Android Contracts in the City of London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 102 146
Rank change year-on-year -1 +44 -7
Contract jobs citing Android 16 24 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.91% 1.09% 0.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.67% 8.45% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 15
10th Percentile £248 - £143
25th Percentile £298 £140 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +45.45% -19.12%
75th Percentile £478 £575 £600
90th Percentile £531 £688 £623
Central London median daily rate £350 £400 £238
% change year-on-year -12.50% +68.42% -35.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Central London median hourly rate - £18.93 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -36.90% -

All Operating Systems
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 240 284 506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 13.66% 12.93% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 200 364
10th Percentile £259 £194 £158
25th Percentile £363 £313 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £663 £660 £663
90th Percentile £711 £726 £735
Central London median daily rate £513 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £162.50 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £175.00 £22.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +677.78% -35.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £187.50 £25.38 £59.38
90th Percentile - £26.35 £74.00
Central London median hourly rate £98.75 £22.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +338.89% -35.71% +42.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Android in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Android in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Apple Pay
3 2 (12.50%) Figma
3 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Mixpanel
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Android Studio
2 1 (6.25%) Appium
2 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Android Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Designer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) iOS Android Developer
3 2 (12.50%) iOS Developer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support
3 2 (12.50%) Product Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Android Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Support
4 1 (6.25%) Web Applications Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) GraphQL
2 3 (18.75%) Android Jetpack
2 3 (18.75%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (12.50%) Android SDK
4 1 (6.25%) React Native
4 1 (6.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) BYOD
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.25%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Unix
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Android Development
2 5 (31.25%) B2C
2 5 (31.25%) Mobile Development
2 5 (31.25%) Performance Optimisation
2 5 (31.25%) Push Notifications
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Kanban
3 4 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (18.75%) Fintech
4 3 (18.75%) iOS Development
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) User Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Prototyping
5 2 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
5 2 (12.50%) User Research
5 2 (12.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Kotlin
2 3 (18.75%) Swift
3 2 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) BitLocker
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (6.25%) SCOrch
3 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Apple
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Citrix
2 2 (12.50%) Optimizely
3 1 (6.25%) Nexthink
3 1 (6.25%) Remedy
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow