Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 220 235
Rank change year-on-year +47 +15 -83
Permanent jobs citing Android 897 1,354 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 1.38% 1.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.58% 9.58% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 320 819 1,112
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 6,603 14,127 16,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.63% 14.42% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,478 10,964 11,378
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,759 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -

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 25 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Android in the UK

Android
Top 16 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 25 April 2025. 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 +44 875 £50,000 +11.11% 585
UK excluding London +65 719 £47,500 +5.56% 305
North of England +115 485 £32,000 -28.89% 86
North West +80 426 £65,000 +44.44% 48
Work from Home +31 225 £62,500 +13.64% 356
London -35 161 £65,000 - 323
South East -21 79 £47,500 +35.71% 64
Midlands -16 59 £46,250 +32.14% 23
Yorkshire +81 58 £30,000 -33.33% 33
East of England -17 43 £50,000 +25.00% 69
West Midlands +26 39 £70,000 +55.56% 11
South West +43 38 £70,000 +40.00% 31
East Midlands -8 20 £32,000 +42.22% 12
Scotland +84 15 £127,680 +143.20% 35
North East +42 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 50 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.34%) IBM Domino
4 8 (0.89%) Confluence
5 3 (0.33%) CMS
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.22%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.33%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.56%) Exchequer
3 2 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.22%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 133 (14.83%) Azure
2 109 (12.15%) AWS
3 104 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (5.46%) Amazon EKS
4 49 (5.46%) AWS CloudFormation
5 32 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 30 (3.34%) GitHub
7 29 (3.23%) SaaS
8 19 (2.12%) Figma
9 14 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.56%) PaaS
10 11 (1.23%) Firebase
11 10 (1.11%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.89%) IaaS
14 7 (0.78%) Mimecast
15 6 (0.67%) Apigee
15 6 (0.67%) Google Docs
15 6 (0.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 431 (48.05%) DNS
2 414 (46.15%) VPN
3 39 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
4 35 (3.90%) Firewall
5 29 (3.23%) DHCP
6 20 (2.23%) Internet
7 18 (2.01%) LAN
7 18 (2.01%) SAN
7 18 (2.01%) TCP/IP
8 17 (1.90%) VLAN
9 16 (1.78%) IPv4
9 16 (1.78%) PBX
9 16 (1.78%) VoIP
9 16 (1.78%) WAN
10 15 (1.67%) FTP
10 15 (1.67%) SMTP
10 15 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
11 11 (1.23%) HTTP
11 11 (1.23%) WebEx
12 7 (0.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.46%) Elasticsearch
2 34 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.56%) MySQL
4 10 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.78%) GIS
6 7 (0.78%) Metadata
7 5 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.33%) SQLite
9 2 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.11%) DB2
10 1 (0.11%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 55 (6.13%) Git
2 26 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.45%) JIRA
4 15 (1.67%) Appium
5 14 (1.56%) Xcode
6 13 (1.45%) Gradle
7 12 (1.34%) Android Studio
8 11 (1.23%) Maven
9 10 (1.11%) JUnit
10 9 (1.00%) GitLab
11 8 (0.89%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.67%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.56%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.45%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.45%) fastlane
14 4 (0.45%) TestNG
15 3 (0.33%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.33%) Subversion
15 3 (0.33%) XCTest
16 2 (0.22%) Crashlytics
General
1 482 (53.73%) Analytical Skills
2 475 (52.95%) Finance
3 460 (51.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 146 (16.28%) Social Skills
5 29 (3.23%) Banking
6 25 (2.79%) Games
7 18 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (1.67%) Electronics
8 15 (1.67%) Legal
8 15 (1.67%) Retail
9 14 (1.56%) Law
10 11 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.00%) Marketing
12 8 (0.89%) Public Sector
13 7 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.56%) Automotive
14 5 (0.56%) Aviation
14 5 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.56%) Private Banking
15 4 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 555 (61.87%) Developer
2 454 (50.61%) Software Developer
3 81 (9.03%) Senior
4 72 (8.03%) IT Support
5 50 (5.57%) Lead
6 44 (4.91%) Support Engineer
7 42 (4.68%) Android Developer
8 38 (4.24%) Desktop Support
8 38 (4.24%) IT Engineer
9 34 (3.79%) Android Engineer
9 34 (3.79%) IT Support Engineer
10 33 (3.68%) Senior Developer
10 33 (3.68%) Software Engineer
11 31 (3.46%) Analyst
12 16 (1.78%) Support Technician
12 16 (1.78%) Xamarin Developer
13 15 (1.67%) Mobile Engineer
13 15 (1.67%) Software Support Engineer
14 14 (1.56%) iOS Developer
15 13 (1.45%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (9.03%) .NET
2 67 (7.47%) Node.js
3 49 (5.46%) Pandas
4 39 (4.35%) React
5 36 (4.01%) React Native
6 34 (3.79%) Android Jetpack
6 34 (3.79%) RESTful
7 27 (3.01%) Jetpack Compose
8 23 (2.56%) HTML
9 22 (2.45%) AngularJS
10 21 (2.34%) REST
11 20 (2.23%) CSS
11 20 (2.23%) SwiftUI
12 12 (1.34%) .NET Core
12 12 (1.34%) Laravel
13 10 (1.11%) Android SDK
13 10 (1.11%) Flutter
13 10 (1.11%) MvvmCross
13 10 (1.11%) Redux
13 10 (1.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 446 (49.72%) Cyberattack
2 143 (15.94%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.01%) Mobile Games
7 13 (1.45%) Educational Technology
7 13 (1.45%) iPhone
7 13 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.23%) Online Banking
8 11 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (1.11%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.00%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.89%) CCTV
11 8 (0.89%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.89%) Private Cloud
11 8 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 474 (52.84%) Linux
2 243 (27.09%) Apple iOS
3 167 (18.62%) Windows
4 60 (6.69%) Windows 10
5 48 (5.35%) Windows Server
6 22 (2.45%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.22%) Android TV
9 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (62.88%) Android Development
2 552 (61.54%) Agile
3 466 (51.95%) Design Patterns
4 463 (51.62%) Mathematics
5 457 (50.95%) Line Management
6 455 (50.72%) OO
7 453 (50.50%) OOP
8 132 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (13.60%) CI/CD
10 111 (12.37%) Software Engineering
11 94 (10.48%) User Experience
12 72 (8.03%) Customer Service
12 72 (8.03%) DevOps
13 71 (7.92%) Collaborative Working
13 71 (7.92%) Containerisation
14 61 (6.80%) ITIL
15 60 (6.69%) iOS Development
16 58 (6.47%) Secure Coding
17 57 (6.35%) Mobile Development
18 54 (6.02%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 520 (57.97%) Java
2 476 (53.07%) Python
3 472 (52.62%) C++
4 455 (50.72%) Go
5 115 (12.82%) JavaScript
6 82 (9.14%) Kotlin
7 53 (5.91%) Swift
8 51 (5.69%) Rust
9 38 (4.24%) C#
10 36 (4.01%) TypeScript
11 31 (3.46%) Objective-C
12 25 (2.79%) PowerShell
13 15 (1.67%) C
13 15 (1.67%) PHP
14 13 (1.45%) SQL
15 9 (1.00%) Dart
16 6 (0.67%) Ruby
17 3 (0.33%) Bash
18 2 (0.22%) VB
18 2 (0.22%) XAML
Qualifications
1 463 (51.62%) Security Cleared
2 450 (50.17%) DV Cleared
3 81 (9.03%) Degree
4 27 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (1.67%) CCNA
7 15 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (1.67%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.78%) A+ Certification
8 7 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.67%) MCSA
10 5 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.56%) MCP
11 3 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.22%) CCA
12 2 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.22%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.46%) QA
2 25 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.67%) SLA
5 10 (1.11%) ISO 13485
6 9 (1.00%) WCAG
7 8 (0.89%) IEC 62304
8 6 (0.67%) GDPR
9 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 468 (52.17%) Docker
2 92 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.12%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.45%) Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) LXC
9 2 (0.22%) XenApp
9 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 454 (50.61%) Ansible
2 72 (8.03%) Kubernetes
3 66 (7.36%) Terraform
4 38 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (3.01%) SCCM
6 15 (1.67%) WSUS
7 12 (1.34%) AirWatch
8 6 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.56%) ArcSight ESM
9 5 (0.56%) PaperCut
9 5 (0.56%) QRadar
10 4 (0.45%) Rundeck
10 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.22%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.91%) Apple
3 47 (5.24%) Cisco
4 27 (3.01%) VMware
5 24 (2.68%) Citrix
6 21 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.23%) Xamarin
7 20 (2.23%) Zoho
8 18 (2.01%) Google
9 17 (1.90%) Veeam
10 14 (1.56%) Sophos
11 12 (1.34%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.00%) iManage
13 8 (0.89%) New Relic
13 8 (0.89%) Samsung
14 7 (0.78%) IBM
15 6 (0.67%) Dell
15 6 (0.67%) HP
15 6 (0.67%) McAfee
15 6 (0.67%) OpenAI