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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 268 215
Rank change year-on-year -4 -53 +3
Permanent jobs citing Android 501 575 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.16% 1.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.72% 7.66% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 403 315 725
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +6.67% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -18.18%

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 5,155 7,502 11,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.69% 15.11% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,774 4,225 9,492
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.95% +11.76% -5.56%

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 February 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 February 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 +5 460 £51,000 -11.30% 190
UK excluding London -5 342 £40,000 -20.00% 149
Work from Home -21 163 £65,576 +4.92% 87
London -3 140 £82,500 +17.86% 41
South East +18 104 £60,000 +29.73% 46
North of England +17 94 £32,750 -32.82% 32
East of England -4 48 £40,000 -20.00% 26
Yorkshire -13 47 £32,500 -18.59% 15
North West +10 36 £33,000 -49.23% 16
Midlands -9 35 £33,000 -52.86% 20
South West -21 34 £35,000 -22.22% 22
East Midlands -5 27 £33,500 +11.67% 6
Scotland -25 16 £31,000 -46.09% 3
North East -2 11 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -9 8 £29,000 -58.57% 14
Wales +1 7 £29,000 +5.45% 1
Northern Ireland -15 6 £70,000 -

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 38 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 36 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.20%) CMS
4 5 (1.00%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.60%) CINEMA 4D
3 3 (0.60%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Exchequer
2 3 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.60%) Shopify
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 109 (21.76%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (17.56%) Azure
3 78 (15.57%) Entra ID
4 62 (12.38%) AWS
5 42 (8.38%) SaaS
6 25 (4.99%) GCP
7 11 (2.20%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.20%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.00%) Figma
9 8 (1.60%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.40%) GitHub
10 7 (1.40%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (1.20%) Google Play
12 5 (1.00%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.00%) Firebase
12 5 (1.00%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.80%) SurveyMonkey
14 3 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.78%) DNS
2 34 (6.79%) TCP/IP
3 33 (6.59%) DHCP
3 33 (6.59%) Firewall
4 31 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (5.59%) LAN
6 25 (4.99%) VPN
7 22 (4.39%) WAN
8 18 (3.59%) Broadband
9 15 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
10 14 (2.79%) VLAN
11 13 (2.59%) VoIP
12 10 (2.00%) Wireless
13 9 (1.80%) 4G
13 9 (1.80%) WAAS
14 7 (1.40%) ATM
15 6 (1.20%) Bluetooth
16 5 (1.00%) Network Security
16 5 (1.00%) WebEx
16 5 (1.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.20%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.20%) MySQL
4 5 (1.00%) Metadata
4 5 (1.00%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.60%) Power BI
6 3 (0.60%) Redis
7 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) GIS
7 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 15 (2.99%) Git
2 10 (2.00%) Xcode
3 9 (1.80%) Android Studio
4 6 (1.20%) Burp Suite
4 6 (1.20%) CircleCI
4 6 (1.20%) JIRA
4 6 (1.20%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.80%) Storybook
6 4 (0.80%) XCUITest
7 3 (0.60%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.60%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.60%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) CMake
8 2 (0.40%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.40%) TestRail
9 1 (0.20%) Appium
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
General
1 115 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 52 (10.38%) Law
3 43 (8.58%) Finance
4 33 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (6.59%) Marketing
5 27 (5.39%) Banking
6 22 (4.39%) Manufacturing
6 22 (4.39%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.19%) Retail
8 18 (3.59%) Electronics
9 17 (3.39%) Games
9 17 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (3.19%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.59%) Legal
12 11 (2.20%) Advertising
12 11 (2.20%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.40%) Health Technology
14 5 (1.00%) Back Office
14 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 118 (23.55%) Senior
2 114 (22.75%) Developer
3 82 (16.37%) IT Support
4 62 (12.38%) Analyst
5 53 (10.58%) Support Engineer
6 45 (8.98%) Lead
7 43 (8.58%) Android Developer
8 41 (8.18%) IT Analyst
9 39 (7.78%) Android Engineer
10 34 (6.79%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (6.79%) Software Engineer
11 33 (6.59%) Senior Developer
12 32 (6.39%) Support Analyst
13 30 (5.99%) Mobile Developer
14 29 (5.79%) Service Analyst
15 28 (5.59%) Service Desk Analyst
16 26 (5.19%) IT Engineer
16 26 (5.19%) IT Support Analyst
16 26 (5.19%) Senior Android Developer
17 25 (4.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.38%) RESTful
2 41 (8.18%) React Native
3 31 (6.19%) .NET
4 22 (4.39%) React
5 21 (4.19%) Android Jetpack
5 21 (4.19%) Jetpack Compose
6 20 (3.99%) SwiftUI
7 16 (3.19%) WebSockets
8 15 (2.99%) REST
9 13 (2.59%) CSS
9 13 (2.59%) gRPC
9 13 (2.59%) HTML
10 10 (2.00%) Flutter
10 10 (2.00%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.00%) Kafka
11 9 (1.80%) Node.js
12 8 (1.60%) Middleware
12 8 (1.60%) OpenGL
12 8 (1.60%) Vulkan
13 7 (1.40%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 134 (26.75%) Mobile App
2 36 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.19%) Driving Licence
4 15 (2.99%) iPhone
5 14 (2.79%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.79%) IoT
5 14 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (2.40%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.00%) Mobile Banking
9 9 (1.80%) CCTV
9 9 (1.80%) CMDB
9 9 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.80%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.40%) Replication
11 6 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.20%) EPoS
11 6 (1.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 277 (55.29%) Apple iOS
2 190 (37.92%) Windows
3 43 (8.58%) Mac OS
4 41 (8.18%) Windows Server
5 34 (6.79%) Windows 10
6 23 (4.59%) Linux
7 6 (1.20%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.00%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.40%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (23.95%) Android Development
2 107 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (15.97%) CI/CD
4 76 (15.17%) ITIL
5 75 (14.97%) Agile
6 69 (13.77%) Customer Service
7 66 (13.17%) Mentoring
8 63 (12.57%) AI
9 57 (11.38%) User Experience
10 56 (11.18%) Software Engineering
11 49 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (9.18%) Mobile Device Management
13 45 (8.98%) Mobile Development
13 45 (8.98%) Service Management
14 44 (8.78%) Computer Science
15 43 (8.58%) iOS Development
15 43 (8.58%) Service Delivery
16 41 (8.18%) Test Automation
17 40 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
18 37 (7.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 71 (14.17%) Kotlin
2 41 (8.18%) Java
3 31 (6.19%) PowerShell
4 30 (5.99%) Swift
5 25 (4.99%) C++
5 25 (4.99%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.59%) C#
6 23 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.59%) Python
8 16 (3.19%) Go
9 14 (2.79%) SQL
10 13 (2.59%) C
11 10 (2.00%) PHP
12 4 (0.80%) Bash
12 4 (0.80%) R
12 4 (0.80%) Rust
12 4 (0.80%) XAML
13 2 (0.40%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 88 (17.56%) Degree
2 62 (12.38%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.18%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 10 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.00%) OSCP
8 9 (1.80%) A+ Certification
8 9 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.60%) CREST Certified
10 7 (1.40%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.60%) CCNA
12 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.40%) CISSP
13 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) MCSE
13 2 (0.40%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.38%) SLA
2 30 (5.99%) QA
3 24 (4.79%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.20%) GRC
5 6 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.00%) GDPR
7 4 (0.80%) WCAG
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.40%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 82 (16.37%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.99%) Docker
4 16 (3.19%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.80%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (11.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (7.19%) Jamf Pro
3 25 (4.99%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.19%) SCCM
5 15 (2.99%) Terraform
6 10 (2.00%) Nessus
7 6 (1.20%) Ansible
7 6 (1.20%) Argo
7 6 (1.20%) PaperCut
8 5 (1.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 141 (28.14%) Microsoft
2 78 (15.57%) Apple
3 42 (8.38%) Samsung
4 31 (6.19%) Cisco
5 24 (4.79%) VMware
6 20 (3.99%) Google
7 13 (2.59%) Xamarin
8 8 (1.60%) Veeam
9 7 (1.40%) Starlink
10 6 (1.20%) Dell KACE
10 6 (1.20%) Meraki
10 6 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.20%) Sophos
11 5 (1.00%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.00%) iManage
11 5 (1.00%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.00%) Splunk
11 5 (1.00%) Zoho
12 4 (0.80%) Adobe
12 4 (0.80%) Citrix