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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 209 248
Rank change year-on-year -20 +39 -1
Contract jobs citing Android 382 336 344
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.25% 0.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.22% 8.89% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 196 249
10th Percentile £163 £183 £155
25th Percentile £204 £313 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £415 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.66% -2.35% -10.53%
75th Percentile £460 £516 £500
90th Percentile £576 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £350 £415 £425
% change year-on-year -15.66% -2.35% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 7 18
10th Percentile £18.87 £23.30 -
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.78 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.66% -30.83% +128.21%
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.38 £74.69
90th Percentile £71.20 £49.40 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £24.66 £23.00
% change year-on-year +9.49% +7.22% +22.90%

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 4,142 3,779 5,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.01% 14.02% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 2,391 3,762
10th Percentile £173 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 127 295
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.40 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.69 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +64.06% +28.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.85 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year -26.03% +5.43% +29.00%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -54 154 £420 -1.18% 48
North of England -19 81 £225 -33.23% 40
North West +3 54 £220 -32.46% 21
South West +17 51 £400 +28.00% 19
South East +13 48 £210 -45.81% 61
Midlands -25 25 £175 -49.75% 24
Yorkshire -44 18 £350 -30.00% 16
East Midlands -16 14 £158 -55.76% 16
East of England -19 14 £250 -44.44% 25
West Midlands -28 11 £175 +37.25% 8
North East -12 9 £175 +16.67% 3
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 14 (3.66%) Confluence
2 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.79%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 77 (20.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.26%) InDesign
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Moqups
3 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.77%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (10.73%) Azure
3 22 (5.76%) GitHub
4 21 (5.50%) SaaS
5 19 (4.97%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.71%) Sauce Labs
7 17 (4.45%) AWS
8 16 (4.19%) GCP
9 14 (3.66%) Figma
10 11 (2.88%) Google Workspace
11 10 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.62%) Google Play
12 7 (1.83%) Firebase
13 5 (1.31%) Sentry
14 4 (1.05%) BlazeMeter
14 4 (1.05%) BrowserStack
14 4 (1.05%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.79%) Google Analytics
16 2 (0.52%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 58 (15.18%) Wireless
2 17 (4.45%) DNS
3 15 (3.93%) DHCP
4 14 (3.66%) VoIP
5 12 (3.14%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.83%) LAN
7 6 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.31%) HTTP
8 5 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.31%) WAN
9 4 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.05%) Firewall
9 4 (1.05%) VPN
10 3 (0.79%) ATM
10 3 (0.79%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.52%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.26%) DSL
12 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.26%) Internet
12 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.24%) MySQL
2 18 (4.71%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.26%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.26%) Power BI
4 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (11.52%) Android Studio
2 33 (8.64%) Gradle
2 33 (8.64%) Xcode
3 24 (6.28%) Git
4 20 (5.24%) Browser DevTools
5 19 (4.97%) JIRA
6 18 (4.71%) Eclipse
7 17 (4.45%) JUnit
8 13 (3.40%) Appium
8 13 (3.40%) Jenkins
9 9 (2.36%) CircleCI
9 9 (2.36%) GitLab
10 8 (2.09%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.09%) Charles Proxy
11 7 (1.83%) Postman
11 7 (1.83%) Storybook
12 5 (1.31%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.31%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.31%) XCUITest
13 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
General
1 91 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.66%) Finance
3 46 (12.04%) Public Sector
4 41 (10.73%) Banking
5 30 (7.85%) Electronics
5 30 (7.85%) Telecoms
6 25 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 24 (6.28%) Marketing
8 19 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (3.40%) Military
10 9 (2.36%) Publishing
11 5 (1.31%) Retail
12 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Games
13 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.52%) Back Office
14 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Wearables
15 1 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (32.72%) Developer
2 75 (19.63%) Android Developer
3 63 (16.49%) IT Support
4 52 (13.61%) Support Engineer
5 46 (12.04%) 2nd Line Support
6 39 (10.21%) Senior
7 31 (8.12%) Desktop Support
8 25 (6.54%) Analyst
9 23 (6.02%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.02%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 22 (5.76%) Technical Support
11 21 (5.50%) Software Engineer
12 20 (5.24%) IT Engineer
12 20 (5.24%) Technical Engineer
12 20 (5.24%) Technical Support Engineer
13 18 (4.71%) Mobile Engineer
13 18 (4.71%) UX Engineer
14 17 (4.45%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 17 (4.45%) IT Support Engineer
14 17 (4.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.95%) Android Jetpack
2 36 (9.42%) Jetpack Compose
3 31 (8.12%) React Native
4 26 (6.81%) CSS
4 26 (6.81%) React
5 25 (6.54%) Android SDK
5 25 (6.54%) GraphQL
5 25 (6.54%) RESTful
6 20 (5.24%) AngularJS
7 19 (4.97%) Ajax
8 15 (3.93%) RxJava
9 14 (3.66%) Dagger
10 13 (3.40%) OAuth
11 12 (3.14%) REST
12 11 (2.88%) Web Services
13 10 (2.62%) iOS SDK
13 10 (2.62%) JSON
14 9 (2.36%) OkHttp
15 8 (2.09%) HTML
15 8 (2.09%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 117 (30.63%) Mobile App
2 36 (9.42%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.45%) Smartphone
4 14 (3.66%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.40%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.62%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.36%) Virtual Reality
8 8 (2.09%) Augmented Reality
8 8 (2.09%) Mobile Banking
9 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.31%) Blockchain
10 5 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.31%) iPhone
11 4 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.05%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.79%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 178 (46.60%) Apple iOS
2 131 (34.29%) Windows
3 74 (19.37%) Mac OS
4 56 (14.66%) Windows 10
5 43 (11.26%) Linux
6 20 (5.24%) Unix
7 7 (1.83%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.39%) Android Development
2 71 (18.59%) User Experience
3 63 (16.49%) Agile
4 59 (15.45%) CI/CD
5 53 (13.87%) Customer Service
6 51 (13.35%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (10.99%) Mobile Application Development
8 37 (9.69%) Test Automation
9 32 (8.38%) MVVM
9 32 (8.38%) Software Engineering
10 29 (7.59%) DevOps
11 27 (7.07%) iOS Development
12 26 (6.81%) ITIL
13 25 (6.54%) Mobile Development
14 24 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.02%) Digital Marketing
15 23 (6.02%) Open Source
15 23 (6.02%) Programme Management
15 23 (6.02%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.51%) Java
2 83 (21.73%) Kotlin
3 52 (13.61%) JavaScript
4 39 (10.21%) Python
5 24 (6.28%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.02%) Swift
7 22 (5.76%) PowerShell
8 21 (5.50%) C++
8 21 (5.50%) Perl
9 13 (3.40%) C#
9 13 (3.40%) Objective-C
10 12 (3.14%) SQL
11 6 (1.57%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.05%) C
12 4 (1.05%) PHP
12 4 (1.05%) Scala
13 3 (0.79%) Ruby
14 2 (0.52%) Dart
15 1 (0.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 95 (24.87%) Security Cleared
2 87 (22.77%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.02%) Degree
4 12 (3.14%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.52%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.52%) MCP
11 2 (0.52%) SANS
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.26%) GIAC
12 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.26%) MCITP
12 1 (0.26%) MCSA
12 1 (0.26%) MCSE
12 1 (0.26%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.69%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.54%) QA
3 15 (3.93%) SLA
4 4 (1.05%) WCAG
5 2 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 2 (0.52%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (9.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.79%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.88%) SCCM
3 6 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.79%) Terraform
5 2 (0.52%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.52%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.11%) Apple
3 48 (12.57%) Google
4 46 (12.04%) Cisco
5 45 (11.78%) Dell
5 45 (11.78%) HP
6 36 (9.42%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.02%) SAP
7 23 (6.02%) Splunk
8 20 (5.24%) Oracle
9 9 (2.36%) Xamarin
10 6 (1.57%) Adobe
11 5 (1.31%) Remedy
12 4 (1.05%) BMC
12 4 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.05%) Samsung
12 4 (1.05%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.79%) NCR
13 3 (0.79%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.79%) Thales