excluding London +29 27 £70,000 +3.70% 8
South East +6 14 £95,000 +18.75% 5
London +48 10 £85,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 5 £70,000 -
Work from Home +27 4 £80,000 +48.15% 4
South West +10 4 £75,000 +25.00%
Midlands +27 3 £30,000 -38.46% 1
East Midlands -6 3 £30,000 -42.86% 1
Scotland -9 1 £65,000 -2.99%

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Android Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Android
1 37 (100.00%) Android Development
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
3 8 (21.62%) Apple iOS
3 8 (21.62%) iOS Development
4 6 (16.22%) Kotlin
5 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 5 (13.51%) SaaS
6 4 (10.81%) Android Studio
6 4 (10.81%) Mobile Development
7 3 (8.11%) Agile
7 3 (8.11%) AI
7 3 (8.11%) Android Jetpack
7 3 (8.11%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.11%) Code Quality
7 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (8.11%) Design Patterns
7 3 (8.11%) Java
7 3 (8.11%) Jetpack Compose
7 3 (8.11%) JIRA
7 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
7 3 (8.11%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (8.11%) User Experience
8 2 (5.41%) .NET
8 2 (5.41%) Analytics
8 2 (5.41%) Apple
8 2 (5.41%) Bash
8 2 (5.41%) Batch Scripting
8 2 (5.41%) C

Android Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (13.51%) SaaS
2 2 (5.41%) Google Play
2 2 (5.41%) TestFlight
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Figma
3 1 (2.70%) Firebase
3 1 (2.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Android Studio
2 3 (8.11%) JIRA
3 2 (5.41%) CMake
3 2 (5.41%) Git
3 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.41%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.41%) Xcode
4 1 (2.70%) Crashlytics
General
1 4 (10.81%) Electronics
1 4 (10.81%) Tech for Good
2 3 (8.11%) Retail
3 2 (5.41%) Publishing
3 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Advertising
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Android Jetpack
1 3 (8.11%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 2 (5.41%) Google Maps API
2 2 (5.41%) OpenGL
2 2 (5.41%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (5.41%) QML
2 2 (5.41%) Qt
2 2 (5.41%) Qt Quick
2 2 (5.41%) Vulkan
3 1 (2.70%) Android SDK
3 1 (2.70%) FHIR
3 1 (2.70%) JSON
3 1 (2.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.41%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Android
2 8 (21.62%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Android Development
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
3 8 (21.62%) iOS Development
4 4 (10.81%) Mobile Development
5 3 (8.11%) Agile
5 3 (8.11%) AI
5 3 (8.11%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.11%) Code Quality
5 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (8.11%) Design Patterns
5 3 (8.11%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (8.11%) User Experience
6 2 (5.41%) Analytics
6 2 (5.41%) Batch Scripting
6 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.41%) MVVM
6 2 (5.41%) Software Architecture
6 2 (5.41%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Kotlin
2 3 (8.11%) Java
3 2 (5.41%) Bash
3 2 (5.41%) C
3 2 (5.41%) C++
3 2 (5.41%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Apple
1 2 (5.41%) ESRI
1 2 (5.41%) Google
1 2 (5.41%) Mapbox
1 2 (5.41%) Xamarin