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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 97 112
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Android 14 26 27
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.67% 1.25% 1.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.28% 9.56% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 20
10th Percentile £468 £263 £140
25th Percentile £581 £354 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £287
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +56.93% -32.53%
75th Percentile £663 £508 £575
90th Percentile £680 £536 £606
London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £18.93
London median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +1.99% +30.27% -24.28%

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 169 272 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.04% 13.11% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 190 248
10th Percentile £188 £229 £184
25th Percentile £295 £363 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% -12.20%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £627
90th Percentile £759 £697 £716
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £21.39 £39.40 -
25th Percentile £22.24 £66.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.13 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.56% +397.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £28.05 - £23.75
90th Percentile £28.92 - -
London median hourly rate £24.00 £26.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.55% +6.14% -0.99%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -17 14 £650 +44.44% 4
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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Figma
1 4 (28.57%) GitHub
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 3 (21.43%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (14.29%) Google Play
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Firebase
4 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (7.14%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) Pulumi
4 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) DB2
1 3 (21.43%) MongoDB
1 3 (21.43%) NoSQL
1 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JUnit
2 1 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) Mockito
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Data Scientist
2 3 (21.43%) Design Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Android Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Product Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) React
2 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
2 3 (21.43%) Backbone.js
2 3 (21.43%) Bootstrap
2 3 (21.43%) Ember.js
2 3 (21.43%) Hugging Face
2 3 (21.43%) jQuery
2 3 (21.43%) Keras
2 3 (21.43%) PyTorch
2 3 (21.43%) TensorFlow
3 2 (14.29%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (14.29%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (14.29%) RxJava
4 1 (7.14%) JSON
4 1 (7.14%) RESTful
4 1 (7.14%) SwiftUI
4 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) BYOD
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
1 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Apple iOS
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) AI
1 6 (42.86%) LLM
2 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 5 (35.71%) Prototyping
3 4 (28.57%) Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) User Experience
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Android Development
4 3 (21.43%) Business Development
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Data Science
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Image Processing
4 3 (21.43%) iOS Development
4 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) Natural Language Processing
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Statistics
4 3 (21.43%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) Kotlin
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
3 2 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) Bash
4 1 (7.14%) Objective-C
4 1 (7.14%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) PhD
2 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) AirWatch
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Apple
2 2 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Dell
3 1 (7.14%) HP
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow