Android Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Android 13 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.36% 1.08% 0.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.35% 8.33% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile - £241 £275
25th Percentile £154 £341 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £356 £550
Median % change year-on-year -55.76% -35.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £427 £530 £575
90th Percentile £457 £532 -
England median daily rate £350 £418 £425
% change year-on-year -16.17% -1.76% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.95 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £13.08 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.89% - -
75th Percentile £13.20 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £27.72 £19.00
% change year-on-year +22.66% +45.89% -2.56%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 139 72 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.59% 12.95% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 48 91
10th Percentile £132 £179 £128
25th Percentile £163 £239 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £387 £275
Median % change year-on-year -41.79% +40.55% -26.67%
75th Percentile £430 £475 £488
90th Percentile £501 £534 £565
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 24
10th Percentile £13.94 £15.59 £12.23
25th Percentile £17.10 £17.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.13 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% +26.98% +10.96%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.30 £20.00
90th Percentile - £80.32 £23.74
England median hourly rate £23.79 £54.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -55.95% +103.77% +3.07%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Android job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Android
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the East Midlands

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Lincolnshire -4 6 £158 -12.50% 1
Nottinghamshire -6 5 £481 -7.67% 2
Leicestershire -5 2 £406 - 1
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (46.15%) Electronics
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
1 6 (46.15%) Marketing
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (46.15%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 6 (46.15%) Desktop Support
2 6 (46.15%) IT Support
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (23.08%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Mac OS
2 3 (23.08%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
2 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Identity Management
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 3 (23.08%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (23.08%) Line Management
3 3 (23.08%) Patch Management
4 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Development
5 1 (7.69%) MVVM
5 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
5 1 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Apple
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
1 6 (46.15%) Dell
1 6 (46.15%) HP
1 6 (46.15%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Samsung
3 2 (15.38%) Google
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Xamarin