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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 108 114
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +44
Contract jobs citing Android 16 14 25
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.62% 0.73% 1.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.25% 5.69% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 20
10th Percentile £294 £244 £140
25th Percentile £463 £286 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £363
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +24.14% +52.63%
75th Percentile £650 £481 £556
90th Percentile £670 £546 £696
London median daily rate £465 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +16.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.13
Median hourly rate - - £26.25
75th Percentile - - £29.38
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £61.25 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +148.38% +12.09% -7.62%

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 173 246 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 6.69% 12.91% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 177 223
10th Percentile £188 £236 £208
25th Percentile £248 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £666
90th Percentile £669 £714 £748
London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £19.41 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £19.64 £23.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.88 £26.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% +15.22% -45.88%
75th Percentile £22.72 £69.56 £27.00
90th Percentile £23.31 £140.33 £28.43
London median hourly rate £26.08 £24.34 £22.00
% change year-on-year +7.13% +10.64% -53.68%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -10 16 £475 +20.79% 12
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (18.75%) Figma
3 3 (18.75%) GitHub
3 3 (18.75%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Db2
1 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
1 3 (18.75%) NoSQL
1 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Appium
1 1 (6.25%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (6.25%) MonkeyTalk
1 1 (6.25%) Selendroid
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (6.25%) XCUITest
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
3 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Publishing
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
3 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Android Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Data Scientist
2 3 (18.75%) Design Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Android Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) QA Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) React
2 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
2 3 (18.75%) Backbone.js
2 3 (18.75%) Bootstrap
2 3 (18.75%) Ember.js
2 3 (18.75%) Hugging Face
2 3 (18.75%) jQuery
2 3 (18.75%) Keras
2 3 (18.75%) PyTorch
2 3 (18.75%) TensorFlow
3 1 (6.25%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (6.25%) Android SDK
3 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
3 1 (6.25%) iOS SDK
3 1 (6.25%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (6.25%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Apple iOS
2 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) AI
2 6 (37.50%) LLM
3 5 (31.25%) Prototyping
4 4 (25.00%) Interaction Design
4 4 (25.00%) Statistics
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Business Development
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) Data Science
5 3 (18.75%) Image Processing
5 3 (18.75%) Machine Learning
5 3 (18.75%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (18.75%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) Typography
5 3 (18.75%) User Experience
5 3 (18.75%) UX Design
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Product Thinking
6 2 (12.50%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) Korn
4 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) PhD
2 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) IBM
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft