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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 233 144
Rank change year-on-year +15 -89 +6
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,367 1,584 4,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.56% 2.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.74% 9.79% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 830 1,054 1,854
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,938 £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 £75,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £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 14,033 16,182 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,810 10,929 16,503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
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 9 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 9 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 +30 1,231 £45,000 -18.18% 281
UK excluding London +65 991 £45,000 -14.29% 184
Work from Home -43 444 £55,000 -8.33% 145
London -57 321 £65,000 +4.00% 112
South East -25 250 £37,500 -28.57% 40
North of England +140 240 £45,000 -4.26% 47
North West +97 178 £45,000 -5.26% 20
Midlands +31 165 £35,000 -22.22% 28
East of England +98 129 £40,000 - 25
South West -2 118 £50,000 -4.76% 25
East Midlands +45 101 £24,250 -52.68% 11
West Midlands -9 60 £45,000 - 17
Scotland -62 59 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Yorkshire +110 54 £45,000 -14.29% 22
Wales +30 30 £55,000 +83.33% 4
North East -7 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 (13.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (6.22%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) CMS
4 15 (1.10%) 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
1 112 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.17%) Simulink
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.59%) 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
1 524 (38.33%) Azure
2 374 (27.36%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.41%) IBM Cloud
4 155 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.73%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.22%) Serverless
7 125 (9.14%) Azure API Management
7 125 (9.14%) Azure Functions
7 125 (9.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 110 (8.05%) AWS
9 81 (5.93%) Google Play
10 66 (4.83%) Entra ID
11 43 (3.15%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.63%) SaaS
13 33 (2.41%) GCP
14 29 (2.12%) Firebase
15 24 (1.76%) GitHub
16 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 170 (12.44%) WAN
2 137 (10.02%) Wireless
3 110 (8.05%) Cisco IOS
4 95 (6.95%) WebEx
5 93 (6.80%) SD-WAN
6 82 (6.00%) LAN
7 68 (4.97%) DNS
8 65 (4.75%) TCP/IP
9 60 (4.39%) Firewall
10 57 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (3.73%) DHCP
12 46 (3.37%) VLAN
13 38 (2.78%) Internet
14 35 (2.56%) VPN
15 25 (1.83%) Network Security
16 23 (1.68%) VoIP
17 19 (1.39%) Skype
18 16 (1.17%) WLAN
19 15 (1.10%) Wireshark
20 10 (0.73%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (19.24%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.78%) PostgreSQL
3 240 (17.56%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.41%) DB2
5 129 (9.44%) Relational Database
6 69 (5.05%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.90%) 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 (4.54%) Android Studio
3 48 (3.51%) JIRA
4 24 (1.76%) 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 (0.59%) Crashlytics
11 8 (0.59%) 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 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
15 3 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 405 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 246 (18.00%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 141 (10.31%) Finance
5 65 (4.75%) Law
6 64 (4.68%) Banking
7 62 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
8 53 (3.88%) Legal
9 40 (2.93%) Automotive
10 37 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.71%) Retail
11 31 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 31 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.19%) Marketing
13 29 (2.12%) Investment Banking
14 23 (1.68%) Games
15 17 (1.24%) Electronics
16 14 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.80%) Tech for Good
18 10 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 403 (29.48%) Developer
2 227 (16.61%) IT Support
3 144 (10.53%) Senior
4 130 (9.51%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.14%) Azure Developer
6 118 (8.63%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.41%) Full Stack Engineer
8 114 (8.34%) Support Specialist
9 112 (8.19%) Azure Engineer
10 107 (7.83%) IT Support Specialist
11 91 (6.66%) Analyst
12 81 (5.93%) Android Developer
13 77 (5.63%) 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 (27.36%) .NET
2 307 (22.46%) AngularJS
3 301 (22.02%) ASP.NET
3 301 (22.02%) React
4 298 (21.80%) CSS
5 294 (21.51%) HTML
6 288 (21.07%) REST
7 281 (20.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 267 (19.53%) Web Services
9 255 (18.65%) Vue
10 246 (18.00%) jQuery
11 242 (17.70%) ASP.NET Core
12 241 (17.63%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.63%) Ember.js
13 134 (9.80%) Node.js
14 69 (5.05%) Android Jetpack
15 55 (4.02%) .NET Core
15 55 (4.02%) .NET Framework
16 50 (3.66%) ASP.NET Web API
17 47 (3.44%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 280 (20.48%) Algorithms
2 247 (18.07%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.41%) Blockchain
5 226 (16.53%) Mobile App
6 130 (9.51%) Video Conferencing
7 116 (8.49%) e-Learning
8 91 (6.66%) Wiki
9 67 (4.90%) iPhone
10 63 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
11 42 (3.07%) Client/Server
12 41 (3.00%) Smartphone
13 34 (2.49%) IoT
14 33 (2.41%) Product Ownership
15 32 (2.34%) Driving Licence
16 30 (2.19%) Management Information System
17 26 (1.90%) Blog
18 24 (1.76%) Cloud Native
19 23 (1.68%) BYOD
19 23 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 830 (60.72%) Apple iOS
2 702 (51.35%) Windows
3 345 (25.24%) Linux
4 251 (18.36%) Windows 10
5 74 (5.41%) Windows Server
6 59 (4.32%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.76%) 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 (0.59%) 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
1 379 (27.72%) Agile
2 326 (23.85%) User Experience
3 318 (23.26%) MVC
4 314 (22.97%) MVVM
5 295 (21.58%) Full Stack Development
6 293 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
7 292 (21.36%) Design Patterns
8 262 (19.17%) SOLID
9 257 (18.80%) OO
9 257 (18.80%) OOP
10 250 (18.29%) Web Development
11 242 (17.70%) Responsive Web Design
12 238 (17.41%) Co-Creation
12 238 (17.41%) Design Thinking
13 217 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
14 216 (15.80%) DevOps
15 199 (14.56%) Mentoring
16 177 (12.95%) Computer Science
17 172 (12.58%) Software Engineering
18 155 (11.34%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 415 (30.36%) JavaScript
2 376 (27.51%) C#
3 313 (22.90%) SQL
4 234 (17.12%) Java
5 207 (15.14%) Python
6 163 (11.92%) Kotlin
7 77 (5.63%) Swift
8 64 (4.68%) C
9 61 (4.46%) C++
10 55 (4.02%) TypeScript
11 36 (2.63%) PowerShell
12 23 (1.68%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.80%) Go
14 10 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.66%) PHP
16 8 (0.59%) Ruby
16 8 (0.59%) Rust
16 8 (0.59%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.37%) Dart
18 4 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 256 (18.73%) Degree
2 161 (11.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 100 (7.32%) Master's Degree
4 30 (2.19%) Security Cleared
5 27 (1.98%) 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 (0.59%) 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 (1.76%) 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 (20.19%) Active Directory
2 96 (7.02%) XenApp
3 93 (6.80%) XenDesktop
4 92 (6.73%) VMware ESXi
5 91 (6.66%) Microsoft App-V
6 29 (2.12%) Docker
6 29 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 24 (1.76%) 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
1 131 (9.58%) SCCM
2 99 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 91 (6.66%) AirWatch
4 26 (1.90%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.54%) Ansible
6 19 (1.39%) Terraform
7 17 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.02%) Nmap
9 7 (0.51%) 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
1 492 (35.99%) Microsoft
2 239 (17.48%) Red Hat
3 238 (17.41%) IBM
4 125 (9.14%) Citrix
5 121 (8.85%) Cisco
6 120 (8.78%) Google
7 105 (7.68%) 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 12 (0.88%) SAP
16 10 (0.73%) HP
17 9 (0.66%) Sun