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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 223 135
Rank change year-on-year +5 -88 +23
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,396 1,605 5,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.71% 3.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.81% 10.44% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 862 1,010 1,806
10th Percentile £25,525 £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 14,230 15,371 32,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 16.37% 18.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,742 10,375 16,496
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,625
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 6 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 6 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 +1 1,255 £45,000 -19.64% 261
UK excluding London +35 1,062 £45,000 -14.29% 180
Work from Home -42 468 £52,500 -12.50% 125
London -96 280 £65,000 +4.00% 93
South East -19 267 £38,500 -26.67% 31
North of England +56 255 £45,000 -5.26% 47
North West +53 191 £45,000 -5.26% 25
Midlands +11 177 £36,250 -19.44% 39
East of England +74 144 £45,000 +12.50% 21
South West -9 125 £50,000 -6.98% 29
East Midlands +14 103 £22,500 -57.14% 14
West Midlands -35 70 £45,000 - 25
Scotland -56 64 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Yorkshire +54 56 £45,000 +1.12% 15
Wales +30 30 £55,000 +83.33% 3
North East -27 8 £45,000 +109.30% 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
1 155 (11.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (6.59%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.65%) CMS
4 20 (1.43%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.00%) NServiceBus
6 9 (0.64%) Confluence
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.072%) Apache
9 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 122 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.58%) Simulink
3 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.36%) Trello
7 3 (0.21%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 532 (38.11%) Azure
2 349 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.05%) IBM Cloud
4 153 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.03%) Serverless
7 125 (8.95%) Azure API Management
7 125 (8.95%) Azure Functions
7 125 (8.95%) Azure Service Bus
8 113 (8.09%) AWS
9 81 (5.80%) Google Play
10 68 (4.87%) Entra ID
11 45 (3.22%) OneDrive
12 38 (2.72%) SaaS
13 30 (2.15%) GCP
14 28 (2.01%) Firebase
15 26 (1.86%) GitHub
16 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (1.07%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.81%) WAN
2 108 (7.74%) Wireless
3 81 (5.80%) LAN
4 78 (5.59%) Cisco IOS
5 66 (4.73%) DNS
6 65 (4.66%) WebEx
7 62 (4.44%) SD-WAN
8 60 (4.30%) Firewall
9 59 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (4.01%) TCP/IP
11 51 (3.65%) DHCP
12 44 (3.15%) VLAN
13 38 (2.72%) Internet
14 37 (2.65%) VPN
15 24 (1.72%) Skype
16 23 (1.65%) VoIP
17 22 (1.58%) Network Security
18 15 (1.07%) WLAN
19 12 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
19 12 (0.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (19.34%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.41%) PostgreSQL
3 242 (17.34%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.05%) DB2
5 129 (9.24%) Relational Database
6 71 (5.09%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.65%) MySQL
8 18 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.43%) MS Access
10 5 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.36%) Power BI
11 3 (0.21%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.21%) Metadata
11 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.14%) DTS
12 2 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (6.73%) Git
2 64 (4.58%) Android Studio
3 46 (3.30%) JIRA
4 25 (1.79%) Appium
5 21 (1.50%) Vagrant
5 21 (1.50%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.22%) Cypress.io
7 16 (1.15%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.15%) JUnit
8 14 (1.00%) Postman
9 12 (0.86%) Selenium
10 9 (0.64%) Xcode
11 7 (0.50%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.50%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.43%) fastlane
12 6 (0.43%) Mockito
13 5 (0.36%) UI Automator
14 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
15 3 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 384 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 245 (17.55%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (9.31%) Finance
5 69 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.87%) Law
7 61 (4.37%) Banking
8 54 (3.87%) Legal
9 40 (2.87%) Manufacturing
10 38 (2.72%) Automotive
11 36 (2.58%) Retail
12 32 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.08%) Investment Banking
15 28 (2.01%) Marketing
16 21 (1.50%) Games
17 17 (1.22%) Electronics
18 12 (0.86%) Tech for Good
19 11 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 10 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 428 (30.66%) Developer
2 199 (14.26%) IT Support
3 149 (10.67%) Senior
4 132 (9.46%) Full Stack Developer
5 128 (9.17%) Software Engineer
6 125 (8.95%) Azure Developer
7 115 (8.24%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.02%) Azure Engineer
9 101 (7.23%) Android Developer
10 100 (7.16%) Analyst
11 86 (6.16%) Support Specialist
12 79 (5.66%) IT Support Specialist
13 78 (5.59%) Senior Developer
14 74 (5.30%) Support Engineer
15 67 (4.80%) Lead
16 65 (4.66%) IT Engineer
17 59 (4.23%) Android Engineer
18 50 (3.58%) Senior Android Developer
19 49 (3.51%) Architect
20 48 (3.44%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (26.86%) .NET
2 309 (22.13%) AngularJS
3 304 (21.78%) React
4 296 (21.20%) ASP.NET
5 293 (20.99%) CSS
6 292 (20.92%) HTML
7 289 (20.70%) REST
8 279 (19.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 260 (18.62%) Web Services
10 258 (18.48%) Vue
11 245 (17.55%) jQuery
12 241 (17.26%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.26%) Ember.js
13 240 (17.19%) ASP.NET Core
14 137 (9.81%) Node.js
15 74 (5.30%) Android Jetpack
16 54 (3.87%) .NET Core
17 53 (3.80%) .NET Framework
18 51 (3.65%) React Native
19 46 (3.30%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 282 (20.20%) Algorithms
2 248 (17.77%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 239 (17.12%) Blockchain
5 235 (16.83%) Mobile App
6 116 (8.31%) e-Learning
7 103 (7.38%) Video Conferencing
8 68 (4.87%) iPhone
9 65 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
10 60 (4.30%) Wiki
11 45 (3.22%) Smartphone
12 44 (3.15%) Client/Server
13 35 (2.51%) Driving Licence
13 35 (2.51%) IoT
13 35 (2.51%) Product Ownership
14 29 (2.08%) Management Information System
15 26 (1.86%) Blog
16 24 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
17 22 (1.58%) BYOD
18 19 (1.36%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 842 (60.32%) Apple iOS
2 683 (48.93%) Windows
3 357 (25.57%) Linux
4 230 (16.48%) Windows 10
5 78 (5.59%) Windows Server
6 59 (4.23%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.72%) Mac OS X
8 23 (1.65%) Ubuntu
9 21 (1.50%) CentOS
9 21 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
11 15 (1.07%) Windows 7
12 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.57%) 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%) FreeRTOS
16 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (27.44%) Agile
2 333 (23.85%) User Experience
3 317 (22.71%) MVVM
4 314 (22.49%) MVC
5 297 (21.28%) Artificial Intelligence
6 294 (21.06%) Full Stack Development
7 293 (20.99%) Design Patterns
8 262 (18.77%) SOLID
9 260 (18.62%) OO
9 260 (18.62%) OOP
10 251 (17.98%) Web Development
11 243 (17.41%) Responsive Web Design
12 239 (17.12%) Design Thinking
13 238 (17.05%) Co-Creation
14 227 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
15 211 (15.11%) DevOps
16 199 (14.26%) Mentoring
17 189 (13.54%) Software Engineering
18 188 (13.47%) Android Development
19 157 (11.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 424 (30.37%) JavaScript
2 377 (27.01%) C#
3 314 (22.49%) SQL
4 256 (18.34%) Java
5 208 (14.90%) Python
6 177 (12.68%) Kotlin
7 76 (5.44%) C++
8 74 (5.30%) Swift
9 71 (5.09%) C
10 58 (4.15%) TypeScript
11 32 (2.29%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.50%) Objective-C
13 13 (0.93%) Go
14 8 (0.57%) Ruby
14 8 (0.57%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.43%) PHP
15 6 (0.43%) Rust
15 6 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.29%) Bash
16 4 (0.29%) JSX
Qualifications
1 235 (16.83%) Degree
2 141 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 68 (4.87%) Master's Degree
4 49 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 43 (3.08%) SC Cleared
6 23 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 11 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (0.79%) CCSP
9 11 (0.79%) CEH
9 11 (0.79%) CISSP
9 11 (0.79%) SANS
9 11 (0.79%) SSCP
10 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (0.72%) MCP
11 9 (0.64%) CCIE
12 7 (0.50%) A+ Certification
13 6 (0.43%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.16%) QA
2 36 (2.58%) SLA
3 33 (2.36%) GDPR
4 26 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.79%) NIST
9 6 (0.43%) NCSC
10 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.21%) 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
1 257 (18.41%) Active Directory
2 67 (4.80%) XenApp
3 66 (4.73%) XenDesktop
4 61 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
5 60 (4.30%) Microsoft App-V
6 32 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 31 (2.22%) Hyper-V
8 23 (1.65%) Docker
9 20 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.57%) Firmware
11 7 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.072%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 102 (7.31%) SCCM
2 95 (6.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (4.37%) AirWatch
4 27 (1.93%) Ansible
5 25 (1.79%) Kubernetes
6 23 (1.65%) Terraform
7 16 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.79%) Nmap
9 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.36%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.36%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.21%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.21%) Galera Cluster
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.14%) SCDPM
13 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.072%) MobiControl
13 1 (0.072%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 468 (33.52%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.05%) IBM
2 238 (17.05%) Red Hat
3 122 (8.74%) Google
4 107 (7.66%) Apple
5 100 (7.16%) Citrix
6 90 (6.45%) Cisco
7 45 (3.22%) Xamarin
8 41 (2.94%) VMware
9 26 (1.86%) Dell
9 26 (1.86%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.58%) Xilinx
11 15 (1.07%) Barracuda Networks
12 11 (0.79%) Qualys
12 11 (0.79%) Rapid7
12 11 (0.79%) SAP
12 11 (0.79%) Splunk
12 11 (0.79%) Thycotic
13 9 (0.64%) HP
13 9 (0.64%) Sun