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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 270 613
Rank change year-on-year -411 +343 -24
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 129 511 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 1.03% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 1.16% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 68 55 79
10th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £89,750 £90,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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 86,155 44,192 60,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 88.99% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59,150 24,458 32,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 October 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 8 October 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 -385 118 £77,500 +29.17% 117
UK excluding London -366 82 £60,000 - 53
London -61 36 £82,500 +6.45% 71
North of England -260 30 £49,250 -24.23% 23
South East -54 26 £60,000 - 6
Work from Home -90 18 £85,000 +25.93% 43
North West -202 17 £52,500 -22.22% 17
South West -67 15 £77,500 +72.22% 6
Yorkshire -37 7 - - 6
East of England -44 6 £103,750 +107.50% 5
North East - 6 £47,000 -
West Midlands -40 4 - - 3
Midlands -43 4 - - 4
Scotland -9 1 - - 7

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 13 (10.08%) GitHub
2 11 (8.53%) Google Play
3 8 (6.20%) Firebase
4 7 (5.43%) Azure
4 7 (5.43%) GitHub Copilot
5 6 (4.65%) AWS
5 6 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.10%) ChatGPT
8 3 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.33%) Bitrise
8 3 (2.33%) Serverless
9 2 (1.55%) GCP
10 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.78%) Broadband
1 1 (0.78%) HTTP
1 1 (0.78%) NFC
1 1 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) DynamoDB
1 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (9.30%) Git
2 7 (5.43%) Android Studio
2 7 (5.43%) Gradle
3 5 (3.88%) Crashlytics
3 5 (3.88%) fastlane
3 5 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.33%) Xcode
5 2 (1.55%) JUnit
5 2 (1.55%) Mockito
6 1 (0.78%) Appium
6 1 (0.78%) GitLab
6 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (12.40%) Finance
2 13 (10.08%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.75%) Retail
4 6 (4.65%) Health Technology
5 5 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.88%) Publishing
6 4 (3.10%) Banking
7 3 (2.33%) Automotive
7 3 (2.33%) Games
7 3 (2.33%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Billing
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 90 (69.77%) Developer
2 76 (58.91%) Android Developer
3 37 (28.68%) Senior
4 34 (26.36%) Senior Developer
5 32 (24.81%) Senior Android Developer
6 30 (23.26%) iOS Developer
7 21 (16.28%) iOS Android Developer
8 18 (13.95%) Mobile Developer
9 17 (13.18%) Software Engineer
10 15 (11.63%) Software Developer
11 13 (10.08%) Senior Mobile Developer
12 11 (8.53%) Android Engineer
12 11 (8.53%) Applications Developer
12 11 (8.53%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 11 (8.53%) Senior Applications Developer
12 11 (8.53%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
13 9 (6.98%) Senior iOS Android Developer
13 9 (6.98%) Senior iOS Developer
14 6 (4.65%) Lead
15 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (19.38%) RESTful
2 21 (16.28%) Android Jetpack
2 21 (16.28%) Jetpack Compose
3 13 (10.08%) SwiftUI
4 9 (6.98%) Android SDK
5 8 (6.20%) REST
6 7 (5.43%) React Native
7 5 (3.88%) Retrofit
8 4 (3.10%) React
9 3 (2.33%) CarPlay
9 3 (2.33%) Flutter
9 3 (2.33%) GraphQL
9 3 (2.33%) Node.js
10 2 (1.55%) .NET
10 2 (1.55%) gRPC
10 2 (1.55%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.55%) Protocol Buffers
10 2 (1.55%) UIKit
11 1 (0.78%) OpenCV
11 1 (0.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 61 (47.29%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.65%) AI Agents
3 5 (3.88%) NHS
3 5 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.10%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.33%) IoT
5 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (2.33%) Smart City
6 2 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.55%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.78%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 129 (100.00%) Android
2 47 (36.43%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.43%) Linux
4 3 (2.33%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (36.43%) iOS Development
2 35 (27.13%) Mobile Development
3 32 (24.81%) CI/CD
4 30 (23.26%) Agile
5 24 (18.60%) Software Engineering
6 21 (16.28%) Performance Optimisation
7 20 (15.50%) AI
8 19 (14.73%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (14.73%) Clean Code
9 18 (13.95%) Test Automation
10 17 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.63%) TDD
12 14 (10.85%) Multithreading
13 13 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (10.08%) SDLC
14 12 (9.30%) MVVM
14 12 (9.30%) SOLID
15 11 (8.53%) Memory Management
16 9 (6.98%) Design Patterns
16 9 (6.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 45 (34.88%) Kotlin
2 19 (14.73%) Java
3 18 (13.95%) Swift
4 9 (6.98%) C++
5 5 (3.88%) C#
6 4 (3.10%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.10%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.33%) C
7 3 (2.33%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.33%) Python
7 3 (2.33%) SQL
8 1 (0.78%) Bash
8 1 (0.78%) Go
8 1 (0.78%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.10%) Degree
4 3 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.88%) QA
2 5 (3.88%) WCAG
3 3 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.55%) Firmware
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (9.30%) Google
2 10 (7.75%) Revolut
3 5 (3.88%) Apple
3 5 (3.88%) Dynatrace
4 4 (3.10%) Xamarin
5 3 (2.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.55%) VMware