Android Developer Jobs

Android Developer
UK

The median Android Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 801 733
Rank change year-on-year +129 -68 -67
Permanent jobs requiring an Android Developer 39 103 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.094% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.099% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 80 160
10th Percentile - £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £55,000 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -3.70% +7.14%
75th Percentile £64,375 £70,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £90,000 £99,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,341 104,123 84,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 94.77% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26,498 73,470 54,978
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,850 £38,603 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Android Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Android Developer.

Salary trend for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Android Developer over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 2025. 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 +115 34 £45,000 -30.77% 66
Work from Home +124 25 £30,000 -53.85% 58
UK excluding London +129 19 £50,000 -23.08% 63
London +107 18 £30,000 -53.85% 20
East of England +48 6 £50,000 -44.44% 5
North of England +69 5 £67,500 - 31
South West +93 4 £45,000 -30.77% 5
North West +18 4 £67,500 - 26
Scotland - 3 £65,000 - 8
South East +80 1 - - 10
North East - 1 - - 1

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Android Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Android
1 39 (100.00%) Android Development
2 28 (71.79%) Java
2 28 (71.79%) Kotlin
3 21 (53.85%) Apple iOS
4 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
5 17 (43.59%) Swift
5 17 (43.59%) QA
5 17 (43.59%) GitHub
6 16 (41.03%) DevOps
6 16 (41.03%) Mobile Games
6 16 (41.03%) Games
6 16 (41.03%) Objective-C
7 14 (35.90%) Mobile Development
8 12 (30.77%) User Experience
9 11 (28.21%) Agile
9 11 (28.21%) iOS Development
9 11 (28.21%) Git
10 10 (25.64%) Game Development
10 10 (25.64%) Rapid Prototyping
10 10 (25.64%) Mobile App
10 10 (25.64%) Linux
10 10 (25.64%) Deployment Automation
10 10 (25.64%) Sprint Planning
10 10 (25.64%) Prototyping
10 10 (25.64%) Educational Technology
11 9 (23.08%) CI/CD
11 9 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (23.08%) Degree

Android Developer Skill Set
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 4 (10.26%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) GitHub
2 6 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.56%) Bitrise
3 1 (2.56%) Firebase
3 1 (2.56%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Git
2 8 (20.51%) Jenkins
3 6 (15.38%) Gradle
3 6 (15.38%) SonarQube
4 5 (12.82%) JIRA
5 2 (5.13%) Android Studio
5 2 (5.13%) CircleCI
5 2 (5.13%) JUnit
General
1 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (41.03%) Games
3 2 (5.13%) Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Aviation
4 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Swedish Language
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) Android Jetpack
1 7 (17.95%) Jetpack Compose
2 6 (15.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (10.26%) OkHttp
3 4 (10.26%) Retrofit
4 3 (7.69%) Android SDK
5 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.56%) iOS SDK
5 1 (2.56%) JSON
5 1 (2.56%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (2.56%) RESTful
5 1 (2.56%) SwiftUI
5 1 (2.56%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Mobile Games
2 10 (25.64%) Educational Technology
2 10 (25.64%) Mobile App
3 6 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (7.69%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.56%) Media Streaming
6 1 (2.56%) Robotics
6 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Android
2 21 (53.85%) Apple iOS
3 10 (25.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Android Development
2 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (41.03%) DevOps
4 14 (35.90%) Mobile Development
5 12 (30.77%) User Experience
6 11 (28.21%) Agile
6 11 (28.21%) iOS Development
7 10 (25.64%) Deployment Automation
7 10 (25.64%) Game Development
7 10 (25.64%) Prototyping
7 10 (25.64%) Rapid Prototyping
7 10 (25.64%) Sprint Planning
8 9 (23.08%) CI/CD
8 9 (23.08%) Computer Science
9 8 (20.51%) Software Engineering
10 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
10 7 (17.95%) MVVM
11 6 (15.38%) Coaching
11 6 (15.38%) Product Management
11 6 (15.38%) Static Code Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (71.79%) Java
1 28 (71.79%) Kotlin
2 17 (43.59%) Swift
3 16 (41.03%) Objective-C
4 7 (17.95%) C++
5 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (43.59%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) New Relic
2 4 (10.26%) Samsung
3 1 (2.56%) Google
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