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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 233 150
Rank change year-on-year +17 -83 +1
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,354 1,658 4,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.58% 2.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.62% 9.95% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 812 1,105 1,888
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

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 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £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 27 April 2024.

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 27 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 +27 1,220 £45,000 -18.18% 278
UK excluding London +46 960 £45,000 -14.29% 198
Work from Home -44 435 £55,000 -8.33% 147
London -46 339 £65,000 - 94
North of England +136 241 £45,000 -2.17% 48
South East -13 238 £35,000 -33.33% 39
North West +95 180 £45,000 - 22
Midlands +33 155 £35,000 -22.22% 33
East of England +86 127 £40,000 -5.88% 32
South West +5 112 £50,000 -4.76% 31
East Midlands +43 93 £22,500 -56.10% 11
West Midlands -2 58 £45,000 - 22
Scotland -66 58 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Yorkshire +109 54 £45,000 -21.74% 18
Wales +38 29 £55,000 +83.33% 6
North East -8 7 £45,000 -4.26% 8

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
1 187 (13.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.48%) CMS
4 15 (1.11%) Skype for Business
5 9 (0.66%) NServiceBus
6 8 (0.59%) Confluence
7 4 (0.30%) nginx
7 4 (0.30%) WordPress
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 114 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.89%) Simulink
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.44%) Trello
7 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.074%) 1Password
9 1 (0.074%) Blender
9 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Shopify
2 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.074%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 499 (36.85%) Azure
2 386 (28.51%) Microsoft 365
3 221 (16.32%) IBM Cloud
4 147 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
5 125 (9.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 118 (8.71%) Serverless
7 117 (8.64%) Azure API Management
7 117 (8.64%) Azure Functions
7 117 (8.64%) Azure Service Bus
8 107 (7.90%) AWS
9 79 (5.83%) Google Play
10 63 (4.65%) Entra ID
11 38 (2.81%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.66%) SaaS
13 35 (2.58%) GCP
14 29 (2.14%) Firebase
15 24 (1.77%) GitHub
16 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
18 20 (1.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 186 (13.74%) WAN
2 149 (11.00%) Wireless
3 126 (9.31%) Cisco IOS
4 110 (8.12%) WebEx
5 107 (7.90%) SD-WAN
6 84 (6.20%) LAN
7 72 (5.32%) DNS
8 68 (5.02%) TCP/IP
9 57 (4.21%) Firewall
10 56 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
11 54 (3.99%) DHCP
12 48 (3.55%) VLAN
13 39 (2.88%) Internet
14 36 (2.66%) VPN
15 24 (1.77%) Network Security
15 24 (1.77%) VoIP
16 19 (1.40%) Skype
17 16 (1.18%) WLAN
18 15 (1.11%) Wireshark
19 8 (0.59%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 242 (17.87%) NoSQL
2 226 (16.69%) PostgreSQL
3 223 (16.47%) MongoDB
4 221 (16.32%) DB2
5 122 (9.01%) Relational Database
6 67 (4.95%) SQL Server
7 25 (1.85%) MySQL
8 11 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.52%) Power BI
10 4 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.22%) Big Data
11 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.22%) MS Access
12 2 (0.15%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.15%) DTS
12 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 77 (5.69%) Git
2 61 (4.51%) Android Studio
3 46 (3.40%) JIRA
4 23 (1.70%) Appium
5 22 (1.62%) Visual Studio
6 16 (1.18%) Cypress.io
6 16 (1.18%) JUnit
7 15 (1.11%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.03%) Postman
9 10 (0.74%) Selenium
9 10 (0.74%) Vagrant
10 8 (0.59%) Crashlytics
10 8 (0.59%) Xcode
11 6 (0.44%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.44%) fastlane
11 6 (0.44%) Mockito
12 5 (0.37%) UI Automator
13 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 415 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 228 (16.84%) Public Sector
3 159 (11.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 146 (10.78%) Finance
5 67 (4.95%) Banking
6 65 (4.80%) Law
7 62 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
8 53 (3.91%) Legal
9 40 (2.95%) Automotive
10 38 (2.81%) Retail
11 35 (2.58%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.14%) Marketing
15 28 (2.07%) Investment Banking
16 23 (1.70%) Games
17 17 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.11%) Electronics
19 12 (0.89%) Tech for Good
20 11 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 394 (29.10%) Developer
2 247 (18.24%) IT Support
3 144 (10.64%) Senior
4 127 (9.38%) Support Specialist
5 124 (9.16%) Full Stack Developer
6 120 (8.86%) IT Support Specialist
7 117 (8.64%) Azure Developer
8 109 (8.05%) Software Engineer
9 106 (7.83%) Full Stack Engineer
10 105 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
11 93 (6.87%) Analyst
12 82 (6.06%) Support Engineer
13 77 (5.69%) Android Developer
13 77 (5.69%) Senior Developer
14 74 (5.47%) IT Engineer
15 65 (4.80%) Lead
16 56 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
17 50 (3.69%) Android Engineer
18 47 (3.47%) IT Analyst
18 47 (3.47%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (26.14%) .NET
2 288 (21.27%) AngularJS
3 285 (21.05%) React
4 284 (20.97%) ASP.NET
5 283 (20.90%) CSS
6 278 (20.53%) HTML
7 271 (20.01%) REST
8 263 (19.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 251 (18.54%) Web Services
10 237 (17.50%) Vue
11 230 (16.99%) jQuery
12 225 (16.62%) ASP.NET Core
13 224 (16.54%) Backbone.js
13 224 (16.54%) Ember.js
14 126 (9.31%) Node.js
15 68 (5.02%) Android Jetpack
16 56 (4.14%) .NET Framework
17 54 (3.99%) .NET Core
18 51 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
19 48 (3.55%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 262 (19.35%) Algorithms
2 230 (16.99%) Data Structures
3 227 (16.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 225 (16.62%) Mobile App
5 221 (16.32%) Blockchain
6 145 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
7 107 (7.90%) e-Learning
8 105 (7.75%) Wiki
9 66 (4.87%) iPhone
10 63 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
11 41 (3.03%) Client/Server
12 39 (2.88%) Smartphone
13 34 (2.51%) IoT
14 31 (2.29%) Driving Licence
14 31 (2.29%) Product Ownership
15 30 (2.22%) Management Information System
16 27 (1.99%) Cloud Native
17 26 (1.92%) Blog
18 23 (1.70%) BYOD
18 23 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 812 (59.97%) Apple iOS
2 697 (51.48%) Windows
3 322 (23.78%) Linux
4 265 (19.57%) Windows 10
5 74 (5.47%) Windows Server
6 62 (4.58%) Mac OS
7 26 (1.92%) Mac OS X
8 16 (1.18%) Windows 7
9 12 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.74%) CentOS
12 7 (0.52%) Windows Mobile
12 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
15 4 (0.30%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.30%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (27.25%) Agile
2 311 (22.97%) User Experience
3 302 (22.30%) MVC
4 296 (21.86%) MVVM
5 280 (20.68%) Full Stack Development
6 275 (20.31%) Design Patterns
7 272 (20.09%) Artificial Intelligence
8 245 (18.09%) SOLID
9 238 (17.58%) OOP
10 237 (17.50%) OO
11 234 (17.28%) Web Development
12 225 (16.62%) Responsive Web Design
13 224 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
14 221 (16.32%) Co-Creation
14 221 (16.32%) Design Thinking
15 212 (15.66%) DevOps
16 191 (14.11%) Mentoring
17 188 (13.88%) Computer Science
18 166 (12.26%) Software Engineering
19 149 (11.00%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 395 (29.17%) JavaScript
2 355 (26.22%) C#
3 295 (21.79%) SQL
4 222 (16.40%) Java
5 196 (14.48%) Python
6 158 (11.67%) Kotlin
7 76 (5.61%) Swift
8 63 (4.65%) C
9 57 (4.21%) C++
10 55 (4.06%) TypeScript
11 35 (2.58%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.62%) Objective-C
13 12 (0.89%) Go
14 11 (0.81%) PHP
14 11 (0.81%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.66%) Rust
16 8 (0.59%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.52%) Ruby
18 5 (0.37%) Dart
19 4 (0.30%) JSX
Qualifications
1 269 (19.87%) Degree
2 172 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 115 (8.49%) Master's Degree
4 29 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (1.70%) Security Cleared
6 20 (1.48%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.26%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (1.03%) CCSP
8 14 (1.03%) CEH
8 14 (1.03%) CISSP
8 14 (1.03%) SANS
8 14 (1.03%) SSCP
9 11 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.66%) CCIE
11 8 (0.59%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.59%) MCSE
12 7 (0.52%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.43%) QA
2 41 (3.03%) SLA
3 25 (1.85%) GDPR
4 22 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.03%) NIST
6 13 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.30%) NCSC
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 290 (21.42%) Active Directory
2 108 (7.98%) XenApp
3 106 (7.83%) VMware ESXi
4 105 (7.75%) Microsoft App-V
4 105 (7.75%) XenDesktop
5 29 (2.14%) Docker
6 28 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 24 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.48%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.66%) Firmware
10 4 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.074%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 144 (10.64%) SCCM
2 105 (7.75%) AirWatch
3 95 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (1.99%) Kubernetes
5 16 (1.18%) Ansible
5 16 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
6 14 (1.03%) Nmap
6 14 (1.03%) Terraform
7 7 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
9 1 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.074%) MobiControl
9 1 (0.074%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.074%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 505 (37.30%) Microsoft
2 222 (16.40%) Red Hat
3 221 (16.32%) IBM
4 138 (10.19%) Cisco
5 135 (9.97%) Citrix
6 120 (8.86%) Google
7 104 (7.68%) Apple
8 42 (3.10%) Xamarin
9 40 (2.95%) VMware
10 27 (1.99%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.40%) Dell
12 16 (1.18%) Qualys
13 15 (1.11%) Barracuda Networks
14 14 (1.03%) Rapid7
14 14 (1.03%) Splunk
14 14 (1.03%) Thycotic
15 12 (0.89%) SAP
15 12 (0.89%) Xilinx
16 11 (0.81%) HP
17 9 (0.66%) Sun