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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 403 486
Rank change year-on-year -92 +83 +133
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 74 91 67
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.21% 0.35% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.38% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 50 58
10th Percentile £350 £382 £350
25th Percentile £357 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +8.06% -17.43%
75th Percentile £563 £534 £513
90th Percentile £625 £587 £560
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £457
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.41% -16.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £76.50
25th Percentile - - £76.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +59.84%

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 31,870 24,101 34,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 93.03% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,212 15,168 23,324
10th Percentile £303 £296 £270
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,043 704 2,142
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.24 £13.19
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.54
Median hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.21 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £31.18 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.31% -2.86% -9.09%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -87 24 £573 +16.24% 6
South West -2 21 £400 -23.81% 1
South East -12 18 £425 -27.35% 3
North of England -77 9 £425 +3.03% 5
Yorkshire -53 7 £425 -13.53% 1
North West -35 2 - - 4
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 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 74 (100.00%) Android
2 72 (97.30%) Android Development
3 50 (67.57%) Kotlin
4 34 (45.95%) Java
5 33 (44.59%) Android Jetpack
6 31 (41.89%) Jetpack Compose
7 28 (37.84%) MVVM
8 22 (29.73%) Android SDK
8 22 (29.73%) Google
9 20 (27.03%) Gradle
10 19 (25.68%) Security Cleared
11 18 (24.32%) Android Studio
11 18 (24.32%) Open Source
12 17 (22.97%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (22.97%) SC Cleared
12 17 (22.97%) SOLID
13 15 (20.27%) Benchmarking
13 15 (20.27%) CI/CD
14 12 (16.22%) Mobile Development
14 12 (16.22%) RESTful
14 12 (16.22%) RxJava
15 11 (14.86%) Dagger
15 11 (14.86%) Software Engineering
16 10 (13.51%) GitHub
16 10 (13.51%) User Experience
17 9 (12.16%) Agile
17 9 (12.16%) Analytics
17 9 (12.16%) Architectural Patterns
17 9 (12.16%) Design Patterns
18 8 (10.81%) Confluence

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 8 (10.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) GitHub
2 8 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
3 6 (8.11%) Google Play
4 3 (4.05%) Firebase
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.35%) Bitrise
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.70%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (27.03%) Gradle
2 18 (24.32%) Android Studio
3 8 (10.81%) Git
3 8 (10.81%) JUnit
4 7 (9.46%) Bitbucket
5 6 (8.11%) CircleCI
5 6 (8.11%) Jenkins
6 5 (6.76%) JIRA
7 4 (5.41%) Mockito
8 3 (4.05%) fastlane
8 3 (4.05%) GitLab
8 3 (4.05%) Subversion
9 2 (2.70%) WiX
10 1 (1.35%) Crashlytics
10 1 (1.35%) IntelliJ
10 1 (1.35%) Xcode
10 1 (1.35%) XCTest
General
1 9 (12.16%) Banking
1 9 (12.16%) Finance
2 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.41%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.35%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (44.59%) Android Jetpack
2 31 (41.89%) Jetpack Compose
3 22 (29.73%) Android SDK
4 12 (16.22%) RESTful
4 12 (16.22%) RxJava
5 11 (14.86%) Dagger
6 7 (9.46%) REST
6 7 (9.46%) Retrofit
7 6 (8.11%) OkHttp
8 5 (6.76%) GraphQL
8 5 (6.76%) RAML
8 5 (6.76%) WireMock
9 4 (5.41%) Flask
10 3 (4.05%) FHIR
10 3 (4.05%) Web Services
11 2 (2.70%) CarPlay
11 2 (2.70%) MapLibre
11 2 (2.70%) Nuxt
11 2 (2.70%) Vue
11 2 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.32%) Mobile App
2 6 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.76%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.05%) Legacy Code
5 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.70%) Music Streaming
7 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.35%) Infotainment
7 1 (1.35%) NHS
7 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (97.30%) Android Development
2 28 (37.84%) MVVM
3 18 (24.32%) Open Source
4 17 (22.97%) Performance Tuning
4 17 (22.97%) SOLID
5 15 (20.27%) Benchmarking
5 15 (20.27%) CI/CD
6 12 (16.22%) Mobile Development
7 11 (14.86%) Software Engineering
8 10 (13.51%) User Experience
9 9 (12.16%) Agile
9 9 (12.16%) Analytics
9 9 (12.16%) Architectural Patterns
9 9 (12.16%) Design Patterns
10 8 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (10.81%) DevOps
10 8 (10.81%) Performance Analysis
10 8 (10.81%) Test Automation
11 7 (9.46%) Mobile Application Development
11 7 (9.46%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (67.57%) Kotlin
2 34 (45.95%) Java
3 5 (6.76%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.41%) Python
5 2 (2.70%) C++
5 2 (2.70%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.70%) Swift
5 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.35%) BrightScript
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 17 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.05%) Degree
4 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.41%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.70%) Grafana
3 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (29.73%) Google
2 3 (4.05%) Atlassian
2 3 (4.05%) Coverity
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.05%) Thales
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe
3 1 (1.35%) Roku