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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 276 211
Rank change year-on-year -3 -65 +46
Contract jobs citing Android 338 224 420
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.92% 1.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.30% 6.57% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 145 297
10th Percentile £185 £163 £185
25th Percentile £213 £220 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £365 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -18.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £469 £588
90th Percentile £648 £545 £825
UK median daily rate £410 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 25
10th Percentile £19.63 £19.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.81 £16.86
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +112.90% +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £31.52 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £34.13 £79.50
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 4,073 3,410 5,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.37% 13.97% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,710 2,343 3,511
10th Percentile £185 £200 £180
25th Percentile £304 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £669 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 147 380
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.88 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.10 £15.06
Median hourly rate £28.74 £24.66 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.55% +14.70% -25.86%
75th Percentile £67.84 £64.38 £52.37
90th Percentile £74.71 £68.30 £68.08
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £24.42 £22.00
% change year-on-year +14.66% +11.00% -26.67%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -42 128 £425 +19.05% 52
South West +26 72 £475 +65.22% 21
North of England -62 53 £225 -43.75% 36
South East -34 42 £381 +73.02% 30
North West -36 28 £225 -28.12% 15
East of England -20 20 £298 - 13
Yorkshire -48 19 £190 -57.78% 18
Midlands -70 12 £500 +25.00% 14
North East -11 9 £200 +6.67% 4
West Midlands -54 7 £575 +43.75% 11
East Midlands -40 5 £158 -55.79% 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 (4.14%) Confluence
2 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (12.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 59 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (9.17%) Azure
3 24 (7.10%) Entra ID
3 24 (7.10%) GCP
4 22 (6.51%) GitHub
5 21 (6.21%) AWS
6 15 (4.44%) Google Workspace
7 14 (4.14%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (4.14%) SaaS
8 12 (3.55%) Sauce Labs
9 8 (2.37%) Figma
10 6 (1.78%) Firebase
10 6 (1.78%) Google Play
10 6 (1.78%) IaaS
10 6 (1.78%) PaaS
11 4 (1.18%) BlazeMeter
11 4 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.89%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.89%) npm
12 3 (0.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.51%) Wireless
2 18 (5.33%) DNS
3 17 (5.03%) DHCP
4 16 (4.73%) TCP/IP
5 15 (4.44%) VoIP
6 12 (3.55%) LAN
6 12 (3.55%) WAN
6 12 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.37%) VPN
8 5 (1.48%) Internet
9 4 (1.18%) DSL
10 2 (0.59%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.59%) Firewall
11 1 (0.30%) 4G
11 1 (0.30%) 5G
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.30%) Network Security
11 1 (0.30%) Skype
11 1 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.66%) MySQL
2 6 (1.78%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.89%) DB2
3 3 (0.89%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.59%) SQLite
5 1 (0.30%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (9.47%) Android Studio
2 21 (6.21%) Gradle
3 18 (5.33%) JIRA
4 14 (4.14%) Xcode
5 11 (3.25%) Appium
5 11 (3.25%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.25%) JUnit
6 9 (2.66%) GitLab
7 8 (2.37%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (2.07%) CircleCI
8 7 (2.07%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.78%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.78%) Eclipse
9 6 (1.78%) Git
10 5 (1.48%) fastlane
10 5 (1.48%) Postman
10 5 (1.48%) PyCharm
10 5 (1.48%) PyUnit
11 4 (1.18%) ESLint
11 4 (1.18%) JMeter
General
1 91 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.36%) Public Sector
3 33 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.28%) Banking
5 24 (7.10%) Finance
6 15 (4.44%) Military
7 14 (4.14%) Electronics
7 14 (4.14%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.55%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.96%) Publishing
10 8 (2.37%) Marketing
11 5 (1.48%) Retail
12 3 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Billing
13 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.30%) Police
13 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 92 (27.22%) Developer
2 63 (18.64%) Android Developer
3 44 (13.02%) Senior
4 41 (12.13%) IT Support
5 33 (9.76%) Analyst
6 31 (9.17%) Support Engineer
7 29 (8.58%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (7.40%) Architect
9 23 (6.80%) Android Engineer
9 23 (6.80%) IT Engineer
10 22 (6.51%) Mobile Engineer
11 21 (6.21%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (5.03%) Service Desk Analyst
13 16 (4.73%) Service Analyst
14 13 (3.85%) Software Engineer
15 12 (3.55%) Desktop Support
15 12 (3.55%) Senior Developer
16 10 (2.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 9 (2.66%) iOS Developer
17 9 (2.66%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.36%) Android Jetpack
2 33 (9.76%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (8.28%) React Native
4 26 (7.69%) Android SDK
5 19 (5.62%) React
6 13 (3.85%) GraphQL
7 12 (3.55%) REST
8 10 (2.96%) Flutter
8 10 (2.96%) RxJava
9 9 (2.66%) AngularJS
9 9 (2.66%) CSS
10 8 (2.37%) Dagger
10 8 (2.37%) OkHttp
11 7 (2.07%) Ajax
11 7 (2.07%) pytest
11 7 (2.07%) WebdriverIO
12 6 (1.78%) JSON
12 6 (1.78%) OAuth
12 6 (1.78%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (22.49%) Mobile App
2 16 (4.73%) Smartphone
3 15 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.14%) Blackberry
5 13 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.55%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.55%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.55%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.07%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.48%) iPhone
10 5 (1.48%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.48%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.18%) Blockchain
11 4 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.89%) Blog
12 3 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 175 (51.78%) Apple iOS
2 138 (40.83%) Windows
3 61 (18.05%) Mac OS
4 43 (12.72%) Windows 10
5 34 (10.06%) Linux
6 8 (2.37%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.78%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) CentOS
8 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (23.08%) Android Development
1 78 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (13.61%) Test Automation
3 44 (13.02%) CI/CD
4 41 (12.13%) Agile
5 38 (11.24%) Customer Service
5 38 (11.24%) User Experience
6 35 (10.36%) Mobile Device Management
7 32 (9.47%) MVVM
8 28 (8.28%) ITIL
9 26 (7.69%) Software Engineering
10 25 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (6.80%) Open Source
12 19 (5.62%) Performance Tuning
13 18 (5.33%) Mobile Development
14 17 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (5.03%) iOS Development
15 16 (4.73%) Mobile Application Development
16 15 (4.44%) AI
16 15 (4.44%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 68 (20.12%) Kotlin
2 61 (18.05%) Java
3 35 (10.36%) JavaScript
4 28 (8.28%) Python
5 19 (5.62%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.62%) TypeScript
6 13 (3.85%) Swift
7 7 (2.07%) Objective-C
8 6 (1.78%) Perl
8 6 (1.78%) SQL
9 5 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.89%) C++
11 2 (0.59%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 107 (31.66%) Security Cleared
2 95 (28.11%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.62%) Degree
4 11 (3.25%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.89%) PhD
9 2 (0.59%) SANS
10 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ACSP
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.30%) GIAC
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.92%) Accessibility
2 18 (5.33%) QA
3 6 (1.78%) WCAG
4 3 (0.89%) GDPR
4 3 (0.89%) NCSC
5 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (10.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.59%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.25%) SCCM
3 10 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.18%) Grafana
5 3 (0.89%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.89%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.59%) Kibana
6 2 (0.59%) Podman
6 2 (0.59%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.91%) Apple
3 46 (13.61%) Google
4 25 (7.40%) ServiceNow
5 22 (6.51%) HP
6 20 (5.92%) Cisco
7 19 (5.62%) Dell
8 16 (4.73%) MobileIron
9 15 (4.44%) Citrix
9 15 (4.44%) VMware
10 7 (2.07%) SAP
11 6 (1.78%) Oracle
11 6 (1.78%) Splunk
12 5 (1.48%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.48%) Remedy
12 5 (1.48%) Xamarin
13 4 (1.18%) Braze
13 4 (1.18%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.89%) Thales