Android Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Android skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 62 89
Rank change year-on-year -6 +27 +11
Contract jobs citing Android 2 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% 1.47% 0.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.25% 8.05% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £431 £143 £149
25th Percentile £459 £149 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £163
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +207.69% -65.79%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £173
90th Percentile £584 £603 £182
Scotland median daily rate £400 £425 £169
% change year-on-year -5.88% +151.85% -28.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.23 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.63 £22.23 £14.50
% change year-on-year -20.72% +53.33% -14.91%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 89 149 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.06% 18.26% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 102 81
10th Percentile £205 £163 £163
25th Percentile £406 £230 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £355 £463
Median % change year-on-year +33.80% -23.24% -5.13%
75th Percentile £544 £513 £525
90th Percentile £630 £668 £588
Scotland median daily rate £471 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +17.75% -15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 6
10th Percentile - £16.61 £12.41
25th Percentile - £18.10 £14.30
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year - +3.16% -16.66%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £44.74
90th Percentile - £40.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £19.28 £48.87
% change year-on-year +30.46% -60.55% +175.76%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Android in Edinburgh

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Edinburgh

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Android

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Infographics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Typography
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft