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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 192 241
Rank change year-on-year -41 +49 +11
Contract jobs citing Android 378 348 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.34% 0.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.89% 9.43% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 205 276
10th Percentile £163 £193 £163
25th Percentile £204 £303 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £418 £429
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -2.57% -9.79%
75th Percentile £488 £513 £518
90th Percentile £588 £598 £606
UK median daily rate £358 £418 £429
% change year-on-year -14.35% -2.45% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 8 21
10th Percentile £17.63 £23.64 £13.87
25th Percentile £23.31 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.72 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +46.43% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £71.00 £45.80 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £27.72 £18.93
% change year-on-year -2.60% +46.43% -15.17%

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 4,254 3,690 5,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.56% 14.24% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,856 2,349 3,719
10th Percentile £178 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £457
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +3.94% -12.12%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £440 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -7.37% +2.15% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 120 363
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.63 £17.11
Median hourly rate £22.54 £42.75 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -47.28% +70.22% -5.15%
75th Percentile £52.38 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £71.65
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £29.89 £25.25
% change year-on-year -21.38% +18.38% -2.88%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -85 150 £425 - 57
North of England -38 77 £200 -41.22% 36
South West +13 54 £400 +88.24% 25
North West -13 51 £220 -32.25% 16
South East -9 48 £275 +10.00% 50
Midlands -42 24 £175 -50.84% 19
East of England -19 16 £275 -38.89% 23
Yorkshire -55 16 £225 -52.51% 18
East Midlands -17 14 £158 -61.51% 6
North East -10 10 £175 -6.67% 3
West Midlands -40 10 £175 +37.25% 13
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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.79%) CMS
5 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 76 (20.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.26%) InDesign
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (10.58%) Azure
3 28 (7.41%) GitHub
4 22 (5.82%) AWS
5 20 (5.29%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.29%) GCP
6 19 (5.03%) Sauce Labs
7 17 (4.50%) SaaS
8 16 (4.23%) Figma
9 14 (3.70%) Google Workspace
10 13 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.12%) Google Play
12 7 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.85%) Firebase
13 6 (1.59%) Sentry
14 5 (1.32%) OneDrive
15 4 (1.06%) BlazeMeter
15 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
16 3 (0.79%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 52 (13.76%) Wireless
2 20 (5.29%) DNS
3 18 (4.76%) DHCP
4 15 (3.97%) TCP/IP
4 15 (3.97%) VoIP
5 11 (2.91%) LAN
6 9 (2.38%) WAN
6 9 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.59%) VPN
8 5 (1.32%) Firewall
8 5 (1.32%) HTTP
8 5 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.79%) ATM
10 3 (0.79%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
11 2 (0.53%) DSL
11 2 (0.53%) Internet
12 1 (0.26%) 5G
12 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.76%) MySQL
2 15 (3.97%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.79%) DB2
4 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.26%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.26%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (10.85%) Android Studio
2 31 (8.20%) Gradle
2 31 (8.20%) Xcode
3 21 (5.56%) JIRA
4 17 (4.50%) Browser DevTools
5 15 (3.97%) Eclipse
5 15 (3.97%) Git
5 15 (3.97%) Jenkins
6 14 (3.70%) Appium
7 13 (3.44%) JUnit
8 10 (2.65%) CircleCI
8 10 (2.65%) Postman
9 9 (2.38%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.38%) GitLab
10 8 (2.12%) Charles Proxy
11 7 (1.85%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.32%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.32%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.32%) PyCharm
12 5 (1.32%) PyUnit
General
1 91 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.49%) Finance
3 48 (12.70%) Public Sector
4 39 (10.32%) Banking
5 30 (7.94%) Electronics
5 30 (7.94%) Telecoms
6 28 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (6.08%) Marketing
9 14 (3.70%) Military
10 11 (2.91%) Publishing
11 6 (1.59%) Retail
12 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.53%) Wearables
14 1 (0.26%) Automotive
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 119 (31.48%) Developer
2 74 (19.58%) Android Developer
3 66 (17.46%) IT Support
4 50 (13.23%) 2nd Line Support
5 49 (12.96%) Support Engineer
6 40 (10.58%) Senior
7 32 (8.47%) Desktop Support
8 28 (7.41%) Analyst
9 23 (6.08%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 22 (5.82%) IT Engineer
11 20 (5.29%) IT Support Engineer
12 19 (5.03%) Mobile Engineer
13 18 (4.76%) Technical Support
14 16 (4.23%) Senior Developer
14 16 (4.23%) Technical Engineer
14 16 (4.23%) Technical Support Engineer
15 15 (3.97%) Android Engineer
15 15 (3.97%) Service Desk Analyst
15 15 (3.97%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.85%) Android Jetpack
2 39 (10.32%) Jetpack Compose
3 31 (8.20%) React
4 30 (7.94%) React Native
5 24 (6.35%) Android SDK
6 23 (6.08%) GraphQL
7 22 (5.82%) CSS
8 20 (5.29%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.23%) Ajax
9 16 (4.23%) RESTful
9 16 (4.23%) RxJava
10 15 (3.97%) Dagger
11 14 (3.70%) REST
12 11 (2.91%) OAuth
12 11 (2.91%) Web Services
13 10 (2.65%) OkHttp
14 8 (2.12%) RAML
14 8 (2.12%) Retrofit
14 8 (2.12%) WireMock
15 7 (1.85%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 104 (27.51%) Mobile App
2 33 (8.73%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.76%) Smartphone
4 14 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.91%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.91%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.12%) Mobile Banking
7 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.32%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.32%) Blockchain
8 5 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.32%) iPhone
8 5 (1.32%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 179 (47.35%) Apple iOS
2 138 (36.51%) Windows
3 71 (18.78%) Mac OS
4 54 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 38 (10.05%) Linux
6 17 (4.50%) Unix
7 8 (2.12%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.53%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (23.81%) Android Development
2 66 (17.46%) User Experience
3 58 (15.34%) Agile
4 57 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (13.49%) Customer Service
6 50 (13.23%) CI/CD
7 41 (10.85%) Test Automation
8 34 (8.99%) MVVM
9 33 (8.73%) Mobile Application Development
10 29 (7.67%) ITIL
11 27 (7.14%) Mobile Development
12 26 (6.88%) Open Source
12 26 (6.88%) Software Engineering
13 24 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.08%) Digital Marketing
14 23 (6.08%) Programme Management
15 22 (5.82%) iOS Development
16 21 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (5.29%) Analytics
17 20 (5.29%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 75 (19.84%) Java
1 75 (19.84%) Kotlin
2 54 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 41 (10.85%) Python
4 27 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 21 (5.56%) PowerShell
6 20 (5.29%) Swift
7 18 (4.76%) Perl
8 10 (2.65%) Objective-C
8 10 (2.65%) SQL
9 8 (2.12%) C++
10 7 (1.85%) C#
10 7 (1.85%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.06%) C
11 4 (1.06%) Scala
12 3 (0.79%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) Bash
13 1 (0.26%) BrightScript
Qualifications
1 101 (26.72%) Security Cleared
2 93 (24.60%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.56%) Degree
4 10 (2.65%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.79%) PhD
10 2 (0.53%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.53%) SANS
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.26%) Accessibility
2 26 (6.88%) QA
3 12 (3.17%) SLA
4 6 (1.59%) WCAG
5 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.53%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 40 (10.58%) 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 (7.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.17%) SCCM
3 6 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.06%) Grafana
4 4 (1.06%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.53%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.53%) Kibana
6 2 (0.53%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.53%) Terraform
7 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 87 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 63 (16.67%) Apple
3 53 (14.02%) Google
4 43 (11.38%) Cisco
5 42 (11.11%) Dell
5 42 (11.11%) HP
6 36 (9.52%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.08%) SAP
8 20 (5.29%) Splunk
9 17 (4.50%) Oracle
10 10 (2.65%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.32%) Adobe
11 5 (1.32%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.32%) MobileIron
11 5 (1.32%) Remedy
11 5 (1.32%) VMware
12 4 (1.06%) Citrix
12 4 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.06%) Samsung
12 4 (1.06%) Zscaler