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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 190 270
Rank change year-on-year -20 +80 -22
Contract jobs citing Android 420 407 347
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.33% 0.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.94% 9.38% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 244 250
10th Percentile £163 £205 £142
25th Percentile £204 £340 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £469 £525 £538
90th Percentile £576 £625 £614
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 5 16
10th Percentile £20.99 £30.97 £18.72
25th Percentile - £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +81.82% +9.62%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £70.34 £70.10 £78.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.64 £18.97
% change year-on-year -20.51% +66.83% +7.51%

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 4,224 4,337 5,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.56% 14.13% 15.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,773 2,674 4,042
10th Percentile £181 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -6.34%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 164 317
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.53 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +84.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £59.63 £68.32 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £50.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -49.85% +66.67% +20.00%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -58 176 £405 -5.92% 45
North of England -6 89 £225 -36.80% 30
South East +32 58 £208 -44.67% 69
North West +4 55 £220 -38.34% 19
South West +25 47 £350 -21.13% 14
Yorkshire -13 26 £375 -25.00% 7
Midlands -30 25 £175 -61.02% 15
East of England -14 19 £225 -50.00% 24
East Midlands -4 14 £388 +9.77% 13
West Midlands -37 11 £175 -62.77% 2
North East -6 8 £175 +16.67% 4
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 34 (8.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.62%) Confluence
3 10 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 79 (18.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.19%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.19%) Sketch
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.24%) InDesign
5 1 (0.24%) Moqups
5 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (27.62%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (11.43%) Azure
3 21 (5.00%) Google Play
3 21 (5.00%) SaaS
4 19 (4.52%) Sauce Labs
5 18 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.29%) Figma
5 18 (4.29%) GitHub
6 17 (4.05%) AWS
6 17 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.38%) Firebase
8 9 (2.14%) GCP
9 6 (1.43%) BrowserStack
9 6 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.19%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.19%) Sentry
11 4 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.95%) BlazeMeter
12 3 (0.71%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 68 (16.19%) Wireless
2 26 (6.19%) Cisco IOS
3 25 (5.95%) Firewall
4 18 (4.29%) DNS
5 16 (3.81%) DHCP
6 13 (3.10%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.90%) VoIP
8 7 (1.67%) LAN
8 7 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.43%) Bluetooth
10 5 (1.19%) HTTP
10 5 (1.19%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.95%) IP Telephony
11 4 (0.95%) VLAN
11 4 (0.95%) VPN
11 4 (0.95%) WAN
12 3 (0.71%) ATM
13 2 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
14 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.52%) MySQL
1 19 (4.52%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.95%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (10.00%) Android Studio
2 38 (9.05%) Git
3 33 (7.86%) Xcode
4 25 (5.95%) Gradle
5 21 (5.00%) Browser DevTools
6 19 (4.52%) Eclipse
6 19 (4.52%) JIRA
7 16 (3.81%) Appium
7 16 (3.81%) JUnit
8 13 (3.10%) Jenkins
9 11 (2.62%) GitLab
10 9 (2.14%) Bitbucket
10 9 (2.14%) CircleCI
11 8 (1.90%) Charles Proxy
12 7 (1.67%) NUnit
12 7 (1.67%) Postman
12 7 (1.67%) Storybook
13 5 (1.19%) Axure RP
13 5 (1.19%) Katalon Studio
13 5 (1.19%) XCUITest
General
1 94 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.62%) Finance
3 53 (12.62%) Banking
4 43 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.38%) Telecoms
6 29 (6.90%) Electronics
7 25 (5.95%) Games
7 25 (5.95%) Manufacturing
8 24 (5.71%) Marketing
9 17 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (1.90%) Military
11 5 (1.19%) Publishing
12 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.71%) Retail
14 2 (0.48%) Automotive
14 2 (0.48%) Back Office
14 2 (0.48%) Wearables
15 1 (0.24%) Law
15 1 (0.24%) Legal
Job Titles
1 124 (29.52%) Developer
2 75 (17.86%) Android Developer
3 59 (14.05%) IT Support
4 53 (12.62%) Support Engineer
5 38 (9.05%) 2nd Line Support
5 38 (9.05%) Senior
6 31 (7.38%) Desktop Support
7 25 (5.95%) IT Engineer
8 24 (5.71%) Technical Support
9 23 (5.48%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (5.48%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 21 (5.00%) Analyst
10 21 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
10 21 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (4.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 19 (4.52%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.52%) Software Engineer
12 19 (4.52%) UX Engineer
13 16 (3.81%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.76%) Android Jetpack
2 38 (9.05%) Jetpack Compose
3 37 (8.81%) CSS
4 35 (8.33%) React
4 35 (8.33%) React Native
4 35 (8.33%) RESTful
5 27 (6.43%) Android SDK
6 25 (5.95%) GraphQL
7 22 (5.24%) AngularJS
8 20 (4.76%) Ajax
9 18 (4.29%) HTML
10 14 (3.33%) Redux
11 12 (2.86%) RxJava
12 11 (2.62%) Web Services
13 10 (2.38%) Dagger
13 10 (2.38%) Jest
13 10 (2.38%) Node.js
13 10 (2.38%) OAuth
14 9 (2.14%) Flutter
14 9 (2.14%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 137 (32.62%) Mobile App
2 47 (11.19%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.86%) Smartphone
6 8 (1.90%) iPhone
6 8 (1.90%) Virtual Reality
7 7 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
7 7 (1.67%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.95%) Blockchain
9 4 (0.95%) EPoS
9 4 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.95%) iPad
9 4 (0.95%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 184 (43.81%) Apple iOS
2 146 (34.76%) Windows
3 100 (23.81%) Mac OS
4 53 (12.62%) Windows 10
5 41 (9.76%) Linux
6 21 (5.00%) Unix
7 6 (1.43%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.95%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.48%) VMS
10 1 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (23.10%) Android Development
2 84 (20.00%) Agile
3 83 (19.76%) User Experience
4 74 (17.62%) CI/CD
5 51 (12.14%) Customer Service
6 49 (11.67%) Mobile Application Development
7 46 (10.95%) DevOps
8 43 (10.24%) Test Automation
9 42 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (7.86%) MVVM
11 30 (7.14%) Mobile Development
12 29 (6.90%) Unit Testing
13 28 (6.67%) iOS Development
14 26 (6.19%) Software Engineering
14 26 (6.19%) UX Design
15 25 (5.95%) Architectural Patterns
15 25 (5.95%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (5.95%) Scrum
16 24 (5.71%) E-Commerce
16 24 (5.71%) OO
Programming Languages
1 89 (21.19%) Java
2 88 (20.95%) Kotlin
3 57 (13.57%) JavaScript
4 45 (10.71%) PowerShell
5 39 (9.29%) Python
6 26 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 22 (5.24%) Perl
7 22 (5.24%) Swift
8 21 (5.00%) C++
9 19 (4.52%) C#
10 16 (3.81%) SQL
11 13 (3.10%) Objective-C
12 5 (1.19%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.95%) C
13 4 (0.95%) PHP
13 4 (0.95%) Scala
14 3 (0.71%) Ruby
15 2 (0.48%) Dart
16 1 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 93 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 82 (19.52%) SC Cleared
3 20 (4.76%) Degree
4 19 (4.52%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.71%) MCP
10 2 (0.48%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.48%) MCITP
10 2 (0.48%) MCSA
10 2 (0.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.48%) MCTS
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.24%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (11.90%) Accessibility
2 23 (5.48%) QA
3 21 (5.00%) SLA
4 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.95%) WCAG
5 2 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (14.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.19%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (12.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (8.10%) SCCM
3 9 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.71%) AirWatch
4 3 (0.71%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.24%) Podman
6 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 109 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 75 (17.86%) Cisco
3 73 (17.38%) Apple
4 53 (12.62%) HP
5 52 (12.38%) Dell
6 47 (11.19%) Google
7 45 (10.71%) Splunk
8 36 (8.57%) ServiceNow
9 24 (5.71%) SAP
10 22 (5.24%) Oracle
11 21 (5.00%) Meraki
12 12 (2.86%) Adobe
13 10 (2.38%) Xamarin
14 7 (1.67%) Remedy
15 5 (1.19%) BMC
16 4 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (0.95%) Samsung
16 4 (0.95%) Zscaler
17 3 (0.71%) NCR
17 3 (0.71%) Rapid7
178 Android jobs in England