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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 231 194
Rank change year-on-year -71 -37 +83
Contract jobs citing Android 312 259 457
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.06% 1.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.57% 7.59% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 163 310
10th Percentile £195 £160 £210
25th Percentile £275 £225 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £476 £600
90th Percentile £639 £575 £825
UK median daily rate £470 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +17.50% -11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 24
10th Percentile £13.29 £17.50 £13.87
25th Percentile £13.51 £22.10 £16.70
Median hourly rate £22.79 £24.66 £25.20
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% -2.14% +17.21%
75th Percentile £31.44 - £66.25
90th Percentile £63.89 £37.08 £79.63
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £23.58 £22.00
% change year-on-year -9.88% +7.18% +8.64%

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 4,119 3,412 5,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.74% 14.02% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,678 2,320 3,470
10th Percentile £188 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% -5.94%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £468
% change year-on-year -1.08% -0.64% -6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 165 374
10th Percentile £15.74 £15.10 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.27 £17.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £34.68 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -11.11% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year +46.07% -1.11% -47.83%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -66 134 £465 +16.25% 92
South West +10 52 £500 +53.85% 29
North of England -91 41 £275 -31.25% 20
South East -47 37 £275 +34.15% 18
Midlands -59 20 £575 +43.75% 12
Yorkshire -49 19 £190 -57.78% 5
East of England -9 17 £300 - 13
North East -14 13 £450 +16.13% 5
North West -74 12 £310 -22.44% 10
West Midlands -59 11 £575 +411.11% 11
East Midlands -34 9 - - 2
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 12 (3.85%) Confluence
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (10.58%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Notion
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (15.71%) Azure
3 33 (10.58%) AWS
4 31 (9.94%) Entra ID
4 31 (9.94%) GCP
5 28 (8.97%) GitHub
6 21 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.81%) Google Workspace
8 14 (4.49%) SaaS
9 12 (3.85%) Sauce Labs
10 7 (2.24%) Firebase
10 7 (2.24%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.92%) Google Play
11 6 (1.92%) IaaS
11 6 (1.92%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.92%) PaaS
12 5 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.60%) Figma
13 4 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.17%) VoIP
1 13 (4.17%) VPN
2 11 (3.53%) DNS
2 11 (3.53%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.21%) DHCP
3 10 (3.21%) LAN
3 10 (3.21%) WAN
4 8 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.60%) Internet
5 5 (1.60%) Skype
6 4 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.28%) DSL
6 4 (1.28%) Firewall
7 2 (0.64%) 4G
7 2 (0.64%) 5G
7 2 (0.64%) Network Security
7 2 (0.64%) Wireless
8 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.49%) MySQL
2 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.28%) Power BI
5 3 (0.96%) Db2
5 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.64%) SQLite
6 2 (0.64%) Tableau
7 1 (0.32%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 25 (8.01%) Android Studio
2 23 (7.37%) Gradle
3 15 (4.81%) JIRA
3 15 (4.81%) JUnit
4 13 (4.17%) Appium
5 12 (3.85%) Xcode
6 11 (3.53%) CircleCI
7 10 (3.21%) Jenkins
8 8 (2.56%) fastlane
9 6 (1.92%) Git
9 6 (1.92%) XCUITest
10 5 (1.60%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.60%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.60%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.60%) Postman
11 4 (1.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.28%) Selenium
11 4 (1.28%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.96%) GitLab
General
1 94 (30.13%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.29%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.33%) Finance
5 23 (7.37%) Banking
6 11 (3.53%) Military
6 11 (3.53%) Retail
7 9 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.24%) Publishing
9 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Legal
12 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Slovak Language
13 1 (0.32%) Bulgarian Language
13 1 (0.32%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Local Government
13 1 (0.32%) Marketing
13 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (18.91%) Developer
2 48 (15.38%) Android Developer
3 44 (14.10%) Analyst
3 44 (14.10%) Senior
4 32 (10.26%) Mobile Engineer
5 31 (9.94%) Android Engineer
6 28 (8.97%) Architect
7 25 (8.01%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (6.09%) IT Support
9 18 (5.77%) Service Desk Analyst
10 17 (5.45%) Service Analyst
11 15 (4.81%) Support Analyst
12 14 (4.49%) Support Engineer
13 13 (4.17%) IT Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 10 (3.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) IT Engineer
14 10 (3.21%) IT Support Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.42%) Android Jetpack
2 42 (13.46%) Jetpack Compose
3 23 (7.37%) Android SDK
4 19 (6.09%) React Native
4 19 (6.09%) REST
5 16 (5.13%) GraphQL
6 14 (4.49%) React
7 13 (4.17%) RxJava
8 12 (3.85%) Dagger
8 12 (3.85%) RESTful
9 10 (3.21%) OkHttp
10 9 (2.88%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.56%) Flutter
11 8 (2.56%) OAuth
11 8 (2.56%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.24%) CSS
12 7 (2.24%) Retrofit
12 7 (2.24%) WireMock
13 5 (1.60%) pytest
13 5 (1.60%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (24.04%) Mobile App
2 20 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.09%) Virtual Team
4 18 (5.77%) Smartphone
5 17 (5.45%) Blackberry
5 17 (5.45%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.88%) Mobile Payment
9 7 (2.24%) Legacy Code
9 7 (2.24%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
10 6 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.92%) Mobile Banking
10 6 (1.92%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (1.60%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.28%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.96%) BYOD
13 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 179 (57.37%) Apple iOS
2 120 (38.46%) Windows
3 44 (14.10%) Mac OS
4 31 (9.94%) Windows 10
5 23 (7.37%) Linux
6 5 (1.60%) Unix
7 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (19.23%) Android Development
3 44 (14.10%) Mobile Device Management
4 42 (13.46%) Agile
4 42 (13.46%) CI/CD
4 42 (13.46%) User Experience
5 40 (12.82%) Test Automation
6 34 (10.90%) Customer Service
6 34 (10.90%) MVVM
7 32 (10.26%) ITIL
8 30 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (8.33%) Service Delivery
10 22 (7.05%) AI
11 21 (6.73%) Computer Science
12 20 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (6.41%) Data Protection
13 18 (5.77%) Open Source
13 18 (5.77%) Software Engineering
14 17 (5.45%) ITSM
15 16 (5.13%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 77 (24.68%) Kotlin
2 56 (17.95%) Java
3 24 (7.69%) Python
4 19 (6.09%) Swift
5 18 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.53%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.24%) SQL
9 5 (1.60%) Objective-C
9 5 (1.60%) Perl
10 4 (1.28%) C++
11 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.64%) Scala
13 1 (0.32%) Bash
13 1 (0.32%) BrightScript
13 1 (0.32%) C#
13 1 (0.32%) Korn
13 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (25.32%) Security Cleared
2 69 (22.12%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.65%) Degree
4 16 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.53%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.96%) ACSP
9 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.96%) PhD
10 2 (0.64%) SANS
11 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.32%) CCSP
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.32%) CISSP
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.69%) QA
2 18 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.88%) WCAG
4 7 (2.24%) SLA
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
6 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.56%) Docker
3 4 (1.28%) BitLocker
3 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.64%) Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.24%) SCCM
3 6 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.64%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.64%) Kibana
6 2 (0.64%) Podman
6 2 (0.64%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (29.81%) Microsoft
2 49 (15.71%) Google
3 39 (12.50%) Apple
4 19 (6.09%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.13%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.81%) Citrix
6 15 (4.81%) VMware
7 9 (2.88%) HP
8 6 (1.92%) Splunk
9 5 (1.60%) Cisco
9 5 (1.60%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.60%) Oracle
10 4 (1.28%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.96%) Canon
11 3 (0.96%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.64%) Coverity
12 2 (0.64%) Meraki
12 2 (0.64%) SAP
12 2 (0.64%) Thales
12 2 (0.64%) Xamarin