Android Engineer Job Trends

Android Engineer
UK

The median Android Engineer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 678 704
Rank change year-on-year +57 +26 +156
Permanent jobs requiring an Android Engineer 32 21 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.039% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.042% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 16
10th Percentile £70,000 £75,219 -
25th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £98,562 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% +17.93% +6.95%
75th Percentile £113,750 £121,250 £91,934
90th Percentile £132,500 £125,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £64,288 £83,577
% change year-on-year -6.67% -23.08% +28.58%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Android Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Android Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Android Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Android Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Android Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Engineer over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Android Engineer in the UK

Android Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +73 32 £100,000 +1.46% 13
London +62 27 £106,250 -7.61% 6
Work from Home +77 13 £125,000 +26.82% 5
UK excluding London +60 5 £60,000 -6.67% 7
North of England - 3 £60,000 - 4
North West - 2 £60,000 - 4
South East - 2 £100,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -

Android Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Android Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Android Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Android
2 24 (75.00%) Kotlin
3 22 (68.75%) Android Development
4 19 (59.38%) AI
5 16 (50.00%) Android Jetpack
5 16 (50.00%) Jetpack Compose
6 13 (40.63%) Agile
7 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
8 10 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (31.25%) Degree
8 10 (31.25%) User Experience
9 9 (28.13%) Java
9 9 (28.13%) UX Design
10 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
10 8 (25.00%) Code Quality
10 8 (25.00%) WebSockets
11 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
11 7 (21.88%) TDD
12 6 (18.75%) Architectural Patterns
12 6 (18.75%) Digital Banking
13 5 (15.63%) Design Patterns
13 5 (15.63%) Master's Degree
13 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
13 5 (15.63%) Multithreading
13 5 (15.63%) RESTful
14 4 (12.50%) Android NDK
14 4 (12.50%) API Integration
14 4 (12.50%) Asynchronous Programming
14 4 (12.50%) C++
14 4 (12.50%) Conversational AI

Android Engineer Skill Set
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 (9.38%) Chatbot
1 3 (9.38%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Figma
2 2 (6.25%) Firebase
2 2 (6.25%) SaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) Android Studio
General
1 13 (40.63%) Telecoms
2 6 (18.75%) Banking
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (50.00%) Android Jetpack
1 16 (50.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 8 (25.00%) WebSockets
3 5 (15.63%) RESTful
4 4 (12.50%) Android NDK
5 3 (9.38%) gRPC
6 2 (6.25%) DirectX
6 2 (6.25%) Middleware
6 2 (6.25%) OpenGL
6 2 (6.25%) OpenGL ES
6 2 (6.25%) Vulkan
7 1 (3.13%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Mobile App
2 6 (18.75%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (9.38%) AI Agents
4 2 (6.25%) IoT
5 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.13%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.13%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Android Development
2 19 (59.38%) AI
3 13 (40.63%) Agile
4 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
5 10 (31.25%) User Experience
6 9 (28.13%) UX Design
7 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 8 (25.00%) Code Quality
8 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
8 7 (21.88%) TDD
9 6 (18.75%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (18.75%) Digital Banking
10 5 (15.63%) Design Patterns
10 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
10 5 (15.63%) Multithreading
11 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (12.50%) Memory Management
11 4 (12.50%) Mobile Development
11 4 (12.50%) Security Architecture
11 4 (12.50%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (75.00%) Kotlin
2 9 (28.13%) Java
3 4 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (3.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (31.25%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Google