Android Developer Contracts in England

The median contractor rate for an Android Developer was £425 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Android Developer UK / England
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	386	394	372
Rank change year-on-year	+8	-22
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer	208	244	280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.48%	0.50%	0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.51%	0.53%	0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	149	195	190
Median daily rate	£425	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£348	£325	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£505	£525	£538
UK excluding London median daily rate	£388	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+3.33%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	0	3
Median hourly rate	£49.25	-	£35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£34.25	-	£17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£62.50	-	£38.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£49.25	-	£35.00

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles England
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	40905	46317	48290
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	94.76%	95.03%	94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	26668	30607	30911
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£263	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1248	1357	1858
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.44	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£43.50	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England that featured Android Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Android Developer in England

Android Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Android Developer in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Android Developer in England

Android Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Android Developer in England over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Android Developer in England

Android Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Android Developer in England

Android Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Android Developer in England over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Android Developer 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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-26	114	£450	-2.70%	42
North West	+31	24	£450	+5.88%	10
Yorkshire	+34	23	£413	-	8
East Midlands	+1	12	£400	+21.21%	6
South East	-3	12	£288	-32.35%	13
East of England	-9	12	£283	-19.28%	4
West Midlands	+24	4	£363	-9.37%	6
North East	+70	3	£338	-
South West	+3	3	£425	-12.82%	4
Android Developer UK

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Android Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1	465 (100.00%)	Android
2	453 (97.42%)	Android Development
3	262 (56.34%)	Java
4	209 (44.95%)	Mobile App
5	194 (41.72%)	Android SDK
5	194 (41.72%)	Agile Software Development
6	155 (33.33%)	TDD
7	117 (25.16%)	Apple iOS
8	112 (24.09%)	JSON
9	96 (20.65%)	Scrum
10	92 (19.78%)	Git (software)
11	91 (19.57%)	iOS Development
12	82 (17.63%)	Gradle
13	79 (16.99%)	Continuous Integration
14	78 (16.77%)	Mobile Development

15	77 (16.56%)	Android Studio
16	76 (16.34%)	RESTful
17	73 (15.70%)	RxJava
18	68 (14.62%)	REST
19	65 (13.98%)	User Experience
20	64 (13.76%)	JavaScript
21	54 (11.61%)	OO
21	54 (11.61%)	Jenkins
22	52 (11.18%)	Finance
23	50 (10.75%)	Banking
23	50 (10.75%)	HTML
23	50 (10.75%)	BDD
23	50 (10.75%)	Test Automation
24	47 (10.11%)	Material Design
25	45 (9.68%)	XML

Android Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	11 (2.37%)	Confluence
2	3 (0.65%)	JBoss
3	2 (0.43%)	Alfresco
3	2 (0.43%)	CMS
3	2 (0.43%)	Drupal
3	2 (0.43%)	Liferay
3	2 (0.43%)	Oracle SOA Suite

Applications
1	2 (0.43%)	Adobe Illustrator
1	2 (0.43%)	InVision
1	2 (0.43%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	9 (1.94%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	28 (6.02%)	Google Play
2	19 (4.09%)	GitHub
3	3 (0.65%)	Firebase
4	2 (0.43%)	Amazon AWS
5	1 (0.22%)	Dropbox
5	1 (0.22%)	Heroku
5	1 (0.22%)	Microsoft Azure
5	1 (0.22%)	TestFlight

Communications & Networking
1	10 (2.15%)	Bluetooth
2	6 (1.29%)	HTTP
3	5 (1.08%)	VoIP
4	4 (0.86%)	RTSP
4	4 (0.86%)	Wi-Fi
4	4 (0.86%)	Wireshark
5	3 (0.65%)	Internet
6	2 (0.43%)	Skype
7	1 (0.22%)	TCP/IP
7	1 (0.22%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	38 (8.17%)	SQLite
2	7 (1.51%)	MongoDB
3	4 (0.86%)	Relational Database
4	3 (0.65%)	NoSQL
5	2 (0.43%)	SQL Server
5	2 (0.43%)	SQL Server 2012
6	1 (0.22%)	GIS
6	1 (0.22%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	92 (19.78%)	Git (software)
2	82 (17.63%)	Gradle
3	77 (16.56%)	Android Studio
4	54 (11.61%)	Jenkins
5	39 (8.39%)	JUnit
6	28 (6.02%)	Maven
7	26 (5.59%)	Robolectric
8	18 (3.87%)	JIRA
9	17 (3.66%)	Mockito
10	16 (3.44%)	Calabash
10	16 (3.44%)	Subversion
11	9 (1.94%)	git-flow
12	8 (1.72%)	Hudson
12	8 (1.72%)	Xcode
13	7 (1.51%)	Eclipse
14	6 (1.29%)	jMock
15	5 (1.08%)	Selenium
16	4 (0.86%)	Ant
16	4 (0.86%)	Appcelerator Titanium
16	4 (0.86%)	Cucumber

General
1	52 (11.18%)	Finance
2	50 (10.75%)	Banking
3	21 (4.52%)	Manufacturing
4	15 (3.23%)	Games
5	14 (3.01%)	Telecoms
6	13 (2.80%)	Electronics
6	13 (2.80%)	Retail
7	12 (2.58%)	Marketing
8	10 (2.15%)	Publishing
9	7 (1.51%)	Automotive
10	3 (0.65%)	Advertising
11	2 (0.43%)	Digital Economy
11	2 (0.43%)	Legal
12	1 (0.22%)	Billing
12	1 (0.22%)	Corporate Banking
12	1 (0.22%)	German Language
12	1 (0.22%)	iGaming
12	1 (0.22%)	Investment Banking
12	1 (0.22%)	Pharmaceutical

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	194 (41.72%)	Android SDK
2	112 (24.09%)	JSON
3	76 (16.34%)	RESTful
4	73 (15.70%)	RxJava
5	68 (14.62%)	REST
6	50 (10.75%)	HTML
7	47 (10.11%)	Material Design
8	45 (9.68%)	XML
9	40 (8.60%)	iOS SDK
10	36 (7.74%)	Web Services
11	32 (6.88%)	SOAP
12	22 (4.73%)	CSS
13	18 (3.87%)	Core Data
14	17 (3.66%)	Android NDK
15	16 (3.44%)	HTML5
15	16 (3.44%)	React Native
16	15 (3.23%)	Core Animation
17	14 (3.01%)	AngularJS
18	12 (2.58%)	Node.js
19	11 (2.37%)	Xamarin.iOS

Miscellaneous
1	209 (44.95%)	Mobile App
2	65 (13.98%)	User Experience
3	27 (5.81%)	Greenfield Project
4	18 (3.87%)	Animation
5	14 (3.01%)	Mobile Banking
6	13 (2.80%)	Computer Science
7	9 (1.94%)	Video on Demand
7	9 (1.94%)	Wiki
8	8 (1.72%)	Analytical Skills
8	8 (1.72%)	Data Structures
8	8 (1.72%)	Social Media
9	7 (1.51%)	iPad
10	6 (1.29%)	Algorithms
11	5 (1.08%)	iPhone
12	4 (0.86%)	Embedded Systems
12	4 (0.86%)	Fintech
13	2 (0.43%)	Digital Media
13	2 (0.43%)	Enterprise Software
13	2 (0.43%)	Mobile Games
13	2 (0.43%)	Smartphone

Operating Systems
1	465 (100.00%)	Android
2	117 (25.16%)	Apple iOS
3	9 (1.94%)	Windows
4	4 (0.86%)	Linux
5	2 (0.43%)	Unix
5	2 (0.43%)	Windows Mobile
5	2 (0.43%)	Windows Phone
6	1 (0.22%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.22%)	Windows 10

Processes & Methodologies
1	453 (97.42%)	Android Development
2	194 (41.72%)	Agile Software Development
3	155 (33.33%)	TDD
4	96 (20.65%)	Scrum
5	91 (19.57%)	iOS Development
6	79 (16.99%)	Continuous Integration
7	78 (16.77%)	Mobile Development
8	54 (11.61%)	OO
9	50 (10.75%)	BDD
9	50 (10.75%)	Test Automation
10	44 (9.46%)	Unit Testing
11	40 (8.60%)	E-Commerce
12	34 (7.31%)	Pair Programming
13	33 (7.10%)	OOD
14	29 (6.24%)	Mobile Application Development
15	28 (6.02%)	Kanban
16	27 (5.81%)	MVC
17	24 (5.16%)	Open Source
18	19 (4.09%)	Mentoring
19	18 (3.87%)	Push Notifications

Programming Languages
1	262 (56.34%)	Java
2	64 (13.76%)	JavaScript
3	39 (8.39%)	Objective-C
4	36 (7.74%)	C++
5	27 (5.81%)	Apple Swift
6	26 (5.59%)	C
7	15 (3.23%)	SQL
8	12 (2.58%)	C#
9	7 (1.51%)	Python
10	4 (0.86%)	Groovy
11	3 (0.65%)	Ruby
12	2 (0.43%)	GLSL
12	2 (0.43%)	Kotlin
12	2 (0.43%)	PHP
13	1 (0.22%)	Embedded C
13	1 (0.22%)	ES6
13	1 (0.22%)	GraphQL
13	1 (0.22%)	Scala
13	1 (0.22%)	VC++

Qualifications
1	7 (1.51%)	Degree
2	5 (1.08%)	Computer Science Degree
3	2 (0.43%)	Master's Degree
4	1 (0.22%)	BPSS Clearance

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	16 (3.44%)	QA

Systems Management
1	1 (0.22%)	HockeyApp

Vendors
1	39 (8.39%)	Google
2	32 (6.88%)	Xamarin
3	12 (2.58%)	Apple
4	9 (1.94%)	SAP
5	8 (1.72%)	Microsoft
6	6 (1.29%)	Telerik
7	4 (0.86%)	Atlassian
8	3 (0.65%)	Appcelerator
8	3 (0.65%)	Facebook
8	3 (0.65%)	IBM
8	3 (0.65%)	Oracle
9	2 (0.43%)	OpenText
10	1 (0.22%)	Freescale