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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 252 199
Rank change year-on-year -53 -53 +70
Contract jobs citing Android 316 252 438
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 1.04% 1.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.68% 7.41% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 159 299
10th Percentile £194 £160 £200
25th Percentile £275 £223 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £476 £606
90th Percentile £645 £575 £825
UK median daily rate £465 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +16.25% -11.11% +12.50%
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 £22.80 £24.66 £25.20
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% -2.14% +14.21%
75th Percentile £43.22 - £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% +2.33%

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 4,114 3,400 5,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.80% 14.04% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,680 2,319 3,444
10th Percentile £187 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -1.05% -6.86%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £694 £700
UK median daily rate £459 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -1.77% -1.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 160 372
10th Percentile £15.74 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.27 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.79 £20.64 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.39% -8.27% -47.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.00 £62.13
90th Percentile £72.20 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.25 £22.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year +49.44% -1.11% -48.78%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -59 135 £465 +16.25% 70
South West +8 55 £500 +53.85% 16
North of England -93 40 £261 -34.69% 15
South East -44 39 £275 +34.15% 14
Yorkshire -51 19 £190 -57.78% 2
Midlands -67 18 £625 +56.25% 11
East of England -17 17 £300 - 8
North East -14 12 £450 +16.13% 5
North West -72 12 £261 -34.69% 8
West Midlands -62 10 £625 +455.56% 8
East Midlands -33 8 - - 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 12 (3.80%) Confluence
2 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) Notion
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.46%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (15.51%) Azure
3 32 (10.13%) AWS
4 31 (9.81%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.49%) GCP
6 27 (8.54%) GitHub
7 20 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.75%) Google Workspace
8 15 (4.75%) SaaS
9 13 (4.11%) Sauce Labs
10 7 (2.22%) Firebase
10 7 (2.22%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.90%) Google Play
11 6 (1.90%) IaaS
11 6 (1.90%) PaaS
12 5 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.58%) Figma
12 5 (1.58%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.80%) DNS
1 12 (3.80%) VoIP
1 12 (3.80%) VPN
2 11 (3.48%) DHCP
2 11 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.16%) LAN
3 10 (3.16%) WAN
4 8 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.58%) Internet
5 5 (1.58%) Skype
6 4 (1.27%) DSL
6 4 (1.27%) Firewall
7 3 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.95%) Wireless
8 2 (0.63%) Network Security
9 1 (0.32%) 4G
9 1 (0.32%) 5G
9 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.43%) MySQL
2 8 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.27%) Power BI
5 3 (0.95%) DB2
5 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) SQLite
6 2 (0.63%) Tableau
7 1 (0.32%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 26 (8.23%) Android Studio
2 22 (6.96%) Gradle
3 15 (4.75%) JIRA
4 14 (4.43%) JUnit
5 13 (4.11%) Appium
5 13 (4.11%) Xcode
6 10 (3.16%) CircleCI
6 10 (3.16%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.53%) fastlane
8 6 (1.90%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (1.90%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.90%) Git
8 6 (1.90%) XCUITest
9 5 (1.58%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.58%) Postman
10 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.27%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.27%) PyUnit
10 4 (1.27%) Selenium
10 4 (1.27%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.86%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.23%) Finance
5 23 (7.28%) Banking
6 11 (3.48%) Military
7 10 (3.16%) Retail
8 9 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.22%) Publishing
10 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.95%) Legal
12 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.63%) Slovak Language
13 1 (0.32%) Bulgarian Language
13 1 (0.32%) Czech Language
13 1 (0.32%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.32%) Norwegian Language
13 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (20.25%) Developer
2 53 (16.77%) Android Developer
3 45 (14.24%) Analyst
3 45 (14.24%) Senior
4 32 (10.13%) Mobile Engineer
5 28 (8.86%) Android Engineer
5 28 (8.86%) Architect
6 26 (8.23%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (6.65%) IT Support
8 18 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
9 17 (5.38%) Service Analyst
10 16 (5.06%) Support Analyst
10 16 (5.06%) Support Engineer
11 14 (4.43%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.48%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.48%) IT Engineer
12 11 (3.48%) IT Support Analyst
13 9 (2.85%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.61%) Android Jetpack
2 40 (12.66%) Jetpack Compose
3 25 (7.91%) Android SDK
4 20 (6.33%) React Native
5 19 (6.01%) REST
6 18 (5.70%) GraphQL
7 16 (5.06%) React
8 12 (3.80%) RxJava
9 11 (3.48%) Dagger
9 11 (3.48%) RESTful
10 10 (3.16%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.16%) OkHttp
11 9 (2.85%) CSS
12 8 (2.53%) Flutter
12 8 (2.53%) OAuth
12 8 (2.53%) OAuth2
13 7 (2.22%) Ajax
13 7 (2.22%) Retrofit
13 7 (2.22%) WireMock
14 6 (1.90%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 74 (23.42%) Mobile App
2 20 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.70%) Smartphone
3 18 (5.70%) Virtual Team
4 17 (5.38%) Blackberry
5 16 (5.06%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.53%) Mobile Payment
8 8 (2.53%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.22%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.90%) Augmented Reality
10 6 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.90%) Mobile Banking
10 6 (1.90%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (1.58%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.95%) BYOD
13 3 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 181 (57.28%) Apple iOS
2 122 (38.61%) Windows
3 45 (14.24%) Mac OS
4 33 (10.44%) Windows 10
5 25 (7.91%) Linux
6 6 (1.90%) Unix
7 3 (0.95%) 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 77 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (20.89%) Android Development
3 43 (13.61%) Mobile Device Management
4 42 (13.29%) User Experience
5 41 (12.97%) CI/CD
6 40 (12.66%) Test Automation
7 39 (12.34%) Agile
8 33 (10.44%) Customer Service
8 33 (10.44%) MVVM
9 32 (10.13%) ITIL
10 29 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (8.23%) Service Delivery
12 22 (6.96%) AI
13 21 (6.65%) Computer Science
14 20 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.01%) Data Protection
15 19 (6.01%) Software Engineering
16 17 (5.38%) Open Source
17 16 (5.06%) DevOps
17 16 (5.06%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 77 (24.37%) Kotlin
2 60 (18.99%) Java
3 26 (8.23%) Python
4 20 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 19 (6.01%) Swift
6 11 (3.48%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.22%) SQL
9 6 (1.90%) Perl
10 5 (1.58%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.95%) C++
13 2 (0.63%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) Bash
14 1 (0.32%) BrightScript
14 1 (0.32%) C#
14 1 (0.32%) Korn
14 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 81 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 71 (22.47%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.86%) Degree
4 16 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.95%) ACSP
8 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.95%) PhD
9 2 (0.63%) SANS
10 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.32%) CCSP
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CISSP
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.96%) QA
2 18 (5.70%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.85%) WCAG
4 6 (1.90%) SLA
5 3 (0.95%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) 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 38 (12.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.53%) Docker
3 4 (1.27%) BitLocker
3 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.63%) Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (15.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.22%) SCCM
3 6 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (1.90%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.63%) Kibana
6 2 (0.63%) Podman
6 2 (0.63%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 94 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.19%) Google
3 41 (12.97%) Apple
4 20 (6.33%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.06%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.75%) Citrix
6 15 (4.75%) VMware
7 10 (3.16%) HP
8 7 (2.22%) Splunk
9 6 (1.90%) Oracle
10 5 (1.58%) Cisco
10 5 (1.58%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.95%) Dell
12 3 (0.95%) Virgin Media
13 2 (0.63%) Canon
13 2 (0.63%) Meraki
13 2 (0.63%) SAP
13 2 (0.63%) Thales
13 2 (0.63%) Xamarin