Android Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Android Developer
UK > England

The median Android Developer daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 380 490
Rank change year-on-year -96 +110 +144
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 73 99 53
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.37% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.40% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 52 45
10th Percentile £345 £388 £385
25th Percentile £370 £410 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £478 £457
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +4.49% -16.91%
75th Percentile £568 £531 £518
90th Percentile £625 £538 £568
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -15.00% +7.47% -15.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £76.50
25th Percentile - - £76.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +59.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 29,574 24,600 35,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.00% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,859 15,166 23,647
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,840 745 1,921
10th Percentile £14.82 £16.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.64
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.56 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -13.33% +8.49%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Android Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Android Developer job vacancy trend in England

Android Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in England

Android Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android Developer in England over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android Developer in England

Android Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in England

Android Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London -53 27 £550 +15.79% 6
South West -6 16 £380 -27.62%
South East -19 16 £425 -27.35% 7
North of England -49 13 £375 -6.25%
Yorkshire -38 10 £363 -31.99%
North West -27 3 £375 -2.91%
Android Developer
UK

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Android Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Android
2 72 (98.63%) Android Development
3 55 (75.34%) Kotlin
4 40 (54.79%) Java
5 31 (42.47%) Android Jetpack
6 29 (39.73%) Jetpack Compose
7 28 (38.36%) MVVM
8 23 (31.51%) Gradle
9 21 (28.77%) Android SDK
9 21 (28.77%) Android Studio
10 20 (27.40%) Google
11 17 (23.29%) CI/CD
11 17 (23.29%) RESTful
12 16 (21.92%) Open Source
13 15 (20.55%) Agile
13 15 (20.55%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (20.55%) SOLID
14 14 (19.18%) Architectural Patterns
14 14 (19.18%) Git
15 13 (17.81%) Benchmarking
15 13 (17.81%) RxJava
15 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
15 13 (17.81%) User Experience
16 12 (16.44%) Dagger
17 11 (15.07%) Continuous Integration
17 11 (15.07%) Design Patterns
17 11 (15.07%) DevOps
17 11 (15.07%) JUnit
17 11 (15.07%) Mobile Application Development
17 11 (15.07%) Mobile Development

Android Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) GitHub
2 8 (10.96%) GitHub Actions
3 6 (8.22%) Google Play
4 3 (4.11%) Firebase
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.37%) Bitrise
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.37%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 23 (31.51%) Gradle
2 21 (28.77%) Android Studio
3 14 (19.18%) Git
4 11 (15.07%) JUnit
5 7 (9.59%) CircleCI
5 7 (9.59%) Jenkins
6 6 (8.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (6.85%) JIRA
8 4 (5.48%) Mockito
9 3 (4.11%) GitLab
9 3 (4.11%) Subversion
10 2 (2.74%) fastlane
10 2 (2.74%) WiX
10 2 (2.74%) Xcode
11 1 (1.37%) Crashlytics
11 1 (1.37%) IntelliJ
11 1 (1.37%) XCTest
General
1 9 (12.33%) Banking
1 9 (12.33%) Finance
2 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (42.47%) Android Jetpack
2 29 (39.73%) Jetpack Compose
3 21 (28.77%) Android SDK
4 17 (23.29%) RESTful
5 13 (17.81%) RxJava
6 12 (16.44%) Dagger
7 8 (10.96%) REST
8 7 (9.59%) OkHttp
8 7 (9.59%) Retrofit
9 6 (8.22%) RAML
9 6 (8.22%) WireMock
10 4 (5.48%) Flask
10 4 (5.48%) GraphQL
10 4 (5.48%) JSON
11 3 (4.11%) CSS
11 3 (4.11%) FHIR
11 3 (4.11%) HTML
11 3 (4.11%) iOS SDK
11 3 (4.11%) Material Design
11 3 (4.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.88%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.11%) Legacy Code
3 3 (4.11%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.11%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.74%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.74%) Music Streaming
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) Infotainment
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.37%) NHS
5 1 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Android
2 10 (13.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.74%) Linux
3 2 (2.74%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (98.63%) Android Development
2 28 (38.36%) MVVM
3 17 (23.29%) CI/CD
4 16 (21.92%) Open Source
5 15 (20.55%) Agile
5 15 (20.55%) Performance Tuning
5 15 (20.55%) SOLID
6 14 (19.18%) Architectural Patterns
7 13 (17.81%) Benchmarking
7 13 (17.81%) User Experience
8 11 (15.07%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (15.07%) Design Patterns
8 11 (15.07%) DevOps
8 11 (15.07%) Mobile Application Development
8 11 (15.07%) Mobile Development
9 9 (12.33%) Analytics
9 9 (12.33%) Clean Code
9 9 (12.33%) Software Engineering
9 9 (12.33%) Unit Testing
10 8 (10.96%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (75.34%) Kotlin
2 40 (54.79%) Java
3 7 (9.59%) Swift
4 6 (8.22%) Objective-C
5 5 (6.85%) C++
5 5 (6.85%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.85%) Python
6 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.37%) BrightScript
7 1 (1.37%) C
7 1 (1.37%) Ruby
7 1 (1.37%) Scala
7 1 (1.37%) SQL
7 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) Degree
4 6 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.48%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
1 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.74%) Grafana
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Google
2 3 (4.11%) Apple
2 3 (4.11%) Atlassian
2 3 (4.11%) Coverity
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Thales
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe
3 1 (1.37%) Roku