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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 595 568 600
Rank change year-on-year -27 +32 -119
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 70 179 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 59 79 121
10th Percentile £49,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £90,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +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 44,303 55,889 50,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.67% 82.62% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,710 29,381 38,581
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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 -11 60 £62,500 -3.85% 106
UK excluding London -11 47 £60,000 -7.69% 85
Work from Home +4 25 £72,500 +45.00% 52
London +61 23 £80,000 -5.88% 40
South East -4 13 £60,000 -29.41% 47
South West +23 11 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Scotland -6 10 £65,000 +30.00% 2
North of England 0 9 £65,000 +4.00% 11
North West +6 6 £67,500 +1.89% 8
Midlands +53 3 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands +34 3 £52,500 +7.69%
North East +12 2 - -
East of England +18 1 £50,000 -20.00% 1
Yorkshire +4 1 £55,000 +37.50% 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.43%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.57%) GitHub
2 5 (7.14%) Azure
3 4 (5.71%) Firebase
4 3 (4.29%) Google Play
4 3 (4.29%) SaaS
5 2 (2.86%) Bitrise
5 2 (2.86%) Figma
5 2 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.43%) AWS
6 1 (1.43%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.43%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.43%) GIS
1 1 (1.43%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (22.86%) Git
2 7 (10.00%) Android Studio
3 6 (8.57%) JIRA
4 4 (5.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (5.71%) JUnit
5 2 (2.86%) Crashlytics
5 2 (2.86%) git-flow
5 2 (2.86%) Storybook
5 2 (2.86%) UI Automator
6 1 (1.43%) CMake
6 1 (1.43%) fastlane
6 1 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.43%) Xcode
General
1 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.57%) Finance
3 4 (5.71%) Publishing
4 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.29%) Tech for Good
4 3 (4.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.86%) Electronics
5 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.86%) Law
5 2 (2.86%) Marketing
6 1 (1.43%) Advertising
6 1 (1.43%) Aviation
6 1 (1.43%) Military
6 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.43%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (75.71%) Developer
2 31 (44.29%) Android Developer
3 28 (40.00%) Senior
4 27 (38.57%) Mobile Developer
5 21 (30.00%) iOS Developer
6 20 (28.57%) Senior Developer
7 17 (24.29%) Senior Android Developer
8 15 (21.43%) Android Engineer
8 15 (21.43%) iOS Android Developer
9 11 (15.71%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 10 (14.29%) Lead
10 10 (14.29%) Senior iOS Android Developer
10 10 (14.29%) Senior iOS Developer
11 8 (11.43%) Senior Android Engineer
12 7 (10.00%) Lead Developer
13 6 (8.57%) Lead iOS Developer
14 4 (5.71%) Android Software Engineer
14 4 (5.71%) Lead Android Developer
14 4 (5.71%) Software Engineer
15 3 (4.29%) Lead Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (22.86%) Android Jetpack
1 16 (22.86%) Jetpack Compose
2 15 (21.43%) RESTful
3 8 (11.43%) Retrofit
4 7 (10.00%) React Native
5 6 (8.57%) .NET
5 6 (8.57%) OkHttp
6 5 (7.14%) REST
7 4 (5.71%) Android SDK
7 4 (5.71%) Dagger
7 4 (5.71%) Flutter
7 4 (5.71%) JSON
7 4 (5.71%) RxJava
7 4 (5.71%) SwiftUI
7 4 (5.71%) WebSockets
8 3 (4.29%) AngularJS
8 3 (4.29%) Core Animation
8 3 (4.29%) Core Data
8 3 (4.29%) React
8 3 (4.29%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 10 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
2 10 (14.29%) Virtual Team
3 4 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.29%) Animation
5 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.86%) IoT
6 1 (1.43%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.43%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.43%) Robotics
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.43%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.43%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 70 (100.00%) Android
2 40 (57.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (55.71%) Mobile Development
2 37 (52.86%) iOS Development
3 23 (32.86%) AI
4 18 (25.71%) Agile
5 14 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 12 (17.14%) Code Quality
6 12 (17.14%) User Experience
7 11 (15.71%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
8 10 (14.29%) SOLID
9 9 (12.86%) CI/CD
9 9 (12.86%) MVVM
9 9 (12.86%) Software Architecture
10 8 (11.43%) Multithreading
10 8 (11.43%) Software Engineering
10 8 (11.43%) UX Design
11 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 7 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (10.00%) Wireframes
12 6 (8.57%) Push Notifications
Programming Languages
1 39 (55.71%) Kotlin
2 16 (22.86%) Swift
3 11 (15.71%) Java
4 6 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.71%) C#
7 3 (4.29%) C++
7 3 (4.29%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.43%) Bash
8 1 (1.43%) C
8 1 (1.43%) Dart
8 1 (1.43%) Python
8 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.14%) Degree
3 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (5.71%) Samsung
2 3 (4.29%) Google
3 1 (1.43%) Apple
3 1 (1.43%) ESRI
3 1 (1.43%) Mapbox
3 1 (1.43%) Xamarin