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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 275 608
Rank change year-on-year -385 +333 -18
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 138 516 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 1.04% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.18% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75 58 113
10th Percentile £48,500 £40,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,625 £89,500
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 82,210 43,908 63,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.55% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57,176 24,796 36,704
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -378 125 £77,500 +29.17% 78
UK excluding London -365 88 £60,000 - 28
London -55 39 £82,500 +10.00% 60
North of England -255 34 £50,000 -32.20% 5
South East -29 30 £60,000 - 4
Work from Home -91 22 £85,000 +33.33% 140
North West -191 17 £50,000 -32.20% 4
South West -74 12 £77,500 +72.22% 6
Yorkshire -44 11 - - 1
East of England -50 6 £71,250 +42.50% 3
North East - 6 £47,000 -
Scotland +1 3 £62,500 -3.85% 5
West Midlands -37 3 - - 2
Midlands -54 3 - - 4

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 16 (11.59%) GitHub
2 11 (7.97%) Google Play
3 9 (6.52%) Azure
4 8 (5.80%) Firebase
4 8 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (5.80%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.35%) AWS
7 5 (3.62%) ChatGPT
8 3 (2.17%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.17%) Bitrise
8 3 (2.17%) Serverless
9 2 (1.45%) GCP
10 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.62%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.72%) HTTP
2 1 (0.72%) NFC
2 1 (0.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) DynamoDB
1 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (9.42%) Git
2 8 (5.80%) Android Studio
2 8 (5.80%) Gradle
3 7 (5.07%) fastlane
4 6 (4.35%) Crashlytics
4 6 (4.35%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.90%) Xcode
6 2 (1.45%) Appium
6 2 (1.45%) JUnit
6 2 (1.45%) Mockito
7 1 (0.72%) GitLab
7 1 (0.72%) JIRA
7 1 (0.72%) Postman
7 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.72%) TestRail
7 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.72%) XCTest
7 1 (0.72%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (11.59%) Finance
2 11 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (7.97%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.52%) Retail
4 7 (5.07%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.35%) Banking
5 6 (4.35%) Games
6 5 (3.62%) Publishing
7 4 (2.90%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.45%) Automotive
8 2 (1.45%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.72%) Electronics
9 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (72.46%) Developer
2 82 (59.42%) Android Developer
3 42 (30.43%) Senior
4 40 (28.99%) Senior Developer
5 38 (27.54%) Senior Android Developer
6 32 (23.19%) iOS Developer
7 20 (14.49%) iOS Android Developer
8 18 (13.04%) Software Engineer
9 17 (12.32%) Mobile Developer
10 16 (11.59%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 16 (11.59%) Software Developer
11 15 (10.87%) Applications Developer
12 14 (10.14%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 14 (10.14%) Senior Applications Developer
12 14 (10.14%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
13 12 (8.70%) Android Engineer
14 10 (7.25%) Senior iOS Android Developer
14 10 (7.25%) Senior iOS Developer
15 9 (6.52%) Lead
16 5 (3.62%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (21.01%) RESTful
2 23 (16.67%) Android Jetpack
2 23 (16.67%) Jetpack Compose
3 17 (12.32%) SwiftUI
4 13 (9.42%) Android SDK
5 8 (5.80%) REST
6 7 (5.07%) GraphQL
7 6 (4.35%) React Native
7 6 (4.35%) Retrofit
8 4 (2.90%) React
9 3 (2.17%) Flutter
9 3 (2.17%) Node.js
10 2 (1.45%) .NET
10 2 (1.45%) CarPlay
10 2 (1.45%) gRPC
10 2 (1.45%) Protocol Buffers
10 2 (1.45%) UIKit
11 1 (0.72%) OpenCV
11 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
11 1 (0.72%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 72 (52.17%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.35%) AI Agents
4 4 (2.90%) Hackathon
4 4 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.90%) Social Media
5 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.17%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (2.17%) NHS
5 3 (2.17%) Smart City
6 2 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.45%) IoT
6 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.45%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.45%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 138 (100.00%) Android
2 50 (36.23%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.07%) Linux
4 2 (1.45%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.23%) iOS Development
2 41 (29.71%) CI/CD
3 39 (28.26%) Agile
4 35 (25.36%) Mobile Development
5 25 (18.12%) Software Engineering
6 24 (17.39%) AI
7 23 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
8 22 (15.94%) Architectural Patterns
9 21 (15.22%) Clean Code
9 21 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (14.49%) TDD
10 20 (14.49%) Test Automation
11 18 (13.04%) SOLID
12 16 (11.59%) Multithreading
13 15 (10.87%) Design Patterns
14 14 (10.14%) Memory Management
15 13 (9.42%) SDLC
16 12 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 11 (7.97%) MVVM
17 11 (7.97%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 58 (42.03%) Kotlin
2 24 (17.39%) Java
3 22 (15.94%) Swift
4 9 (6.52%) C++
5 6 (4.35%) C#
6 4 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.90%) SQL
6 4 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.17%) C
7 3 (2.17%) Python
8 2 (1.45%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.72%) Go
9 1 (0.72%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (13.77%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.17%) Degree
3 3 (2.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.07%) WCAG
3 6 (4.35%) QA
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Docker
1 1 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (7.97%) Google
2 10 (7.25%) Revolut
3 6 (4.35%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.62%) Xamarin
5 4 (2.90%) Apple
6 3 (2.17%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.45%) VMware