Android Contract Job Trends in Central London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 112 103
Rank change year-on-year -18 -9 +30
Contract jobs citing Android 19 11 33
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.80% 0.58% 1.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.88% 5.24% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 27
10th Percentile £173 £359 £249
25th Percentile £299 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -3.30% +15.88%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £548
90th Percentile £593 £608 £624
London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.13
Median hourly rate - £18.87 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year - -28.11% -
75th Percentile - - £29.38
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £24.05 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.37% -37.13% +25.31%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 241 210 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.12% 11.04% 12.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 150 194
10th Percentile £188 £225 £211
25th Percentile £290 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £634 £668 £638
90th Percentile £718 £703 £725
London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% -0.45% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.33 £24.68
25th Percentile £19.44 £22.53 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -3.70% -25.52%
75th Percentile £33.38 £29.13 £112.00
90th Percentile £50.25 £29.80 -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -8.55% -6.85% -38.41%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Android job vacancy trend in Central London

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Central London over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Central London

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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
City of London -15 15 £475 -0.26% 13
City of Westminster -7 3 £175 - 13
Android
London

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.53%) GitHub
3 2 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) Bitrise
4 1 (5.26%) Firebase
4 1 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (5.26%) Google Play
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.26%) Miro
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.26%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) DHCP
1 4 (21.05%) DNS
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Appium
1 2 (10.53%) Gradle
1 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) Xcode
2 1 (5.26%) Crashlytics
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) fastlane
2 1 (5.26%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (5.26%) MonkeyTalk
2 1 (5.26%) Selendroid
2 1 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (5.26%) WebDriver
2 1 (5.26%) XCUITest
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Android Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) IT Support
1 5 (26.32%) Support Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Junior
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) React Native
2 3 (15.79%) Android Jetpack
2 3 (15.79%) GraphQL
2 3 (15.79%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (10.53%) gRPC
3 2 (10.53%) iOS SDK
3 2 (10.53%) OAuth
3 2 (10.53%) OAuth2
3 2 (10.53%) OpenID
3 2 (10.53%) REST
3 2 (10.53%) SwiftUI
3 2 (10.53%) UIKit
4 1 (5.26%) .NET
4 1 (5.26%) Android SDK
4 1 (5.26%) OpenAPI
4 1 (5.26%) React
4 1 (5.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) iPad
3 1 (5.26%) iPhone
3 1 (5.26%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Apple iOS
2 7 (36.84%) Windows
3 5 (26.32%) Mac OS
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
1 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) AI
3 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) User Experience
4 2 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (10.53%) Backends for Frontends
4 2 (10.53%) MVVM
4 2 (10.53%) Observability
4 2 (10.53%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Kotlin
2 2 (10.53%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) Swift
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Korn
3 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
2 3 (15.79%) QA
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (5.26%) AirWatch
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Apple
2 1 (5.26%) Dynatrace
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.26%) Remedy
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow