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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 276 686
Rank change year-on-year -353 +410 -69
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 128 544 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 1.11% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 68 79 130
10th Percentile £47,350 £25,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,500 £97,000 £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
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 22 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 22 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 -340 119 £75,000 +25.00% 45
UK excluding London -332 88 £60,000 -7.69% 24
North of England -228 38 £50,000 -35.48% 7
London -36 33 £90,000 +38.46% 26
South East -25 30 £60,000 - 8
Work from Home -77 19 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Yorkshire -33 16 - - 2
North West -188 16 £58,750 -24.19% 5
South West -75 10 £77,500 +47.62% 4
North East -46 6 £47,000 -
East of England -24 4 £66,250 +32.50% 3
Scotland +3 3 £62,500 -3.85% 3
West Midlands -22 3 - -
Midlands -33 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (10.16%) GitHub
2 9 (7.03%) Google Play
3 8 (6.25%) Azure
3 8 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.47%) Firebase
5 5 (3.91%) ChatGPT
5 5 (3.91%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.56%) AWS
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.78%) GCP
7 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.81%) 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%) Power BI
1 1 (0.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Git
2 10 (7.81%) Android Studio
3 8 (6.25%) Gradle
4 7 (5.47%) fastlane
5 6 (4.69%) Crashlytics
5 6 (4.69%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.56%) Appium
6 2 (1.56%) JUnit
6 2 (1.56%) 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 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (9.38%) Finance
3 9 (7.03%) Games
3 9 (7.03%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.47%) Banking
4 7 (5.47%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.91%) Retail
6 3 (2.34%) Publishing
7 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Electronics
7 1 (0.78%) French Language
7 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (68.75%) Developer
2 73 (57.03%) Android Developer
3 39 (30.47%) Senior
4 35 (27.34%) Senior Developer
5 34 (26.56%) Senior Android Developer
6 27 (21.09%) iOS Developer
7 20 (15.63%) Android Engineer
8 17 (13.28%) Software Engineer
9 15 (11.72%) iOS Android Developer
10 12 (9.38%) Applications Developer
10 12 (9.38%) Lead
10 12 (9.38%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 12 (9.38%) Software Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Senior Applications Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 8 (6.25%) Mobile Developer
12 8 (6.25%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 8 (6.25%) Senior iOS Developer
13 7 (5.47%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.31%) Android Jetpack
1 26 (20.31%) Jetpack Compose
2 23 (17.97%) RESTful
3 17 (13.28%) Android SDK
4 16 (12.50%) SwiftUI
5 9 (7.03%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.69%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.13%) REST
8 3 (2.34%) .NET
9 2 (1.56%) Flutter
9 2 (1.56%) gRPC
9 2 (1.56%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.56%) React Native
10 1 (0.78%) CSS
10 1 (0.78%) HTML
10 1 (0.78%) Jest
10 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.78%) React
10 1 (0.78%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.78%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 66 (51.56%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.03%) Social Media
3 7 (5.47%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.47%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.13%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.34%) Smart City
6 2 (1.56%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.56%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 128 (100.00%) Android
2 35 (27.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.16%) CI/CD
2 44 (34.38%) Agile
3 35 (27.34%) iOS Development
4 27 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (19.53%) Software Engineering
6 24 (18.75%) Mobile Development
6 24 (18.75%) TDD
7 21 (16.41%) AI
7 21 (16.41%) SOLID
8 20 (15.63%) Design Patterns
9 19 (14.84%) Architectural Patterns
9 19 (14.84%) Clean Code
9 19 (14.84%) Test Automation
10 18 (14.06%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (10.94%) SDLC
12 12 (9.38%) Memory Management
12 12 (9.38%) Multithreading
13 11 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (8.59%) Mentoring
14 10 (7.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 61 (47.66%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.22%) Java
3 18 (14.06%) Swift
4 9 (7.03%) C++
5 7 (5.47%) C#
6 6 (4.69%) SQL
7 5 (3.91%) C
8 3 (2.34%) Python
9 2 (1.56%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.78%) Bash
10 1 (0.78%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.13%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.34%) Degree
5 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.47%) WCAG
3 5 (3.91%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (7.03%) Google
2 7 (5.47%) Revolut
3 6 (4.69%) Dynatrace
3 6 (4.69%) Xamarin
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.56%) VMware
6 1 (0.78%) Apple