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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 230 180
Rank change year-on-year -89 -50 +91
Contract jobs citing Android 313 291 481
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.17% 1.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.53% 8.22% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 178 324
10th Percentile £198 £160 £211
25th Percentile £275 £250 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 £459
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -12.76% +7.88%
75th Percentile £575 £479 £600
90th Percentile £638 £578 £825
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £453
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.60% +6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 24
10th Percentile £13.00 £20.30 £13.87
25th Percentile £13.51 - £16.70
Median hourly rate £19.33 £24.66 £25.20
Median % change year-on-year -21.61% -2.14% +26.00%
75th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £66.25
90th Percentile £33.38 £34.89 £79.63
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.61% +12.09% +12.82%

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 4,157 3,539 5,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.61% 14.19% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,717 2,390 3,443
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £657 £689 £700
UK median daily rate £463 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 181 397
10th Percentile £15.98 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.06 £17.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £19.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +71.05% -21.42% -44.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.65 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.48 £22.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +34.00% -9.02% -45.18%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -70 139 £475 +18.75% 29
South West +16 54 £515 +58.46% 19
North of England -101 36 £358 -10.50% 14
South East -68 34 £275 +29.41% 15
Midlands -65 23 £475 +18.75% 12
Yorkshire -54 18 £190 -57.78% 5
West Midlands -57 14 £475 +322.22% 8
East of England -21 13 £300 - 7
North East -26 13 £450 +16.13% 5
East Midlands -24 9 - - 4
North West -78 8 £310 -17.27% 4
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 13 (4.15%) Confluence
2 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (11.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Notion
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (17.89%) Azure
2 54 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.50%) Entra ID
4 33 (10.54%) AWS
5 28 (8.95%) GitHub
6 27 (8.63%) GCP
7 21 (6.71%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.83%) SaaS
9 11 (3.51%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.19%) OneDrive
10 10 (3.19%) Sauce Labs
11 7 (2.24%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.92%) Firebase
12 6 (1.92%) Google Play
12 6 (1.92%) IaaS
12 6 (1.92%) PaaS
13 5 (1.60%) Figma
14 4 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.43%) VPN
2 11 (3.51%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.19%) LAN
3 10 (3.19%) WAN
3 10 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (2.88%) DNS
5 8 (2.56%) DHCP
5 8 (2.56%) VoIP
6 7 (2.24%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (1.92%) Internet
8 5 (1.60%) Skype
9 4 (1.28%) DSL
9 4 (1.28%) Firewall
10 3 (0.96%) Network Security
11 2 (0.64%) 4G
11 2 (0.64%) 5G
11 2 (0.64%) Wireless
12 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.83%) MySQL
2 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.28%) Power BI
4 3 (0.96%) Db2
4 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.64%) SQLite
5 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (6.39%) Android Studio
1 20 (6.39%) Gradle
2 16 (5.11%) JIRA
3 13 (4.15%) JUnit
4 12 (3.83%) Appium
5 11 (3.51%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.19%) CircleCI
7 9 (2.88%) Xcode
8 8 (2.56%) fastlane
8 8 (2.56%) Git
9 6 (1.92%) XCUITest
10 5 (1.60%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.60%) Postman
11 4 (1.28%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.96%) PyCharm
12 3 (0.96%) PyUnit
12 3 (0.96%) Selenium
General
1 91 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.95%) Finance
3 28 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.67%) Banking
5 12 (3.83%) Retail
6 11 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.88%) Military
8 7 (2.24%) Publishing
9 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.28%) Legal
11 3 (0.96%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Slovak Language
12 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Advertising
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (18.53%) Developer
2 49 (15.65%) Senior
3 47 (15.02%) Android Developer
4 37 (11.82%) Analyst
5 33 (10.54%) Mobile Engineer
6 32 (10.22%) Android Engineer
7 29 (9.27%) Architect
8 24 (7.67%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (5.11%) IT Support
10 13 (4.15%) Support Analyst
10 13 (4.15%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.83%) Service Analyst
11 12 (3.83%) Service Desk Analyst
12 11 (3.51%) IT Analyst
13 10 (3.19%) Designer
13 10 (3.19%) Desktop Support
14 9 (2.88%) IT Engineer
14 9 (2.88%) Mobile Designer
14 9 (2.88%) Senior Developer
15 8 (2.56%) Mobile Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.06%) Android Jetpack
2 41 (13.10%) Jetpack Compose
3 25 (7.99%) Android SDK
4 19 (6.07%) React Native
5 18 (5.75%) REST
6 13 (4.15%) GraphQL
6 13 (4.15%) RESTful
7 12 (3.83%) React
7 12 (3.83%) RxJava
8 9 (2.88%) Dagger
9 8 (2.56%) Flutter
9 8 (2.56%) OAuth
9 8 (2.56%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.24%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.24%) OkHttp
11 6 (1.92%) Retrofit
11 6 (1.92%) WireMock
12 5 (1.60%) CSS
12 5 (1.60%) pytest
13 4 (1.28%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (23.96%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.39%) Virtual Team
4 17 (5.43%) Blackberry
5 15 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.79%) Smartphone
6 14 (4.47%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.19%) Mobile Payment
8 6 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.92%) Legacy Code
8 6 (1.92%) Mobile Banking
8 6 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.60%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.28%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 183 (58.47%) Apple iOS
2 121 (38.66%) Windows
3 45 (14.38%) Mac OS
4 31 (9.90%) Windows 10
5 20 (6.39%) Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Unix
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.32%) CentOS
7 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (18.85%) Android Development
3 46 (14.70%) Mobile Device Management
4 44 (14.06%) Agile
5 42 (13.42%) CI/CD
6 40 (12.78%) Test Automation
6 40 (12.78%) User Experience
7 34 (10.86%) MVVM
8 31 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (9.58%) Customer Service
10 29 (9.27%) ITIL
11 24 (7.67%) Service Delivery
12 22 (7.03%) AI
13 21 (6.71%) Data Protection
14 20 (6.39%) ITSM
15 19 (6.07%) Architectural Patterns
15 19 (6.07%) Computer Science
16 18 (5.75%) Customer Experience
16 18 (5.75%) Open Source
17 17 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.28%) Kotlin
2 53 (16.93%) Java
3 23 (7.35%) Python
4 18 (5.75%) Swift
5 16 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.15%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.51%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.24%) SQL
9 4 (1.28%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.96%) C++
10 3 (0.96%) Perl
10 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) Bash
12 1 (0.32%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.32%) C#
12 1 (0.32%) Go
12 1 (0.32%) Korn
12 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 66 (21.09%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.99%) Degree
4 15 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.96%) ACSP
9 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.96%) PhD
10 2 (0.64%) SANS
11 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.32%) CCSP
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.32%) CISSP
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.67%) QA
2 18 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.19%) SLA
3 10 (3.19%) WCAG
4 3 (0.96%) NCSC
5 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (13.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.88%) Docker
3 5 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.28%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.64%) Firmware
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (17.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.47%) SCCM
3 8 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.96%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.64%) Grafana
6 2 (0.64%) Kibana
6 2 (0.64%) Podman
6 2 (0.64%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.02%) Google
3 42 (13.42%) Apple
4 18 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.11%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.79%) Citrix
6 15 (4.79%) VMware
7 9 (2.88%) HP
8 8 (2.56%) Cisco
9 6 (1.92%) Canon
9 6 (1.92%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.28%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.28%) Splunk
11 3 (0.96%) Oracle
11 3 (0.96%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.64%) Coverity
12 2 (0.64%) Dell
12 2 (0.64%) SAP
12 2 (0.64%) Thales
12 2 (0.64%) Xamarin