Android Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Android Developer
UK > England

The median Android Developer daily rate in England is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 417 560
Rank change year-on-year -35 +143 +20
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 65 112 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.35% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.38% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 65 25
10th Percentile £345 £383 £387
25th Percentile £381 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £600 £598 £665
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £76.38
25th Percentile - - £76.56
Median hourly rate - - £78.75
75th Percentile - - £81.56
90th Percentile - - £82.13
UK median hourly rate - - £78.75
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 25,740 29,700 38,774
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 93.05% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,552 18,117 27,033
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 1,227 1,425
10th Percentile £13.84 £15.10 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%
75th Percentile £50.94 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.39% +68.48%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025. 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 -37 30 £520 +9.47% 3
North of England -21 24 £400 - 2
Yorkshire -8 19 £433 -26.38% 1
East Midlands - 7 £463 -
Midlands - 7 £463 -
North West -20 5 £375 -6.25% 1
South East +10 3 £575 - 4
South West - 1 £400 - 4
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 65 (100.00%) Android
1 65 (100.00%) Android Development
1 65 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 39 (60.00%) Agile
3 37 (56.92%) Android Jetpack
4 34 (52.31%) Jetpack Compose
5 30 (46.15%) Java
6 29 (44.62%) MVVM
7 28 (43.08%) RESTful
8 27 (41.54%) CI/CD
9 24 (36.92%) Git
10 20 (30.77%) Architectural Patterns
11 16 (24.62%) Gradle
12 15 (23.08%) DevOps
13 14 (21.54%) Dagger
13 14 (21.54%) Google
13 14 (21.54%) Mobile Development
13 14 (21.54%) RxJava
13 14 (21.54%) Unit Testing
13 14 (21.54%) User Experience
14 12 (18.46%) Android SDK
14 12 (18.46%) Mentoring
14 12 (18.46%) Scrum
15 11 (16.92%) Android Studio
15 11 (16.92%) Clean Code
15 11 (16.92%) GitHub
15 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
16 10 (15.38%) API Integration
16 10 (15.38%) JUnit
16 10 (15.38%) TDD

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 9 (13.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.92%) GitHub
2 8 (12.31%) Google Play
3 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 6 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.54%) Firebase
5 1 (1.54%) Flurry Analytics
5 1 (1.54%) PubNub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.54%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 24 (36.92%) Git
2 16 (24.62%) Gradle
3 11 (16.92%) Android Studio
4 10 (15.38%) JUnit
5 9 (13.85%) Jenkins
5 9 (13.85%) JIRA
6 8 (12.31%) CircleCI
7 4 (6.15%) Bitbucket
8 2 (3.08%) GitLab
8 2 (3.08%) Mockito
9 1 (1.54%) Xcode
General
1 15 (23.08%) Finance
2 14 (21.54%) Banking
3 7 (10.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (56.92%) Android Jetpack
2 34 (52.31%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (43.08%) RESTful
4 14 (21.54%) Dagger
4 14 (21.54%) RxJava
5 12 (18.46%) Android SDK
6 6 (9.23%) REST
7 5 (7.69%) Retrofit
8 4 (6.15%) JSON
8 4 (6.15%) Material Design
8 4 (6.15%) OkHttp
8 4 (6.15%) RAML
8 4 (6.15%) WireMock
9 3 (4.62%) CSS
9 3 (4.62%) HTML
9 3 (4.62%) Web Services
10 2 (3.08%) Android NDK
10 2 (3.08%) CSS3
10 2 (3.08%) FHIR
10 2 (3.08%) JNI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (55.38%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.08%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.08%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (3.08%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.54%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.54%) NHS
5 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (100.00%) Android
2 9 (13.85%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.08%) Linux
3 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Android Development
2 39 (60.00%) Agile
3 29 (44.62%) MVVM
4 27 (41.54%) CI/CD
5 20 (30.77%) Architectural Patterns
6 15 (23.08%) DevOps
7 14 (21.54%) Mobile Development
7 14 (21.54%) Unit Testing
7 14 (21.54%) User Experience
8 12 (18.46%) Mentoring
8 12 (18.46%) Scrum
9 11 (16.92%) Clean Code
9 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
10 10 (15.38%) API Integration
10 10 (15.38%) TDD
11 9 (13.85%) Mobile Application Development
11 9 (13.85%) SOLID
11 9 (13.85%) UX Design
12 8 (12.31%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (10.77%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 65 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 30 (46.15%) Java
3 6 (9.23%) Swift
4 5 (7.69%) Objective-C
5 3 (4.62%) C++
5 3 (4.62%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.54%) C
6 1 (1.54%) Python
6 1 (1.54%) Ruby
6 1 (1.54%) Scala
6 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.23%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.62%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (21.54%) Google
2 3 (4.62%) Apple