Android Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Android Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Android Development over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 599 396
Rank change year-on-year -148 -203 -17
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 149 417 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.40% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.42% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 121 278 713
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £89,852 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,355 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Android Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Android Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Salary trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -112 132 £60,000 -14.29% 50
UK excluding London -56 105 £57,500 -8.00% 28
Work from Home -21 86 £55,000 -21.43% 20
London -39 33 £67,500 -14.63% 23
South West -5 32 £58,750 +11.90% 5
North of England +47 25 £45,000 -30.77% 7
North West +19 19 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Midlands +2 16 £62,500 +16.28% 6
South East -20 16 £60,000 -5.88% 4
West Midlands +24 11 £60,000 - 4
Wales +20 8 £70,000 -
East of England +11 8 £40,000 -55.56% 5
Yorkshire +88 6 £45,000 -55.00% 1
East Midlands -22 1 £40,000 -23.81% 2

Android Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.04%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Sage 200
1 2 (1.34%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.42%) Azure
1 20 (13.42%) Firebase
2 16 (10.74%) GitHub
3 15 (10.07%) AWS
4 12 (8.05%) Google Play
5 11 (7.38%) SaaS
6 6 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.36%) TestFlight
8 3 (2.01%) GCP
9 2 (1.34%) SonarCloud
10 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (3.36%) BGP
2 5 (3.36%) Bluetooth
2 5 (3.36%) Firewall
2 5 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (3.36%) IPsec
2 5 (3.36%) LAN
2 5 (3.36%) Network Security
2 5 (3.36%) NGFW
2 5 (3.36%) OSPF
2 5 (3.36%) SSL
2 5 (3.36%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.36%) VLAN
2 5 (3.36%) VPN
2 5 (3.36%) WAN
2 5 (3.36%) Wireless
3 3 (2.01%) VoIP
4 2 (1.34%) Internet
5 1 (0.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) NoSQL
1 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.36%) MySQL
3 2 (1.34%) MS Access
3 2 (1.34%) SQLite
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (27.52%) Git
2 20 (13.42%) Android Studio
3 15 (10.07%) JIRA
4 14 (9.40%) Bitbucket
5 11 (7.38%) Visual Studio
6 10 (6.71%) Appium
7 8 (5.37%) JUnit
8 6 (4.03%) Mockito
9 5 (3.36%) fastlane
10 4 (2.68%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.67%) CMake
11 1 (0.67%) Crashlytics
11 1 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.67%) XCTest
General
1 30 (20.13%) Finance
2 24 (16.11%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.07%) Legal
4 7 (4.70%) Banking
5 5 (3.36%) Electronics
6 4 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.68%) Aviation
6 4 (2.68%) Games
7 3 (2.01%) Automotive
7 3 (2.01%) Back Office
7 3 (2.01%) Multimedia
7 3 (2.01%) Retail
8 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Military
8 2 (1.34%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.67%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.67%) iGaming
9 1 (0.67%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 110 (73.83%) Developer
2 71 (47.65%) Android Developer
3 53 (35.57%) Senior
4 48 (32.21%) Senior Developer
5 44 (29.53%) Senior Android Developer
6 23 (15.44%) Software Engineer
7 19 (12.75%) Applications Developer
8 14 (9.40%) Mobile Developer
9 10 (6.71%) Android Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.70%) C# Developer
11 7 (4.70%) Senior Mobile Developer
12 4 (2.68%) Android Software Engineer
12 4 (2.68%) JavaScript Developer
12 4 (2.68%) Senior C# Developer
12 4 (2.68%) Senior JavaScript Developer
13 3 (2.01%) C++ Software Engineer
13 3 (2.01%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 3 (2.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 3 (2.01%) Xamarin Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (27.52%) Android Jetpack
1 41 (27.52%) REST
2 28 (18.79%) React
3 22 (14.77%) .NET
4 21 (14.09%) CSS
4 21 (14.09%) HTML
5 16 (10.74%) Jetpack Compose
6 15 (10.07%) Android SDK
6 15 (10.07%) AngularJS
6 15 (10.07%) JSON
7 13 (8.72%) HTML5
8 11 (7.38%) Ionic Framework
8 11 (7.38%) Web Services
9 10 (6.71%) Vue
10 9 (6.04%) Apache Cordova
11 8 (5.37%) OpenGL
11 8 (5.37%) RESTful
11 8 (5.37%) Retrofit
12 7 (4.70%) Dagger
13 5 (3.36%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.45%) Mobile App
2 16 (10.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.71%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (5.37%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.70%) Data Structures
5 7 (4.70%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.03%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (4.03%) Client/Server
6 6 (4.03%) PropTech
7 5 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.68%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (2.01%) IoT
9 3 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.34%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.67%) Infotainment
11 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 149 (100.00%) Android
2 69 (46.31%) Apple iOS
3 9 (6.04%) Windows
4 2 (1.34%) Linux
4 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.34%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.94%) iOS Development
2 51 (34.23%) Agile
3 44 (29.53%) Software Engineering
4 38 (25.50%) MVVM
5 34 (22.82%) Computer Science
6 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (19.46%) MVC
8 28 (18.79%) Design Patterns
8 28 (18.79%) Mobile Development
9 26 (17.45%) User Experience
10 23 (15.44%) CI/CD
11 22 (14.77%) Domain-Driven Design
11 22 (14.77%) Mentoring
12 21 (14.09%) Clean Code
13 20 (13.42%) SOLID
14 19 (12.75%) TDD
15 18 (12.08%) Test Automation
16 17 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (10.07%) Mobile Application Development
17 15 (10.07%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 67 (44.97%) Kotlin
2 41 (27.52%) Java
3 36 (24.16%) JavaScript
4 27 (18.12%) C#
5 21 (14.09%) Swift
6 20 (13.42%) SQL
7 17 (11.41%) Objective-C
8 12 (8.05%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.70%) Python
10 6 (4.03%) C++
11 5 (3.36%) C
12 4 (2.68%) T-SQL
12 4 (2.68%) VBScript
13 2 (1.34%) Go
13 2 (1.34%) Ruby
14 1 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.67%) Bash
14 1 (0.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 35 (23.49%) Degree
2 31 (20.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.36%) CCIE
3 5 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.36%) JNCIE
4 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (16.11%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 2 (1.34%) Docker
1 2 (1.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.36%) Ansible
3 2 (1.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (13.42%) Google
2 16 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.71%) Xamarin
4 6 (4.03%) Apple
5 2 (1.34%) Sage
5 2 (1.34%) Xero
6 1 (0.67%) Cadence
6 1 (0.67%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce