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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 62 74
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing Android 28 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.48% 0.91% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.88% 4.79% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 7
10th Percentile £284 £250 £152
25th Percentile £344 £406 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £340
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +21.32% -38.18%
75th Percentile £404 £488 -
90th Percentile £426 £578 -
South West median daily rate £350 £444 £205
% change year-on-year -21.13% +116.46% -56.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 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 - £19.25
% change year-on-year - - -61.54%

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 128 146 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 15.90% 18.94% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 62 82
10th Percentile £69 £141 £170
25th Percentile £249 £216 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +7.47%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £625
90th Percentile £714 £725 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 34 9
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £60.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.88 -
Median hourly rate £38.94 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.74% -2.86% +6.87%
75th Percentile £66.46 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.80 £72.00
South West median hourly rate £28.83 £68.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -57.61% +4.62% -

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 29 November 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 & 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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) LAN
1 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.14%) VoIP
1 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) CMake
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) GoogleTest
2 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Banking
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Developer
2 9 (32.14%) Android Developer
3 7 (25.00%) Senior
4 6 (21.43%) Senior Developer
5 5 (17.86%) Senior Android Developer
6 4 (14.29%) iOS Developer
6 4 (14.29%) Mobile Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Lead
7 2 (7.14%) Lead Test Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Test Leader
8 1 (3.57%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Flutter Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) Android SDK
2 4 (14.29%) Android Jetpack
3 3 (10.71%) Jetpack Compose
3 3 (10.71%) JSON
4 2 (7.14%) SwiftUI
5 1 (3.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (3.57%) Flutter
5 1 (3.57%) OpenCV
5 1 (3.57%) RESTful
5 1 (3.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) CUDA
3 1 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (3.57%) Robotics
3 1 (3.57%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Apple iOS
2 10 (35.71%) Windows
3 8 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.57%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Android Development
2 8 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 7 (25.00%) Open Source
4 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
5 4 (14.29%) Application Security
5 4 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 4 (14.29%) iOS Development
5 4 (14.29%) Mobile Development
5 4 (14.29%) MVVM
6 3 (10.71%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) Cryptography
6 3 (10.71%) DevSecOps
6 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (10.71%) SOLID
6 3 (10.71%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis
7 2 (7.14%) Test Scripting
7 2 (7.14%) Use Case
7 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) Kotlin
2 9 (32.14%) Java
3 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (3.57%) C++
4 1 (3.57%) Objective-C
4 1 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) NVIDIA