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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 271 665
Rank change year-on-year -380 +394 -64
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 127 543 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 1.10% 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% -20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,519 £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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
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% - -8.66%
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 28 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 28 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 -350 117 £76,250 +27.08% 47
UK excluding London -343 85 £60,000 -7.69% 23
North of England -239 36 £50,000 -35.48% 8
London -49 34 £90,000 +38.46% 28
South East -10 29 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home -92 20 £80,000 +14.29% 13
Yorkshire -32 16 - - 1
North West -190 14 £67,500 -12.90% 6
South West -67 10 £77,500 +47.62% 4
North East -41 6 £47,000 - 1
East of England -33 4 £66,250 +32.50% 3
Scotland +3 3 £62,500 -3.85% 3
West Midlands -22 3 - -
Midlands -45 3 - - 1

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 (11.02%) GitHub
2 9 (7.09%) Google Play
3 8 (6.30%) Azure
3 8 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.51%) Firebase
5 6 (4.72%) GitHub Copilot
6 5 (3.94%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.36%) 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 (7.87%) 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%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Git
2 10 (7.87%) Android Studio
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 9 (7.09%) Games
4 8 (6.30%) Banking
4 8 (6.30%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.72%) Retail
7 3 (2.36%) 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 89 (70.08%) Developer
2 74 (58.27%) Android Developer
3 39 (30.71%) Senior
4 36 (28.35%) Senior Developer
5 35 (27.56%) Senior Android Developer
6 27 (21.26%) iOS Developer
7 20 (15.75%) Android Engineer
8 16 (12.60%) iOS Android Developer
8 16 (12.60%) Software Engineer
9 13 (10.24%) Applications Developer
9 13 (10.24%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 12 (9.45%) Lead
10 12 (9.45%) Software Developer
11 11 (8.66%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 11 (8.66%) Senior Applications Developer
11 11 (8.66%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 10 (7.87%) Mobile Developer
13 9 (7.09%) Senior iOS Android Developer
13 9 (7.09%) Senior iOS Developer
14 7 (5.51%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.47%) Android Jetpack
1 26 (20.47%) Jetpack Compose
2 24 (18.90%) RESTful
3 17 (13.39%) Android SDK
4 16 (12.60%) SwiftUI
5 10 (7.87%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.72%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.15%) REST
8 3 (2.36%) React Native
9 2 (1.57%) .NET
9 2 (1.57%) Flutter
9 2 (1.57%) gRPC
9 2 (1.57%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.57%) 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 67 (52.76%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.09%) Social Media
3 7 (5.51%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.15%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.36%) Smart City
6 2 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.57%) 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
1 127 (100.00%) Android
2 36 (28.35%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.51%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.43%) Agile
1 45 (35.43%) CI/CD
2 36 (28.35%) iOS Development
3 26 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (18.90%) Mobile Development
4 24 (18.90%) TDD
5 23 (18.11%) Software Engineering
6 21 (16.54%) AI
6 21 (16.54%) SOLID
7 20 (15.75%) Architectural Patterns
7 20 (15.75%) Design Patterns
8 19 (14.96%) Clean Code
9 18 (14.17%) Performance Optimisation
9 18 (14.17%) Test Automation
10 14 (11.02%) SDLC
11 12 (9.45%) Memory Management
11 12 (9.45%) Multithreading
12 11 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (7.87%) Software Architecture
13 10 (7.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 61 (48.03%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.41%) Java
3 18 (14.17%) Swift
4 9 (7.09%) C++
5 6 (4.72%) C#
6 5 (3.94%) C
7 4 (3.15%) SQL
8 2 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.57%) Python
8 2 (1.57%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 18 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.15%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.51%) WCAG
3 5 (3.94%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
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 8 (6.30%) Revolut
3 6 (4.72%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.94%) Xamarin
5 3 (2.36%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.57%) VMware
7 1 (0.79%) Apple