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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 244 223
Rank change year-on-year -17 -21 +34
Contract jobs citing Android 364 254 392
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.04% 1.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.78% 7.29% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 159 273
10th Percentile £166 £160 £163
25th Percentile £204 £214 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £550
90th Percentile £604 £577 £675
UK median daily rate £368 £365 £437
% change year-on-year +1.00% -16.54% +2.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 25
10th Percentile £17.63 £19.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £23.31 - £16.86
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £71.00 £42.20 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +7.46% +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 4,144 3,485 5,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.16% 14.26% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,748 2,356 3,557
10th Percentile £181 £200 £178
25th Percentile £281 £313 £266
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 299 132 375
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.28 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.58 £29.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% +31.82% -16.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.00 £73.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £22.80 £27.75 £22.08
% change year-on-year -17.85% +25.71% -16.70%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -46 140 £423 +21.06% 59
South West +29 74 £488 +50.00% 11
North of England -64 64 £190 -45.56% 26
South East -34 45 £361 +70.02% 35
North West -30 40 £175 -46.15% 10
East of England -11 15 £275 - 24
Midlands -61 15 £158 -58.33% 15
Yorkshire -57 14 £190 -58.70% 12
North East -11 10 £175 -6.67% 5
East Midlands -37 9 £158 -54.78% 4
West Midlands -60 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 (4.40%) Confluence
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 66 (18.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 82 (22.53%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (7.14%) Azure
3 22 (6.04%) GitHub
4 20 (5.49%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.67%) GCP
6 16 (4.40%) AWS
6 16 (4.40%) Sauce Labs
7 14 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (3.85%) Google Workspace
8 11 (3.02%) SaaS
9 9 (2.47%) Figma
10 7 (1.92%) Google Play
11 6 (1.65%) Firebase
12 5 (1.37%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.10%) BlazeMeter
14 3 (0.82%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (0.82%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.82%) npm
14 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.55%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.64%) Wireless
2 18 (4.95%) DNS
3 17 (4.67%) DHCP
4 15 (4.12%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.85%) VoIP
6 12 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (3.02%) LAN
7 11 (3.02%) WAN
8 7 (1.92%) VPN
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.82%) ATM
10 3 (0.82%) DSL
10 3 (0.82%) Firewall
11 2 (0.55%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
11 2 (0.55%) Internet
12 1 (0.27%) 4G
12 1 (0.27%) HTTP
12 1 (0.27%) Network Security
12 1 (0.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.57%) MySQL
2 10 (2.75%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.82%) DB2
3 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.55%) SQLite
5 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.27%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (10.99%) Android Studio
2 25 (6.87%) Gradle
3 20 (5.49%) JIRA
4 18 (4.95%) Xcode
5 13 (3.57%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.57%) JUnit
6 12 (3.30%) Browser DevTools
7 11 (3.02%) Appium
8 10 (2.75%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.47%) GitLab
10 8 (2.20%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.20%) CircleCI
10 8 (2.20%) Git
11 7 (1.92%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.65%) Postman
12 6 (1.65%) PyCharm
12 6 (1.65%) PyUnit
13 4 (1.10%) Charles Proxy
13 4 (1.10%) ESLint
13 4 (1.10%) fastlane
General
1 95 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.74%) Public Sector
3 44 (12.09%) Finance
4 34 (9.34%) Banking
5 32 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.52%) Telecoms
7 30 (8.24%) Electronics
7 30 (8.24%) Manufacturing
8 24 (6.59%) Marketing
9 13 (3.57%) Military
10 12 (3.30%) Publishing
11 4 (1.10%) Retail
12 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.27%) Advertising
14 1 (0.27%) Automotive
14 1 (0.27%) Back Office
14 1 (0.27%) Billing
14 1 (0.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 105 (28.85%) Developer
2 72 (19.78%) Android Developer
3 65 (17.86%) IT Support
4 50 (13.74%) 2nd Line Support
5 40 (10.99%) Senior
5 40 (10.99%) Support Engineer
6 30 (8.24%) Analyst
7 28 (7.69%) Desktop Support
8 24 (6.59%) IT Engineer
9 23 (6.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 22 (6.04%) Android Engineer
10 22 (6.04%) Architect
10 22 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 19 (5.22%) Mobile Engineer
12 15 (4.12%) Service Desk Analyst
13 14 (3.85%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.85%) Service Analyst
13 14 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.57%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.26%) Android Jetpack
2 40 (10.99%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (7.69%) Android SDK
4 26 (7.14%) React Native
5 24 (6.59%) React
6 17 (4.67%) GraphQL
7 14 (3.85%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.85%) CSS
7 14 (3.85%) REST
8 13 (3.57%) RESTful
8 13 (3.57%) RxJava
9 11 (3.02%) Ajax
9 11 (3.02%) Dagger
10 9 (2.47%) OkHttp
11 8 (2.20%) pytest
12 7 (1.92%) Flutter
12 7 (1.92%) JSON
12 7 (1.92%) OAuth
12 7 (1.92%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.92%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 82 (22.53%) Mobile App
2 32 (8.79%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.67%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.85%) Blackberry
6 11 (3.02%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.47%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.65%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.37%) iPhone
10 4 (1.10%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.10%) Mobile Banking
11 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.82%) Blog
11 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.82%) Mobile Payment
11 3 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 167 (45.88%) Apple iOS
2 140 (38.46%) Windows
3 74 (20.33%) Mac OS
4 50 (13.74%) Windows 10
5 36 (9.89%) Linux
6 10 (2.75%) Unix
7 9 (2.47%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.55%) VMS
8 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (24.45%) Android Development
2 68 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (12.91%) Agile
4 46 (12.64%) CI/CD
4 46 (12.64%) User Experience
5 44 (12.09%) Customer Service
6 43 (11.81%) Test Automation
7 35 (9.62%) MVVM
8 32 (8.79%) ITIL
9 27 (7.42%) Mobile Device Management
9 27 (7.42%) Software Engineering
10 26 (7.14%) Open Source
11 23 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (6.32%) Digital Marketing
11 23 (6.32%) Programme Management
11 23 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (6.04%) iOS Development
13 21 (5.77%) Mobile Application Development
13 21 (5.77%) Mobile Development
13 21 (5.77%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.33%) Kotlin
2 72 (19.78%) Java
3 42 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 31 (8.52%) Python
5 20 (5.49%) PowerShell
5 20 (5.49%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.12%) Swift
7 11 (3.02%) Perl
8 7 (1.92%) Objective-C
9 6 (1.65%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.65%) SQL
10 4 (1.10%) C++
11 2 (0.55%) C#
11 2 (0.55%) Scala
12 1 (0.27%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 124 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 115 (31.59%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.95%) Degree
4 10 (2.75%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
9 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.55%) SANS
10 1 (0.27%) ACSP
10 1 (0.27%) GIAC
10 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.87%) Accessibility
2 19 (5.22%) QA
3 7 (1.92%) WCAG
4 4 (1.10%) SLA
5 3 (0.82%) GDPR
6 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.55%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 36 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.30%) SCCM
3 9 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.10%) Grafana
5 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.55%) Kibana
6 2 (0.55%) Podman
6 2 (0.55%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 88 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 63 (17.31%) Apple
3 48 (13.19%) Google
4 43 (11.81%) Cisco
4 43 (11.81%) HP
5 41 (11.26%) Dell
6 28 (7.69%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.32%) SAP
8 15 (4.12%) Citrix
8 15 (4.12%) MobileIron
8 15 (4.12%) VMware
9 11 (3.02%) Splunk
10 10 (2.75%) Oracle
11 6 (1.65%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.37%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.37%) Remedy
12 5 (1.37%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.82%) Adobe
13 3 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.82%) Thales