Senior Android Developer Jobs

Senior Android Developer
UK

The median Senior Android Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 841 920
Rank change year-on-year +167 +79 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Android Developer 10 44 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.045% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.047% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 9 34 40
10th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £63,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £95,313
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,000 £113,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Android Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Android Developer in the UK

Senior Android Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Android Developer in the UK

Senior Android Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Android Developer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Android Developer in the UK

Senior Android Developer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Android Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +164 8 £70,000 +7.69% 3
UK excluding London +182 7 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Work from Home +170 4 £66,250 +1.92% 3
South West +107 4 £60,000 -7.69%
East of England - 2 £73,750 -
London +96 1 £65,000 - 1
North of England +75 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -

Senior Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior Android Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Android Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Android
1 10 (100.00%) Android Development
2 7 (70.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) iOS Development
4 3 (30.00%) Kotlin
4 3 (30.00%) GitHub
4 3 (30.00%) Android SDK
4 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) JNI
5 2 (20.00%) JUnit
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (20.00%) MVVM
5 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
5 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (20.00%) Android Jetpack
5 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (20.00%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Flutter

Senior Android Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) GitHub
2 1 (10.00%) Bitrise
2 1 (10.00%) Firebase
2 1 (10.00%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LTE
1 1 (10.00%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (20.00%) CircleCI
2 2 (20.00%) JUnit
General
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Android SDK
2 2 (20.00%) Android Jetpack
2 2 (20.00%) Flutter
2 2 (20.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (20.00%) JNI
3 1 (10.00%) iOS SDK
3 1 (10.00%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Media Streaming
2 1 (10.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Android Development
2 4 (40.00%) iOS Development
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (20.00%) Mobile Development
4 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (20.00%) MVVM
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) API Development
5 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) Kotlin
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) C++
3 2 (20.00%) Dart
4 1 (10.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google