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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 424 471
Rank change year-on-year -152 +47 +94
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 43 58 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.099% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 66
10th Percentile £356 £339 £313
25th Percentile £405 £400 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% +2.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £518
90th Percentile £650 £575 £572
UK median daily rate £455 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -1.62% +2.78% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £80.00

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 40,161 23,310 34,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.25% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,642 15,281 22,628
10th Percentile £325 £294 £293
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,860 1,068 2,586
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.96 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.87 £16.65
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -27.94% -9.83%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.25 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.21% -29.33% -14.29%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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
South West -23 14 £500 +42.86% 3
London -95 12 £475 - 8
South East - 10 £387 - 1
North of England -78 4 £450 +5.88%
North East - 4 £450 -
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 43 (100.00%) Android
2 42 (97.67%) Android Development
3 34 (79.07%) Kotlin
4 27 (62.79%) Android Jetpack
5 26 (60.47%) Jetpack Compose
6 19 (44.19%) Android SDK
6 19 (44.19%) MVVM
7 18 (41.86%) Java
8 15 (34.88%) Google
9 14 (32.56%) CI/CD
10 13 (30.23%) SC Cleared
10 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
11 11 (25.58%) Gradle
12 10 (23.26%) Agile
12 10 (23.26%) Android Studio
12 10 (23.26%) GitHub
12 10 (23.26%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (23.26%) Open Source
12 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
13 9 (20.93%) Benchmarking
13 9 (20.93%) SOLID
13 9 (20.93%) TDD
13 9 (20.93%) Test Automation
14 8 (18.60%) Architectural Patterns
14 8 (18.60%) Secure Coding
15 7 (16.28%) Accessibility
15 7 (16.28%) API Integration
15 7 (16.28%) fastlane
15 7 (16.28%) Git
15 7 (16.28%) REST

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 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) GitHub
1 10 (23.26%) GitHub Actions
2 6 (13.95%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) Firebase
3 5 (11.63%) Google Play
4 1 (2.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DSL
2 1 (2.33%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Gradle
2 10 (23.26%) Android Studio
3 7 (16.28%) fastlane
3 7 (16.28%) Git
4 6 (13.95%) Jenkins
5 5 (11.63%) Crashlytics
5 5 (11.63%) JUnit
6 3 (6.98%) CircleCI
7 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
8 1 (2.33%) Subversion
General
1 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
1 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.98%) Banking
2 3 (6.98%) Finance
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (62.79%) Android Jetpack
2 26 (60.47%) Jetpack Compose
3 19 (44.19%) Android SDK
4 7 (16.28%) REST
4 7 (16.28%) RESTful
5 5 (11.63%) Retrofit
5 5 (11.63%) RxJava
6 3 (6.98%) Dagger
6 3 (6.98%) GraphQL
6 3 (6.98%) OkHttp
6 3 (6.98%) WireMock
7 2 (4.65%) MapLibre
8 1 (2.33%) iOS SDK
8 1 (2.33%) Node.js
8 1 (2.33%) OpenAPI
8 1 (2.33%) RAML
8 1 (2.33%) React
8 1 (2.33%) React Native
8 1 (2.33%) Swagger
8 1 (2.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Mobile App
2 7 (16.28%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.98%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.98%) Legacy Code
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) Contactless
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (9.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (97.67%) Android Development
2 19 (44.19%) MVVM
3 14 (32.56%) CI/CD
4 10 (23.26%) Agile
4 10 (23.26%) Open Source
4 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
5 9 (20.93%) Benchmarking
5 9 (20.93%) SOLID
5 9 (20.93%) TDD
5 9 (20.93%) Test Automation
6 8 (18.60%) Architectural Patterns
6 8 (18.60%) Secure Coding
7 7 (16.28%) API Integration
8 6 (13.95%) Clean Code
8 6 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
8 6 (13.95%) User Experience
8 6 (13.95%) UX Design
9 5 (11.63%) Analytics
9 5 (11.63%) Kanban
9 5 (11.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 34 (79.07%) Kotlin
2 18 (41.86%) Java
3 2 (4.65%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.33%) BrightScript
4 1 (2.33%) Go
4 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.33%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) Rust
4 1 (2.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (30.23%) SC Cleared
1 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Accessibility
2 5 (11.63%) WCAG
3 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Google
2 5 (11.63%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.33%) Coverity
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) Roku
3 1 (2.33%) Thales