Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Android SDK skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 775 680 782
Rank change year-on-year -95 +102 -9
Permanent jobs citing Android SDK 16 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.012% 0.035%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.067% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 18
10th Percentile - £58,000 £40,000
25th Percentile - £58,750 £64,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% -17.65% +1.70%
75th Percentile - £86,889 £92,500
90th Percentile £55,375 £91,022 £94,292
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -32.86% -17.65% +1.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Android SDK falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,866 8,899 17,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.78% 17.89% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 5,788 11,564
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £109,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

Android SDK
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Android SDK relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Android SDK job vacancy trend in the UK

Android SDK
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK

Android SDK
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android SDK over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Android SDK in the UK

Android SDK
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android SDK within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
UK excluding London -92 13 £47,000 -32.86% 1
North of England -36 11 £47,000 -30.37%
England -88 11 £47,000 -32.86% 7
Yorkshire -47 6 - -
North East - 5 £47,000 -
Scotland - 2 £62,500 - 1

Android SDK
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 9 (56.25%) Google Play
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (37.50%) Firebase
2 6 (37.50%) GitHub
2 6 (37.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Android Studio
1 6 (37.50%) Crashlytics
1 6 (37.50%) fastlane
1 6 (37.50%) Gradle
1 6 (37.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (18.75%) Git
General
1 12 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (37.50%) Games
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Publishing
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 12 (75.00%) Android Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Android Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Android Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Android Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Development Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) RESTful
2 7 (43.75%) Android Jetpack
2 7 (43.75%) Jetpack Compose
2 7 (43.75%) Retrofit
3 6 (37.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (6.25%) Dagger
4 1 (6.25%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 6 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (37.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Agile
2 13 (81.25%) Android Development
3 12 (75.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (62.50%) User Experience
5 9 (56.25%) Clean Code
5 9 (56.25%) Scrum
5 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
6 7 (43.75%) AI
6 7 (43.75%) MVVM
6 7 (43.75%) TDD
6 7 (43.75%) UX Design
7 6 (37.50%) API Development
7 6 (37.50%) API Integration
7 6 (37.50%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (37.50%) Kanban
7 6 (37.50%) Observability
7 6 (37.50%) OWASP
7 6 (37.50%) Secure Coding
7 6 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 15 (93.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Accessibility
1 6 (37.50%) WCAG
2 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Google
2 6 (37.50%) Dynatrace
3 1 (6.25%) Revolut