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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 225 187
Rank change year-on-year -109 -38 +93
Contract jobs citing Android 321 315 469
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 1.15% 1.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.34% 8.41% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 193 311
10th Percentile £197 £178 £210
25th Percentile £281 £250 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -13.51% +15.63%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £613
90th Percentile £638 £598 £825
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £463
% change year-on-year +18.75% -13.51% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 17
10th Percentile - £24.66 £15.94
25th Percentile £13.51 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% -4.19% +34.62%
75th Percentile £25.76 - £42.75
90th Percentile £26.66 - £79.25
UK median hourly rate £20.29 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year -19.32% +14.32% +15.79%

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 4,372 3,745 5,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.71% 13.66% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,820 2,497 3,345
10th Percentile £190 £200 £195
25th Percentile £313 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £465 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 222 372
10th Percentile £16.05 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.04% -8.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -71 155 £475 +12.43% 64
South West +3 54 £515 +58.46% 14
North of England -100 37 £269 -32.81% 25
South East -80 31 £263 +26.51% 34
Midlands -63 20 £350 -12.50% 10
Yorkshire -51 18 £190 -57.78% 8
North East -25 13 £450 -18.18% 5
West Midlands -63 13 £350 +156.88% 6
East of England -18 12 £300 +57.89% 5
North West -83 9 £260 -30.67% 13
East Midlands -24 7 - - 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 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.80%) Confluence
3 7 (2.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Notion
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 63 (19.63%) Azure
2 54 (16.82%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (11.53%) Entra ID
4 33 (10.28%) GitHub
5 32 (9.97%) AWS
6 26 (8.10%) GCP
7 21 (6.54%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.05%) Google Play
8 13 (4.05%) SaaS
9 10 (3.12%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (3.12%) OneDrive
9 10 (3.12%) Sauce Labs
10 8 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.49%) Google Workspace
11 7 (2.18%) Firebase
12 6 (1.87%) Figma
12 6 (1.87%) IaaS
12 6 (1.87%) PaaS
12 6 (1.87%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.67%) VPN
2 13 (4.05%) TCP/IP
3 11 (3.43%) DHCP
3 11 (3.43%) DNS
4 10 (3.12%) LAN
4 10 (3.12%) WAN
4 10 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.18%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (1.87%) Internet
6 6 (1.87%) VoIP
7 5 (1.56%) Skype
8 4 (1.25%) Firewall
9 3 (0.93%) DSL
9 3 (0.93%) Network Security
9 3 (0.93%) WebEx
10 2 (0.62%) NFC
10 2 (0.62%) Wireless
11 1 (0.31%) 5G
11 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.12%) MySQL
2 7 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.25%) Power BI
4 3 (0.93%) Db2
4 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.93%) SQLite
5 2 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (5.92%) Android Studio
2 18 (5.61%) Gradle
3 17 (5.30%) JIRA
4 14 (4.36%) Appium
5 13 (4.05%) JUnit
6 11 (3.43%) Git
6 11 (3.43%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.80%) CircleCI
7 9 (2.80%) Xcode
8 7 (2.18%) fastlane
9 6 (1.87%) XCUITest
10 5 (1.56%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.56%) Postman
10 5 (1.56%) Selenium
11 4 (1.25%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.93%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.93%) Katalon Studio
13 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.62%) Sourcetree
General
1 97 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.03%) Finance
4 25 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.54%) Banking
6 11 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.12%) Retail
8 6 (1.87%) Military
9 5 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.25%) Games
10 4 (1.25%) Legal
11 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.93%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.93%) Publishing
12 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Slovak Language
12 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.31%) Front Office
13 1 (0.31%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 56 (17.45%) Developer
2 53 (16.51%) Senior
3 44 (13.71%) Android Developer
4 39 (12.15%) Android Engineer
5 36 (11.21%) Analyst
6 28 (8.72%) Mobile Engineer
7 26 (8.10%) Architect
8 19 (5.92%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (5.61%) IT Support
10 17 (5.30%) Support Engineer
11 13 (4.05%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) Service Analyst
12 12 (3.74%) Service Desk Analyst
13 11 (3.43%) Designer
13 11 (3.43%) Senior Android Engineer
14 10 (3.12%) Desktop Support
14 10 (3.12%) IT Analyst
14 10 (3.12%) Support Analyst
15 9 (2.80%) IT Support Engineer
15 9 (2.80%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.89%) Android Jetpack
2 43 (13.40%) Jetpack Compose
3 32 (9.97%) Android SDK
4 25 (7.79%) REST
5 21 (6.54%) RESTful
6 14 (4.36%) React Native
7 12 (3.74%) GraphQL
8 11 (3.43%) React
8 11 (3.43%) RxJava
9 8 (2.49%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.49%) Dagger
9 8 (2.49%) Flutter
10 7 (2.18%) JSON
11 5 (1.56%) CSS
11 5 (1.56%) OkHttp
11 5 (1.56%) Retrofit
11 5 (1.56%) WireMock
12 4 (1.25%) OAuth
12 4 (1.25%) OAuth2
12 4 (1.25%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 86 (26.79%) Mobile App
2 24 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.92%) Virtual Team
4 17 (5.30%) Blackberry
5 16 (4.98%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (4.36%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.74%) Smartphone
9 8 (2.49%) Mobile Payment
10 7 (2.18%) Cloud Native
10 7 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.87%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.87%) iPad
12 5 (1.56%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.56%) iPhone
12 5 (1.56%) Legacy Code
12 5 (1.56%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 181 (56.39%) Apple iOS
2 122 (38.01%) Windows
3 44 (13.71%) Mac OS
4 32 (9.97%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.30%) Linux
6 3 (0.93%) Unix
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.31%) CentOS
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (20.87%) Android Development
3 52 (16.20%) Agile
4 48 (14.95%) User Experience
5 45 (14.02%) Mobile Device Management
6 43 (13.40%) CI/CD
7 42 (13.08%) MVVM
8 38 (11.84%) Test Automation
9 35 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (9.97%) AI
10 32 (9.97%) Customer Service
11 26 (8.10%) ITIL
12 23 (7.17%) Data Protection
12 23 (7.17%) ITSM
13 22 (6.85%) Service Delivery
14 20 (6.23%) Architectural Patterns
14 20 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (6.23%) Customer Experience
15 18 (5.61%) Computer Science
15 18 (5.61%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.48%) Kotlin
2 64 (19.94%) Java
3 22 (6.85%) Python
4 17 (5.30%) Swift
5 13 (4.05%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.05%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.49%) C++
8 7 (2.18%) SQL
9 4 (1.25%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.93%) Perl
11 2 (0.62%) Korn
11 2 (0.62%) Scala
11 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.31%) Bash
12 1 (0.31%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.31%) C
12 1 (0.31%) Go
12 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (24.92%) Security Cleared
2 69 (21.50%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.48%) Degree
4 14 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.25%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.93%) ACSP
9 3 (0.93%) PhD
10 2 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.31%) CCSP
11 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CISSP
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.66%) QA
2 21 (6.54%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.74%) SLA
4 9 (2.80%) WCAG
5 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.31%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) NCSC
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (13.40%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.12%) Docker
3 5 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.25%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (17.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.98%) SCCM
3 8 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.18%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.93%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.62%) Grafana
6 2 (0.62%) Kibana
6 2 (0.62%) Podman
6 2 (0.62%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 100 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.33%) Google
3 38 (11.84%) Apple
4 23 (7.17%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.98%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.67%) Citrix
6 15 (4.67%) VMware
7 11 (3.43%) HP
8 8 (2.49%) Cisco
9 6 (1.87%) Canon
9 6 (1.87%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.25%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.25%) Splunk
11 3 (0.93%) Oracle
12 2 (0.62%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.62%) Dell
12 2 (0.62%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.62%) Remedy
12 2 (0.62%) SAP
12 2 (0.62%) Virgin Media
136 Android jobs in England