Android Development Contracts

Android Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Android Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Android Development over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 598 554
Rank change year-on-year +113 -44 -177
Contract jobs citing Android Development 113 114 305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.19% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.21% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 71 230
10th Percentile £317 £330 £425
25th Percentile £363 £438 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £700 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £39.25 - £35.13
25th Percentile £47.00 - £36.60
Median hourly rate £71.25 £50.05 £47.37
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% +5.66% -25.98%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £71.51
90th Percentile £81.25 - £74.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £50.05 £46.00
% change year-on-year +59.84% +8.80% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Android Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Android Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Daily rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Hourly rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Development within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +138 103 £457 -8.60% 60
UK excluding London +77 60 £438 -12.50% 36
Work from Home +116 42 £468 -11.91% 26
North of England +65 40 £438 -7.89% 9
London +73 37 £463 -7.50% 24
North West +52 28 £438 -7.89% 7
Yorkshire +38 12 £300 -40.00% 1
South East +24 11 £450 -10.00% 5
South West +7 4 £400 -20.00% 5
Midlands +27 3 £400 -23.81% 9
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 5
Scotland - 2 £569 - 1

Android Development
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 2 (1.77%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Drupal
2 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.27%) GitHub
2 6 (5.31%) Azure
2 6 (5.31%) Firebase
3 4 (3.54%) AWS
3 4 (3.54%) Flurry Analytics
3 4 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (3.54%) PubNub
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (0.88%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.88%) GCP
4 1 (0.88%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) Mixpanel
1 4 (3.54%) NoSQL
1 4 (3.54%) SQLite
2 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.88%) Neo4j
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (19.47%) Android Studio
2 19 (16.81%) Git
3 10 (8.85%) Mockito
4 7 (6.19%) JUnit
5 6 (5.31%) Gradle
5 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.65%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.77%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.88%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.88%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 20 (17.70%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.08%) Finance
3 6 (5.31%) Banking
4 4 (3.54%) Games
5 1 (0.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.88%) Electronics
5 1 (0.88%) Marketing
5 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.88%) Retail
5 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (80.53%) Developer
2 69 (61.06%) Android Developer
3 16 (14.16%) Senior
4 14 (12.39%) React Developer
5 11 (9.73%) Senior Developer
6 10 (8.85%) Mobile Developer
7 9 (7.96%) Senior Android Developer
8 8 (7.08%) Android Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) iOS Developer
10 6 (5.31%) E-Commerce Developer
11 5 (4.42%) iOS Android Developer
11 5 (4.42%) JavaScript Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Senior Android Engineer
12 3 (2.65%) Architect
12 3 (2.65%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 3 (2.65%) Software Developer
12 3 (2.65%) Technical Writer
13 2 (1.77%) Computer Vision Engineer
13 2 (1.77%) Mobile Architect
13 2 (1.77%) Mobile Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (16.81%) RESTful
2 17 (15.04%) Android Jetpack
3 15 (13.27%) Jetpack Compose
3 15 (13.27%) React Native
3 15 (13.27%) REST
4 12 (10.62%) CSS
4 12 (10.62%) HTML
4 12 (10.62%) React
5 10 (8.85%) Node.js
5 10 (8.85%) Web Services
6 9 (7.96%) Android SDK
7 7 (6.19%) RxJava
7 7 (6.19%) XML
8 6 (5.31%) Ajax
8 6 (5.31%) CSS3
8 6 (5.31%) GraphQL
8 6 (5.31%) HTML5
9 5 (4.42%) Dagger
9 5 (4.42%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 5 (4.42%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (40.71%) Mobile App
2 8 (7.08%) Algorithms
2 8 (7.08%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.54%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.65%) Photography
5 2 (1.77%) Animation
5 2 (1.77%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.88%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.88%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.88%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) IoT
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.88%) Smart Home
6 1 (0.88%) Social Media
6 1 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 113 (100.00%) Android
2 25 (22.12%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.77%) Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.89%) Mobile Development
2 25 (22.12%) iOS Development
3 21 (18.58%) Unit Testing
4 18 (15.93%) CI/CD
4 18 (15.93%) MVVM
5 14 (12.39%) Web Development
6 13 (11.50%) Agile
6 13 (11.50%) Computer Science
7 11 (9.73%) Architectural Patterns
7 11 (9.73%) Design Patterns
7 11 (9.73%) User Experience
8 10 (8.85%) E-Commerce
8 10 (8.85%) Mobile Application Development
8 10 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (8.85%) SDLC
9 8 (7.08%) TDD
10 7 (6.19%) SOLID
11 6 (5.31%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (5.31%) Test Automation
12 5 (4.42%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 72 (63.72%) Kotlin
2 43 (38.05%) Java
3 19 (16.81%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.42%) C#
4 5 (4.42%) C++
4 5 (4.42%) Python
5 4 (3.54%) Swift
5 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.77%) C
6 2 (1.77%) PHP
7 1 (0.88%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.88%) Rust
7 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) Degree
2 11 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.54%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.77%) PhD
5 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.77%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Grafana
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (3.54%) Nokia
2 3 (2.65%) Google
3 2 (1.77%) Apple
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe
4 1 (0.88%) Databricks
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle