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 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 453 432
Rank change year-on-year -155 -21 +126
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 30 68 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.065% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.27% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 45 64
10th Percentile - £345 £363
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% +2.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £523 £520 £521
90th Percentile £623 £550 £546
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 42,725 25,379 30,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.37% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,394 16,363 19,081
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,515 1,370 1,471
10th Percentile £14.91 £13.75 £14.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -99 12 £455 -6.67% 17
South West - 9 £515 - 3
North of England -84 5 £450 +12.50% 1
South East -60 4 £463 -19.57% 2
North East - 4 £450 -
North West -52 1 £450 +16.13% 1
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 30 (100.00%) Android
1 30 (100.00%) Android Development
2 25 (83.33%) Android Jetpack
2 25 (83.33%) Kotlin
3 24 (80.00%) Jetpack Compose
4 15 (50.00%) MVVM
5 14 (46.67%) CI/CD
5 14 (46.67%) Java
6 13 (43.33%) Agile
7 11 (36.67%) Android SDK
7 11 (36.67%) Google
7 11 (36.67%) REST
8 10 (33.33%) Git
9 9 (30.00%) API Integration
9 9 (30.00%) GitHub
9 9 (30.00%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (26.67%) Gradle
10 8 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
10 8 (26.67%) RESTful
10 8 (26.67%) Secure Coding
11 7 (23.33%) Accessibility
11 7 (23.33%) Clean Code
11 7 (23.33%) Scrum
11 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
11 7 (23.33%) TDD
11 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
12 6 (20.00%) Firebase
12 6 (20.00%) Kanban
12 6 (20.00%) Mobile Development
12 6 (20.00%) Retrofit

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 (30.00%) GitHub
1 9 (30.00%) GitHub Actions
2 6 (20.00%) Firebase
3 5 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) Google Play
4 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (3.33%) AWS CodeBuild
6 1 (3.33%) Bitrise
6 1 (3.33%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) NFC
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Git
2 8 (26.67%) Gradle
3 5 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 5 (16.67%) JUnit
4 4 (13.33%) Android Studio
4 4 (13.33%) CircleCI
4 4 (13.33%) Crashlytics
4 4 (13.33%) fastlane
General
1 5 (16.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (83.33%) Android Jetpack
2 24 (80.00%) Jetpack Compose
3 11 (36.67%) Android SDK
3 11 (36.67%) REST
4 8 (26.67%) RESTful
5 6 (20.00%) Retrofit
6 5 (16.67%) Dagger
6 5 (16.67%) JSON
6 5 (16.67%) RxJava
7 3 (10.00%) OkHttp
7 3 (10.00%) WireMock
8 1 (3.33%) GraphQL
8 1 (3.33%) OpenAPI
8 1 (3.33%) RAML
8 1 (3.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) Mobile App
2 5 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.67%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.33%) Contactless
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Wallet
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.33%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Android Development
2 15 (50.00%) MVVM
3 14 (46.67%) CI/CD
4 13 (43.33%) Agile
5 9 (30.00%) API Integration
6 8 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 8 (26.67%) Secure Coding
7 7 (23.33%) Clean Code
7 7 (23.33%) Scrum
7 7 (23.33%) TDD
7 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
8 6 (20.00%) Kanban
8 6 (20.00%) Mobile Development
8 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
9 5 (16.67%) Benchmarking
9 5 (16.67%) Code Quality
9 5 (16.67%) Design Patterns
9 5 (16.67%) Open Source
9 5 (16.67%) SOLID
9 5 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (83.33%) Kotlin
2 14 (46.67%) Java
3 1 (3.33%) Go
3 1 (3.33%) Korn
3 1 (3.33%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (13.33%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Google
2 4 (13.33%) Dynatrace