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

 6 months to
12 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 205 246
Rank change year-on-year -17 +41 +4
Contract jobs citing Android 376 331 340
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.21% 1.24% 0.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.34% 8.89% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 192 248
10th Percentile £163 £190 £143
25th Percentile £204 £316 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% +4.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £450 £519 £500
90th Percentile £558 £600 £591
UK median daily rate £350 £416 £425
% change year-on-year -15.92% -2.06% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 6 18
10th Percentile £19.65 £22.96 -
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.64 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% -28.90% +128.21%
75th Percentile £67.84 £34.69 £74.69
90th Percentile £71.20 £53.00 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £27.72 £23.00
% change year-on-year -2.60% +20.52% +22.90%

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 4,026 3,724 5,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.98% 13.94% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,677 2,347 3,821
10th Percentile £175 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -6.86%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 125 295
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.35 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.04 £52.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.31% +75.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% +9.68% +24.00%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -61 151 £405 -4.71% 54
North of England -16 80 £225 -32.02% 49
North West -6 54 £220 -32.46% 23
South West +14 51 £400 +28.00% 22
South East +19 49 £208 -46.45% 80
Midlands -26 24 £175 -49.75% 24
Yorkshire -31 17 £350 -30.00% 21
East of England -21 14 £250 -44.44% 37
East Midlands -11 13 £158 -55.76% 15
West Midlands -25 11 £175 +37.25% 9
North East -6 9 £175 +16.67% 6
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 14 (3.72%) Confluence
2 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.80%) CMS
5 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 77 (20.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.27%) InDesign
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Moqups
3 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (23.14%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (10.64%) Azure
3 21 (5.59%) GitHub
3 21 (5.59%) SaaS
4 19 (5.05%) Sauce Labs
5 18 (4.79%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.26%) AWS
7 14 (3.72%) Figma
7 14 (3.72%) GCP
8 10 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.66%) Google Play
9 9 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.39%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.86%) Firebase
11 5 (1.33%) Sentry
12 4 (1.06%) BlazeMeter
12 4 (1.06%) BrowserStack
12 4 (1.06%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.80%) Google Analytics
14 2 (0.53%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 60 (15.96%) Wireless
2 16 (4.26%) DNS
3 15 (3.99%) DHCP
4 13 (3.46%) VoIP
5 12 (3.19%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.86%) LAN
7 6 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.33%) HTTP
8 5 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.33%) WAN
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.06%) Firewall
9 4 (1.06%) VPN
10 3 (0.80%) ATM
10 3 (0.80%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.27%) DKIM
12 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.27%) Internet
12 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.32%) MySQL
2 19 (5.05%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
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 45 (11.97%) Android Studio
2 34 (9.04%) Xcode
3 32 (8.51%) Gradle
4 24 (6.38%) Git
5 21 (5.59%) Browser DevTools
6 19 (5.05%) Eclipse
6 19 (5.05%) JIRA
7 17 (4.52%) JUnit
8 13 (3.46%) Appium
8 13 (3.46%) Jenkins
9 9 (2.39%) CircleCI
9 9 (2.39%) GitLab
10 8 (2.13%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.13%) Charles Proxy
11 7 (1.86%) Postman
11 7 (1.86%) Storybook
12 5 (1.33%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.33%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (1.33%) XCUITest
13 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
General
1 91 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.89%) Finance
3 43 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 41 (10.90%) Banking
5 30 (7.98%) Electronics
5 30 (7.98%) Telecoms
6 25 (6.65%) Manufacturing
7 24 (6.38%) Marketing
8 17 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (3.19%) Military
10 8 (2.13%) Publishing
11 4 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.06%) Games
11 4 (1.06%) Retail
12 3 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.53%) Back Office
13 2 (0.53%) Wearables
14 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (32.45%) Developer
2 74 (19.68%) Android Developer
3 63 (16.76%) IT Support
4 53 (14.10%) Support Engineer
5 45 (11.97%) 2nd Line Support
6 36 (9.57%) Senior
7 31 (8.24%) Desktop Support
8 24 (6.38%) Analyst
9 23 (6.12%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (6.12%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 23 (6.12%) Technical Support
10 21 (5.59%) Software Engineer
10 21 (5.59%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.59%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (5.32%) IT Engineer
12 19 (5.05%) UX Engineer
13 18 (4.79%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 17 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
15 16 (4.26%) Mobile Engineer
15 16 (4.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.84%) Android Jetpack
2 35 (9.31%) Jetpack Compose
3 29 (7.71%) React Native
4 27 (7.18%) CSS
4 27 (7.18%) React
5 25 (6.65%) Android SDK
5 25 (6.65%) GraphQL
5 25 (6.65%) RESTful
6 21 (5.59%) AngularJS
7 20 (5.32%) Ajax
8 15 (3.99%) RxJava
9 14 (3.72%) Dagger
10 12 (3.19%) OAuth
10 12 (3.19%) REST
11 11 (2.93%) Web Services
12 10 (2.66%) iOS SDK
12 10 (2.66%) JSON
13 9 (2.39%) OkHttp
14 8 (2.13%) HTML
14 8 (2.13%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 118 (31.38%) Mobile App
2 37 (9.84%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.26%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.26%) Smartphone
4 15 (3.99%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.46%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.66%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.39%) Virtual Reality
8 8 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.86%) Mobile Banking
10 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.33%) iPhone
12 4 (1.06%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.06%) Legacy Code
12 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (0.80%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 172 (45.74%) Apple iOS
2 129 (34.31%) Windows
3 73 (19.41%) Mac OS
4 55 (14.63%) Windows 10
5 42 (11.17%) Linux
6 21 (5.59%) Unix
7 6 (1.60%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.27%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (25.53%) Android Development
2 71 (18.88%) User Experience
3 63 (16.76%) Agile
4 57 (15.16%) CI/CD
5 53 (14.10%) Customer Service
6 49 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (11.44%) Mobile Application Development
8 36 (9.57%) Test Automation
9 32 (8.51%) Software Engineering
10 31 (8.24%) MVVM
11 29 (7.71%) DevOps
12 27 (7.18%) iOS Development
13 25 (6.65%) Mobile Development
14 24 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (6.38%) ITIL
15 23 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.12%) Digital Marketing
15 23 (6.12%) OO
15 23 (6.12%) Open Source
15 23 (6.12%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.87%) Java
2 82 (21.81%) Kotlin
3 52 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 39 (10.37%) Python
5 23 (6.12%) Swift
5 23 (6.12%) TypeScript
6 22 (5.85%) Perl
7 21 (5.59%) C++
7 21 (5.59%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.46%) C#
8 13 (3.46%) Objective-C
9 12 (3.19%) SQL
10 5 (1.33%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.06%) C
11 4 (1.06%) PHP
11 4 (1.06%) Scala
12 3 (0.80%) Ruby
13 2 (0.53%) Dart
14 1 (0.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 94 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 86 (22.87%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.12%) Degree
4 13 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.53%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.53%) MCP
10 2 (0.53%) SANS
11 1 (0.27%) GIAC
11 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.27%) MCITP
11 1 (0.27%) MCSA
11 1 (0.27%) MCSE
11 1 (0.27%) MCTS
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.84%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.65%) QA
3 16 (4.26%) SLA
4 4 (1.06%) WCAG
5 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.80%) 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 30 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.93%) SCCM
3 6 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.53%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.53%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.41%) Apple
3 47 (12.50%) Cisco
4 46 (12.23%) Dell
4 46 (12.23%) HP
5 44 (11.70%) Google
6 36 (9.57%) ServiceNow
7 24 (6.38%) Splunk
8 23 (6.12%) SAP
9 21 (5.59%) Oracle
10 9 (2.39%) Xamarin
11 6 (1.60%) Adobe
12 5 (1.33%) Remedy
13 4 (1.06%) BMC
13 4 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.06%) Samsung
13 4 (1.06%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.80%) NCR
14 3 (0.80%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.80%) Thales
260 Android jobs in England