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 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 422 461
Rank change year-on-year -117 +39 +109
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 58 54 72
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 29 63
10th Percentile £356 £391 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -10.89%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £518
90th Percentile £650 £600 £538
UK median daily rate £425 £463 £454
% change year-on-year -8.11% +1.98% -13.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £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 38,330 21,971 33,900
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.30% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,743 14,612 22,462
10th Percentile £320 £290 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 884 2,500
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.47 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.88 £36.92
Median % change year-on-year +55.84% -21.78% -17.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.30
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.52 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.46% -24.62% -18.89%

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 May 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 May 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 -19 17 £431 -1.43% 1
South East -46 17 £425 -27.35%
London -81 17 £500 - 1
North of England -76 4 £450 +12.50% 3
North West -38 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £450 - 2
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 May 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 58 (100.00%) Android
2 56 (96.55%) Android Development
3 37 (63.79%) Kotlin
4 25 (43.10%) Android Jetpack
5 24 (41.38%) Jetpack Compose
6 21 (36.21%) MVVM
7 20 (34.48%) Java
8 18 (31.03%) Android SDK
9 17 (29.31%) Security Cleared
10 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
11 15 (25.86%) CI/CD
11 15 (25.86%) Gradle
12 14 (24.14%) Software Engineering
13 13 (22.41%) Android Studio
13 13 (22.41%) Google
14 10 (17.24%) GitHub
14 10 (17.24%) Open Source
14 10 (17.24%) SOLID
15 9 (15.52%) Design Patterns
15 9 (15.52%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (15.52%) TDD
16 8 (13.79%) Agile
16 8 (13.79%) Architectural Patterns
16 8 (13.79%) Benchmarking
16 8 (13.79%) REST
16 8 (13.79%) Test Automation
16 8 (13.79%) User Experience
17 7 (12.07%) Code Quality
17 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
17 7 (12.07%) RxJava

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 4 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) GitHub
2 9 (15.52%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (6.90%) Firebase
3 4 (6.90%) Google Play
4 3 (5.17%) Azure
4 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (25.86%) Gradle
2 13 (22.41%) Android Studio
3 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (10.34%) fastlane
4 6 (10.34%) JUnit
5 4 (6.90%) Bitbucket
5 4 (6.90%) CircleCI
5 4 (6.90%) Crashlytics
5 4 (6.90%) Git
6 3 (5.17%) Subversion
7 1 (1.72%) GitLab
7 1 (1.72%) IntelliJ
7 1 (1.72%) JIRA
7 1 (1.72%) Xcode
7 1 (1.72%) XCTest
General
1 4 (6.90%) Banking
1 4 (6.90%) Finance
1 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
1 4 (6.90%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (43.10%) Android Jetpack
2 24 (41.38%) Jetpack Compose
3 18 (31.03%) Android SDK
4 8 (13.79%) REST
5 7 (12.07%) RxJava
6 5 (8.62%) Dagger
6 5 (8.62%) OkHttp
6 5 (8.62%) RESTful
6 5 (8.62%) Retrofit
7 4 (6.90%) GraphQL
7 4 (6.90%) WireMock
8 2 (3.45%) CarPlay
8 2 (3.45%) MapLibre
8 2 (3.45%) RAML
9 1 (1.72%) FHIR
9 1 (1.72%) JSON Schema
9 1 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (1.72%) React Native
9 1 (1.72%) Spring Boot
9 1 (1.72%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.07%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.90%) Legacy Code
3 4 (6.90%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.17%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.45%) Music Streaming
6 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.72%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Android
2 6 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) Android Development
2 21 (36.21%) MVVM
3 15 (25.86%) CI/CD
4 14 (24.14%) Software Engineering
5 10 (17.24%) Open Source
5 10 (17.24%) SOLID
6 9 (15.52%) Design Patterns
6 9 (15.52%) TDD
7 8 (13.79%) Agile
7 8 (13.79%) Architectural Patterns
7 8 (13.79%) Benchmarking
7 8 (13.79%) Test Automation
7 8 (13.79%) User Experience
8 7 (12.07%) Code Quality
8 7 (12.07%) Secure Coding
9 6 (10.34%) Clean Code
9 6 (10.34%) Mobile Development
9 6 (10.34%) UX Design
10 5 (8.62%) API Integration
10 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (63.79%) Kotlin
2 20 (34.48%) Java
3 2 (3.45%) Objective-C
3 2 (3.45%) Swift
3 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.72%) BrightScript
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (29.31%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.17%) WCAG
3 2 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (3.45%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Google
2 3 (5.17%) Atlassian
2 3 (5.17%) Coverity
2 3 (5.17%) Dynatrace
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Thales
3 1 (1.72%) Roku
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