Android Development Job Trends

Android Software Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Android Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 573 600
Rank change year-on-year -8 +27 -79
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 73 169 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.31% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 63 74 96
10th Percentile £55,000 £41,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £75,313
90th Percentile £111,500 £92,330 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Android Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

Android Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Android Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Android Development
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android Development

Android Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android Development within the UK over the 6 months to 11 December 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
England +13 63 £75,000 +1.69% 72
UK excluding London +11 46 £65,000 -3.70% 65
London +56 27 £82,500 -8.33% 23
Work from Home +26 25 £80,000 +39.13% 37
South East +19 21 £60,000 -25.00% 19
Scotland -2 9 £65,000 +20.37% 4
North of England +13 8 £60,000 -4.00% 8
South West +16 5 £75,000 +7.14% 8
North West +32 4 £80,000 +18.52% 8
North East +8 3 - -
Midlands +30 2 £50,000 +2.56% 8
West Midlands +29 1 £55,000 +15.79%
East Midlands +14 1 £45,000 -14.29% 8
Northern Ireland -3 1 £70,000 - 9
Yorkshire -11 1 £55,000 +37.50%

Android Development
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.74%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) SaaS
2 7 (9.59%) Azure
3 5 (6.85%) Firebase
3 5 (6.85%) GitHub
4 4 (5.48%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) Figma
5 3 (4.11%) Google Play
6 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.74%) GCP
6 2 (2.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (2.74%) TestFlight
7 1 (1.37%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (1.37%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.37%) Bitrise
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) BigQuery
1 2 (2.74%) GIS
1 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.37%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.37%) MySQL
2 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Git
2 4 (5.48%) Android Studio
3 3 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.11%) JIRA
4 2 (2.74%) CircleCI
4 2 (2.74%) CMake
4 2 (2.74%) Crashlytics
4 2 (2.74%) Storybook
4 2 (2.74%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.74%) Xcode
5 1 (1.37%) git-flow
5 1 (1.37%) JUnit
5 1 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.37%) UI Automator
General
1 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.22%) Finance
2 6 (8.22%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.11%) Law
3 3 (4.11%) Publishing
3 3 (4.11%) Tech for Good
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Advertising
5 1 (1.37%) Banking
5 1 (1.37%) Games
5 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.37%) Marketing
5 1 (1.37%) Military
5 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (64.38%) Developer
2 39 (53.42%) Senior
3 26 (35.62%) Android Developer
4 22 (30.14%) iOS Developer
4 22 (30.14%) Mobile Developer
4 22 (30.14%) Senior Developer
5 19 (26.03%) Senior Android Developer
6 17 (23.29%) Android Engineer
7 14 (19.18%) iOS Android Developer
8 11 (15.07%) Senior Android Engineer
9 9 (12.33%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 8 (10.96%) Senior iOS Android Developer
10 8 (10.96%) Senior iOS Developer
10 8 (10.96%) Software Engineer
11 7 (9.59%) Lead
12 6 (8.22%) Senior Software Engineer
13 5 (6.85%) Applications Developer
14 4 (5.48%) Lead Developer
14 4 (5.48%) Lead iOS Developer
15 3 (4.11%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) RESTful
2 13 (17.81%) Android Jetpack
2 13 (17.81%) Jetpack Compose
3 10 (13.70%) React Native
4 8 (10.96%) .NET
4 8 (10.96%) SwiftUI
5 7 (9.59%) WebSockets
6 5 (6.85%) React
7 4 (5.48%) REST
8 3 (4.11%) Android NDK
8 3 (4.11%) JSON
8 3 (4.11%) RxJava
9 2 (2.74%) Google Maps API
9 2 (2.74%) Node.js
9 2 (2.74%) OpenGL
9 2 (2.74%) OpenSceneGraph
9 2 (2.74%) QML
9 2 (2.74%) Qt
9 2 (2.74%) Qt Quick
9 2 (2.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (39.73%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.96%) Augmented Reality
2 8 (10.96%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.11%) IoT
4 2 (2.74%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.74%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.37%) Animation
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.37%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Android
2 38 (52.05%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.74%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (49.32%) iOS Development
2 33 (45.21%) Mobile Development
3 24 (32.88%) AI
4 15 (20.55%) Performance Optimisation
5 14 (19.18%) Agile
5 14 (19.18%) Software Engineering
6 13 (17.81%) Multithreading
6 13 (17.81%) User Experience
7 12 (16.44%) Code Quality
8 11 (15.07%) Architectural Patterns
8 11 (15.07%) Memory Management
8 11 (15.07%) UX Design
9 10 (13.70%) Computer Science
9 10 (13.70%) Design Patterns
9 10 (13.70%) SOLID
10 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
10 9 (12.33%) Software Architecture
11 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
12 7 (9.59%) Analytics
12 7 (9.59%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (49.32%) Kotlin
2 14 (19.18%) Swift
3 9 (12.33%) TypeScript
4 8 (10.96%) Java
4 8 (10.96%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.85%) C++
6 3 (4.11%) Objective-C
7 2 (2.74%) Bash
7 2 (2.74%) C
7 2 (2.74%) C#
8 1 (1.37%) PHP
8 1 (1.37%) Python
8 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 10 (13.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.48%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.48%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.74%) Argo
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.11%) Google
2 2 (2.74%) Apple
2 2 (2.74%) ESRI
2 2 (2.74%) Mapbox
2 2 (2.74%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.37%) WooCommerce