Android Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Android Developer
UK > England

The median Android Developer daily rate in England is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 447 415
Rank change year-on-year -157 -32 +153
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 33 68 107
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.071% 0.24% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 48 62
10th Percentile £313 £345 £365
25th Percentile £425 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% +2.78% -12.20%
75th Percentile £521 £541 £524
90th Percentile £585 £600 £549
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -10.00%

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 42,656 25,279 29,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 91.06% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,141 16,283 18,289
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.24%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,680 1,407 1,330
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.48 £17.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.40%
75th Percentile £68.00 £52.08 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -111 12 £455 -10.78% 21
North of England -88 9 £450 +12.50% 8
South West - 9 £515 - 3
North West -48 4 £525 +40.00% 7
North East - 4 £450 -
South East -56 3 £325 -43.48%
Yorkshire -55 1 £325 -26.14% 1
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 33 (100.00%) Android
1 33 (100.00%) Android Development
2 28 (84.85%) Kotlin
3 26 (78.79%) Android Jetpack
3 26 (78.79%) Jetpack Compose
4 16 (48.48%) Java
5 14 (42.42%) Agile
5 14 (42.42%) CI/CD
6 13 (39.39%) Google
6 13 (39.39%) MVVM
7 12 (36.36%) Android SDK
8 11 (33.33%) REST
9 10 (30.30%) Git
10 9 (27.27%) API Integration
10 9 (27.27%) GitHub
10 9 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (27.27%) Performance Optimisation
10 9 (27.27%) RESTful
10 9 (27.27%) Test Automation
11 8 (24.24%) Clean Code
11 8 (24.24%) Gradle
12 7 (21.21%) Accessibility
12 7 (21.21%) Azure
12 7 (21.21%) Firebase
12 7 (21.21%) Google Play
12 7 (21.21%) Mobile Development
12 7 (21.21%) Scrum
12 7 (21.21%) Secure Coding
12 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
12 7 (21.21%) User Experience

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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) GitHub
1 9 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Firebase
2 7 (21.21%) Google Play
3 4 (12.12%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) AWS CodeBuild
5 1 (3.03%) Bitrise
5 1 (3.03%) Datadog
5 1 (3.03%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) MySQL
1 2 (6.06%) RDBMS
1 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Git
2 8 (24.24%) Gradle
3 5 (15.15%) Jenkins
3 5 (15.15%) JUnit
4 4 (12.12%) Android Studio
4 4 (12.12%) CircleCI
4 4 (12.12%) Crashlytics
4 4 (12.12%) fastlane
5 1 (3.03%) Claude Code
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (78.79%) Android Jetpack
1 26 (78.79%) Jetpack Compose
2 12 (36.36%) Android SDK
3 11 (33.33%) REST
4 9 (27.27%) RESTful
5 6 (18.18%) JSON
5 6 (18.18%) Retrofit
6 5 (15.15%) Dagger
6 5 (15.15%) RxJava
7 3 (9.09%) GraphQL
7 3 (9.09%) OkHttp
7 3 (9.09%) WireMock
8 1 (3.03%) Flutter
8 1 (3.03%) OpenAPI
8 1 (3.03%) RAML
8 1 (3.03%) React Native
8 1 (3.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (60.61%) Mobile App
2 5 (15.15%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Contactless
4 1 (3.03%) Digital Wallet
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (100.00%) Android
2 6 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Android Development
2 14 (42.42%) Agile
2 14 (42.42%) CI/CD
3 13 (39.39%) MVVM
4 9 (27.27%) API Integration
4 9 (27.27%) Performance Optimisation
4 9 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 8 (24.24%) Clean Code
6 7 (21.21%) Mobile Development
6 7 (21.21%) Scrum
6 7 (21.21%) Secure Coding
6 7 (21.21%) User Experience
7 6 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (18.18%) Kanban
7 6 (18.18%) TDD
8 5 (15.15%) Benchmarking
8 5 (15.15%) Code Quality
8 5 (15.15%) Open Source
8 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
8 5 (15.15%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 28 (84.85%) Kotlin
2 16 (48.48%) Java
3 2 (6.06%) Perl
4 1 (3.03%) Go
4 1 (3.03%) Korn
4 1 (3.03%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) Rust
4 1 (3.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Accessibility
2 5 (15.15%) QA
3 4 (12.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Grafana
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Google
2 4 (12.12%) Dynatrace
3 1 (3.03%) Apple