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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 280 677
Rank change year-on-year -346 +397 -74
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 126 543 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 1.11% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.23% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 66 78 132
10th Percentile £47,250 £35,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,375 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -20.00%

All Process & 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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 14 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 24 July 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 -353 116 £76,250 +27.08% 58
UK excluding London -334 86 £60,000 -7.69% 26
North of England -244 36 £50,000 -35.48% 7
London -38 32 £90,000 +38.46% 37
South East -16 30 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home -85 20 £80,000 +14.29% 15
Yorkshire -26 16 - - 1
North West -192 14 £67,500 -12.90% 5
South West -68 10 £77,500 +47.62% 7
North East -42 6 £47,000 - 1
East of England -31 4 £66,250 +32.50% 4
Scotland +2 3 £62,500 -3.85% 4
West Midlands -40 3 - -
Midlands -44 3 - -

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (11.11%) GitHub
2 9 (7.14%) Google Play
3 8 (6.35%) Azure
3 8 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.56%) Firebase
5 6 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
6 5 (3.97%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.38%) AWS
8 1 (0.79%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.94%) Broadband
2 1 (0.79%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) NFC
2 1 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Git
2 10 (7.94%) Android Studio
3 8 (6.35%) Gradle
4 7 (5.56%) fastlane
5 6 (4.76%) Crashlytics
5 6 (4.76%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.59%) Appium
6 2 (1.59%) JUnit
6 2 (1.59%) Mockito
7 1 (0.79%) GitLab
7 1 (0.79%) JIRA
7 1 (0.79%) Postman
7 1 (0.79%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.79%) TestRail
7 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.79%) Xcode
7 1 (0.79%) XCTest
7 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (10.32%) Finance
3 9 (7.14%) Games
4 8 (6.35%) Banking
4 8 (6.35%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.97%) Retail
7 3 (2.38%) Publishing
8 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.79%) Electronics
8 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (69.05%) Developer
2 72 (57.14%) Android Developer
3 38 (30.16%) Senior
4 34 (26.98%) Senior Developer
5 33 (26.19%) Senior Android Developer
6 26 (20.63%) iOS Developer
7 20 (15.87%) Android Engineer
8 17 (13.49%) Software Engineer
9 15 (11.90%) iOS Android Developer
10 12 (9.52%) Applications Developer
10 12 (9.52%) Lead
10 12 (9.52%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 12 (9.52%) Software Developer
11 10 (7.94%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 10 (7.94%) Senior Applications Developer
11 10 (7.94%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 9 (7.14%) Mobile Developer
13 8 (6.35%) Senior iOS Android Developer
13 8 (6.35%) Senior iOS Developer
14 7 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.63%) Android Jetpack
1 26 (20.63%) Jetpack Compose
2 24 (19.05%) RESTful
3 17 (13.49%) Android SDK
4 16 (12.70%) SwiftUI
5 10 (7.94%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.76%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.17%) REST
8 3 (2.38%) React Native
9 2 (1.59%) .NET
9 2 (1.59%) Flutter
9 2 (1.59%) gRPC
9 2 (1.59%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.59%) React
10 1 (0.79%) Jest
10 1 (0.79%) Node.js
10 1 (0.79%) OpenCV
10 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.79%) Torch
10 1 (0.79%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 66 (52.38%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.14%) Social Media
3 7 (5.56%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.17%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.38%) Smart City
6 2 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.59%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 126 (100.00%) Android
2 35 (27.78%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.71%) Agile
1 45 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 35 (27.78%) iOS Development
3 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (19.05%) Mobile Development
4 24 (19.05%) Software Engineering
4 24 (19.05%) TDD
5 21 (16.67%) AI
5 21 (16.67%) SOLID
6 20 (15.87%) Architectural Patterns
6 20 (15.87%) Design Patterns
7 19 (15.08%) Clean Code
8 18 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
8 18 (14.29%) Test Automation
9 14 (11.11%) SDLC
10 12 (9.52%) Memory Management
10 12 (9.52%) Multithreading
11 11 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (7.94%) Software Architecture
12 10 (7.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 61 (48.41%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.60%) Java
3 18 (14.29%) Swift
4 9 (7.14%) C++
5 6 (4.76%) C#
6 5 (3.97%) C
7 4 (3.17%) SQL
8 2 (1.59%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.59%) Python
8 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 18 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.17%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.56%) WCAG
3 5 (3.97%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (7.14%) Google
2 7 (5.56%) Revolut
3 6 (4.76%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.97%) Xamarin
5 3 (2.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.59%) VMware
7 1 (0.79%) Apple