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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 73 71
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Android 5 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.69% 0.54% 0.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.76% 3.21% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 9
10th Percentile £127 £343 £131
25th Percentile £233 £350 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £413 £320
Median % change year-on-year -24.85% +28.91% -24.71%
75th Percentile £338 £488 £340
90th Percentile £360 £578 -
South West median daily rate £325 £444 £340
% change year-on-year -26.76% +30.51% -28.42%

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 105 156 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.48% 16.94% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 65 90
10th Percentile £195 £140 £188
25th Percentile £331 £228 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £606 £533 £630
90th Percentile £783 £623 £675
South West median daily rate £425 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -19.05% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 5
10th Percentile £18.13 £65.00 £32.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £28.83 £70.00 £65.61
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% +6.70% +0.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £70.30
90th Percentile £68.00 - £76.12
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Android 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 20 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) CMake
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) GoogleTest
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Lead Test Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Flutter Developer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (20.00%) Flutter
1 1 (20.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CUDA
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (20.00%) Robotics
1 1 (20.00%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Smoke Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (20.00%) Sensor Fusion
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow