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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 237 142
Rank change year-on-year +16 -95 +7
Permanent jobs citing Android 1,368 1,561 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.37% 1.57% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.79% 9.80% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 836 1,036 1,850
10th Percentile £25,625 £30,000 £31,225
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £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 £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 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 18 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 18 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 +23 1,231 £45,000 -18.18% 328
UK excluding London +60 1,004 £45,000 -14.29% 222
Work from Home -41 452 £55,000 -8.33% 155
London -64 310 £65,000 +4.00% 139
South East -11 253 £37,500 -28.57% 52
North of England +142 243 £45,000 -2.17% 54
North West +91 180 £45,000 -5.26% 29
Midlands +36 167 £35,000 -22.22% 40
East of England +84 129 £40,000 - 30
South West -7 122 £50,000 -4.76% 27
East Midlands +48 101 £25,000 -50.00% 13
West Midlands -2 62 £45,000 - 27
Scotland -54 60 £52,500 -4.55% 18
Yorkshire +105 55 £45,000 -5.26% 22
Wales +30 30 £55,000 +83.33% 6
North East -8 8 £45,000 +109.30% 3

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
1 175 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (6.43%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) CMS
4 17 (1.24%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.95%) NServiceBus
6 9 (0.66%) Confluence
7 4 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
Applications
1 115 (8.41%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.32%) 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
Cloud Services
1 528 (38.60%) Azure
2 370 (27.05%) 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 82 (5.99%) Google Play
10 68 (4.97%) Entra ID
11 44 (3.22%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.63%) SaaS
13 31 (2.27%) GCP
14 29 (2.12%) Firebase
15 26 (1.90%) GitHub
16 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 164 (11.99%) WAN
2 132 (9.65%) Wireless
3 104 (7.60%) Cisco IOS
4 90 (6.58%) WebEx
5 88 (6.43%) SD-WAN
6 82 (5.99%) LAN
7 68 (4.97%) DNS
8 61 (4.46%) Firewall
8 61 (4.46%) TCP/IP
9 58 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
10 52 (3.80%) DHCP
11 46 (3.36%) VLAN
12 39 (2.85%) Internet
13 35 (2.56%) VPN
14 25 (1.83%) Network Security
15 22 (1.61%) VoIP
16 21 (1.54%) Skype
17 16 (1.17%) WLAN
18 15 (1.10%) Wireshark
19 8 (0.58%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (19.44%) 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 23 (1.68%) MySQL
8 15 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.37%) Power BI
10 4 (0.29%) MS Access
11 3 (0.22%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.15%) Metadata
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 82 (5.99%) Git
2 62 (4.53%) Android Studio
3 46 (3.36%) JIRA
4 23 (1.68%) Appium
5 22 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.24%) Cypress.io
6 17 (1.24%) Vagrant
7 16 (1.17%) JUnit
8 15 (1.10%) Bitbucket
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%) fastlane
13 6 (0.44%) Mockito
14 5 (0.37%) UI Automator
15 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
16 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 399 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 244 (17.84%) Public Sector
3 169 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 138 (10.09%) Finance
5 65 (4.75%) Law
6 63 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (4.61%) Banking
7 54 (3.95%) Legal
8 38 (2.78%) Automotive
9 37 (2.70%) Retail
10 36 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.19%) 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 10 (0.73%) Tech for Good
19 8 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 408 (29.82%) Developer
2 223 (16.30%) IT Support
3 145 (10.60%) Senior
4 130 (9.50%) Full Stack Developer
5 125 (9.14%) Azure Developer
6 122 (8.92%) Software Engineer
7 115 (8.41%) Full Stack Engineer
8 112 (8.19%) Azure Engineer
9 109 (7.97%) Support Specialist
10 102 (7.46%) IT Support Specialist
11 91 (6.65%) Analyst
12 85 (6.21%) Android Developer
13 77 (5.63%) Support Engineer
14 75 (5.48%) Senior Developer
15 67 (4.90%) IT Engineer
15 67 (4.90%) Lead
16 52 (3.80%) Android Engineer
17 50 (3.65%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.51%) C# Developer
18 48 (3.51%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (27.27%) .NET
2 309 (22.59%) AngularJS
3 304 (22.22%) React
4 299 (21.86%) ASP.NET
5 297 (21.71%) CSS
6 294 (21.49%) HTML
7 288 (21.05%) REST
8 281 (20.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 265 (19.37%) Web Services
10 257 (18.79%) Vue
11 246 (17.98%) jQuery
12 241 (17.62%) 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 54 (3.95%) .NET Core
16 53 (3.87%) .NET Framework
17 48 (3.51%) ASP.NET Web API
18 45 (3.29%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 281 (20.54%) Algorithms
2 248 (18.13%) Data Structures
3 244 (17.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 238 (17.40%) Blockchain
5 224 (16.37%) Mobile App
6 127 (9.28%) Video Conferencing
7 116 (8.48%) e-Learning
8 86 (6.29%) Wiki
9 67 (4.90%) iPhone
10 64 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
11 43 (3.14%) Client/Server
12 42 (3.07%) Smartphone
13 35 (2.56%) IoT
13 35 (2.56%) Product Ownership
14 33 (2.41%) Driving Licence
15 30 (2.19%) Management Information System
16 26 (1.90%) Blog
17 23 (1.68%) BYOD
17 23 (1.68%) Cloud Native
17 23 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 830 (60.67%) Apple iOS
2 701 (51.24%) Windows
3 349 (25.51%) Linux
4 248 (18.13%) Windows 10
5 76 (5.56%) Windows Server
6 58 (4.24%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.75%) Mac OS X
8 19 (1.39%) Ubuntu
9 17 (1.24%) CentOS
9 17 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (1.02%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
13 8 (0.58%) Windows Mobile
14 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.29%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (27.63%) Agile
2 327 (23.90%) User Experience
3 316 (23.10%) MVC
4 314 (22.95%) MVVM
5 296 (21.64%) Full Stack Development
6 293 (21.42%) Artificial Intelligence
6 293 (21.42%) Design Patterns
7 262 (19.15%) SOLID
8 259 (18.93%) OO
8 259 (18.93%) OOP
9 249 (18.20%) Web Development
10 242 (17.69%) Responsive Web Design
11 239 (17.47%) Design Thinking
12 238 (17.40%) Co-Creation
13 219 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
14 216 (15.79%) DevOps
15 199 (14.55%) Mentoring
16 178 (13.01%) Software Engineering
17 175 (12.79%) Computer Science
18 164 (11.99%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 419 (30.63%) JavaScript
2 377 (27.56%) C#
3 313 (22.88%) SQL
4 240 (17.54%) Java
5 208 (15.20%) Python
6 167 (12.21%) Kotlin
7 76 (5.56%) Swift
8 64 (4.68%) C
8 64 (4.68%) C++
9 55 (4.02%) TypeScript
10 36 (2.63%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.68%) Objective-C
12 13 (0.95%) Go
13 9 (0.66%) Ruby
13 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.58%) Rust
14 8 (0.58%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.51%) PHP
16 5 (0.37%) Dart
17 4 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 250 (18.27%) Degree
2 158 (11.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 95 (6.94%) Master's Degree
4 36 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 32 (2.34%) SC Cleared
6 27 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (1.46%) 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
13 7 (0.51%) MCP
14 6 (0.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.29%) QA
2 36 (2.63%) SLA
3 29 (2.12%) GDPR
4 25 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.24%) 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
8 5 (0.37%) NCSC
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.073%) JTAG
10 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 271 (19.81%) Active Directory
2 91 (6.65%) XenApp
3 89 (6.51%) XenDesktop
4 87 (6.36%) VMware ESXi
5 86 (6.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 30 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 26 (1.90%) Hyper-V
8 25 (1.83%) Docker
9 23 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.73%) Firmware
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 124 (9.06%) SCCM
2 98 (7.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 86 (6.29%) AirWatch
4 26 (1.90%) Kubernetes
5 23 (1.68%) 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%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.22%) Galera Cluster
10 3 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.073%) MobiControl
11 1 (0.073%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.073%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 488 (35.67%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.40%) IBM
2 238 (17.40%) Red Hat
3 122 (8.92%) Google
4 121 (8.85%) Citrix
5 115 (8.41%) Cisco
6 103 (7.53%) Apple
7 45 (3.29%) Xamarin
8 40 (2.92%) VMware
9 24 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.68%) Dell
11 18 (1.32%) Xilinx
12 15 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
12 15 (1.10%) Qualys
13 14 (1.02%) Rapid7
13 14 (1.02%) Splunk
13 14 (1.02%) Thycotic
14 10 (0.73%) SAP
15 9 (0.66%) HP
15 9 (0.66%) Sun