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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 276 660
Rank change year-on-year -368 +384 -43
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 129 539 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 1.09% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 74 128
10th Percentile £47,250 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,625 £91,894 £88,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 31 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 31 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 -364 119 £76,250 +27.08% 44
UK excluding London -331 87 £60,000 -4.00% 18
North of England -229 38 £50,000 -32.20% 4
London -44 34 £90,000 +38.46% 29
South East -35 29 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home -81 20 £80,000 +14.29% 10
Yorkshire -27 16 - - 1
North West -184 16 £67,500 -12.90% 2
South West -72 10 £77,500 +47.62% 4
North East -44 6 £47,000 - 1
East of England -37 4 £66,250 +32.50% 2
Scotland -2 3 £62,500 -3.85% 2
West Midlands -27 3 - -
Midlands -50 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 (10.85%) GitHub
2 10 (7.75%) Google Play
3 9 (6.98%) Azure
4 8 (6.20%) Firebase
4 8 (6.20%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.65%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (3.88%) ChatGPT
8 4 (3.10%) AWS
9 2 (1.55%) GCP
10 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.75%) Broadband
2 1 (0.78%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.78%) HTTP
2 1 (0.78%) NFC
2 1 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.78%) Power BI
1 1 (0.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (9.30%) Git
2 10 (7.75%) Android Studio
3 8 (6.20%) Gradle
4 7 (5.43%) fastlane
5 6 (4.65%) Crashlytics
5 6 (4.65%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.55%) Appium
6 2 (1.55%) JUnit
6 2 (1.55%) Mockito
7 1 (0.78%) GitLab
7 1 (0.78%) JIRA
7 1 (0.78%) Postman
7 1 (0.78%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.78%) TestRail
7 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.78%) Xcode
7 1 (0.78%) XCTest
7 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 14 (10.85%) Finance
3 9 (6.98%) Games
4 8 (6.20%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.43%) Banking
5 7 (5.43%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.65%) Retail
7 4 (3.10%) Publishing
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (71.32%) Developer
2 76 (58.91%) Android Developer
3 41 (31.78%) Senior
4 38 (29.46%) Senior Developer
5 36 (27.91%) Senior Android Developer
6 27 (20.93%) iOS Developer
7 19 (14.73%) Android Engineer
8 16 (12.40%) iOS Android Developer
8 16 (12.40%) Software Engineer
9 14 (10.85%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 13 (10.08%) Applications Developer
10 13 (10.08%) Software Developer
11 11 (8.53%) Lead
11 11 (8.53%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 11 (8.53%) Mobile Developer
11 11 (8.53%) Senior Applications Developer
11 11 (8.53%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 9 (6.98%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 9 (6.98%) Senior iOS Developer
13 6 (4.65%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.16%) Android Jetpack
1 26 (20.16%) Jetpack Compose
2 24 (18.60%) RESTful
3 17 (13.18%) Android SDK
3 17 (13.18%) SwiftUI
4 10 (7.75%) GraphQL
5 6 (4.65%) Retrofit
6 5 (3.88%) REST
7 4 (3.10%) React Native
8 3 (2.33%) Flutter
9 2 (1.55%) .NET
9 2 (1.55%) gRPC
9 2 (1.55%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.55%) React
9 2 (1.55%) UIKit
10 1 (0.78%) Jest
10 1 (0.78%) Node.js
10 1 (0.78%) OpenCV
10 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.78%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 68 (52.71%) Mobile App
2 9 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.98%) Social Media
3 7 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.65%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (3.10%) Hackathon
6 3 (2.33%) Smart City
7 2 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.55%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 129 (100.00%) Android
2 37 (28.68%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.43%) Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.66%) Agile
1 46 (35.66%) CI/CD
2 37 (28.68%) iOS Development
3 26 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (19.38%) Mobile Development
5 24 (18.60%) TDD
6 23 (17.83%) Software Engineering
7 22 (17.05%) AI
8 21 (16.28%) Architectural Patterns
8 21 (16.28%) Clean Code
8 21 (16.28%) Design Patterns
8 21 (16.28%) SOLID
9 19 (14.73%) Test Automation
10 18 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (10.85%) SDLC
12 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (9.30%) Memory Management
12 12 (9.30%) Multithreading
13 11 (8.53%) Mentoring
14 10 (7.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 62 (48.06%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.03%) Java
3 19 (14.73%) Swift
4 9 (6.98%) C++
5 6 (4.65%) C#
6 5 (3.88%) C
7 4 (3.10%) SQL
8 2 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.55%) Python
8 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.78%) Bash
9 1 (0.78%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 18 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.20%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.43%) WCAG
3 5 (3.88%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (7.75%) Google
2 8 (6.20%) Revolut
3 6 (4.65%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.88%) Xamarin
5 3 (2.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.55%) Apple
6 2 (1.55%) VMware