Hybrid/Remote Android Job Trends

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Android skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 119 240
Rank change year-on-year -102 +121 -43
Permanent jobs citing Android 202 457 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 3.04% 1.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.47% 21.47% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 132 115 393
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £50,938 £33,875 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £78,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -21.74%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,396 2,129 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.20% 14.18% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,244 3,543
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,263
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Android and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Android job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Android
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Android.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Android

Android
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Android over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Android salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 21 (10.40%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.99%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.30%) Azure
2 39 (19.31%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (17.33%) AWS
4 26 (12.87%) Entra ID
5 22 (10.89%) SaaS
6 18 (8.91%) GCP
7 9 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.96%) Azure AI
8 8 (3.96%) Google Play
8 8 (3.96%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.48%) GitHub
10 4 (1.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.99%) ChatGPT
12 2 (0.99%) Figma
12 2 (0.99%) GitHub Copilot
13 1 (0.50%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.39%) Broadband
2 6 (2.97%) DHCP
2 6 (2.97%) DNS
3 5 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.98%) VPN
4 4 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.99%) 4G
6 2 (0.99%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.99%) LAN
6 2 (0.99%) VLAN
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.50%) Firewall
7 1 (0.50%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.50%) Network Security
7 1 (0.50%) Wireless
7 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (3.47%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.98%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.96%) XCUITest
2 5 (2.48%) JUnit
3 4 (1.98%) CircleCI
3 4 (1.98%) Git
4 3 (1.49%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.99%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.99%) Appium
5 2 (0.99%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.99%) Gradle
5 2 (0.99%) JMeter
5 2 (0.99%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.99%) Mockito
6 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.50%) JIRA
6 1 (0.50%) NUnit
6 1 (0.50%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.50%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.50%) Xcode
General
1 59 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.37%) Law
3 24 (11.88%) Games
4 21 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.42%) Retail
6 16 (7.92%) Banking
7 13 (6.44%) Finance
8 9 (4.46%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.96%) Back Office
9 8 (3.96%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.47%) Health Technology
10 7 (3.47%) Tech for Good
11 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.50%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.50%) Electronics
14 1 (0.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 53 (26.24%) Senior
2 51 (25.25%) Developer
3 48 (23.76%) Lead
4 30 (14.85%) Lead Developer
5 24 (11.88%) Analyst
6 18 (8.91%) Penetration Tester
6 18 (8.91%) React Developer
6 18 (8.91%) Software Engineer
6 18 (8.91%) Tester
7 13 (6.44%) Android Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Android Engineer
7 13 (6.44%) IT Analyst
7 13 (6.44%) IT Support
8 12 (5.94%) QA Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.95%) Service Analyst
11 9 (4.46%) Engineering Manager
11 9 (4.46%) Mobile Engineer
11 9 (4.46%) Senior Android Developer
11 9 (4.46%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.81%) React Native
2 33 (16.34%) RESTful
3 23 (11.39%) GraphQL
4 14 (6.93%) React
5 12 (5.94%) .NET
6 11 (5.45%) ASP.NET
7 10 (4.95%) REST
8 9 (4.46%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.96%) .NET Core
9 8 (3.96%) Blazor
9 8 (3.96%) ML.NET
10 7 (3.47%) Spring
11 6 (2.97%) gRPC
11 6 (2.97%) Spring Boot
11 6 (2.97%) SwiftUI
12 5 (2.48%) AngularJS
12 5 (2.48%) Flutter
12 5 (2.48%) Node.js
13 4 (1.98%) Jetpack Compose
13 4 (1.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 85 (42.08%) Mobile App
2 25 (12.38%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.44%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.95%) iPhone
5 7 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.97%) Smartphone
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.48%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.99%) EPoS
10 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.99%) NHS
10 2 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (0.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 150 (74.26%) Apple iOS
2 43 (21.29%) Windows
3 11 (5.45%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.96%) Linux
4 8 (3.96%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.67%) CI/CD
2 63 (31.19%) Agile
3 60 (29.70%) Mentoring
4 47 (23.27%) Technical Leadership
5 42 (20.79%) AI
6 39 (19.31%) Test Automation
7 33 (16.34%) Decision-Making
8 31 (15.35%) Incident Management
8 31 (15.35%) Observability
9 29 (14.36%) Mobile Development
10 27 (13.37%) Roadmaps
11 26 (12.87%) ITIL
12 24 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (11.39%) Android Development
13 23 (11.39%) Backends for Frontends
13 23 (11.39%) Budgeting
13 23 (11.39%) Project Management
14 22 (10.89%) Coaching
14 22 (10.89%) Full-Stack Development
15 21 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.35%) Kotlin
2 19 (9.41%) Java
3 13 (6.44%) Go
3 13 (6.44%) JavaScript
3 13 (6.44%) SQL
4 11 (5.45%) C#
4 11 (5.45%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.95%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.46%) Swift
7 7 (3.47%) Python
8 5 (2.48%) C++
9 4 (1.98%) C
10 1 (0.50%) Bash
10 1 (0.50%) Bicep
10 1 (0.50%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.50%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.50%) Perl
10 1 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (6.44%) OSCP
2 12 (5.94%) CREST Certified
3 10 (4.95%) Degree
4 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.48%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.99%) GPEN
7 2 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) ACSP
8 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.50%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.50%) GWAPT
8 1 (0.50%) GXPN
8 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.33%) Accessibility
2 22 (10.89%) QA
3 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.99%) GDPR
5 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.50%) GRC
5 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 19 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.46%) Docker
3 7 (3.47%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.99%) Firmware
4 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (15.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (7.43%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.93%) Terraform
4 8 (3.96%) SCCM
5 7 (3.47%) Ansible
6 4 (1.98%) Argo
6 4 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.99%) Nessus
8 1 (0.50%) Nmap
8 1 (0.50%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.40%) Apple
3 9 (4.46%) Samsung
4 8 (3.96%) Google
5 6 (2.97%) Meraki
6 3 (1.49%) Cisco
7 2 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.99%) Intel
7 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.99%) VMware
7 2 (0.99%) Wyse
7 2 (0.99%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.50%) Brio
8 1 (0.50%) Citrix
8 1 (0.50%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.50%) iManage
8 1 (0.50%) Qualys