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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 415 474
Rank change year-on-year -124 +59 +112
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 56 54 65
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 58
10th Percentile £352 £400 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -13.04%
75th Percentile £517 £528 £518
90th Percentile £650 £585 £538
UK median daily rate £425 £463 £457
% change year-on-year -8.11% +1.20% -12.95%
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
% 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 37,472 22,498 34,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.54% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,288 14,975 22,610
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.07% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 913 2,443
10th Percentile £15.77 £14.00 £12.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.32 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.01% -19.15% -16.23%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +53.85% -23.73% -16.67%

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 12 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 12 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 -21 17 £400 -8.57% 1
South East -40 17 £425 -27.35%
London -71 16 £500 - 2
North of England -71 3 £450 +12.50% 7
North West -39 2 - - 2
North East - 1 £450 - 2
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 56 (100.00%) Android
2 54 (96.43%) Android Development
3 35 (62.50%) Kotlin
4 22 (39.29%) Android Jetpack
5 21 (37.50%) Jetpack Compose
6 20 (35.71%) MVVM
7 17 (30.36%) Android SDK
7 17 (30.36%) Java
7 17 (30.36%) Security Cleared
8 16 (28.57%) SC Cleared
9 14 (25.00%) Gradle
10 13 (23.21%) CI/CD
10 13 (23.21%) Google
11 12 (21.43%) Android Studio
11 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
12 10 (17.86%) Open Source
13 9 (16.07%) GitHub
13 9 (16.07%) SOLID
14 8 (14.29%) Agile
14 8 (14.29%) Benchmarking
14 8 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
14 8 (14.29%) REST
14 8 (14.29%) RxJava
15 7 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
15 7 (12.50%) Design Patterns
15 7 (12.50%) JUnit
15 7 (12.50%) Mobile Development
15 7 (12.50%) User Experience
16 6 (10.71%) Code Quality

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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) GitHub
2 8 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (7.14%) Firebase
3 4 (7.14%) Google Play
4 2 (3.57%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Gradle
2 12 (21.43%) Android Studio
3 7 (12.50%) JUnit
4 6 (10.71%) Jenkins
5 5 (8.93%) fastlane
6 4 (7.14%) Bitbucket
6 4 (7.14%) CircleCI
7 3 (5.36%) Crashlytics
7 3 (5.36%) Git
7 3 (5.36%) Subversion
8 1 (1.79%) GitLab
8 1 (1.79%) IntelliJ
8 1 (1.79%) JIRA
8 1 (1.79%) Mockito
8 1 (1.79%) Xcode
8 1 (1.79%) XCTest
General
1 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.57%) Banking
2 2 (3.57%) Finance
2 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (3.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.79%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (39.29%) Android Jetpack
2 21 (37.50%) Jetpack Compose
3 17 (30.36%) Android SDK
4 8 (14.29%) REST
4 8 (14.29%) RxJava
5 5 (8.93%) Dagger
5 5 (8.93%) OkHttp
5 5 (8.93%) RESTful
6 4 (7.14%) GraphQL
6 4 (7.14%) Retrofit
6 4 (7.14%) WireMock
7 2 (3.57%) CarPlay
7 2 (3.57%) MapLibre
7 2 (3.57%) RAML
8 1 (1.79%) FHIR
8 1 (1.79%) JSON Schema
8 1 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (1.79%) React
8 1 (1.79%) React Native
8 1 (1.79%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Mobile App
2 6 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.14%) Legacy Code
3 4 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.36%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.57%) Music Streaming
6 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.79%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) Android Development
2 20 (35.71%) MVVM
3 13 (23.21%) CI/CD
4 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
5 10 (17.86%) Open Source
6 9 (16.07%) SOLID
7 8 (14.29%) Agile
7 8 (14.29%) Benchmarking
7 8 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (12.50%) Design Patterns
8 7 (12.50%) Mobile Development
8 7 (12.50%) User Experience
9 6 (10.71%) Code Quality
9 6 (10.71%) Secure Coding
9 6 (10.71%) TDD
10 5 (8.93%) Clean Code
10 5 (8.93%) DevOps
10 5 (8.93%) Test Automation
10 5 (8.93%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (62.50%) Kotlin
2 17 (30.36%) Java
3 2 (3.57%) Objective-C
3 2 (3.57%) Swift
3 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.79%) BrightScript
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Security Cleared
2 16 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.57%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (3.57%) Grafana
3 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Google
2 3 (5.36%) Atlassian
2 3 (5.36%) Coverity
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Thales
3 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.79%) Roku