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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 207 234
Rank change year-on-year -40 +27 +23
Contract jobs citing Android 369 335 380
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.30% 1.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.78% 9.10% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 200 282
10th Percentile £163 £193 £163
25th Percentile £204 £308 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £411 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -3.24% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £518
90th Percentile £600 £596 £611
UK median daily rate £354 £411 £425
% change year-on-year -13.92% -3.24% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 8 21
10th Percentile £17.29 £23.64 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £27.72 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +46.10% +46.43% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £45.80 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £27.72 £18.93
% change year-on-year +22.66% +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 4,202 3,682 5,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.35% 14.27% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,809 2,347 3,704
10th Percentile £180 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% +5.00% -13.46%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £591
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £438 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -7.89% +2.70% -10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 118 360
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.42 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.88 £17.16
Median hourly rate £22.50 £38.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.79% +50.50% -4.65%
75th Percentile £48.75 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £23.25 £29.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -19.83% +14.85% -1.94%

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 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 16 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 16 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 -84 143 £425 - 48
North of England -47 72 £190 -45.45% 47
South West +13 54 £400 +88.24% 28
South East -3 49 £275 -26.67% 50
North West -22 46 £175 -46.07% 17
Midlands -37 25 £175 -56.25% 21
Yorkshire -53 17 £225 -52.51% 29
East of England -20 16 £275 -38.89% 23
East Midlands -15 13 £158 -61.51% 6
West Midlands -38 12 £175 -56.25% 15
North East -10 9 £175 -6.67% 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 16 (4.34%) Confluence
2 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.98%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 73 (19.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.27%) InDesign
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 86 (23.31%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (9.21%) Azure
3 29 (7.86%) GitHub
4 20 (5.42%) AWS
4 20 (5.42%) GCP
5 19 (5.15%) Entra ID
5 19 (5.15%) Sauce Labs
6 17 (4.61%) SaaS
7 15 (4.07%) Figma
8 14 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (3.79%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.17%) Google Play
10 7 (1.90%) Firebase
11 6 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.36%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.36%) Sentry
13 4 (1.08%) BlazeMeter
13 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (0.81%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.82%) Wireless
2 19 (5.15%) DNS
3 17 (4.61%) DHCP
4 15 (4.07%) VoIP
5 14 (3.79%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.25%) LAN
7 10 (2.71%) WAN
7 10 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.63%) VPN
9 5 (1.36%) Firewall
9 5 (1.36%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.08%) HTTP
11 3 (0.81%) ATM
11 3 (0.81%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
12 2 (0.54%) DSL
12 2 (0.54%) Internet
13 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.88%) MySQL
2 15 (4.07%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.81%) DB2
4 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.27%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.27%) Power BI
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (11.11%) Android Studio
2 28 (7.59%) Gradle
3 27 (7.32%) Xcode
4 22 (5.96%) JIRA
5 17 (4.61%) Browser DevTools
6 15 (4.07%) Eclipse
7 14 (3.79%) JUnit
8 13 (3.52%) Appium
9 12 (3.25%) Git
9 12 (3.25%) Jenkins
10 11 (2.98%) CircleCI
11 9 (2.44%) Bitbucket
11 9 (2.44%) GitLab
11 9 (2.44%) Postman
12 7 (1.90%) Charles Proxy
12 7 (1.90%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.36%) PyCharm
13 5 (1.36%) PyUnit
14 4 (1.08%) IntelliJ
14 4 (1.08%) Mockito
General
1 90 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.55%) Finance
3 47 (12.74%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.49%) Banking
5 30 (8.13%) Electronics
5 30 (8.13%) Telecoms
6 29 (7.86%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (6.23%) Marketing
9 13 (3.52%) Military
10 11 (2.98%) Publishing
11 5 (1.36%) Retail
12 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.54%) Wearables
14 1 (0.27%) Advertising
14 1 (0.27%) Automotive
14 1 (0.27%) Back Office
14 1 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (31.44%) Developer
2 73 (19.78%) Android Developer
3 67 (18.16%) IT Support
4 50 (13.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 49 (13.28%) Support Engineer
6 40 (10.84%) Senior
7 32 (8.67%) Desktop Support
8 26 (7.05%) Analyst
9 23 (6.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.23%) IT Engineer
9 23 (6.23%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 21 (5.69%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.42%) Mobile Engineer
12 18 (4.88%) Technical Support
13 16 (4.34%) Android Engineer
13 16 (4.34%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.34%) Technical Engineer
13 16 (4.34%) Technical Support Engineer
14 15 (4.07%) UX Engineer
15 14 (3.79%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.38%) Android Jetpack
2 40 (10.84%) Jetpack Compose
3 31 (8.40%) React
3 31 (8.40%) React Native
4 24 (6.50%) Android SDK
5 23 (6.23%) GraphQL
6 20 (5.42%) AngularJS
7 19 (5.15%) CSS
8 17 (4.61%) RxJava
9 16 (4.34%) Ajax
9 16 (4.34%) Dagger
9 16 (4.34%) RESTful
10 15 (4.07%) REST
11 11 (2.98%) OkHttp
11 11 (2.98%) Web Services
12 10 (2.71%) OAuth
13 9 (2.44%) RAML
13 9 (2.44%) WireMock
14 8 (2.17%) Retrofit
15 7 (1.90%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 98 (26.56%) Mobile App
2 32 (8.67%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.88%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.98%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.71%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.63%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.36%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.36%) Blockchain
9 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.36%) iPhone
9 5 (1.36%) Mobile Banking
10 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.81%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.81%) Blog
11 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.81%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 172 (46.61%) Apple iOS
2 137 (37.13%) Windows
3 70 (18.97%) Mac OS
4 53 (14.36%) Windows 10
5 39 (10.57%) Linux
6 17 (4.61%) Unix
7 8 (2.17%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.54%) VMS
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (24.12%) Android Development
2 60 (16.26%) User Experience
3 56 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (14.91%) Agile
5 50 (13.55%) CI/CD
6 49 (13.28%) Customer Service
7 41 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 34 (9.21%) MVVM
9 32 (8.67%) Mobile Application Development
10 29 (7.86%) ITIL
11 27 (7.32%) Open Source
11 27 (7.32%) Software Engineering
12 24 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (6.23%) Digital Marketing
13 23 (6.23%) Programme Management
14 22 (5.96%) Mobile Development
15 21 (5.69%) iOS Development
16 20 (5.42%) Analytics
16 20 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (5.42%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.05%) Java
2 73 (19.78%) Kotlin
3 51 (13.82%) JavaScript
4 38 (10.30%) Python
5 26 (7.05%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.69%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.88%) Perl
8 17 (4.61%) Swift
9 10 (2.71%) SQL
10 7 (1.90%) Objective-C
10 7 (1.90%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.36%) C#
11 5 (1.36%) C++
12 1 (0.27%) Bash
12 1 (0.27%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 101 (27.37%) Security Cleared
2 94 (25.47%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.69%) Degree
4 10 (2.71%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.44%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.81%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.54%) SANS
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.27%) GIAC
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.94%) Accessibility
2 26 (7.05%) QA
3 11 (2.98%) SLA
4 6 (1.63%) WCAG
5 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.54%) GDPR
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 40 (10.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.08%) 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 28 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.25%) SCCM
3 6 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.08%) Grafana
4 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.54%) Kibana
6 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.54%) Terraform
7 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) Podman
Vendors
1 82 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 61 (16.53%) Apple
3 53 (14.36%) Google
4 42 (11.38%) Cisco
5 41 (11.11%) Dell
5 41 (11.11%) HP
6 35 (9.49%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.23%) SAP
8 19 (5.15%) Splunk
9 17 (4.61%) Oracle
10 8 (2.17%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.36%) Adobe
11 5 (1.36%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.36%) MobileIron
11 5 (1.36%) Remedy
11 5 (1.36%) VMware
12 4 (1.08%) Citrix
12 4 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.08%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.81%) Optimizely