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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 121 96
Rank change year-on-year -10 -25 +48
Contract jobs citing Android 19 11 35
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.76% 0.55% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.19% 4.80% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 31
10th Percentile £173 £419 £172
25th Percentile £248 £459 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £563
90th Percentile £593 £619 £675
London median daily rate £475 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +7.95% -2.22% +5.88%
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 £26.00 £25.15 £25.20
% change year-on-year +3.38% -0.20% +10.94%

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 232 229 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.30% 11.54% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 161 209
10th Percentile £175 £250 £250
25th Percentile £283 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £496 £523
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -5.17% +4.14%
75th Percentile £630 £664 £638
90th Percentile £688 £696 £725
London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% -0.45% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £19.30 £20.33 £23.90
25th Percentile £19.38 £22.53 £25.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £26.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -3.70% -25.52%
75th Percentile £23.25 £29.13 £28.19
90th Percentile £23.70 £29.80 £28.90
London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -14.51% +0.60% -35.35%

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 September 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 September 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 -11 15 £475 -2.06% 4
City of Westminster -6 3 £175 - 11
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
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.53%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (5.26%) Google Play
4 1 (5.26%) IaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.26%) PaaS
4 1 (5.26%) SaaS
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%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
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 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Military
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Retail Banking
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 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.26%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) React Native
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (5.26%) Android SDK
2 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.26%) iOS SDK
2 1 (5.26%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (5.26%) React
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%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) iPad
3 1 (5.26%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Apple iOS
2 8 (42.11%) Windows
3 6 (31.58%) Mac OS
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) AI
2 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
2 4 (21.05%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
2 4 (21.05%) User Experience
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
5 1 (5.26%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.26%) Release Management
5 1 (5.26%) Statistics
5 1 (5.26%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) Korn
2 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 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%) SLA
2 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
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%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.26%) Remedy
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow