Android Job Trends

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 247 216
Rank change year-on-year -35 -31 -22
Permanent jobs citing Android 438 641 864
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.20% 1.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.88% 7.98% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 368 328 561
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,275 £29,440
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Operating Systems
UK

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,935 8,029 8,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.23% 15.00% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 4,519 7,056
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,750 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.93% +2.22% -

Android
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Android job vacancy trend in the UK

Android
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram

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

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 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 -33 401 £50,000 - 241
UK excluding London -27 294 £40,000 -20.00% 205
London -2 132 £80,000 +33.33% 55
Work from Home -40 128 £70,000 +27.27% 119
South East +23 96 £60,000 +33.33% 67
North of England +1 75 £32,500 -31.58% 44
East of England -18 46 £40,000 -20.00% 33
Yorkshire -7 35 £32,250 -14.00% 17
North West +8 31 £33,000 -49.23% 23
South West -14 27 £47,500 +58.33% 21
Midlands 0 24 £33,500 -52.14% 26
East Midlands -1 19 £35,500 -21.11% 17
Scotland -12 16 £31,250 -36.87% 10
North East +11 9 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Wales 0 6 £29,000 +5.45% 7
Northern Ireland -7 6 £70,000 - 3
West Midlands -6 5 £29,000 -58.57% 9

Android
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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.91%) CMS
3 4 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.68%) IIS
5 2 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.05%) Sketch
3 6 (1.37%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.68%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.68%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Exchequer
2 5 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.68%) Shopify
4 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (21.00%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (19.86%) Azure
3 63 (14.38%) Entra ID
4 46 (10.50%) AWS
5 41 (9.36%) SaaS
6 20 (4.57%) GCP
7 16 (3.65%) Figma
8 15 (3.42%) OneDrive
9 11 (2.51%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.83%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.60%) GitHub
12 7 (1.60%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.37%) Firebase
13 6 (1.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 6 (1.37%) Google Play
14 5 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (1.14%) Mimecast
14 5 (1.14%) PaaS
14 5 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.36%) DNS
2 30 (6.85%) LAN
3 29 (6.62%) DHCP
3 29 (6.62%) Firewall
4 25 (5.71%) TCP/IP
4 25 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (5.48%) WAN
6 23 (5.25%) VPN
7 22 (5.02%) Cisco IOS
8 18 (4.11%) Wireless
9 13 (2.97%) VoIP
10 10 (2.28%) VLAN
11 9 (2.05%) WAAS
12 7 (1.60%) ATM
12 7 (1.60%) WebEx
13 6 (1.37%) Bluetooth
14 5 (1.14%) IP Telephony
14 5 (1.14%) Network Security
14 5 (1.14%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.91%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.60%) Metadata
3 7 (1.60%) MySQL
4 6 (1.37%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.68%) Power BI
7 3 (0.68%) Redis
8 2 (0.46%) GIS
8 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.23%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Looker
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (3.42%) Git
2 12 (2.74%) Xcode
3 9 (2.05%) Android Studio
3 9 (2.05%) JIRA
4 6 (1.37%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.14%) Burp Suite
5 5 (1.14%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.14%) Storybook
5 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.68%) Charles Proxy
6 3 (0.68%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.68%) Postman
7 2 (0.46%) Appium
7 2 (0.46%) CMake
7 2 (0.46%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.46%) TestRail
8 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 97 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 47 (10.73%) Law
3 36 (8.22%) Finance
4 32 (7.31%) Marketing
5 29 (6.62%) Telecoms
6 26 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.79%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.42%) Banking
8 15 (3.42%) Legal
9 14 (3.20%) Electronics
9 14 (3.20%) Retail
10 13 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.51%) Advertising
11 11 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (1.83%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.60%) Games
13 7 (1.60%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.91%) Back Office
14 4 (0.91%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 102 (23.29%) Developer
2 98 (22.37%) Senior
3 64 (14.61%) IT Support
4 47 (10.73%) Support Engineer
5 46 (10.50%) Analyst
6 38 (8.68%) Android Developer
7 33 (7.53%) Lead
8 32 (7.31%) Android Engineer
9 31 (7.08%) IT Analyst
10 30 (6.85%) Mobile Developer
11 29 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 29 (6.62%) Senior Developer
12 26 (5.94%) Software Engineer
13 24 (5.48%) Desktop Support
13 24 (5.48%) Service Analyst
14 23 (5.25%) Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (5.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 22 (5.02%) Applications Developer
15 22 (5.02%) Senior Android Developer
15 22 (5.02%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.90%) RESTful
2 37 (8.45%) React Native
3 27 (6.16%) .NET
4 24 (5.48%) React
5 19 (4.34%) Android Jetpack
5 19 (4.34%) Jetpack Compose
6 18 (4.11%) WebSockets
7 17 (3.88%) SwiftUI
8 16 (3.65%) REST
9 12 (2.74%) Flutter
9 12 (2.74%) gRPC
10 11 (2.51%) CSS
11 10 (2.28%) HTML
12 9 (2.05%) Jest
12 9 (2.05%) Kafka
13 8 (1.83%) Node.js
14 6 (1.37%) Next.js
15 5 (1.14%) GraphQL
15 5 (1.14%) Symfony
15 5 (1.14%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 118 (26.94%) Mobile App
2 33 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.79%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.20%) AI Agents
4 14 (3.20%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (2.97%) IoT
5 13 (2.97%) iPhone
6 10 (2.28%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.05%) CCTV
7 9 (2.05%) CMDB
7 9 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.60%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.60%) Replication
9 7 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (1.37%) Mobile Banking
11 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.14%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 243 (55.48%) Apple iOS
2 169 (38.58%) Windows
3 47 (10.73%) Mac OS
4 39 (8.90%) Windows Server
5 27 (6.16%) Windows 10
6 23 (5.25%) Linux
7 6 (1.37%) Mac OS X
7 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.14%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.91%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.46%) Nucleus RTOS
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (23.97%) Android Development
2 86 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.16%) ITIL
4 61 (13.93%) AI
5 58 (13.24%) Customer Service
5 58 (13.24%) User Experience
6 52 (11.87%) Agile
6 52 (11.87%) CI/CD
6 52 (11.87%) Software Engineering
7 47 (10.73%) Mobile Device Management
8 46 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (10.27%) Mobile Development
10 44 (10.05%) Mentoring
11 41 (9.36%) iOS Development
12 38 (8.68%) DevOps
12 38 (8.68%) UX Design
13 37 (8.45%) Computer Science
13 37 (8.45%) Service Management
14 32 (7.31%) Service Delivery
15 31 (7.08%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 66 (15.07%) Kotlin
2 30 (6.85%) PowerShell
3 29 (6.62%) Swift
4 27 (6.16%) Java
5 25 (5.71%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.71%) TypeScript
6 22 (5.02%) C++
7 20 (4.57%) C#
8 13 (2.97%) Python
9 11 (2.51%) Go
9 11 (2.51%) SQL
10 10 (2.28%) C
10 10 (2.28%) PHP
11 4 (0.91%) Bash
11 4 (0.91%) R
11 4 (0.91%) Rust
11 4 (0.91%) XAML
12 2 (0.46%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (16.67%) Degree
2 49 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 48 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.74%) MCP
7 10 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.14%) CCNA
10 5 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.91%) OSCP
12 3 (0.68%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.46%) MCSE
13 2 (0.46%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.46%) PhD
14 1 (0.23%) HNC
14 1 (0.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.59%) SLA
2 25 (5.71%) QA
3 18 (4.11%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.51%) GDPR
5 10 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.37%) GRC
6 6 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.91%) WCAG
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.46%) NIST
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 73 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.57%) Docker
4 13 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.05%) Firmware
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (12.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (7.76%) Jamf Pro
3 20 (4.57%) Kubernetes
4 19 (4.34%) SCCM
5 12 (2.74%) Terraform
6 8 (1.83%) Nessus
7 6 (1.37%) Argo
7 6 (1.37%) PaperCut
8 5 (1.14%) Nmap
9 4 (0.91%) Ansible
Vendors
1 124 (28.31%) Microsoft
2 66 (15.07%) Apple
3 36 (8.22%) Cisco
4 35 (7.99%) Samsung
5 26 (5.94%) VMware
6 24 (5.48%) Google
7 11 (2.51%) Sophos
7 11 (2.51%) Xamarin
8 10 (2.28%) Adobe
9 9 (2.05%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.60%) iManage
10 7 (1.60%) Veeam
11 6 (1.37%) Dell KACE
11 6 (1.37%) Remedy
11 6 (1.37%) Splunk
12 5 (1.14%) Barracuda Networks
12 5 (1.14%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.14%) Dell
12 5 (1.14%) HP
12 5 (1.14%) Zoho