Android Contract Job Trends in England

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 239 218
Rank change year-on-year -34 -21 +38
Contract jobs citing Android 356 250 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.03% 1.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.61% 7.24% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 159 278
10th Percentile £163 £160 £163
25th Percentile £204 £218 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% -20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £500 £491 £550
90th Percentile £599 £577 £679
UK median daily rate £361 £370 £438
% change year-on-year -2.35% -15.43% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 25
10th Percentile £16.94 £19.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.46 - £16.86
Median hourly rate £51.54 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +109.00% +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £42.20 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +64.23% +30.27% -16.35%

All Operating Systems
England

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,137 3,455 5,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.05% 14.21% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,748 2,365 3,548
10th Percentile £181 £200 £177
25th Percentile £287 £313 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £457
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.94% -11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 130 379
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.28
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.20 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.80 £29.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% +31.82% -23.88%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.03 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% +27.27% -24.14%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Android job vacancy trend in England

Android
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in England over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in England

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Android

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in England over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Android in England

Android
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 24 March 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 -58 135 £405 +15.88% 54
South West +26 73 £475 +46.15% 12
North of England -59 64 £190 -46.93% 24
South East -29 43 £361 +70.02% 33
North West -31 40 £175 -46.15% 9
East of England -18 15 £275 - 21
Midlands -64 15 £158 -58.33% 12
Yorkshire -58 14 £190 -58.70% 11
North East -13 10 £175 -22.22% 5
East Midlands -33 9 £158 -54.78% 1
West Midlands -57 6 £625 +56.25% 11
Android
UK

Android
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 16 (4.49%) Confluence
2 7 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 64 (17.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.91%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (7.30%) Azure
3 21 (5.90%) GitHub
4 20 (5.62%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.78%) GCP
6 16 (4.49%) AWS
7 15 (4.21%) Sauce Labs
8 14 (3.93%) Google Workspace
9 13 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.81%) SaaS
11 9 (2.53%) Figma
12 6 (1.69%) Firebase
13 5 (1.40%) Google Play
13 5 (1.40%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.12%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
15 3 (0.84%) Google Analytics
15 3 (0.84%) npm
15 3 (0.84%) Power Platform
16 2 (0.56%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 42 (11.80%) Wireless
2 18 (5.06%) DNS
3 17 (4.78%) DHCP
4 15 (4.21%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.93%) VoIP
6 12 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (3.09%) LAN
7 11 (3.09%) WAN
8 7 (1.97%) VPN
9 4 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.84%) ATM
10 3 (0.84%) DSL
10 3 (0.84%) Internet
11 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco IPT
11 2 (0.56%) Firewall
12 1 (0.28%) 5G
12 1 (0.28%) HTTP
12 1 (0.28%) Network Security
12 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.37%) MySQL
2 9 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.84%) DB2
3 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.56%) SQLite
5 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.28%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (10.11%) Android Studio
2 21 (5.90%) Gradle
2 21 (5.90%) JIRA
3 17 (4.78%) Xcode
4 13 (3.65%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.37%) Appium
5 12 (3.37%) JUnit
6 11 (3.09%) Browser DevTools
7 9 (2.53%) Eclipse
7 9 (2.53%) GitLab
8 8 (2.25%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.25%) Git
9 7 (1.97%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.97%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.69%) Postman
11 5 (1.40%) PyCharm
11 5 (1.40%) PyUnit
12 4 (1.12%) JMeter
12 4 (1.12%) Mockito
12 4 (1.12%) Selenium
General
1 96 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.76%) Public Sector
3 44 (12.36%) Finance
4 33 (9.27%) Banking
5 32 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.71%) Telecoms
7 30 (8.43%) Electronics
7 30 (8.43%) Manufacturing
8 24 (6.74%) Marketing
9 13 (3.65%) Military
10 12 (3.37%) Publishing
11 4 (1.12%) Retail
12 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.28%) Advertising
14 1 (0.28%) Automotive
14 1 (0.28%) Back Office
14 1 (0.28%) Billing
14 1 (0.28%) Legal
Job Titles
1 98 (27.53%) Developer
2 68 (19.10%) Android Developer
3 65 (18.26%) IT Support
4 50 (14.04%) 2nd Line Support
5 40 (11.24%) Senior
6 37 (10.39%) Support Engineer
7 32 (8.99%) Analyst
8 28 (7.87%) Desktop Support
9 24 (6.74%) IT Engineer
10 23 (6.46%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 23 (6.46%) Android Engineer
10 23 (6.46%) Architect
10 23 (6.46%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 22 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
12 18 (5.06%) Mobile Engineer
13 16 (4.49%) Service Desk Analyst
14 15 (4.21%) Service Analyst
15 14 (3.93%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.93%) Software Engineer
16 12 (3.37%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.39%) Android Jetpack
2 36 (10.11%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (7.87%) Android SDK
4 27 (7.58%) React Native
5 23 (6.46%) React
6 16 (4.49%) GraphQL
7 13 (3.65%) AngularJS
7 13 (3.65%) CSS
7 13 (3.65%) REST
8 12 (3.37%) RxJava
9 10 (2.81%) Ajax
9 10 (2.81%) Dagger
9 10 (2.81%) RESTful
10 8 (2.25%) Flutter
10 8 (2.25%) OkHttp
11 7 (1.97%) JSON
11 7 (1.97%) OAuth
11 7 (1.97%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.97%) Retrofit
11 7 (1.97%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 76 (21.35%) Mobile App
2 29 (8.15%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.78%) Smartphone
4 16 (4.49%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.93%) Blackberry
5 14 (3.93%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.09%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.53%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.25%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.40%) iPhone
10 5 (1.40%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.40%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.12%) Blockchain
12 3 (0.84%) Blog
12 3 (0.84%) Mobile Payment
12 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
12 3 (0.84%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 166 (46.63%) Apple iOS
2 140 (39.33%) Windows
3 71 (19.94%) Mac OS
4 50 (14.04%) Windows 10
5 34 (9.55%) Linux
6 9 (2.53%) Unix
6 9 (2.53%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.56%) VMS
7 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.60%) Android Development
2 68 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (12.64%) Agile
3 45 (12.64%) Customer Service
4 44 (12.36%) User Experience
5 43 (12.08%) CI/CD
5 43 (12.08%) Test Automation
6 33 (9.27%) MVVM
7 32 (8.99%) ITIL
8 27 (7.58%) Software Engineering
9 26 (7.30%) Mobile Device Management
10 25 (7.02%) Open Source
11 24 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (6.46%) Digital Marketing
12 23 (6.46%) Programme Management
13 21 (5.90%) Performance Tuning
14 20 (5.62%) iOS Development
14 20 (5.62%) Mobile Application Development
15 18 (5.06%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.94%) Kotlin
2 69 (19.38%) Java
3 41 (11.52%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.87%) Python
5 20 (5.62%) TypeScript
6 19 (5.34%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.21%) Swift
8 9 (2.53%) Perl
9 7 (1.97%) Objective-C
10 6 (1.69%) SQL
11 5 (1.40%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.12%) C++
13 2 (0.56%) C#
13 2 (0.56%) Scala
14 1 (0.28%) BrightScript
14 1 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 123 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 114 (32.02%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.49%) Degree
4 10 (2.81%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.84%) PhD
9 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.56%) SANS
10 1 (0.28%) ACSP
10 1 (0.28%) GIAC
10 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.02%) Accessibility
2 18 (5.06%) QA
3 7 (1.97%) WCAG
4 4 (1.12%) SLA
5 3 (0.84%) GDPR
6 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 36 (10.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (10.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.37%) SCCM
3 9 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.12%) Grafana
5 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.56%) Kibana
6 2 (0.56%) Podman
6 2 (0.56%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 87 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.85%) Apple
3 46 (12.92%) Google
4 40 (11.24%) Cisco
4 40 (11.24%) HP
5 38 (10.67%) Dell
6 28 (7.87%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.46%) SAP
8 15 (4.21%) Citrix
8 15 (4.21%) MobileIron
8 15 (4.21%) VMware
9 10 (2.81%) Splunk
10 9 (2.53%) Oracle
11 6 (1.69%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.40%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.40%) Remedy
12 5 (1.40%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.84%) Adobe
13 3 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.84%) Thales