Android Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 49 66
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +24
Contract jobs citing Android 37 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.78% 2.18% 1.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.91% 11.21% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 14
10th Percentile - £151 £213
25th Percentile £350 £178 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £340
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +21.32% -32.00%
75th Percentile £415 £453 £399
90th Percentile £500 £508 £475
South West median daily rate £400 £213 £230
% change year-on-year +88.24% -7.61% -54.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - -
75th Percentile £67.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £63.14 - -

All Operating Systems
Bristol

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 128 116 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.06% 19.46% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 59 77
10th Percentile £80 £140 £213
25th Percentile £249 £206 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £460
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £528 £569 £630
90th Percentile £575 £625 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 21
10th Percentile £17.69 £64.78 £48.00
25th Percentile £18.58 £65.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +8.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £69.13 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £67.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -40.74% +30.08% -20.17%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Android job vacancy trend in Bristol

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Bristol

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Android

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Figma
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) VoIP
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) GitLab
2 1 (2.70%) Gradle
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Military
3 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (75.68%) Developer
2 17 (45.95%) Android Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Android Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) iOS Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Mobile Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Lead
6 1 (2.70%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (32.43%) Android SDK
2 5 (13.51%) Android Jetpack
3 4 (10.81%) Jetpack Compose
4 3 (8.11%) JSON
5 2 (5.41%) SwiftUI
6 1 (2.70%) RESTful
6 1 (2.70%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Security Posture
2 5 (13.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Linux
3 9 (24.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Android Development
2 9 (24.32%) Performance Tuning
3 8 (21.62%) Benchmarking
3 8 (21.62%) Open Source
4 7 (18.92%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (13.51%) MVVM
6 4 (10.81%) Agile
6 4 (10.81%) Application Security
6 4 (10.81%) iOS Development
6 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.81%) SOLID
6 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.11%) Cryptography
7 3 (8.11%) DevSecOps
7 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (8.11%) Unit Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Validation
7 3 (8.11%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) Kotlin
2 12 (32.43%) Java
3 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.70%) Python
4 1 (2.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) GIAC
3 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Google