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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 186 273
Rank change year-on-year -25 +87 -20
Contract jobs citing Android 415 419 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.38% 1.35% 0.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.92% 9.47% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 252 259
10th Percentile £163 £205 £142
25th Percentile £204 £339 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% - -19.05%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £525
90th Percentile £600 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £370 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -12.94% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 4 16
10th Percentile £20.43 £32.38 £18.72
25th Percentile - £34.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.93% +159.49% +12.47%
75th Percentile £54.13 £69.31 £73.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.33 £78.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £28.34 £19.75
% change year-on-year -11.26% +43.49% +12.47%

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 4,184 4,426 6,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.92% 14.22% 15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,737 2,729 4,288
10th Percentile £185 £203 £182
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.26% -4.71%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 184 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.95 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £58.00 £39.08
Median % change year-on-year -60.34% +48.41% +56.31%
75th Percentile £48.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.70 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £35.92
% change year-on-year -54.29% +46.16% +43.68%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -66 172 £440 -2.22% 181
North of England +9 98 £350 -2.78% 95
North West +6 62 £295 -17.60% 68
South East +40 54 £208 -44.67% 60
South West +29 36 £350 -15.15% 34
Midlands -38 28 £325 -29.27% 16
Yorkshire -24 27 £413 -15.38% 23
East of England -11 20 £225 -50.00% 26
East Midlands +1 16 £425 +20.40% 7
West Midlands -38 12 £188 -60.32% 9
North East -10 9 £175 +16.67% 5
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 37 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.17%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.48%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 74 (17.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.20%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.20%) Sketch
3 3 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.24%) InDesign
5 1 (0.24%) Moqups
5 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.24%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 122 (29.40%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (14.22%) Azure
3 24 (5.78%) SaaS
4 22 (5.30%) GitHub
5 21 (5.06%) AWS
6 20 (4.82%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.58%) Google Play
8 18 (4.34%) Sauce Labs
9 17 (4.10%) Figma
10 12 (2.89%) GCP
11 10 (2.41%) Firebase
12 9 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.45%) BrowserStack
13 6 (1.45%) Sentry
14 5 (1.20%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (0.96%) npm
16 3 (0.72%) Google Workspace
16 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.66%) Wireless
2 29 (6.99%) Cisco IOS
2 29 (6.99%) Firewall
3 18 (4.34%) DNS
4 16 (3.86%) DHCP
5 12 (2.89%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.93%) VoIP
7 7 (1.69%) LAN
8 6 (1.45%) Bluetooth
8 6 (1.45%) VPN
8 6 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.20%) HTTP
9 5 (1.20%) IP Telephony
9 5 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (1.20%) VLAN
10 4 (0.96%) WAN
11 3 (0.72%) ATM
12 2 (0.48%) Calico
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
13 1 (0.24%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.34%) MySQL
1 18 (4.34%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.96%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.48%) Power BI
4 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.24%) Redis
5 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (11.33%) Git
2 42 (10.12%) Android Studio
3 38 (9.16%) Xcode
4 34 (8.19%) Gradle
5 20 (4.82%) Browser DevTools
5 20 (4.82%) Jenkins
6 18 (4.34%) Eclipse
7 16 (3.86%) JUnit
8 15 (3.61%) JIRA
9 13 (3.13%) Appium
10 10 (2.41%) GitLab
11 9 (2.17%) CircleCI
12 8 (1.93%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.93%) Charles Proxy
12 8 (1.93%) Postman
13 7 (1.69%) NUnit
13 7 (1.69%) Storybook
14 5 (1.20%) Katalon Studio
14 5 (1.20%) Selenium
14 5 (1.20%) XCUITest
General
1 98 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.80%) Finance
3 61 (14.70%) Banking
4 44 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.75%) Games
6 27 (6.51%) Electronics
6 27 (6.51%) Telecoms
7 25 (6.02%) Manufacturing
8 24 (5.78%) Marketing
9 19 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Military
10 5 (1.20%) Publishing
11 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Retail
12 3 (0.72%) Local Government
12 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Back Office
13 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 118 (28.43%) Developer
2 68 (16.39%) Android Developer
3 57 (13.73%) IT Support
4 51 (12.29%) Support Engineer
5 40 (9.64%) Senior
6 37 (8.92%) 2nd Line Support
7 30 (7.23%) Desktop Support
8 26 (6.27%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (6.02%) IT Engineer
10 23 (5.54%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 23 (5.54%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 23 (5.54%) Technical Support
11 21 (5.06%) Analyst
12 20 (4.82%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 20 (4.82%) Technical Engineer
12 20 (4.82%) Technical Support Engineer
13 18 (4.34%) UX Engineer
14 17 (4.10%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
15 16 (3.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.84%) Android Jetpack
2 42 (10.12%) Jetpack Compose
3 40 (9.64%) CSS
4 39 (9.40%) RESTful
5 36 (8.67%) React
6 31 (7.47%) React Native
7 28 (6.75%) Android SDK
8 24 (5.78%) GraphQL
9 22 (5.30%) HTML
10 21 (5.06%) AngularJS
11 18 (4.34%) Ajax
12 17 (4.10%) Dagger
13 16 (3.86%) Redux
14 13 (3.13%) REST
15 12 (2.89%) Jest
16 11 (2.65%) RxJava
17 10 (2.41%) OAuth
17 10 (2.41%) Web Services
18 9 (2.17%) .NET
18 9 (2.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 133 (32.05%) Mobile App
2 46 (11.08%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.10%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.65%) Smartphone
6 8 (1.93%) iPhone
6 8 (1.93%) Mobile Banking
6 8 (1.93%) Virtual Reality
7 7 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.45%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.20%) iPad
9 5 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.96%) EPoS
10 4 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.72%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 187 (45.06%) Apple iOS
2 140 (33.73%) Windows
3 102 (24.58%) Mac OS
4 51 (12.29%) Windows 10
5 37 (8.92%) Linux
6 20 (4.82%) Unix
7 6 (1.45%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.20%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.48%) VMS
10 1 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (22.65%) Agile
2 89 (21.45%) Android Development
3 86 (20.72%) User Experience
4 78 (18.80%) CI/CD
5 51 (12.29%) DevOps
6 49 (11.81%) Test Automation
7 48 (11.57%) Mobile Application Development
8 47 (11.33%) Customer Service
9 39 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (9.16%) MVVM
11 35 (8.43%) Unit Testing
12 33 (7.95%) UX Design
13 32 (7.71%) Mobile Development
14 29 (6.99%) Architectural Patterns
15 28 (6.75%) Scrum
16 27 (6.51%) iOS Development
17 26 (6.27%) E-Commerce
17 26 (6.27%) Mentoring
18 25 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
19 23 (5.54%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (23.61%) Kotlin
2 94 (22.65%) Java
3 56 (13.49%) JavaScript
4 50 (12.05%) PowerShell
5 45 (10.84%) Python
6 25 (6.02%) C++
6 25 (6.02%) Swift
7 24 (5.78%) TypeScript
8 21 (5.06%) Perl
9 20 (4.82%) C#
10 17 (4.10%) Objective-C
11 16 (3.86%) SQL
12 8 (1.93%) C
13 7 (1.69%) Ruby
13 7 (1.69%) Scala
14 6 (1.45%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.96%) Bash
15 4 (0.96%) PHP
16 2 (0.48%) Dart
16 2 (0.48%) JSX
Qualifications
1 83 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 72 (17.35%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.06%) Degree
4 17 (4.10%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.45%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.72%) MCP
11 2 (0.48%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.48%) MCITP
11 2 (0.48%) MCSA
11 2 (0.48%) MCSE
11 2 (0.48%) MCTS
11 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Master
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.24%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.57%) Accessibility
2 21 (5.06%) QA
3 20 (4.82%) SLA
4 5 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.96%) SEPA
5 4 (0.96%) WCAG
6 2 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 68 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.48%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (14.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (8.43%) SCCM
3 7 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.20%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.96%) Terraform
6 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.48%) Istio
6 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 111 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 75 (18.07%) Cisco
3 67 (16.14%) Apple
4 49 (11.81%) Dell
4 49 (11.81%) HP
5 47 (11.33%) Splunk
6 45 (10.84%) Google
7 35 (8.43%) ServiceNow
8 24 (5.78%) Meraki
8 24 (5.78%) SAP
9 21 (5.06%) Oracle
10 13 (3.13%) Adobe
11 10 (2.41%) Xamarin
12 7 (1.69%) Remedy
12 7 (1.69%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.20%) BMC
14 4 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.96%) Okta
14 4 (0.96%) Samsung
15 3 (0.72%) NCR
413 Android jobs in England