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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 272 681
Rank change year-on-year -374 +409 -81
Permanent jobs citing Android Development 126 544 167
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 66 79 130
10th Percentile £47,000 £25,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £89,375 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 73,631 44,290 76,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 90.03% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50,962 24,903 52,597
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% -8.84%
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 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 15 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 21 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 -335 117 £75,000 +25.00% 39
UK excluding London -325 88 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North of England -230 39 £50,000 -35.48% 6
London -21 31 £90,000 +38.46% 21
South East -31 29 £60,000 - 7
Work from Home -92 18 £82,500 +17.86% 8
North West -185 17 £58,750 -24.19% 4
Yorkshire -31 16 - - 2
South West -68 9 £77,500 +47.62% 4
North East -42 6 £47,000 -
East of England -28 4 £66,250 +32.50% 3
Midlands -42 4 £30,000 -50.00%
Scotland +1 3 £62,500 -3.85% 3
West Midlands -27 3 - -
East Midlands -24 1 £30,000 -

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 12 (9.52%) GitHub
2 9 (7.14%) Google Play
3 8 (6.35%) Azure
3 8 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.56%) Firebase
5 4 (3.17%) ChatGPT
5 4 (3.17%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.59%) AWS
6 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.79%) GCP
7 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.94%) Broadband
2 1 (0.79%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) NFC
2 1 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Android Studio
1 10 (7.94%) Git
2 8 (6.35%) Gradle
3 7 (5.56%) fastlane
4 6 (4.76%) Crashlytics
4 6 (4.76%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.59%) Appium
5 2 (1.59%) JUnit
5 2 (1.59%) Mockito
6 1 (0.79%) GitLab
6 1 (0.79%) JIRA
6 1 (0.79%) Postman
6 1 (0.79%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.79%) TestRail
6 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.79%) Xcode
6 1 (0.79%) XCTest
6 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (7.94%) Finance
3 9 (7.14%) Games
3 9 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.56%) Banking
4 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.97%) Retail
6 3 (2.38%) Publishing
7 2 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.59%) French Language
7 2 (1.59%) Italian Language
7 2 (1.59%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.59%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.79%) Electronics
8 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (68.25%) Developer
2 72 (57.14%) Android Developer
3 37 (29.37%) Senior
4 33 (26.19%) Senior Developer
5 32 (25.40%) Senior Android Developer
6 26 (20.63%) iOS Developer
7 20 (15.87%) Android Engineer
8 16 (12.70%) Software Engineer
9 15 (11.90%) iOS Android Developer
10 13 (10.32%) Applications Developer
11 12 (9.52%) Lead
11 12 (9.52%) Senior Mobile Developer
11 12 (9.52%) Software Developer
12 11 (8.73%) Mobile Applications Developer
13 10 (7.94%) Senior Applications Developer
13 10 (7.94%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
14 9 (7.14%) Mobile Developer
15 8 (6.35%) Senior iOS Android Developer
15 8 (6.35%) Senior iOS Developer
16 7 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.05%) Android Jetpack
1 24 (19.05%) Jetpack Compose
2 22 (17.46%) RESTful
3 17 (13.49%) Android SDK
4 15 (11.90%) SwiftUI
5 9 (7.14%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.76%) Retrofit
7 4 (3.17%) .NET
7 4 (3.17%) REST
8 2 (1.59%) CSS
8 2 (1.59%) Flutter
8 2 (1.59%) gRPC
8 2 (1.59%) HTML
8 2 (1.59%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (1.59%) React Native
9 1 (0.79%) Jest
9 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.79%) React
9 1 (0.79%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.79%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 65 (51.59%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.14%) Social Media
3 7 (5.56%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.38%) Hackathon
4 3 (2.38%) Smart City
5 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.59%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 126 (100.00%) Android
2 35 (27.78%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.92%) CI/CD
2 42 (33.33%) Agile
3 35 (27.78%) iOS Development
4 28 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (19.84%) Software Engineering
6 23 (18.25%) Mobile Development
7 22 (17.46%) TDD
8 20 (15.87%) AI
8 20 (15.87%) SOLID
9 19 (15.08%) Test Automation
10 18 (14.29%) Clean Code
10 18 (14.29%) Design Patterns
11 17 (13.49%) Architectural Patterns
11 17 (13.49%) Performance Optimisation
12 13 (10.32%) SDLC
13 11 (8.73%) Memory Management
13 11 (8.73%) Mentoring
13 11 (8.73%) Multithreading
14 10 (7.94%) Scrum
14 10 (7.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 58 (46.03%) Kotlin
2 31 (24.60%) Java
3 17 (13.49%) Swift
4 9 (7.14%) C++
5 7 (5.56%) C#
5 7 (5.56%) SQL
6 5 (3.97%) C
7 4 (3.17%) Python
8 3 (2.38%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) Degree
4 4 (3.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.59%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.56%) WCAG
3 5 (3.97%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (7.14%) Google
2 7 (5.56%) Revolut
3 6 (4.76%) Dynatrace
3 6 (4.76%) Xamarin
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.59%) VMware
6 1 (0.79%) Apple