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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 544 679
Rank change year-on-year +2 +135 -88
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 128 140 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.30% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.32% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 104 81 93
10th Percentile £45,750 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -12.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £125,000 £89,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -

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 55,039 44,035 66,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.92% 92.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 32,968 22,033 51,326
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,487
25th Percentile £38,541 £45,651 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +8 118 £75,000 +7.14% 33
UK excluding London -12 83 £60,000 -14.29% 23
London +25 43 £90,000 +5.88% 10
South East +17 41 £70,000 +47.37% 9
Work from Home -18 31 £80,000 +18.52% 17
North of England -18 18 £60,000 -17.24% 9
Midlands -2 11 £45,000 -20.70%
East Midlands -15 11 £45,000 -14.29%
North West -9 9 £60,000 -22.58% 6
Yorkshire -35 6 £55,000 +15.79% 3
South West -8 5 £75,000 +7.14% 3
Northern Ireland -20 5 £70,000 -
North East -4 3 - -
Scotland -25 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Chatbot
1 3 (2.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.50%) SaaS
2 9 (7.03%) AWS
2 9 (7.03%) Azure
3 6 (4.69%) GCP
3 6 (4.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 4 (3.13%) Figma
4 4 (3.13%) Firebase
5 3 (2.34%) Amazon EventBridge
5 3 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.34%) Google Play
6 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.56%) GitHub
6 2 (1.56%) TestFlight
7 1 (0.78%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.78%) Sentry
7 1 (0.78%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.69%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.69%) BigQuery
1 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.34%) MySQL
3 2 (1.56%) GIS
4 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (4.69%) Android Studio
1 6 (4.69%) CircleCI
2 4 (3.13%) Git
3 3 (2.34%) JIRA
4 2 (1.56%) CMake
4 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.56%) Xcode
5 1 (0.78%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (7.81%) Banking
2 7 (5.47%) Finance
2 7 (5.47%) Games
2 7 (5.47%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.69%) Law
4 5 (3.91%) Electronics
4 5 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (3.91%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.13%) Retail
5 4 (3.13%) Tech for Good
6 3 (2.34%) French Language
6 3 (2.34%) Italian Language
6 3 (2.34%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (2.34%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.56%) Publishing
8 1 (0.78%) Advertising
8 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 85 (66.41%) Developer
2 53 (41.41%) Senior
3 49 (38.28%) Android Developer
4 34 (26.56%) Senior Developer
5 29 (22.66%) Senior Android Developer
6 26 (20.31%) Android Engineer
6 26 (20.31%) iOS Developer
7 19 (14.84%) Applications Developer
7 19 (14.84%) Mobile Developer
8 16 (12.50%) Lead
9 14 (10.94%) Software Engineer
10 13 (10.16%) Graduate
10 13 (10.16%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Graduate Applications Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Graduate Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Graduate Mobile Developer
11 10 (7.81%) Principal Engineer
11 10 (7.81%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (7.03%) Senior Android Engineer
13 8 (6.25%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (18.75%) RESTful
2 21 (16.41%) Android Jetpack
2 21 (16.41%) Jetpack Compose
2 21 (16.41%) SwiftUI
3 12 (9.38%) React Native
4 9 (7.03%) .NET
5 7 (5.47%) React
5 7 (5.47%) WebSockets
6 6 (4.69%) Android SDK
6 6 (4.69%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.69%) Node.js
7 4 (3.13%) Android NDK
8 3 (2.34%) CSS
8 3 (2.34%) gRPC
8 3 (2.34%) HTML
8 3 (2.34%) Laravel
8 3 (2.34%) Vue
9 2 (1.56%) OpenGL
9 2 (1.56%) OpenSceneGraph
9 2 (1.56%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 67 (52.34%) Mobile App
2 10 (7.81%) Mobile Banking
3 6 (4.69%) Distributed Architecture
4 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.91%) Social Media
5 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.34%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.34%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.34%) IoT
6 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.56%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 128 (100.00%) Android
2 44 (34.38%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.56%) Linux
3 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.38%) iOS Development
2 31 (24.22%) Agile
3 28 (21.88%) Software Engineering
4 27 (21.09%) Mobile Development
5 26 (20.31%) CI/CD
6 25 (19.53%) AI
6 25 (19.53%) Performance Optimisation
7 24 (18.75%) SOLID
8 22 (17.19%) Memory Management
8 22 (17.19%) Multithreading
9 17 (13.28%) Test Automation
10 16 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 16 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.72%) Mentoring
12 14 (10.94%) Roadmaps
12 14 (10.94%) User Experience
13 12 (9.38%) TDD
14 11 (8.59%) Design Patterns
14 11 (8.59%) Mobile Application Development
15 10 (7.81%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.31%) Kotlin
2 22 (17.19%) Java
2 22 (17.19%) Swift
3 13 (10.16%) TypeScript
4 12 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.25%) C++
6 5 (3.91%) SQL
7 4 (3.13%) C
7 4 (3.13%) Python
8 3 (2.34%) PHP
9 2 (1.56%) Bash
9 2 (1.56%) C#
9 2 (1.56%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 23 (17.97%) Degree
2 13 (10.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) QA
2 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (7.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.69%) Argo
2 6 (4.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (2.34%) Google
1 3 (2.34%) WooCommerce
1 3 (2.34%) Xamarin
2 2 (1.56%) Apple
2 2 (1.56%) ESRI
2 2 (1.56%) Mapbox