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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 63 73
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +23
Contract jobs citing Android 17 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.12% 0.89% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.17% 4.67% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 8
10th Percentile £279 £250 £130
25th Percentile £325 £406 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £330
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £390 £488 £340
90th Percentile £430 £578 -
South West median daily rate £350 £413 £285
% change year-on-year -15.15% +44.74% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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

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 120 150 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.96% 19.01% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 64 91
10th Percentile £68 £142 £170
25th Percentile £271 £225 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +7.47%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £625
90th Percentile £709 £626 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 37 9
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £60.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% - +6.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.60 £72.00
South West median hourly rate £24.36 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.20% +7.69% -

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 8 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) DNS
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) VoIP
1 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) CMake
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (5.88%) GoogleTest
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Android Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Developer
5 3 (17.65%) Senior Android Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) iOS Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Lead
6 2 (11.76%) Lead Test Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Mobile Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
7 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Flutter Developer
7 1 (5.88%) IT Support
7 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
7 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) Android SDK
2 3 (17.65%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (11.76%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (11.76%) JSON
3 2 (11.76%) SwiftUI
4 1 (5.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (5.88%) Flutter
4 1 (5.88%) OpenCV
4 1 (5.88%) RESTful
4 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) CUDA
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (5.88%) Robotics
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Apple iOS
2 6 (35.29%) Windows
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.88%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Android Development
2 5 (29.41%) Benchmarking
2 5 (29.41%) Open Source
2 5 (29.41%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 3 (17.65%) MVVM
4 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (11.76%) Application Security
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) iOS Development
5 2 (11.76%) Mobile Development
5 2 (11.76%) Smoke Testing
5 2 (11.76%) SOLID
5 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.76%) Use Case
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) Kotlin
2 6 (35.29%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) C++
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) Objective-C
3 1 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
2 2 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow