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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 99 102
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +44
Contract jobs citing Android 13 17 25
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.56% 0.97% 1.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.56% 7.36% 8.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 20
10th Percentile £419 £248 £140
25th Percentile £463 £298 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +54.84% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £650 £478 £578
90th Percentile £675 £531 £696
Central London median daily rate £600 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +71.43% -12.50% +45.45%
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 - - -25.00%

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 136 231 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.91% 13.22% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 167 195
10th Percentile £187 £254 £195
25th Percentile £232 £350 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +3.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £650 £662 £675
90th Percentile £729 £711 £745
Central London median daily rate £513 £513 £450
% change year-on-year - +13.89% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £19.41 £37.63 -
25th Percentile £19.64 £58.44 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.88 £99.75 £24.38
Median % change year-on-year -79.07% +309.23% -30.36%
75th Percentile £22.72 £146.94 £27.59
90th Percentile £23.31 £171.28 £28.66
Central London median hourly rate £20.88 £24.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +6.52% -34.29%

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 18 May 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 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) GCP
2 3 (23.08%) Figma
2 3 (23.08%) GitHub
2 3 (23.08%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (15.38%) Google Play
4 1 (7.69%) Firebase
4 1 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (7.69%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) DB2
1 3 (23.08%) MongoDB
1 3 (23.08%) NoSQL
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JUnit
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Mockito
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Publishing
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
2 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Data Scientist
1 3 (23.08%) Design Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Android Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Android Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) iOS Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile UI Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile UI/UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Product Design Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) React
2 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
2 3 (23.08%) Backbone.js
2 3 (23.08%) Bootstrap
2 3 (23.08%) Ember.js
2 3 (23.08%) Hugging Face
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
2 3 (23.08%) Keras
2 3 (23.08%) PyTorch
2 3 (23.08%) TensorFlow
3 2 (15.38%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (15.38%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (15.38%) RxJava
4 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
4 1 (7.69%) React Native
4 1 (7.69%) RESTful
4 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Apple iOS
2 4 (30.77%) Windows
3 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) AI
2 6 (46.15%) LLM
3 5 (38.46%) Prototyping
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Interaction Design
4 4 (30.77%) Statistics
4 4 (30.77%) User Experience
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Business Development
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Data Science
5 3 (23.08%) Image Processing
5 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
5 3 (23.08%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (23.08%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Typography
5 3 (23.08%) UX Design
6 2 (15.38%) Product Thinking
6 2 (15.38%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) Kotlin
5 1 (7.69%) Java
5 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) PhD
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) IBM