Android Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 109 105
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +48
Contract jobs citing Android 19 15 26
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.78% 0.81% 1.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.11% 6.28% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 22
10th Percentile £341 £248 £140
25th Percentile £463 £298 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £476 £413
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +15.45% +60.98%
75th Percentile £641 £577 £575
90th Percentile £663 £644 £686
Central London median daily rate £478 £476 £400
% change year-on-year +0.26% +19.06% +68.42%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £26.25
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

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 188 239 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.74% 12.84% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 172 190
10th Percentile £189 £254 £210
25th Percentile £340 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £644
90th Percentile £675 £724 £725
Central London median daily rate £500 £521 £493
% change year-on-year -4.08% +5.84% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £19.28 £24.35 £23.90
25th Percentile £19.31 £25.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £20.25 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +5.56% -46.00%
75th Percentile £21.81 £108.88 £28.19
90th Percentile £22.23 £156.05 £28.90
Central London median hourly rate £20.25 £28.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +5.56% -28.00%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Android job vacancy trend in the City of London

Android
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Android

Android
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 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the City of London

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Android

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) GCP
3 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) GitHub
3 4 (21.05%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (15.79%) Figma
5 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.26%) Google Play
5 1 (5.26%) IaaS
5 1 (5.26%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.26%) PaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Db2
1 3 (15.79%) MongoDB
1 3 (15.79%) NoSQL
1 3 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Appium
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 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Publishing
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Android Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Data Scientist
2 3 (15.79%) Design Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Android Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Designer
3 1 (5.26%) IT Support
3 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Product Design Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (5.26%) Senior IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.26%) UI Designer
3 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) React
2 3 (15.79%) AngularJS
2 3 (15.79%) Backbone.js
2 3 (15.79%) Bootstrap
2 3 (15.79%) Ember.js
2 3 (15.79%) Hugging Face
2 3 (15.79%) jQuery
2 3 (15.79%) Keras
2 3 (15.79%) PyTorch
2 3 (15.79%) TensorFlow
3 2 (10.53%) React Native
4 1 (5.26%) .NET
4 1 (5.26%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (5.26%) Android SDK
4 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
4 1 (5.26%) iOS SDK
4 1 (5.26%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) AI Agents
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Apple iOS
2 5 (26.32%) Windows
3 3 (15.79%) Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) AI
2 6 (31.58%) LLM
3 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
4 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (21.05%) Interaction Design
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Statistics
4 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Analytics
5 3 (15.79%) Business Development
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Data Science
5 3 (15.79%) Image Processing
5 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
5 3 (15.79%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Typography
5 3 (15.79%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) TypeScript
3 3 (15.79%) SQL
4 2 (10.53%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.26%) Korn
5 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) PhD
2 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
1 3 (15.79%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.26%) IBM