Android Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Android Developer
UK > England

The median Android Developer daily rate in England is £459, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 435 477
Rank change year-on-year -136 +42 +105
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 43 59 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.098% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 65
10th Percentile £356 £342 £313
25th Percentile £420 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +2.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £518
90th Percentile £650 £570 £605
UK median daily rate £455 £463 £454
% change year-on-year -1.62% +1.98% -13.62%
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 40,580 24,049 34,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.16% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,840 15,686 22,733
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £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 2,926 1,128 2,569
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.00 £16.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -13 14 £500 +42.86% 7
London -90 14 £475 - 16
South East - 8 £387 - 1
North of England -80 4 £450 +5.88% 3
North East - 4 £450 -
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 35 (81.40%) Kotlin
4 28 (65.12%) Android Jetpack
5 27 (62.79%) 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%) SC Cleared
9 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
10 13 (30.23%) CI/CD
11 12 (27.91%) Agile
12 10 (23.26%) Gradle
13 9 (20.93%) Android Studio
13 9 (20.93%) API Integration
13 9 (20.93%) Benchmarking
13 9 (20.93%) Git
13 9 (20.93%) GitHub
13 9 (20.93%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (20.93%) Open Source
13 9 (20.93%) RESTful
13 9 (20.93%) Secure Coding
13 9 (20.93%) Software Engineering
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%) Clean Code
14 8 (18.60%) 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) GitHub
1 9 (20.93%) 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 10 (23.26%) Gradle
2 9 (20.93%) Android Studio
2 9 (20.93%) Git
3 7 (16.28%) fastlane
4 5 (11.63%) Crashlytics
4 5 (11.63%) Jenkins
5 4 (9.30%) JUnit
6 2 (4.65%) CircleCI
7 1 (2.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
1 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Banking
3 3 (6.98%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (65.12%) Android Jetpack
2 27 (62.79%) Jetpack Compose
3 19 (44.19%) Android SDK
4 9 (20.93%) RESTful
5 8 (18.60%) REST
6 5 (11.63%) Retrofit
7 4 (9.30%) RxJava
8 3 (6.98%) GraphQL
8 3 (6.98%) JSON
9 2 (4.65%) Dagger
9 2 (4.65%) MapLibre
9 2 (4.65%) OkHttp
9 2 (4.65%) WireMock
10 1 (2.33%) iOS SDK
10 1 (2.33%) Node.js
10 1 (2.33%) OpenAPI
10 1 (2.33%) React
10 1 (2.33%) React Native
10 1 (2.33%) Swagger
10 1 (2.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (41.86%) Mobile App
2 6 (13.95%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.98%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Legacy Code
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
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
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 13 (30.23%) CI/CD
4 12 (27.91%) Agile
5 9 (20.93%) API Integration
5 9 (20.93%) Benchmarking
5 9 (20.93%) Open Source
5 9 (20.93%) Secure Coding
5 9 (20.93%) Software Engineering
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%) Clean Code
7 7 (16.28%) Kanban
7 7 (16.28%) Scrum
8 6 (13.95%) Mobile Development
8 6 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
8 6 (13.95%) User Experience
8 6 (13.95%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (81.40%) 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 14 (32.56%) SC Cleared
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Accessibility
2 5 (11.63%) WCAG
3 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Google
2 5 (11.63%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.33%) Roku