Android Developer
UK

The median Android Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 817 786 694
Rank change year-on-year -31 -92 -70
Permanent jobs requiring an Android Developer 77 207 583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.20% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.22% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 57 149 286
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £49,375
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £108,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Android Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android Developer.

Salary trend for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Developer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 -5 66 £65,000 -7.14% 15
UK excluding London -36 58 £65,000 +4.00% 7
Work from Home +29 33 £65,000 -7.14% 6
South West -28 20 £65,000 +23.81% 3
London +68 15 £65,000 -18.75% 8
Midlands +14 12 £62,500 +16.28% 3
North of England +45 11 - -
North West +8 11 - -
West Midlands +34 8 £70,000 - 3
Wales +15 8 £70,000 -
South East -7 5 £40,000 -41.82%
East of England +20 2 £71,250 -20.83% 1

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Android Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) Android
2 71 (92.21%) Android Development
3 58 (75.32%) Kotlin
4 37 (48.05%) Android Jetpack
5 36 (46.75%) Agile
6 34 (44.16%) MVVM
7 31 (40.26%) REST
7 31 (40.26%) Git
8 29 (37.66%) MVC
9 26 (33.77%) Design Patterns
10 21 (27.27%) Finance
11 20 (25.97%) Android Studio
12 19 (24.68%) SOLID
12 19 (24.68%) Clean Code
13 17 (22.08%) Google
13 17 (22.08%) QA
14 15 (19.48%) JIRA
14 15 (19.48%) CI/CD
14 15 (19.48%) User Experience
14 15 (19.48%) Android SDK
15 14 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (18.18%) JSON
15 14 (18.18%) UX Design
15 14 (18.18%) Bitbucket
15 14 (18.18%) Java
16 13 (16.88%) Jetpack Compose
17 12 (15.58%) Mobile App
18 11 (14.29%) API Integration
18 11 (14.29%) Google Play
18 11 (14.29%) Scrum

Android Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) Google Play
2 9 (11.69%) Firebase
3 4 (5.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.30%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (40.26%) Git
2 20 (25.97%) Android Studio
3 15 (19.48%) JIRA
4 14 (18.18%) Bitbucket
5 10 (12.99%) Appium
6 5 (6.49%) fastlane
6 5 (6.49%) JUnit
7 4 (5.19%) CircleCI
8 3 (3.90%) Mockito
9 1 (1.30%) Crashlytics
9 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (27.27%) Finance
2 8 (10.39%) Legal
3 7 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.19%) Aviation
5 3 (3.90%) Retail
6 2 (2.60%) Banking
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (48.05%) Android Jetpack
2 31 (40.26%) REST
3 15 (19.48%) Android SDK
4 14 (18.18%) JSON
5 13 (16.88%) Jetpack Compose
6 8 (10.39%) Retrofit
7 6 (7.79%) AngularJS
7 6 (7.79%) Web Services
8 5 (6.49%) OpenGL
9 4 (5.19%) Dagger
9 4 (5.19%) Ktor
10 3 (3.90%) RESTful
11 2 (2.60%) CSS
11 2 (2.60%) CSS3
11 2 (2.60%) Flutter
11 2 (2.60%) HTML
11 2 (2.60%) HTML5
11 2 (2.60%) RxJava
12 1 (1.30%) Material Design
12 1 (1.30%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) Mobile App
2 10 (12.99%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (12.99%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.49%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (3.90%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.90%) PropTech
5 2 (2.60%) IoT
6 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.30%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 77 (100.00%) Android
2 5 (6.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (92.21%) Android Development
2 36 (46.75%) Agile
3 34 (44.16%) MVVM
4 29 (37.66%) MVC
5 26 (33.77%) Design Patterns
6 19 (24.68%) Clean Code
6 19 (24.68%) SOLID
7 15 (19.48%) CI/CD
7 15 (19.48%) User Experience
8 14 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (18.18%) UX Design
9 11 (14.29%) API Integration
9 11 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
9 11 (14.29%) Scrum
9 11 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 10 (12.99%) API Design
10 10 (12.99%) Fintech
10 10 (12.99%) Mobile Development
10 10 (12.99%) SDLC
10 10 (12.99%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 58 (75.32%) Kotlin
2 14 (18.18%) Java
3 6 (7.79%) Python
3 6 (7.79%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (12.99%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.08%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (22.08%) Google