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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 224 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 -88 +23
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,391 1,610 5,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 1.70% 3.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.86% 10.39% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 865 1,016 1,792
10th Percentile £25,600 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,625 £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 14,112 15,500 31,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.41% 16.35% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,734 10,456 16,364
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 2 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 2 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 +12 1,251 £45,000 -19.64% 313
UK excluding London +31 1,050 £45,000 -14.29% 210
Work from Home -47 470 £52,500 -12.50% 139
London -77 287 £65,000 +3.59% 116
South East -23 262 £38,500 -26.67% 38
North of England +65 255 £45,000 -5.26% 57
North West +48 190 £45,000 -5.26% 32
Midlands +9 174 £36,250 -19.44% 43
East of England +84 141 £45,000 +12.50% 29
South West -9 125 £50,000 -6.98% 30
East Midlands +19 102 £22,500 -57.14% 12
West Midlands -23 68 £45,000 - 31
Scotland -49 63 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Yorkshire +47 57 £45,000 +1.12% 18
Wales +25 30 £55,000 +83.33% 4
North East -22 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
1 154 (11.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (6.40%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.65%) CMS
4 19 (1.37%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.93%) 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 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.58%) 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
1 536 (38.53%) Azure
2 355 (25.52%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (17.11%) IBM Cloud
4 156 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (9.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 126 (9.06%) Serverless
7 125 (8.99%) Azure API Management
7 125 (8.99%) Azure Functions
7 125 (8.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 113 (8.12%) AWS
9 81 (5.82%) Google Play
10 66 (4.74%) Entra ID
11 44 (3.16%) OneDrive
12 38 (2.73%) SaaS
13 30 (2.16%) GCP
14 28 (2.01%) Firebase
15 26 (1.87%) GitHub
16 23 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
18 16 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 141 (10.14%) WAN
2 108 (7.76%) Wireless
3 84 (6.04%) LAN
4 80 (5.75%) Cisco IOS
5 67 (4.82%) WebEx
6 65 (4.67%) DNS
7 64 (4.60%) SD-WAN
8 63 (4.53%) Firewall
9 60 (4.31%) TCP/IP
10 58 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (3.59%) DHCP
12 44 (3.16%) VLAN
13 40 (2.88%) Internet
14 37 (2.66%) VPN
15 25 (1.80%) Network Security
16 23 (1.65%) Skype
17 22 (1.58%) VoIP
18 16 (1.15%) WLAN
19 15 (1.08%) Wireshark
20 12 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (19.34%) NoSQL
2 243 (17.47%) PostgreSQL
3 242 (17.40%) MongoDB
4 238 (17.11%) DB2
5 129 (9.27%) Relational Database
6 70 (5.03%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.65%) 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%) 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 93 (6.69%) Git
2 64 (4.60%) Android Studio
3 46 (3.31%) JIRA
4 25 (1.80%) Appium
5 21 (1.51%) Vagrant
6 20 (1.44%) Visual Studio
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
1 386 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 245 (17.61%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (9.49%) Finance
5 69 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (4.96%) Law
6 61 (4.39%) Banking
7 52 (3.74%) Legal
8 38 (2.73%) Automotive
9 37 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.59%) Retail
11 32 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.08%) Investment Banking
13 29 (2.08%) 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
1 426 (30.63%) Developer
2 198 (14.23%) IT Support
3 148 (10.64%) Senior
4 132 (9.49%) Full Stack Developer
5 126 (9.06%) Software Engineer
6 125 (8.99%) Azure Developer
7 115 (8.27%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.05%) Azure Engineer
9 101 (7.26%) Android Developer
10 99 (7.12%) Analyst
11 87 (6.25%) Support Specialist
12 80 (5.75%) IT Support Specialist
13 79 (5.68%) Senior Developer
14 73 (5.25%) Support Engineer
15 68 (4.89%) Lead
16 65 (4.67%) IT Engineer
17 56 (4.03%) Android Engineer
18 50 (3.59%) Senior Android Developer
19 48 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
19 48 (3.45%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (26.89%) .NET
2 307 (22.07%) AngularJS
3 303 (21.78%) React
4 297 (21.35%) ASP.NET
5 294 (21.14%) CSS
6 293 (21.06%) HTML
7 289 (20.78%) REST
8 279 (20.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 261 (18.76%) Web Services
10 257 (18.48%) Vue
11 244 (17.54%) jQuery
12 241 (17.33%) Backbone.js
12 241 (17.33%) Ember.js
13 240 (17.25%) ASP.NET Core
14 137 (9.85%) Node.js
15 73 (5.25%) Android Jetpack
16 53 (3.81%) .NET Core
16 53 (3.81%) .NET Framework
17 49 (3.52%) React Native
18 46 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 282 (20.27%) Algorithms
2 248 (17.83%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.11%) Blockchain
5 233 (16.75%) Mobile App
6 116 (8.34%) e-Learning
7 105 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
8 68 (4.89%) iPhone
9 65 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
10 62 (4.46%) Wiki
11 44 (3.16%) Client/Server
12 43 (3.09%) Smartphone
13 35 (2.52%) Driving Licence
13 35 (2.52%) Product Ownership
14 34 (2.44%) IoT
15 32 (2.30%) Management Information System
16 26 (1.87%) Blog
17 24 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
18 23 (1.65%) BYOD
19 20 (1.44%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 841 (60.46%) Apple iOS
2 686 (49.32%) Windows
3 357 (25.66%) Linux
4 230 (16.53%) Windows 10
5 79 (5.68%) Windows Server
6 58 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.73%) Mac OS X
8 23 (1.65%) Ubuntu
9 21 (1.51%) CentOS
9 21 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (1.22%) 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%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (27.68%) Agile
2 332 (23.87%) User Experience
3 317 (22.79%) MVVM
4 314 (22.57%) MVC
5 297 (21.35%) Artificial Intelligence
6 293 (21.06%) Design Patterns
6 293 (21.06%) Full Stack Development
7 262 (18.84%) SOLID
8 259 (18.62%) OO
8 259 (18.62%) OOP
9 250 (17.97%) Web Development
10 243 (17.47%) Responsive Web Design
11 239 (17.18%) Design Thinking
12 238 (17.11%) Co-Creation
13 224 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
14 215 (15.46%) DevOps
15 198 (14.23%) Mentoring
16 187 (13.44%) Android Development
17 186 (13.37%) Software Engineering
18 160 (11.50%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 423 (30.41%) JavaScript
2 376 (27.03%) C#
3 316 (22.72%) SQL
4 254 (18.26%) Java
5 212 (15.24%) Python
6 175 (12.58%) Kotlin
7 74 (5.32%) C++
7 74 (5.32%) Swift
8 69 (4.96%) C
9 58 (4.17%) TypeScript
10 36 (2.59%) PowerShell
11 21 (1.51%) Objective-C
12 13 (0.93%) Go
13 8 (0.58%) Ruby
13 8 (0.58%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.50%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.43%) PHP
15 6 (0.43%) Rust
16 4 (0.29%) Bash
16 4 (0.29%) JSX
Qualifications
1 238 (17.11%) Degree
2 143 (10.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (5.03%) Master's Degree
4 48 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 42 (3.02%) 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 (6.25%) QA
2 36 (2.59%) SLA
3 33 (2.37%) GDPR
4 29 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.58%) 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
1 254 (18.26%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.96%) XenApp
3 68 (4.89%) XenDesktop
4 63 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (4.46%) Microsoft App-V
6 33 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 30 (2.16%) Hyper-V
8 24 (1.73%) Docker
9 23 (1.65%) 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
1 102 (7.33%) SCCM
2 100 (7.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 62 (4.46%) AirWatch
4 27 (1.94%) Ansible
5 25 (1.80%) Kubernetes
6 23 (1.65%) Terraform
7 16 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.01%) Nmap
9 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.36%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.36%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.22%) 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
1 472 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.11%) IBM
2 238 (17.11%) Red Hat
3 122 (8.77%) Google
4 104 (7.48%) Apple
5 101 (7.26%) Citrix
6 92 (6.61%) Cisco
7 45 (3.24%) Xamarin
8 43 (3.09%) VMware
9 26 (1.87%) Dell
10 25 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.58%) 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