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 16 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 401 484
Rank change year-on-year -78 +83 +139
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 73 92 69
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.21% 0.36% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.38% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 50 60
10th Percentile £350 £382 £350
25th Percentile £356 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +8.06% -17.43%
75th Percentile £568 £534 £518
90th Percentile £625 £587 £579
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 31,201 23,999 35,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 93.03% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,793 14,993 23,712
10th Percentile £300 £296 £275
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,009 697 2,128
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.23 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.53
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.68%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.54 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.55% -4.17% -5.74%

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 16 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 16 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 -75 25 £570 +15.74% 3
South West -8 19 £400 -23.81% 3
South East -15 18 £425 -27.35% 2
North of England -65 9 £425 +3.03% 7
Yorkshire -54 7 £425 -13.53% 4
North West -37 2 - - 3
Android Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 73 (100.00%) Android
2 71 (97.26%) Android Development
3 49 (67.12%) Kotlin
4 34 (46.58%) Android Jetpack
4 34 (46.58%) Java
5 32 (43.84%) Jetpack Compose
6 28 (38.36%) MVVM
7 22 (30.14%) Android SDK
7 22 (30.14%) Google
8 20 (27.40%) Gradle
9 18 (24.66%) Android Studio
9 18 (24.66%) Open Source
10 17 (23.29%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (23.29%) Security Cleared
10 17 (23.29%) SOLID
11 15 (20.55%) Benchmarking
11 15 (20.55%) CI/CD
11 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
12 13 (17.81%) RxJava
13 12 (16.44%) Dagger
13 12 (16.44%) Mobile Development
13 12 (16.44%) RESTful
14 11 (15.07%) GitHub
14 11 (15.07%) Software Engineering
15 10 (13.70%) User Experience
16 9 (12.33%) Agile
16 9 (12.33%) Analytics
16 9 (12.33%) Architectural Patterns
16 9 (12.33%) Design Patterns
16 9 (12.33%) GitHub Actions

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 (10.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.07%) GitHub
2 9 (12.33%) GitHub Actions
3 6 (8.22%) Google Play
4 3 (4.11%) Firebase
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.37%) Bitrise
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.74%) DSL
Development Applications
1 20 (27.40%) Gradle
2 18 (24.66%) Android Studio
3 9 (12.33%) JUnit
4 8 (10.96%) Git
5 7 (9.59%) Bitbucket
5 7 (9.59%) CircleCI
6 6 (8.22%) Jenkins
7 5 (6.85%) JIRA
8 4 (5.48%) Mockito
9 3 (4.11%) fastlane
9 3 (4.11%) GitLab
9 3 (4.11%) Subversion
10 2 (2.74%) WiX
11 1 (1.37%) Crashlytics
11 1 (1.37%) IntelliJ
11 1 (1.37%) Xcode
11 1 (1.37%) XCTest
General
1 9 (12.33%) Banking
1 9 (12.33%) Finance
2 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.48%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (46.58%) Android Jetpack
2 32 (43.84%) Jetpack Compose
3 22 (30.14%) Android SDK
4 13 (17.81%) RxJava
5 12 (16.44%) Dagger
5 12 (16.44%) RESTful
6 8 (10.96%) REST
7 7 (9.59%) OkHttp
7 7 (9.59%) Retrofit
8 6 (8.22%) RAML
8 6 (8.22%) WireMock
9 5 (6.85%) GraphQL
10 4 (5.48%) Flask
11 3 (4.11%) FHIR
11 3 (4.11%) Web Services
12 2 (2.74%) CarPlay
12 2 (2.74%) CSS
12 2 (2.74%) Nuxt
12 2 (2.74%) Vue
12 2 (2.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.66%) Mobile App
2 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.48%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.11%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.11%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.11%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.74%) Music Streaming
6 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.37%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.37%) NHS
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (5.48%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (97.26%) Android Development
2 28 (38.36%) MVVM
3 18 (24.66%) Open Source
4 17 (23.29%) Performance Tuning
4 17 (23.29%) SOLID
5 15 (20.55%) Benchmarking
5 15 (20.55%) CI/CD
6 12 (16.44%) Mobile Development
7 11 (15.07%) Software Engineering
8 10 (13.70%) User Experience
9 9 (12.33%) Agile
9 9 (12.33%) Analytics
9 9 (12.33%) Architectural Patterns
9 9 (12.33%) Design Patterns
10 8 (10.96%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (10.96%) DevOps
10 8 (10.96%) Performance Analysis
10 8 (10.96%) Test Automation
11 7 (9.59%) Mobile Application Development
11 7 (9.59%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (67.12%) Kotlin
2 34 (46.58%) Java
3 5 (6.85%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.48%) Python
5 2 (2.74%) C++
5 2 (2.74%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.74%) Swift
5 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.37%) BrightScript
Qualifications
1 17 (23.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.11%) Degree
4 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.48%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
1 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.74%) Grafana
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (30.14%) Google
2 3 (4.11%) Atlassian
2 3 (4.11%) Coverity
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Thales
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe
3 1 (1.37%) Roku
20 Android Developer jobs in England