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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 278 598
Rank change year-on-year -398 +320 -4
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 131 514 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 1.05% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 1.18% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 70 57 97
10th Percentile £47,450 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,625 £87,500 £90,000
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 85,252 43,434 61,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.68% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 58,899 24,470 34,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £77,500
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 23 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 23 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 -390 120 £78,750 +31.25% 110
UK excluding London -376 84 £60,000 - 52
London -62 36 £82,500 +3.13% 67
North of England -260 30 £50,000 -28.57% 18
South East -48 29 £60,000 - 6
Work from Home -97 21 £85,000 +33.33% 47
North West -210 17 £50,000 -32.20% 10
South West -76 14 £77,500 +72.22% 10
Yorkshire -42 7 - - 8
East of England -53 6 £103,750 +107.50% 5
North East - 6 £47,000 -
West Midlands -41 4 - - 3
Midlands -60 4 - - 5
Scotland +2 1 - - 5

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 (9.92%) GitHub
2 10 (7.63%) Google Play
3 7 (5.34%) Azure
3 7 (5.34%) Firebase
3 7 (5.34%) GitHub Copilot
4 6 (4.58%) AWS
4 6 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.05%) ChatGPT
7 3 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (2.29%) Bitrise
7 3 (2.29%) Serverless
8 2 (1.53%) GCP
9 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
9 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 7 (5.34%) Android Studio
2 7 (5.34%) Gradle
3 5 (3.82%) Crashlytics
3 5 (3.82%) fastlane
3 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.29%) Xcode
5 2 (1.53%) JUnit
5 2 (1.53%) Mockito
6 1 (0.76%) Appium
6 1 (0.76%) GitLab
6 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (12.21%) Finance
2 13 (9.92%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.63%) Retail
4 6 (4.58%) Health Technology
5 5 (3.82%) Banking
5 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.82%) Publishing
6 3 (2.29%) Automotive
6 3 (2.29%) Games
6 3 (2.29%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (70.23%) Developer
2 77 (58.78%) Android Developer
3 39 (29.77%) Senior
4 37 (28.24%) Senior Developer
5 35 (26.72%) Senior Android Developer
6 32 (24.43%) iOS Developer
7 22 (16.79%) iOS Android Developer
8 18 (13.74%) Mobile Developer
8 18 (13.74%) Software Engineer
9 15 (11.45%) Senior Mobile Developer
9 15 (11.45%) Software Developer
10 13 (9.92%) Applications Developer
10 13 (9.92%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 13 (9.92%) Senior Applications Developer
10 13 (9.92%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
11 11 (8.40%) 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 26 (19.85%) RESTful
2 21 (16.03%) Android Jetpack
2 21 (16.03%) Jetpack Compose
3 15 (11.45%) SwiftUI
4 9 (6.87%) Android SDK
5 7 (5.34%) React Native
5 7 (5.34%) REST
6 5 (3.82%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.05%) React
8 3 (2.29%) CarPlay
8 3 (2.29%) Flutter
8 3 (2.29%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.29%) Node.js
9 2 (1.53%) .NET
9 2 (1.53%) gRPC
9 2 (1.53%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (1.53%) UIKit
10 1 (0.76%) Jest
10 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.76%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 64 (48.85%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.58%) AI Agents
3 5 (3.82%) NHS
3 5 (3.82%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.05%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.29%) IoT
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%) Self-Motivation
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%) Mobile Development
3 33 (25.19%) CI/CD
4 31 (23.66%) Agile
5 25 (19.08%) Software Engineering
6 22 (16.79%) Performance Optimisation
7 20 (15.27%) AI
8 19 (14.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (14.50%) Clean Code
9 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (12.98%) Test Automation
11 16 (12.21%) TDD
12 15 (11.45%) Multithreading
13 13 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (9.92%) SDLC
13 13 (9.92%) SOLID
14 12 (9.16%) Memory Management
15 11 (8.40%) MVVM
16 9 (6.87%) Design Patterns
16 9 (6.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 49 (37.40%) Kotlin
2 20 (15.27%) Java
2 20 (15.27%) Swift
3 9 (6.87%) C++
4 6 (4.58%) C#
5 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.05%) SQL
5 4 (3.05%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.29%) C
6 3 (2.29%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.29%) Python
7 1 (0.76%) Bash
7 1 (0.76%) Go
7 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
7 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 6 (4.58%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.82%) QA
2 5 (3.82%) WCAG
3 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 5 (3.82%) Apple
3 5 (3.82%) Dynatrace
3 5 (3.82%) Xamarin
4 3 (2.29%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.53%) VMware