Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 208 159 174
Rank change year-on-year -49 +15 -29
Permanent jobs citing Android 888 2,875 2,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.70% 2.35% 2.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.81% 14.14% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 539 1,345 1,853
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,642 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,200 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.27% +10.00% +5.26%

All Operating Systems
UK

Android is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,056 20,329 22,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.32% 16.63% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,010 13,652 16,244
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Android
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the UK

Android
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Android in the UK

Android
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Android in the UK

Android
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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 -38 838 £52,500 -8.70% 308
UK excluding London -61 538 £42,750 -22.27% 219
London -23 328 £60,000 -11.11% 118
Work from Home -141 279 £57,500 -4.17% 135
South East +49 157 £36,000 -31.43% 56
South West +24 99 £51,250 -2.38% 28
Midlands -38 87 £35,000 -33.33% 36
East of England +119 77 £52,500 +16.67% 29
North of England -129 71 £45,000 -18.18% 52
West Midlands -2 64 £35,000 -30.00% 25
North West -100 43 £33,000 -34.00% 35
Wales +28 26 £45,000 +36.93% 6
East Midlands -5 22 £37,500 -28.57% 11
Yorkshire -28 22 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Scotland -59 18 £67,500 +17.39% 17
North East +13 6 £32,500 -40.91% 6
Northern Ireland -7 3 £42,500 -32.00%

Android
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:

Application Platforms
1 116 (13.06%) MS Exchange
2 55 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.82%) IIS
4 22 (2.48%) WebLogic
5 14 (1.58%) Confluence
6 4 (0.45%) WordPress
7 3 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 48 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.79%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.56%) Sketch
6 4 (0.45%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.45%) Trello
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.23%) InVision
7 2 (0.23%) Marvel
7 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.23%) Simulink
7 2 (0.23%) TargetLink
7 2 (0.23%) Zeplin
8 1 (0.11%) Blender
Business Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 309 (34.80%) Microsoft 365
2 180 (20.27%) Azure
3 76 (8.56%) AWS
4 65 (7.32%) Entra ID
5 49 (5.52%) OneDrive
6 30 (3.38%) GCP
7 18 (2.03%) Power Platform
8 17 (1.91%) WhatsApp
9 15 (1.69%) Figma
9 15 (1.69%) SaaS
10 14 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (1.46%) Mimecast
12 12 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.24%) Google Play
14 10 (1.13%) GitHub
15 9 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 122 (13.74%) WAN
2 119 (13.40%) Wireless
3 112 (12.61%) Cisco IOS
4 106 (11.94%) WebEx
5 103 (11.60%) SD-WAN
6 102 (11.49%) DNS
7 92 (10.36%) DHCP
8 90 (10.14%) TCP/IP
9 46 (5.18%) Internet
10 34 (3.83%) Firewall
11 29 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (2.70%) VLAN
12 24 (2.70%) VPN
13 23 (2.59%) LAN
14 15 (1.69%) VoIP
15 9 (1.01%) Broadband
16 8 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.79%) Network Security
18 6 (0.68%) Ethernet
18 6 (0.68%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.35%) Power BI
4 11 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.79%) Big Data
6 6 (0.68%) MySQL
6 6 (0.68%) SQLite
7 4 (0.45%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.34%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.34%) Firebird
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.11%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.11%) Metadata
9 1 (0.11%) MS Access
9 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.53%) JIRA
2 56 (6.31%) Git
3 30 (3.38%) Android Studio
4 25 (2.82%) GitLab
5 22 (2.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 15 (1.69%) Xcode
7 13 (1.46%) Jenkins
8 10 (1.13%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.01%) Gradle
9 9 (1.01%) Maven
10 8 (0.90%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.68%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.68%) Selenium
12 5 (0.56%) Appium
12 5 (0.56%) fastlane
12 5 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.45%) Mocha
13 4 (0.45%) TestRail
General
1 314 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 105 (11.82%) Finance
3 77 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (6.31%) Banking
6 50 (5.63%) Manufacturing
7 44 (4.95%) Retail
8 41 (4.62%) Marketing
9 39 (4.39%) Games
10 35 (3.94%) Law
11 33 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (3.60%) Electronics
12 32 (3.60%) Legal
13 26 (2.93%) Automotive
14 25 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (2.03%) Multimedia
16 16 (1.80%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.35%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.01%) Local Government
19 8 (0.90%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 189 (21.28%) IT Support
2 174 (19.59%) Developer
3 124 (13.96%) Support Engineer
4 122 (13.74%) Senior
5 113 (12.73%) Support Specialist
6 107 (12.05%) IT Support Specialist
7 82 (9.23%) Analyst
8 61 (6.87%) Desktop Support
8 61 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (6.64%) IT Engineer
9 59 (6.64%) Software Engineer
10 54 (6.08%) Android Developer
11 53 (5.97%) IT Support Engineer
11 53 (5.97%) Senior Developer
12 49 (5.52%) Support Analyst
13 48 (5.41%) Architect
14 45 (5.07%) Lead
15 40 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
16 39 (4.39%) Desktop Engineer
17 35 (3.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (8.67%) .NET
2 76 (8.56%) RESTful
3 67 (7.55%) HTML
4 66 (7.43%) CSS
5 53 (5.97%) Web Services
6 40 (4.50%) OpenGL
7 39 (4.39%) Vulkan
8 36 (4.05%) OpenGL ES
9 34 (3.83%) React Native
10 33 (3.72%) React
11 29 (3.27%) .NET Framework
12 27 (3.04%) ASP.NET
13 25 (2.82%) Entity Framework
13 25 (2.82%) JSON
14 23 (2.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 22 (2.48%) J2EE
15 22 (2.48%) Java EE
15 22 (2.48%) Spring
16 20 (2.25%) ASP.NET Web API
16 20 (2.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 115 (12.95%) Mobile App
2 105 (11.82%) Video Conferencing
3 102 (11.49%) Wiki
4 55 (6.19%) Smartphone
5 50 (5.63%) Mali
6 45 (5.07%) Driving Licence
7 42 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (4.17%) iPhone
9 34 (3.83%) IoT
10 22 (2.48%) Cloud Native
10 22 (2.48%) Data Centre
11 21 (2.36%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.14%) 3D Graphics
12 19 (2.14%) Management Information System
13 18 (2.03%) Handset
13 18 (2.03%) Ray Tracing
13 18 (2.03%) SIMD
14 17 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
14 17 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.46%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 465 (52.36%) Windows
2 366 (41.22%) Apple iOS
3 198 (22.30%) Windows 10
4 170 (19.14%) Linux
5 77 (8.67%) Windows Server
6 61 (6.87%) Mac OS
7 24 (2.70%) Unix
8 18 (2.03%) Windows 7
9 14 (1.58%) Mac OS X
10 13 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.34%) Debian
13 3 (0.34%) Windows Mobile
13 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.23%) VMS
14 2 (0.23%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (21.17%) Agile
2 168 (18.92%) Computer Science
3 142 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (15.77%) Mobile Device Management
5 116 (13.06%) Business Continuity
6 109 (12.27%) Software Engineering
7 107 (12.05%) User Experience
8 104 (11.71%) Android Development
8 104 (11.71%) Customer Service
8 104 (11.71%) ITIL
9 103 (11.60%) Business Continuity Planning
10 102 (11.49%) BCP
10 102 (11.49%) Contract Negotiation
11 91 (10.25%) Application Virtualisation
12 68 (7.66%) Scrum
13 64 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 61 (6.87%) Mathematics
15 60 (6.76%) Infrastructure as Code
16 59 (6.64%) Continuous Integration
17 56 (6.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 123 (13.85%) Java
2 121 (13.63%) JavaScript
3 116 (13.06%) Python
4 102 (11.49%) PowerShell
5 88 (9.91%) C++
6 84 (9.46%) C#
7 81 (9.12%) C
8 69 (7.77%) Kotlin
9 61 (6.87%) SQL
10 26 (2.93%) Objective-C
10 26 (2.93%) Rust
11 23 (2.59%) T-SQL
12 20 (2.25%) Swift
13 19 (2.14%) TypeScript
14 16 (1.80%) Go
14 16 (1.80%) PHP
15 13 (1.46%) BrightScript
16 9 (1.01%) VB
17 5 (0.56%) Dart
18 4 (0.45%) XAML
Qualifications
1 265 (29.84%) Degree
2 141 (15.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 129 (14.53%) Master's Degree
4 99 (11.15%) Security Cleared
5 93 (10.47%) SC Cleared
6 56 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
7 55 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (4.05%) MCSE
9 34 (3.83%) Linux+ Certification
10 18 (2.03%) PhD
11 17 (1.91%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.79%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.56%) CEH
14 5 (0.56%) CISSP
14 5 (0.56%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.45%) CCNA
16 3 (0.34%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.76%) SLA
2 55 (6.19%) QA
3 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.45%) NIST
6 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.23%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.23%) JTAG
7 2 (0.23%) MISRA
8 1 (0.11%) GDPR
8 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 274 (30.86%) Active Directory
2 109 (12.27%) XenApp
3 107 (12.05%) XenDesktop
4 105 (11.82%) VMware ESXi
5 102 (11.49%) Microsoft App-V
6 29 (3.27%) Docker
7 23 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
8 20 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (1.91%) Firmware
10 15 (1.69%) Hyper-V
11 14 (1.58%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 163 (18.36%) SCCM
2 121 (13.63%) AirWatch
3 91 (10.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 52 (5.86%) Terraform
5 49 (5.52%) Ansible
6 48 (5.41%) Puppet
7 29 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (2.59%) Kubernetes
9 22 (2.48%) OpenSSO
10 10 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.56%) SELinux
12 4 (0.45%) SysTrack
12 4 (0.45%) XenMobile
13 3 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
13 3 (0.34%) Nmap
13 3 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
15 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
15 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 397 (44.71%) Microsoft
2 174 (19.59%) Cisco
3 135 (15.20%) Citrix
4 131 (14.75%) Apple
5 65 (7.32%) ServiceNow
6 44 (4.95%) Google
7 33 (3.72%) Remedy
8 32 (3.60%) VMware
9 31 (3.49%) Dell
10 22 (2.48%) Oracle
11 16 (1.80%) Bloomberg
12 15 (1.69%) HP
13 13 (1.46%) Samsung
14 12 (1.35%) Adobe
14 12 (1.35%) Xamarin
15 9 (1.01%) SAP
16 7 (0.79%) Meraki
17 6 (0.68%) iManage
17 6 (0.68%) Sage
18 5 (0.56%) Symantec