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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 673 276 612
Rank change year-on-year -397 +336 -27
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 131 515 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 1.04% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 1.17% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 73 57 114
10th Percentile £48,000 £40,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £89,000 £89,250
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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
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 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 12 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 12 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 -375 118 £77,500 +29.17% 59
UK excluding London -377 84 £60,000 - 26
London -41 36 £82,500 +10.00% 40
North of England -252 30 £50,000 -32.20% 4
South East -33 29 £60,000 - 4
Work from Home -84 21 £85,000 +33.33% 136
North West -192 17 £50,000 -32.20% 3
South West -82 13 £77,500 +72.22% 7
Yorkshire -51 7 - - 1
East of England -42 6 £103,750 +107.50% 2
North East - 6 £47,000 -
Scotland +2 3 £62,500 -3.85% 5
West Midlands -42 3 - - 2
Midlands -42 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 15 (11.45%) GitHub
2 11 (8.40%) Google Play
3 9 (6.87%) Azure
4 8 (6.11%) Firebase
4 8 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.34%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (4.58%) AWS
7 4 (3.05%) ChatGPT
8 3 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.29%) Bitrise
8 3 (2.29%) Serverless
9 2 (1.53%) GCP
10 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.76%) Broadband
1 1 (0.76%) HTTP
1 1 (0.76%) NFC
1 1 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) DynamoDB
1 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (9.16%) Git
2 8 (6.11%) Android Studio
2 8 (6.11%) Gradle
3 7 (5.34%) fastlane
4 6 (4.58%) Crashlytics
4 6 (4.58%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.05%) Xcode
6 2 (1.53%) Appium
6 2 (1.53%) JUnit
6 2 (1.53%) Mockito
7 1 (0.76%) GitLab
7 1 (0.76%) JIRA
7 1 (0.76%) Postman
7 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.76%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.76%) TestRail
7 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.76%) XCTest
7 1 (0.76%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (12.21%) Finance
2 12 (9.16%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.87%) Retail
4 7 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (5.34%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.82%) Banking
5 5 (3.82%) Publishing
6 4 (3.05%) Health Technology
7 3 (2.29%) Automotive
7 3 (2.29%) Games
7 3 (2.29%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 93 (70.99%) Developer
2 77 (58.78%) Android Developer
3 41 (31.30%) Senior
4 39 (29.77%) Senior Developer
5 37 (28.24%) Senior Android Developer
6 31 (23.66%) iOS Developer
7 20 (15.27%) iOS Android Developer
8 18 (13.74%) Software Engineer
9 16 (12.21%) Mobile Developer
9 16 (12.21%) Senior Mobile Developer
10 15 (11.45%) Software Developer
11 14 (10.69%) Applications Developer
11 14 (10.69%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 14 (10.69%) Senior Applications Developer
11 14 (10.69%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
12 10 (7.63%) Android Engineer
12 10 (7.63%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 10 (7.63%) Senior iOS Developer
13 8 (6.11%) Lead
14 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.37%) RESTful
2 21 (16.03%) Android Jetpack
2 21 (16.03%) Jetpack Compose
3 16 (12.21%) SwiftUI
4 9 (6.87%) Android SDK
5 8 (6.11%) REST
6 6 (4.58%) React Native
6 6 (4.58%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.05%) React
8 3 (2.29%) CarPlay
8 3 (2.29%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.29%) Node.js
9 2 (1.53%) .NET
9 2 (1.53%) Flutter
9 2 (1.53%) gRPC
9 2 (1.53%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.53%) UIKit
10 1 (0.76%) OpenCV
10 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.76%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 68 (51.91%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.58%) AI Agents
4 4 (3.05%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.29%) IoT
5 3 (2.29%) NHS
5 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.29%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (2.29%) Smart City
6 2 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.53%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.53%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 131 (100.00%) Android
2 49 (37.40%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.34%) Linux
4 3 (2.29%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (37.40%) iOS Development
2 36 (27.48%) CI/CD
3 34 (25.95%) Mobile Development
4 33 (25.19%) Agile
5 25 (19.08%) Software Engineering
6 23 (17.56%) Performance Optimisation
7 21 (16.03%) Architectural Patterns
8 20 (15.27%) AI
8 20 (15.27%) Clean Code
8 20 (15.27%) Test Automation
9 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (13.74%) TDD
10 16 (12.21%) Multithreading
11 13 (9.92%) Memory Management
11 13 (9.92%) SDLC
11 13 (9.92%) SOLID
12 12 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (8.40%) MVVM
13 11 (8.40%) User Experience
14 10 (7.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (38.93%) Kotlin
2 21 (16.03%) Swift
3 20 (15.27%) Java
4 9 (6.87%) C++
5 6 (4.58%) C#
6 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.05%) SQL
6 4 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.29%) C
7 3 (2.29%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.29%) Python
8 1 (0.76%) Bash
8 1 (0.76%) Go
8 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.76%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.92%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.05%) Degree
4 3 (2.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.34%) WCAG
3 6 (4.58%) QA
4 3 (2.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
1 1 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (8.40%) Google
2 10 (7.63%) Revolut
3 6 (4.58%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.82%) Apple
4 5 (3.82%) Xamarin
5 3 (2.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.53%) VMware