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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 233 221
Rank change year-on-year -41 -12 +33
Contract jobs citing Android 349 248 398
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.02% 1.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.45% 7.16% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 155 282
10th Percentile £170 £160 £165
25th Percentile £206 £214 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £501 £488 £575
90th Percentile £618 £575 £700
UK median daily rate £375 £365 £438
% change year-on-year +2.88% -16.69% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 25
10th Percentile £16.94 £19.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.46 - £16.86
Median hourly rate £51.54 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +109.00% +30.27% -16.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £42.20 £77.25
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 4,129 3,466 5,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.96% 14.31% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,734 2,383 3,554
10th Percentile £181 £200 £178
25th Percentile £300 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £457
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.94% -11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 136 377
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.38 £13.09
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.81 £28.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% +28.20% -23.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.81 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.13 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £25.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +13.64% -24.14%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -71 132 £420 +20.34% 53
South West +31 72 £475 +46.15% 15
North of England -62 59 £190 -45.56% 27
South East -29 43 £361 +70.02% 31
North West -32 36 £220 -31.19% 11
East of England -17 19 £275 - 17
Midlands -65 14 £316 -16.34% 12
Yorkshire -53 13 £190 -58.70% 12
North East -8 10 £175 -22.22% 5
East Midlands -34 7 £158 -54.78% 1
West Midlands -54 7 £575 +43.75% 11
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 (4.58%) Confluence
2 8 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (16.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (7.16%) Azure
3 21 (6.02%) GitHub
4 20 (5.73%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.58%) GCP
6 15 (4.30%) Sauce Labs
7 14 (4.01%) AWS
7 14 (4.01%) Google Workspace
8 13 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.87%) SaaS
10 9 (2.58%) Figma
11 6 (1.72%) Firebase
11 6 (1.72%) Google Play
12 5 (1.43%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.15%) BlazeMeter
14 3 (0.86%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (0.86%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.86%) npm
14 3 (0.86%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.57%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.03%) Wireless
2 19 (5.44%) DNS
3 18 (5.16%) DHCP
4 16 (4.58%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.01%) VoIP
6 12 (3.44%) LAN
6 12 (3.44%) WAN
6 12 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.29%) VPN
8 5 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.86%) DSL
9 3 (0.86%) Internet
10 2 (0.57%) ATM
10 2 (0.57%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.57%) Firewall
11 1 (0.29%) 4G
11 1 (0.29%) HTTP
11 1 (0.29%) Network Security
11 1 (0.29%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.44%) MySQL
2 9 (2.58%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.86%) DB2
3 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.86%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.57%) SQLite
5 1 (0.29%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (10.32%) Android Studio
2 21 (6.02%) Gradle
2 21 (6.02%) JIRA
3 17 (4.87%) Xcode
4 13 (3.72%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.44%) Appium
5 12 (3.44%) JUnit
6 11 (3.15%) Browser DevTools
7 9 (2.58%) Eclipse
7 9 (2.58%) GitLab
8 8 (2.29%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.29%) Git
9 7 (2.01%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.01%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.72%) Postman
11 5 (1.43%) PyCharm
11 5 (1.43%) PyUnit
12 4 (1.15%) Charles Proxy
12 4 (1.15%) JMeter
12 4 (1.15%) Selenium
General
1 95 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.46%) Public Sector
3 36 (10.32%) Finance
4 32 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.17%) Banking
5 23 (6.59%) Electronics
5 23 (6.59%) Manufacturing
5 23 (6.59%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.87%) Marketing
7 13 (3.72%) Military
8 12 (3.44%) Publishing
9 5 (1.43%) Retail
10 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.29%) Advertising
12 1 (0.29%) Automotive
12 1 (0.29%) Billing
12 1 (0.29%) Legal
12 1 (0.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 97 (27.79%) Developer
2 67 (19.20%) Android Developer
3 57 (16.33%) IT Support
4 42 (12.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 38 (10.89%) Senior
6 36 (10.32%) Support Engineer
7 32 (9.17%) Analyst
8 24 (6.88%) IT Engineer
9 23 (6.59%) Architect
10 22 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
11 21 (6.02%) Android Engineer
11 21 (6.02%) Desktop Support
12 18 (5.16%) Mobile Engineer
13 16 (4.58%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
13 16 (4.58%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
13 16 (4.58%) Service Desk Analyst
14 15 (4.30%) Service Analyst
15 14 (4.01%) Software Engineer
16 13 (3.72%) Senior Developer
17 12 (3.44%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.60%) Android Jetpack
2 35 (10.03%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (8.02%) Android SDK
4 26 (7.45%) React Native
5 22 (6.30%) React
6 15 (4.30%) GraphQL
7 13 (3.72%) CSS
7 13 (3.72%) REST
8 12 (3.44%) AngularJS
8 12 (3.44%) RxJava
9 10 (2.87%) Ajax
9 10 (2.87%) RESTful
10 9 (2.58%) Dagger
11 8 (2.29%) Flutter
11 8 (2.29%) OkHttp
12 7 (2.01%) JSON
12 7 (2.01%) OAuth
12 7 (2.01%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.01%) pytest
12 7 (2.01%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 75 (21.49%) Mobile App
2 22 (6.30%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.58%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.01%) Blackberry
5 14 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.15%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.29%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.43%) iPhone
10 5 (1.43%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.43%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.15%) Blockchain
11 4 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.86%) Blog
12 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.86%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 163 (46.70%) Apple iOS
2 140 (40.11%) Windows
3 65 (18.62%) Mac OS
4 49 (14.04%) Windows 10
5 38 (10.89%) Linux
6 9 (2.58%) Unix
6 9 (2.58%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.57%) VMS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.78%) Android Development
2 69 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (13.18%) Test Automation
4 45 (12.89%) Agile
5 44 (12.61%) CI/CD
5 44 (12.61%) Customer Service
6 43 (12.32%) User Experience
7 33 (9.46%) MVVM
8 32 (9.17%) ITIL
9 27 (7.74%) Software Engineering
10 26 (7.45%) Mobile Device Management
11 25 (7.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (6.88%) Open Source
13 20 (5.73%) Mobile Application Development
13 20 (5.73%) Performance Tuning
14 19 (5.44%) iOS Development
15 17 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (4.87%) Mobile Development
16 16 (4.58%) Analytics
16 16 (4.58%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (20.34%) Kotlin
2 67 (19.20%) Java
3 40 (11.46%) JavaScript
4 31 (8.88%) Python
5 19 (5.44%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.44%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.30%) Swift
7 9 (2.58%) Perl
8 7 (2.01%) Objective-C
9 6 (1.72%) SQL
10 5 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.15%) C++
12 2 (0.57%) C#
12 2 (0.57%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) BrightScript
13 1 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 114 (32.66%) Security Cleared
2 106 (30.37%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.02%) Degree
4 10 (2.87%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PhD
9 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.57%) SANS
10 1 (0.29%) ACSP
10 1 (0.29%) GIAC
10 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.16%) Accessibility
2 18 (5.16%) QA
3 7 (2.01%) WCAG
4 4 (1.15%) SLA
5 3 (0.86%) GDPR
6 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.57%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 37 (10.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.72%) Docker
3 2 (0.57%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (10.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.44%) SCCM
3 10 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.15%) Grafana
5 3 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.57%) Kibana
6 2 (0.57%) Podman
6 2 (0.57%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 88 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (15.19%) Apple
3 46 (13.18%) Google
4 34 (9.74%) Cisco
5 33 (9.46%) HP
6 31 (8.88%) Dell
7 29 (8.31%) ServiceNow
8 16 (4.58%) SAP
9 15 (4.30%) Citrix
9 15 (4.30%) MobileIron
9 15 (4.30%) VMware
10 10 (2.87%) Splunk
11 9 (2.58%) Oracle
12 6 (1.72%) Xamarin
13 5 (1.43%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.43%) Remedy
13 5 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.86%) Adobe
14 3 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.86%) Thales