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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 276 711
Rank change year-on-year -376 +435 -105
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 127 547 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 1.11% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 82 139
10th Percentile £47,000 £26,500 £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 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £99,625 £86,500
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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 16 July 2026.

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 16 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 -355 118 £75,000 +25.00% 51
UK excluding London -338 86 £60,000 -7.69% 43
North of England -233 37 £50,000 -35.48% 7
London -40 34 £90,000 +38.46% 17
South East -11 29 £60,000 - 12
Work from Home -80 18 £82,500 +17.86% 11
Yorkshire -27 16 - - 1
North West -186 15 £50,000 -35.48% 6
South West -66 9 £77,500 +47.62% 11
North East -49 6 £47,000 -
Midlands -29 4 £30,000 -50.00% 2
East of England -30 4 £66,250 +32.50% 6
Scotland -1 3 £62,500 -3.85% 6
West Midlands -37 3 - -
East Midlands -37 1 £30,000 - 2

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 12 (9.45%) GitHub
2 9 (7.09%) Google Play
3 8 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.51%) Azure
4 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.72%) Firebase
6 4 (3.15%) ChatGPT
6 4 (3.15%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.79%) AWS
8 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) 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%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Android Studio
2 9 (7.09%) Git
3 8 (6.30%) Gradle
4 7 (5.51%) fastlane
5 6 (4.72%) Crashlytics
5 6 (4.72%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.57%) Appium
6 2 (1.57%) JUnit
6 2 (1.57%) 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 (12.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (10.24%) Finance
3 10 (7.87%) Social Skills
4 9 (7.09%) Games
5 8 (6.30%) Banking
6 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.94%) Retail
8 3 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.36%) French Language
8 3 (2.36%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.36%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (2.36%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.57%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.79%) Electronics
10 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (66.93%) Developer
2 72 (56.69%) Android Developer
3 38 (29.92%) Senior
4 34 (26.77%) Senior Android Developer
4 34 (26.77%) Senior Developer
5 25 (19.69%) iOS Developer
6 21 (16.54%) Android Engineer
7 16 (12.60%) Software Engineer
8 14 (11.02%) iOS Android Developer
9 13 (10.24%) Applications Developer
9 13 (10.24%) Lead
10 10 (7.87%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 10 (7.87%) Senior Applications Developer
10 10 (7.87%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 10 (7.87%) Software Developer
11 9 (7.09%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 8 (6.30%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (5.51%) Mobile Developer
13 7 (5.51%) Senior iOS Android Developer
13 7 (5.51%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (19.69%) Android Jetpack
1 25 (19.69%) Jetpack Compose
2 22 (17.32%) RESTful
3 17 (13.39%) Android SDK
4 14 (11.02%) SwiftUI
5 9 (7.09%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.72%) Retrofit
7 5 (3.94%) .NET
8 3 (2.36%) CSS
8 3 (2.36%) HTML
8 3 (2.36%) REST
9 2 (1.57%) gRPC
9 2 (1.57%) Protocol Buffers
10 1 (0.79%) Flutter
10 1 (0.79%) Jest
10 1 (0.79%) OpenCV
10 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.79%) React
10 1 (0.79%) React Native
10 1 (0.79%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 65 (51.18%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.09%) Social Media
3 8 (6.30%) Mobile Banking
4 7 (5.51%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.15%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.36%) Hackathon
6 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.36%) Smart City
7 2 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 127 (100.00%) Android
2 34 (26.77%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.51%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.43%) CI/CD
2 43 (33.86%) Agile
3 34 (26.77%) iOS Development
4 29 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (20.47%) Software Engineering
6 23 (18.11%) TDD
7 22 (17.32%) Mobile Development
8 21 (16.54%) AI
9 20 (15.75%) SOLID
10 19 (14.96%) Test Automation
11 18 (14.17%) Design Patterns
12 17 (13.39%) Architectural Patterns
12 17 (13.39%) Clean Code
12 17 (13.39%) Performance Optimisation
13 13 (10.24%) SDLC
14 12 (9.45%) Mentoring
15 11 (8.66%) Memory Management
15 11 (8.66%) Multithreading
15 11 (8.66%) User Experience
16 10 (7.87%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 59 (46.46%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.41%) Java
3 16 (12.60%) Swift
4 9 (7.09%) C++
5 8 (6.30%) SQL
6 7 (5.51%) C#
7 5 (3.94%) C
7 5 (3.94%) Python
8 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.66%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.72%) Degree
4 4 (3.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.51%) WCAG
3 5 (3.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (7.09%) Google
2 6 (4.72%) Dynatrace
2 6 (4.72%) Revolut
2 6 (4.72%) Xamarin
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.57%) VMware