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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 221 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 -85 +20
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,388 1,606 5,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 1.70% 3.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.84% 10.40% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 861 1,008 1,793
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £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 £75,000 £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 14,101 15,448 31,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 16.32% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,725 10,405 16,351
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 £91,250 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +6 1,249 £45,000 -18.92% 303
UK excluding London +43 1,045 £45,000 -14.29% 197
Work from Home -37 467 £52,500 -12.50% 134
London -71 289 £65,000 +3.59% 117
South East -18 260 £38,500 -26.67% 37
North of England +64 254 £45,000 -5.26% 54
North West +57 189 £45,000 -5.26% 30
Midlands +9 174 £36,250 -19.44% 40
East of England +87 140 £45,000 +12.50% 27
South West -6 125 £50,000 -4.76% 26
East Midlands +18 102 £22,500 -57.14% 11
West Midlands -25 68 £45,000 - 29
Scotland -48 62 £55,000 - 14
Yorkshire +49 57 £45,000 +1.12% 17
Wales +29 30 £55,000 +83.33% 4
North East -21 8 £45,000 +104.55% 7

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
1 156 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.66%) CMS
4 19 (1.37%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.94%) NServiceBus
6 9 (0.65%) Confluence
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.072%) Apache
9 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 123 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.44%) Simulink
3 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.36%) Trello
7 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.072%) 1Password
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.072%) Revit
9 1 (0.072%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.43%) Shopify
2 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.14%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.072%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.072%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 534 (38.47%) Azure
2 357 (25.72%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.15%) IBM Cloud
4 156 (11.24%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.58%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.08%) Serverless
7 125 (9.01%) Azure API Management
7 125 (9.01%) Azure Functions
7 125 (9.01%) Azure Service Bus
8 111 (8.00%) AWS
9 81 (5.84%) Google Play
10 66 (4.76%) Entra ID
11 44 (3.17%) OneDrive
12 38 (2.74%) SaaS
13 30 (2.16%) GCP
14 28 (2.02%) Firebase
15 26 (1.87%) GitHub
16 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
18 16 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 143 (10.30%) WAN
2 110 (7.93%) Wireless
3 84 (6.05%) LAN
4 82 (5.91%) Cisco IOS
5 69 (4.97%) WebEx
6 66 (4.76%) SD-WAN
7 65 (4.68%) DNS
8 63 (4.54%) Firewall
9 60 (4.32%) TCP/IP
10 58 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (3.60%) DHCP
12 44 (3.17%) VLAN
13 40 (2.88%) Internet
14 37 (2.67%) VPN
15 25 (1.80%) Network Security
16 23 (1.66%) Skype
17 22 (1.59%) VoIP
18 16 (1.15%) WLAN
19 15 (1.08%) Wireshark
20 12 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (19.24%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.51%) PostgreSQL
3 242 (17.44%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.15%) DB2
5 129 (9.29%) Relational Database
6 70 (5.04%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.66%) MySQL
8 16 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.43%) MS Access
10 5 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.36%) Power BI
11 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.22%) Metadata
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.14%) DTS
12 2 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 91 (6.56%) Git
2 64 (4.61%) Android Studio
3 46 (3.31%) JIRA
4 25 (1.80%) Appium
5 20 (1.44%) Visual Studio
6 19 (1.37%) Vagrant
7 17 (1.22%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.15%) Bitbucket
8 16 (1.15%) JUnit
9 14 (1.01%) Postman
10 12 (0.86%) Selenium
11 9 (0.65%) Xcode
12 7 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.50%) Crashlytics
13 6 (0.43%) fastlane
13 6 (0.43%) Mockito
14 5 (0.36%) UI Automator
15 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
16 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 388 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 245 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (9.51%) Finance
5 69 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (4.97%) Law
6 61 (4.39%) Banking
7 52 (3.75%) Legal
8 38 (2.74%) Automotive
9 37 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.59%) Retail
11 32 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 29 (2.09%) Marketing
14 21 (1.51%) Games
15 17 (1.22%) Electronics
16 12 (0.86%) Tech for Good
17 11 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 425 (30.62%) Developer
2 200 (14.41%) IT Support
3 148 (10.66%) Senior
4 132 (9.51%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.01%) Azure Developer
6 124 (8.93%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.29%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.07%) Azure Engineer
9 100 (7.20%) Android Developer
10 99 (7.13%) Analyst
11 89 (6.41%) Support Specialist
12 82 (5.91%) IT Support Specialist
13 79 (5.69%) Senior Developer
14 73 (5.26%) Support Engineer
15 68 (4.90%) Lead
16 65 (4.68%) IT Engineer
17 55 (3.96%) Android Engineer
18 50 (3.60%) Senior Android Developer
19 48 (3.46%) C# Developer
19 48 (3.46%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (26.95%) .NET
2 307 (22.12%) AngularJS
3 303 (21.83%) React
4 297 (21.40%) ASP.NET
5 294 (21.18%) CSS
6 293 (21.11%) HTML
7 289 (20.82%) REST
8 279 (20.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 261 (18.80%) Web Services
10 257 (18.52%) Vue
11 244 (17.58%) jQuery
12 241 (17.36%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.36%) Ember.js
13 240 (17.29%) ASP.NET Core
14 137 (9.87%) Node.js
15 72 (5.19%) Android Jetpack
16 53 (3.82%) .NET Core
16 53 (3.82%) .NET Framework
17 49 (3.53%) React Native
18 46 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 282 (20.32%) Algorithms
2 248 (17.87%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.15%) Blockchain
5 233 (16.79%) Mobile App
6 116 (8.36%) e-Learning
7 107 (7.71%) Video Conferencing
8 68 (4.90%) iPhone
9 65 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
10 64 (4.61%) Wiki
11 44 (3.17%) Client/Server
12 43 (3.10%) Smartphone
13 35 (2.52%) Driving Licence
13 35 (2.52%) Product Ownership
14 34 (2.45%) IoT
15 32 (2.31%) Management Information System
16 26 (1.87%) Blog
17 24 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
18 23 (1.66%) BYOD
19 20 (1.44%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 841 (60.59%) Apple iOS
2 688 (49.57%) Windows
3 354 (25.50%) Linux
4 232 (16.71%) Windows 10
5 79 (5.69%) Windows Server
6 58 (4.18%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.73%) Mac OS X
8 21 (1.51%) Ubuntu
9 19 (1.37%) CentOS
9 19 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
11 15 (1.08%) Windows 7
12 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.58%) Windows Mobile
14 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
16 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
16 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
17 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (27.74%) Agile
2 332 (23.92%) User Experience
3 316 (22.77%) MVVM
4 314 (22.62%) MVC
5 295 (21.25%) Artificial Intelligence
6 293 (21.11%) Design Patterns
6 293 (21.11%) Full Stack Development
7 262 (18.88%) SOLID
8 259 (18.66%) OO
8 259 (18.66%) OOP
9 250 (18.01%) Web Development
10 243 (17.51%) Responsive Web Design
11 239 (17.22%) Design Thinking
12 238 (17.15%) Co-Creation
13 224 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
14 215 (15.49%) DevOps
15 198 (14.27%) Mentoring
16 186 (13.40%) Android Development
17 184 (13.26%) Software Engineering
18 160 (11.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 421 (30.33%) JavaScript
2 376 (27.09%) C#
3 314 (22.62%) SQL
4 251 (18.08%) Java
5 210 (15.13%) Python
6 172 (12.39%) Kotlin
7 74 (5.33%) Swift
8 71 (5.12%) C++
9 68 (4.90%) C
10 58 (4.18%) TypeScript
11 36 (2.59%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.51%) Objective-C
13 13 (0.94%) Go
14 8 (0.58%) Ruby
14 8 (0.58%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.50%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.43%) PHP
16 6 (0.43%) Rust
17 4 (0.29%) Bash
17 4 (0.29%) JSX
Qualifications
1 238 (17.15%) Degree
2 143 (10.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (5.19%) Master's Degree
4 46 (3.31%) Security Cleared
5 40 (2.88%) SC Cleared
6 26 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.01%) CCSP
9 14 (1.01%) CEH
9 14 (1.01%) CISSP
9 14 (1.01%) SANS
9 14 (1.01%) SSCP
10 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.65%) CCIE
11 9 (0.65%) MCP
12 7 (0.50%) A+ Certification
12 7 (0.50%) MCSE
13 6 (0.43%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.27%) QA
2 36 (2.59%) SLA
3 33 (2.38%) GDPR
4 29 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.01%) NIST
9 6 (0.43%) NCSC
10 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.072%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.072%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.072%) JTAG
12 1 (0.072%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.072%) WCAG
System Software
1 256 (18.44%) Active Directory
2 71 (5.12%) XenApp
3 70 (5.04%) XenDesktop
4 65 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
5 64 (4.61%) Microsoft App-V
6 33 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 30 (2.16%) Hyper-V
8 24 (1.73%) Docker
9 23 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.58%) Firmware
11 7 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.072%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 104 (7.49%) SCCM
2 100 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (4.61%) AirWatch
4 25 (1.80%) Ansible
4 25 (1.80%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.51%) Terraform
6 16 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (1.01%) Nmap
8 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.36%) Backup Exec
9 5 (0.36%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
11 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.14%) SCDPM
12 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.072%) MobiControl
12 1 (0.072%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 474 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.15%) IBM
2 238 (17.15%) Red Hat
3 122 (8.79%) Google
4 104 (7.49%) Apple
5 103 (7.42%) Citrix
6 94 (6.77%) Cisco
7 45 (3.24%) Xamarin
8 43 (3.10%) VMware
9 26 (1.87%) Dell
10 25 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.44%) Xilinx
12 15 (1.08%) Barracuda Networks
13 14 (1.01%) Qualys
13 14 (1.01%) Rapid7
13 14 (1.01%) Splunk
13 14 (1.01%) Thycotic
14 10 (0.72%) HP
14 10 (0.72%) SAP
15 9 (0.65%) Sun