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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 240 142
Rank change year-on-year +25 -98 +9
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,368 1,570 4,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.55% 2.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.77% 9.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1,046 1,855
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% -7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
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 £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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +36 1,232 £45,000 -18.18% 284
UK excluding London +56 993 £45,000 -14.29% 184
Work from Home -43 444 £55,000 -8.33% 142
London -54 320 £65,000 +4.00% 110
South East -14 250 £37,500 -28.57% 42
North of England +139 241 £45,000 -4.26% 43
North West +84 179 £45,000 -5.26% 22
Midlands +29 164 £35,000 -22.22% 32
East of England +94 130 £40,000 - 26
South West +3 119 £50,000 -4.76% 24
East Midlands +46 101 £24,250 -52.68% 13
West Midlands -22 59 £45,000 - 19
Scotland -54 59 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Yorkshire +108 54 £45,000 -14.29% 16
Wales +33 30 £55,000 +83.33% 3
North East -9 8 £45,000 +104.55% 5

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
1 179 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (6.29%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) CMS
4 16 (1.17%) Skype for Business
5 11 (0.80%) NServiceBus
6 9 (0.66%) Confluence
7 4 (0.29%) nginx
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.073%) Apache
8 1 (0.073%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
Applications
1 113 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.17%) Simulink
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.51%) 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 (0.073%) 1Password
9 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Shopify
2 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.073%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.073%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 526 (38.45%) Azure
2 374 (27.34%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.40%) IBM Cloud
4 155 (11.33%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.21%) Serverless
7 125 (9.14%) Azure API Management
7 125 (9.14%) Azure Functions
7 125 (9.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 111 (8.11%) AWS
9 81 (5.92%) Google Play
10 67 (4.90%) Entra ID
11 43 (3.14%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.63%) SaaS
13 33 (2.41%) GCP
14 29 (2.12%) Firebase
15 25 (1.83%) GitHub
16 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 169 (12.35%) WAN
2 136 (9.94%) Wireless
3 109 (7.97%) Cisco IOS
4 94 (6.87%) WebEx
5 92 (6.73%) SD-WAN
6 82 (5.99%) LAN
7 69 (5.04%) DNS
8 63 (4.61%) TCP/IP
9 60 (4.39%) Firewall
10 57 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (3.80%) DHCP
12 46 (3.36%) VLAN
13 38 (2.78%) Internet
14 35 (2.56%) VPN
15 25 (1.83%) Network Security
16 23 (1.68%) VoIP
17 20 (1.46%) Skype
18 16 (1.17%) WLAN
19 15 (1.10%) Wireshark
20 8 (0.58%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (19.23%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.76%) PostgreSQL
3 241 (17.62%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.40%) DB2
5 129 (9.43%) Relational Database
6 70 (5.12%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.75%) MySQL
8 14 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.37%) Power BI
10 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.22%) MS Access
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) DTS
12 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 80 (5.85%) Git
2 62 (4.53%) Android Studio
3 48 (3.51%) JIRA
4 24 (1.75%) Appium
5 22 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.24%) Cypress.io
7 16 (1.17%) JUnit
8 15 (1.10%) Bitbucket
8 15 (1.10%) Vagrant
9 14 (1.02%) Postman
10 10 (0.73%) Selenium
11 8 (0.58%) Crashlytics
11 8 (0.58%) Xcode
12 7 (0.51%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.44%) fastlane
13 6 (0.44%) Mockito
14 5 (0.37%) UI Automator
15 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
16 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 405 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 244 (17.84%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (10.23%) Finance
5 66 (4.82%) Law
6 65 (4.75%) Banking
7 62 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
8 53 (3.87%) Legal
9 38 (2.78%) Automotive
10 37 (2.70%) Retail
11 35 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.12%) Investment Banking
14 28 (2.05%) Marketing
15 23 (1.68%) Games
16 15 (1.10%) Electronics
17 14 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.80%) Tech for Good
19 9 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 403 (29.46%) Developer
2 227 (16.59%) IT Support
3 145 (10.60%) Senior
4 130 (9.50%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.14%) Azure Developer
6 117 (8.55%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.41%) Full Stack Engineer
8 113 (8.26%) Support Specialist
9 112 (8.19%) Azure Engineer
10 106 (7.75%) IT Support Specialist
11 91 (6.65%) Analyst
12 81 (5.92%) Android Developer
13 78 (5.70%) Support Engineer
14 76 (5.56%) Senior Developer
15 70 (5.12%) IT Engineer
16 65 (4.75%) Lead
17 52 (3.80%) Android Engineer
17 52 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.51%) C# Developer
19 47 (3.44%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (27.34%) .NET
2 307 (22.44%) AngularJS
3 301 (22.00%) ASP.NET
3 301 (22.00%) React
4 299 (21.86%) CSS
5 295 (21.56%) HTML
6 288 (21.05%) REST
7 281 (20.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 267 (19.52%) Web Services
9 255 (18.64%) Vue
10 246 (17.98%) jQuery
11 242 (17.69%) ASP.NET Core
12 241 (17.62%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.62%) Ember.js
13 135 (9.87%) Node.js
14 69 (5.04%) Android Jetpack
15 55 (4.02%) .NET Core
15 55 (4.02%) .NET Framework
16 50 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web API
17 47 (3.44%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 280 (20.47%) Algorithms
2 247 (18.06%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.40%) Blockchain
5 226 (16.52%) Mobile App
6 130 (9.50%) Video Conferencing
7 116 (8.48%) e-Learning
8 90 (6.58%) Wiki
9 67 (4.90%) iPhone
10 64 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
11 42 (3.07%) Client/Server
12 41 (3.00%) Smartphone
13 34 (2.49%) IoT
13 34 (2.49%) Product Ownership
14 32 (2.34%) Driving Licence
15 30 (2.19%) Management Information System
16 26 (1.90%) Blog
17 24 (1.75%) Cloud Native
18 23 (1.68%) BYOD
18 23 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 832 (60.82%) Apple iOS
2 703 (51.39%) Windows
3 345 (25.22%) Linux
4 251 (18.35%) Windows 10
5 75 (5.48%) Windows Server
6 59 (4.31%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.75%) Mac OS X
8 18 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 16 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (1.10%) CentOS
10 15 (1.10%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.58%) Windows Mobile
13 7 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
13 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (27.78%) Agile
2 326 (23.83%) User Experience
3 318 (23.25%) MVC
4 314 (22.95%) MVVM
5 296 (21.64%) Full Stack Development
6 293 (21.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 292 (21.35%) Design Patterns
8 262 (19.15%) SOLID
9 257 (18.79%) OO
9 257 (18.79%) OOP
10 250 (18.27%) Web Development
11 242 (17.69%) Responsive Web Design
12 239 (17.47%) Design Thinking
13 238 (17.40%) Co-Creation
14 217 (15.86%) DevOps
14 217 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
15 199 (14.55%) Mentoring
16 176 (12.87%) Computer Science
17 171 (12.50%) Software Engineering
18 155 (11.33%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 416 (30.41%) JavaScript
2 377 (27.56%) C#
3 313 (22.88%) SQL
4 235 (17.18%) Java
5 208 (15.20%) Python
6 163 (11.92%) Kotlin
7 77 (5.63%) Swift
8 62 (4.53%) C
9 61 (4.46%) C++
10 55 (4.02%) TypeScript
11 36 (2.63%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.68%) Objective-C
13 12 (0.88%) Go
14 10 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.58%) Ruby
15 8 (0.58%) Rust
15 8 (0.58%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.51%) PHP
17 5 (0.37%) Dart
18 4 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 255 (18.64%) Degree
2 160 (11.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 99 (7.24%) Master's Degree
4 30 (2.19%) Security Cleared
5 27 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (1.90%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.02%) CCSP
9 14 (1.02%) CEH
9 14 (1.02%) CISSP
9 14 (1.02%) SANS
9 14 (1.02%) SSCP
10 10 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.66%) CCIE
12 8 (0.58%) MCSE
13 7 (0.51%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.44%) CCNP
14 6 (0.44%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.58%) QA
2 38 (2.78%) SLA
3 29 (2.12%) GDPR
4 24 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 16 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.02%) NIST
8 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.29%) NCSC
10 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.073%) JTAG
11 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 276 (20.18%) Active Directory
2 95 (6.94%) XenApp
3 92 (6.73%) XenDesktop
4 91 (6.65%) VMware ESXi
5 90 (6.58%) Microsoft App-V
6 29 (2.12%) Docker
6 29 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 24 (1.75%) Hyper-V
8 23 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.73%) Firmware
10 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 130 (9.50%) SCCM
2 99 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 90 (6.58%) AirWatch
4 27 (1.97%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.54%) Ansible
6 19 (1.39%) Terraform
7 17 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.02%) Nmap
9 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
11 2 (0.15%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.073%) MobiControl
12 1 (0.073%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.073%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.073%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 494 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 239 (17.47%) Red Hat
3 238 (17.40%) IBM
4 124 (9.06%) Citrix
5 121 (8.85%) Google
6 120 (8.77%) Cisco
7 103 (7.53%) Apple
8 44 (3.22%) Xamarin
9 41 (3.00%) VMware
10 26 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.61%) Dell
12 16 (1.17%) Qualys
12 16 (1.17%) Xilinx
13 15 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
14 14 (1.02%) Rapid7
14 14 (1.02%) Splunk
14 14 (1.02%) Thycotic
15 10 (0.73%) HP
15 10 (0.73%) SAP
16 9 (0.66%) Sun