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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 250 232
Rank change year-on-year -7 -18 +23
Contract jobs citing Android 368 255 384
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 1.02% 1.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.80% 7.19% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 157 270
10th Percentile £163 £162 £163
25th Percentile £204 £225 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £356 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -16.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £505 £500 £518
90th Percentile £607 £601 £625
UK median daily rate £361 £362 £425
% change year-on-year -0.19% -14.82% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 9 21
10th Percentile £17.46 £19.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 - £16.86
Median hourly rate £34.00 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +37.88% +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £42.20 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +11.52% +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 4,183 3,548 5,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.62% 14.25% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,768 2,363 3,609
10th Percentile £180 £200 £175
25th Percentile £268 £313 £263
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 £669 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £445 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.32% +5.56% -12.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 127 386
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.84 £18.29 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.81 £34.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.91% +51.11% -15.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.10 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £28.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.87% +27.58% -15.09%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -39 139 £425 +21.43% 45
South West +24 72 £500 +53.85% 17
North of England -41 66 £183 -49.16% 43
South East -18 47 £361 +62.38% 42
North West -17 41 £175 -47.13% 20
Midlands -55 17 £158 -58.33% 22
East of England -24 16 £275 - 19
Yorkshire -52 16 £208 -54.89% 20
North East -9 9 £175 -6.67% 4
East Midlands -33 9 £158 -55.76% 9
West Midlands -49 8 £510 +27.50% 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 17 (4.62%) Confluence
2 8 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 71 (19.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.27%) InDesign
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 83 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (7.07%) Azure
3 22 (5.98%) GitHub
4 20 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.89%) GCP
6 17 (4.62%) Sauce Labs
7 15 (4.08%) AWS
8 14 (3.80%) Google Workspace
9 13 (3.53%) SaaS
10 12 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.99%) Figma
12 7 (1.90%) Firebase
13 6 (1.63%) Google Play
13 6 (1.63%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.09%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.82%) GitHub Copilot
15 3 (0.82%) Google Drive
15 3 (0.82%) npm
15 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.82%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.32%) Wireless
2 18 (4.89%) DNS
3 17 (4.62%) DHCP
4 14 (3.80%) TCP/IP
4 14 (3.80%) VoIP
5 11 (2.99%) LAN
5 11 (2.99%) WAN
5 11 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.63%) VPN
7 4 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.09%) Firewall
8 3 (0.82%) ATM
8 3 (0.82%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.82%) DSL
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.54%) HTTP
9 2 (0.54%) Internet
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) Network Security
10 1 (0.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.08%) MySQL
2 12 (3.26%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.09%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.82%) DB2
4 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.54%) SQLite
6 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (11.41%) Android Studio
2 24 (6.52%) Gradle
3 21 (5.71%) JIRA
3 21 (5.71%) Xcode
4 14 (3.80%) Browser DevTools
5 13 (3.53%) JUnit
6 12 (3.26%) Eclipse
6 12 (3.26%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.99%) Appium
8 10 (2.72%) Git
9 9 (2.45%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.45%) CircleCI
9 9 (2.45%) GitLab
10 7 (1.90%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.63%) Postman
11 6 (1.63%) PyCharm
11 6 (1.63%) PyUnit
12 5 (1.36%) Charles Proxy
13 4 (1.09%) ESLint
13 4 (1.09%) Mockito
General
1 99 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.04%) Finance
2 48 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 35 (9.51%) Banking
4 33 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.42%) Telecoms
6 30 (8.15%) Electronics
6 30 (8.15%) Manufacturing
7 24 (6.52%) Marketing
8 13 (3.53%) Military
9 12 (3.26%) Publishing
10 5 (1.36%) Retail
11 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.54%) Wearables
13 1 (0.27%) Advertising
13 1 (0.27%) Automotive
13 1 (0.27%) Back Office
13 1 (0.27%) Billing
Job Titles
1 111 (30.16%) Developer
2 75 (20.38%) Android Developer
3 69 (18.75%) IT Support
4 51 (13.86%) 2nd Line Support
5 42 (11.41%) Support Engineer
6 39 (10.60%) Senior
7 29 (7.88%) Analyst
8 28 (7.61%) Desktop Support
9 24 (6.52%) IT Engineer
10 23 (6.25%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 23 (6.25%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 22 (5.98%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (5.43%) Mobile Engineer
13 19 (5.16%) Android Engineer
13 19 (5.16%) Architect
14 15 (4.08%) Senior Developer
14 15 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
14 15 (4.08%) Technical Support
15 14 (3.80%) Service Analyst
16 13 (3.53%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (11.68%) Android Jetpack
2 41 (11.14%) Jetpack Compose
3 30 (8.15%) Android SDK
4 27 (7.34%) React
5 26 (7.07%) React Native
6 20 (5.43%) GraphQL
7 17 (4.62%) CSS
8 16 (4.35%) AngularJS
9 15 (4.08%) RESTful
10 14 (3.80%) RxJava
11 13 (3.53%) Ajax
11 13 (3.53%) Dagger
11 13 (3.53%) REST
12 9 (2.45%) OkHttp
13 8 (2.17%) JSON
13 8 (2.17%) pytest
13 8 (2.17%) Retrofit
13 8 (2.17%) Web Services
14 7 (1.90%) RAML
14 7 (1.90%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 85 (23.10%) Mobile App
2 32 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.89%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.89%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.08%) Blackberry
5 14 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.45%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.45%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.63%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.36%) iPhone
9 5 (1.36%) Mobile Banking
10 4 (1.09%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.82%) Blog
11 3 (0.82%) Mobile Payment
11 3 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 170 (46.20%) Apple iOS
2 142 (38.59%) Windows
3 72 (19.57%) Mac OS
4 52 (14.13%) Windows 10
5 38 (10.33%) Linux
6 12 (3.26%) Unix
7 9 (2.45%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (25.00%) Android Development
2 68 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (13.59%) Agile
4 49 (13.32%) Customer Service
5 48 (13.04%) User Experience
6 46 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 41 (11.14%) Test Automation
8 36 (9.78%) MVVM
9 32 (8.70%) ITIL
10 29 (7.88%) Open Source
11 28 (7.61%) Mobile Device Management
12 26 (7.07%) Software Engineering
13 24 (6.52%) Mobile Application Development
14 23 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
14 23 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (6.25%) Programme Management
14 23 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (5.98%) Mobile Development
16 21 (5.71%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.92%) Kotlin
2 76 (20.65%) Java
3 46 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 34 (9.24%) Python
5 21 (5.71%) TypeScript
6 20 (5.43%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.35%) Swift
8 14 (3.80%) Perl
9 8 (2.17%) Objective-C
10 7 (1.90%) SQL
11 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.36%) C++
13 4 (1.09%) C#
14 1 (0.27%) BrightScript
14 1 (0.27%) C
14 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 121 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 113 (30.71%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.16%) Degree
4 10 (2.72%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.82%) PhD
8 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.54%) SANS
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) GIAC
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.07%) Accessibility
2 20 (5.43%) QA
3 6 (1.63%) WCAG
4 5 (1.36%) SLA
5 3 (0.82%) GDPR
6 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.54%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 37 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.26%) SCCM
3 8 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.09%) Grafana
4 4 (1.09%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.54%) Kibana
6 2 (0.54%) Podman
6 2 (0.54%) 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 91 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.30%) Apple
3 51 (13.86%) Google
4 43 (11.68%) Cisco
5 42 (11.41%) HP
6 41 (11.14%) Dell
7 32 (8.70%) ServiceNow
8 23 (6.25%) SAP
9 15 (4.08%) Citrix
9 15 (4.08%) MobileIron
9 15 (4.08%) VMware
10 14 (3.80%) Splunk
11 12 (3.26%) Oracle
12 8 (2.17%) Xamarin
13 5 (1.36%) Adobe
13 5 (1.36%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.36%) Remedy
13 5 (1.36%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.82%) Thales