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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 193 242
Rank change year-on-year -49 +49 +3
Contract jobs citing Android 370 350 372
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.11% 1.34% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.83% 9.38% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 206 278
10th Percentile £163 £193 £165
25th Percentile £200 £304 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £418 £438
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% -4.46% -7.89%
75th Percentile £475 £514 £518
90th Percentile £588 £598 £613
UK median daily rate £350 £418 £438
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.46% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 8 21
10th Percentile £17.81 £23.64 £13.87
25th Percentile £24.23 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £27.00 £27.72 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +46.43% -15.17%
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £70.50 £45.80 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £27.72 £18.93
% change year-on-year -4.40% +46.43% -13.95%

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 4,192 3,731 5,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.56% 14.24% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,819 2,360 3,803
10th Percentile £178 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +2.70% -11.06%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £439 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -7.63% +2.15% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 121 373
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.69 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.57% +80.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £53.40 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £70.52
UK median hourly rate £23.79 £31.08 £25.25
% change year-on-year -23.46% +23.09% -1.79%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -82 148 £425 - 69
North of England -45 77 £200 -41.22% 37
South West +14 51 £400 +88.24% 18
North West -13 51 £220 -32.25% 18
South East -1 45 £275 +10.00% 54
Midlands -31 24 £175 -50.84% 20
East of England -19 16 £275 -38.89% 24
Yorkshire -53 16 £225 -52.51% 16
East Midlands -17 14 £158 -61.51% 6
North East -11 10 £175 -6.67% 4
West Midlands -35 10 £175 +37.25% 14
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 (4.32%) Confluence
2 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.81%) CMS
5 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 77 (20.81%) 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 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (23.78%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (10.27%) Azure
3 24 (6.49%) GitHub
4 20 (5.41%) AWS
4 20 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 19 (5.14%) Sauce Labs
6 18 (4.86%) GCP
7 17 (4.59%) SaaS
8 16 (4.32%) Figma
9 14 (3.78%) Google Workspace
10 11 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.16%) Google Play
12 7 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.89%) Firebase
13 5 (1.35%) Sentry
14 4 (1.08%) BlazeMeter
14 4 (1.08%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.81%) Google Drive
15 3 (0.81%) npm
15 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 53 (14.32%) Wireless
2 20 (5.41%) DNS
3 18 (4.86%) DHCP
4 15 (4.05%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.05%) VoIP
5 11 (2.97%) LAN
6 9 (2.43%) WAN
6 9 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.35%) Firewall
7 5 (1.35%) HTTP
7 5 (1.35%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.35%) VPN
8 4 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.81%) ATM
9 3 (0.81%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.54%) DSL
10 2 (0.54%) Internet
11 1 (0.27%) 4G
11 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.86%) MySQL
2 15 (4.05%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.27%) DB2
4 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.27%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (11.08%) Android Studio
2 31 (8.38%) Xcode
3 29 (7.84%) Gradle
4 21 (5.68%) JIRA
5 17 (4.59%) Browser DevTools
6 15 (4.05%) Eclipse
6 15 (4.05%) Git
6 15 (4.05%) Jenkins
7 14 (3.78%) Appium
8 12 (3.24%) JUnit
9 10 (2.70%) Postman
10 9 (2.43%) Bitbucket
10 9 (2.43%) GitLab
11 8 (2.16%) Charles Proxy
11 8 (2.16%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.89%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.35%) IntelliJ
13 5 (1.35%) PyUnit
13 5 (1.35%) Storybook
13 5 (1.35%) XCUITest
General
1 89 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.51%) Finance
3 48 (12.97%) Public Sector
4 39 (10.54%) Banking
5 30 (8.11%) Electronics
5 30 (8.11%) Telecoms
6 28 (7.57%) Manufacturing
7 25 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (6.22%) Marketing
9 14 (3.78%) Military
10 11 (2.97%) Publishing
11 6 (1.62%) Retail
12 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.54%) Wearables
14 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.27%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 116 (31.35%) Developer
2 71 (19.19%) Android Developer
3 66 (17.84%) IT Support
4 50 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support
5 49 (13.24%) Support Engineer
6 39 (10.54%) Senior
7 32 (8.65%) Desktop Support
8 28 (7.57%) Analyst
9 23 (6.22%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.22%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 22 (5.95%) IT Engineer
11 20 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
12 18 (4.86%) Mobile Engineer
12 18 (4.86%) Technical Support
13 16 (4.32%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.32%) Technical Engineer
13 16 (4.32%) Technical Support Engineer
14 15 (4.05%) Service Desk Analyst
14 15 (4.05%) UX Engineer
15 14 (3.78%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.00%) Android Jetpack
2 35 (9.46%) Jetpack Compose
3 30 (8.11%) React Native
4 29 (7.84%) React
5 23 (6.22%) GraphQL
6 22 (5.95%) CSS
7 21 (5.68%) Android SDK
8 18 (4.86%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.32%) Ajax
10 15 (4.05%) RESTful
10 15 (4.05%) RxJava
11 14 (3.78%) Dagger
12 13 (3.51%) REST
13 11 (2.97%) OAuth
13 11 (2.97%) Web Services
14 9 (2.43%) OkHttp
15 8 (2.16%) Retrofit
16 7 (1.89%) pytest
16 7 (1.89%) RAML
16 7 (1.89%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 103 (27.84%) Mobile App
2 34 (9.19%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.86%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.24%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.97%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.16%) Mobile Banking
9 6 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.35%) Blockchain
10 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.35%) iPhone
11 4 (1.08%) Blackberry
11 4 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.08%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.81%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 175 (47.30%) Apple iOS
2 135 (36.49%) Windows
3 71 (19.19%) Mac OS
4 55 (14.86%) Windows 10
5 36 (9.73%) Linux
6 17 (4.59%) Unix
7 8 (2.16%) 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 87 (23.51%) Android Development
2 66 (17.84%) User Experience
3 56 (15.14%) Agile
4 54 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (14.32%) Customer Service
6 48 (12.97%) CI/CD
7 41 (11.08%) Test Automation
8 33 (8.92%) Mobile Application Development
9 31 (8.38%) MVVM
10 28 (7.57%) ITIL
11 26 (7.03%) Mobile Development
12 25 (6.76%) Software Engineering
13 24 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.22%) Digital Marketing
14 23 (6.22%) Open Source
14 23 (6.22%) Programme Management
15 22 (5.95%) iOS Development
16 21 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (5.41%) Design Patterns
18 19 (5.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.19%) Java
2 70 (18.92%) Kotlin
3 54 (14.59%) JavaScript
4 39 (10.54%) Python
5 27 (7.30%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.68%) PowerShell
7 20 (5.41%) Swift
8 18 (4.86%) Perl
9 10 (2.70%) Objective-C
10 8 (2.16%) C++
10 8 (2.16%) SQL
11 7 (1.89%) C#
11 7 (1.89%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.08%) C
12 4 (1.08%) Scala
13 3 (0.81%) Ruby
14 1 (0.27%) Bash
14 1 (0.27%) BrightScript
Qualifications
1 99 (26.76%) Security Cleared
2 91 (24.59%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.59%) Degree
4 10 (2.70%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.54%) SANS
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) GIAC
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.46%) Accessibility
2 26 (7.03%) QA
3 13 (3.51%) SLA
4 6 (1.62%) WCAG
5 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.54%) GDPR
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 40 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.81%) 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 29 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.24%) SCCM
3 6 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.08%) Grafana
5 3 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.54%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.54%) Kibana
6 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.54%) Terraform
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 85 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 64 (17.30%) Apple
3 51 (13.78%) Google
4 44 (11.89%) Cisco
5 43 (11.62%) Dell
5 43 (11.62%) HP
6 36 (9.73%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.22%) SAP
8 20 (5.41%) Splunk
9 17 (4.59%) Oracle
10 10 (2.70%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.35%) Adobe
11 5 (1.35%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.35%) Remedy
12 4 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.08%) MobileIron
12 4 (1.08%) Samsung
12 4 (1.08%) VMware
12 4 (1.08%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.81%) NCR