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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 514 700
Rank change year-on-year -39 +186 -86
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 141 118 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.31% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 110 88 117
10th Percentile £47,250 £25,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £125,000 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +27.27% -8.33%

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 59,873 37,939 76,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.17% 93.46% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 36,505 22,139 57,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -26 129 £75,000 +7.14% 32
UK excluding London -26 93 £61,250 -12.50% 23
London +1 46 £92,500 +27.59% 10
South East -3 45 £65,000 +36.84% 9
Work from Home -26 32 £85,000 +21.43% 19
North of England -45 21 £65,000 -16.13% 8
Midlands -30 11 £45,000 -25.00%
East Midlands -38 11 £45,000 -14.29%
North West -25 9 £65,000 -16.13% 4
Yorkshire -51 9 - - 4
Scotland -31 5 £62,500 -51.05% 1
South West -48 5 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 £70,000 -
North East -27 3 - -
East of England -25 1 £75,000 +36.36% 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Chatbot
1 3 (2.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.64%) SaaS
2 10 (7.09%) Azure
3 9 (6.38%) AWS
4 6 (4.26%) GCP
4 6 (4.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 4 (2.84%) Figma
5 4 (2.84%) Firebase
5 4 (2.84%) GitHub
5 4 (2.84%) Google Play
6 3 (2.13%) Amazon EventBridge
6 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.42%) TestFlight
8 1 (0.71%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.71%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.71%) Sentry
8 1 (0.71%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.26%) BigQuery
1 6 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.13%) MySQL
3 2 (1.42%) GIS
4 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Android Studio
2 6 (4.26%) CircleCI
3 5 (3.55%) Git
4 4 (2.84%) JIRA
5 3 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.13%) Xcode
6 2 (1.42%) CMake
6 2 (1.42%) Crashlytics
6 2 (1.42%) fastlane
6 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.71%) Appium
7 1 (0.71%) Gradle
7 1 (0.71%) Postman
7 1 (0.71%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.71%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.71%) TestRail
7 1 (0.71%) XCTest
7 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (8.51%) Banking
2 11 (7.80%) Games
2 11 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (5.67%) Finance
3 8 (5.67%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.26%) Law
5 5 (3.55%) Electronics
5 5 (3.55%) Social Skills
6 4 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.84%) Retail
6 4 (2.84%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.13%) French Language
7 3 (2.13%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.13%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.13%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.42%) Publishing
9 1 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 96 (68.09%) Developer
2 58 (41.13%) Android Developer
3 57 (40.43%) Senior
4 39 (27.66%) Senior Developer
5 34 (24.11%) Senior Android Developer
6 30 (21.28%) iOS Developer
7 27 (19.15%) Android Engineer
8 20 (14.18%) Applications Developer
9 19 (13.48%) Lead
9 19 (13.48%) Mobile Developer
10 14 (9.93%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 14 (9.93%) Software Engineer
11 13 (9.22%) Graduate
12 12 (8.51%) Principal Engineer
13 10 (7.09%) Graduate Applications Developer
13 10 (7.09%) Graduate Developer
13 10 (7.09%) Graduate Mobile Developer
13 10 (7.09%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (6.38%) iOS Android Developer
15 8 (5.67%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (18.44%) RESTful
2 24 (17.02%) Android Jetpack
2 24 (17.02%) Jetpack Compose
2 24 (17.02%) SwiftUI
3 12 (8.51%) React Native
4 11 (7.80%) Android SDK
5 10 (7.09%) GraphQL
6 9 (6.38%) .NET
7 7 (4.96%) React
7 7 (4.96%) WebSockets
8 6 (4.26%) Node.js
9 4 (2.84%) Android NDK
10 3 (2.13%) CSS
10 3 (2.13%) gRPC
10 3 (2.13%) HTML
10 3 (2.13%) Laravel
10 3 (2.13%) Vue
11 2 (1.42%) OpenGL
11 2 (1.42%) OpenSceneGraph
11 2 (1.42%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (53.90%) Mobile App
2 12 (8.51%) Mobile Banking
3 9 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.38%) Social Media
4 6 (4.26%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (2.13%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.13%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.42%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) IoT
7 1 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 141 (100.00%) Android
2 49 (34.75%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.13%) Linux
4 2 (1.42%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.75%) iOS Development
2 40 (28.37%) Agile
3 36 (25.53%) CI/CD
4 30 (21.28%) Mobile Development
4 30 (21.28%) SOLID
5 28 (19.86%) AI
5 28 (19.86%) Software Engineering
6 27 (19.15%) Performance Optimisation
7 24 (17.02%) Memory Management
7 24 (17.02%) Multithreading
8 21 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (14.18%) Test Automation
10 17 (12.06%) TDD
11 16 (11.35%) Computer Science
11 16 (11.35%) Mentoring
11 16 (11.35%) Roadmaps
11 16 (11.35%) User Experience
12 15 (10.64%) Design Patterns
13 12 (8.51%) Digital Banking
13 12 (8.51%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 68 (48.23%) Kotlin
2 28 (19.86%) Java
3 25 (17.73%) Swift
4 13 (9.22%) TypeScript
5 12 (8.51%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.38%) C++
7 4 (2.84%) C
7 4 (2.84%) SQL
8 3 (2.13%) PHP
8 3 (2.13%) Python
9 2 (1.42%) Bash
9 2 (1.42%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.71%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (16.31%) Degree
2 13 (9.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) QA
2 4 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.42%) WCAG
4 1 (0.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (6.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.26%) Argo
1 6 (4.26%) Kubernetes
1 6 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (2.84%) Google
2 3 (2.13%) WooCommerce
2 3 (2.13%) Xamarin
3 2 (1.42%) Apple
3 2 (1.42%) ESRI
3 2 (1.42%) Mapbox
4 1 (0.71%) Dynatrace