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

 6 months to
26 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 189 266
Rank change year-on-year -11 +77 -18
Contract jobs citing Android 424 412 349
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.38% 1.33% 0.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.02% 9.46% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 247 251
10th Percentile £163 £206 £143
25th Percentile £204 £340 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -17.48%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £538
90th Percentile £585 £625 £613
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 5 16
10th Percentile £20.91 £30.97 £18.72
25th Percentile - £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +81.82% +5.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.10 £78.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £19.25
% change year-on-year -18.29% +59.90% +8.63%

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 4,230 4,354 6,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.79% 14.03% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,771 2,667 4,136
10th Percentile £183 £203 £183
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 173 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.70 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.10 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £34.75
Median % change year-on-year -61.67% +72.66% +39.00%
75th Percentile £57.30 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.72 £70.00 £76.38
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -51.00% +53.85% +30.00%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -58 178 £403 -6.50% 76
North of England -4 93 £273 -24.31% 28
North West +7 59 £225 -36.80% 14
South East +33 55 £208 -44.67% 101
South West +26 44 £350 -21.13% 19
Midlands -35 28 £263 -42.87% 12
Yorkshire -19 26 £400 -18.99% 11
East of England -11 20 £225 -50.00% 18
East Midlands -2 16 £425 +20.40% 8
West Midlands -35 12 £175 -62.96% 4
North East -8 8 £175 +16.67% 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 37 (8.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.12%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 77 (18.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.18%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.18%) Sketch
3 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.47%) 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 5 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 122 (28.77%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (12.97%) Azure
3 23 (5.42%) SaaS
4 21 (4.95%) Google Play
5 20 (4.72%) AWS
6 19 (4.48%) Figma
6 19 (4.48%) GitHub
7 18 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (4.25%) Entra ID
7 18 (4.25%) Sauce Labs
8 11 (2.59%) Firebase
8 11 (2.59%) GCP
9 8 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.42%) BrowserStack
10 6 (1.42%) Sentry
11 5 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (0.94%) BlazeMeter
12 4 (0.94%) npm
13 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 67 (15.80%) Wireless
2 29 (6.84%) Cisco IOS
3 28 (6.60%) Firewall
4 18 (4.25%) DNS
5 16 (3.77%) DHCP
6 14 (3.30%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.89%) VoIP
8 7 (1.65%) LAN
8 7 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.42%) Bluetooth
9 6 (1.42%) VPN
10 5 (1.18%) HTTP
10 5 (1.18%) IP Telephony
10 5 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (1.18%) VLAN
11 4 (0.94%) WAN
12 3 (0.71%) ATM
13 2 (0.47%) Calico
13 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
14 1 (0.24%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.25%) MySQL
1 18 (4.25%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.94%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.47%) Power BI
5 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (10.61%) Git
2 41 (9.67%) Android Studio
3 34 (8.02%) Xcode
4 26 (6.13%) Gradle
5 20 (4.72%) Browser DevTools
6 18 (4.25%) Eclipse
6 18 (4.25%) JIRA
7 16 (3.77%) Appium
7 16 (3.77%) JUnit
8 15 (3.54%) Jenkins
9 13 (3.07%) GitLab
10 9 (2.12%) CircleCI
11 8 (1.89%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.89%) Charles Proxy
12 7 (1.65%) NUnit
12 7 (1.65%) Postman
12 7 (1.65%) Storybook
13 5 (1.18%) Axure RP
13 5 (1.18%) Katalon Studio
13 5 (1.18%) XCUITest
General
1 98 (23.11%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.16%) Finance
3 55 (12.97%) Banking
4 45 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.31%) Telecoms
6 28 (6.60%) Electronics
6 28 (6.60%) Games
7 25 (5.90%) Manufacturing
8 24 (5.66%) Marketing
9 20 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (1.89%) Military
11 5 (1.18%) Publishing
12 4 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Local Government
13 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.71%) Retail
14 2 (0.47%) Back Office
14 2 (0.47%) Legal
15 1 (0.24%) Advertising
15 1 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 117 (27.59%) Developer
2 67 (15.80%) Android Developer
3 59 (13.92%) IT Support
4 53 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 39 (9.20%) Senior
6 38 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
7 31 (7.31%) Desktop Support
8 26 (6.13%) IT Engineer
8 26 (6.13%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (5.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (5.42%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 23 (5.42%) Technical Support
10 21 (4.95%) Analyst
11 20 (4.72%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 20 (4.72%) Technical Engineer
11 20 (4.72%) Technical Support Engineer
12 19 (4.48%) Software Engineer
13 18 (4.25%) UX Engineer
14 17 (4.01%) IT Support Engineer
14 17 (4.01%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.85%) Android Jetpack
2 43 (10.14%) Jetpack Compose
3 40 (9.43%) RESTful
4 36 (8.49%) CSS
5 35 (8.25%) React Native
6 34 (8.02%) React
7 28 (6.60%) Android SDK
8 23 (5.42%) GraphQL
9 21 (4.95%) AngularJS
10 18 (4.25%) Ajax
10 18 (4.25%) HTML
11 15 (3.54%) Redux
12 14 (3.30%) Dagger
13 11 (2.59%) Jest
13 11 (2.59%) REST
13 11 (2.59%) RxJava
14 10 (2.36%) OAuth
14 10 (2.36%) Web Services
15 9 (2.12%) JSON
15 9 (2.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 137 (32.31%) Mobile App
2 47 (11.08%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.25%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.59%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.89%) iPhone
7 8 (1.89%) Virtual Reality
8 7 (1.65%) Augmented Reality
8 7 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.18%) iPad
10 5 (1.18%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (0.94%) Blockchain
11 4 (0.94%) EPoS
11 4 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 190 (44.81%) Apple iOS
2 148 (34.91%) Windows
3 104 (24.53%) Mac OS
4 54 (12.74%) Windows 10
5 40 (9.43%) Linux
6 20 (4.72%) Unix
7 7 (1.65%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.18%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.47%) 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 95 (22.41%) Agile
2 88 (20.75%) Android Development
3 84 (19.81%) User Experience
4 80 (18.87%) CI/CD
5 51 (12.03%) DevOps
6 50 (11.79%) Customer Service
7 49 (11.56%) Test Automation
8 47 (11.08%) Mobile Application Development
9 43 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (8.25%) MVVM
11 32 (7.55%) Unit Testing
12 30 (7.08%) Mobile Development
13 29 (6.84%) Scrum
14 28 (6.60%) iOS Development
14 28 (6.60%) UX Design
15 27 (6.37%) Architectural Patterns
15 27 (6.37%) Mentoring
16 26 (6.13%) E-Commerce
17 25 (5.90%) Business Intelligence
18 23 (5.42%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.93%) Kotlin
2 89 (20.99%) Java
3 58 (13.68%) JavaScript
4 50 (11.79%) PowerShell
5 42 (9.91%) Python
6 28 (6.60%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.42%) Swift
8 22 (5.19%) C++
9 21 (4.95%) Perl
10 19 (4.48%) C#
11 16 (3.77%) SQL
12 14 (3.30%) Objective-C
13 6 (1.42%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.18%) C
14 5 (1.18%) Scala
15 4 (0.94%) PHP
15 4 (0.94%) Ruby
16 3 (0.71%) Bash
17 2 (0.47%) Dart
18 1 (0.24%) JSX
Qualifications
1 90 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 79 (18.63%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.48%) Degree
4 18 (4.25%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.42%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.71%) MCP
10 2 (0.47%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.47%) MCITP
10 2 (0.47%) MCSA
10 2 (0.47%) MCSE
10 2 (0.47%) MCTS
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.24%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.03%) Accessibility
2 23 (5.42%) QA
3 21 (4.95%) SLA
4 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.94%) WCAG
6 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 67 (15.80%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.65%) Docker
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.47%) 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 57 (13.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (8.73%) SCCM
3 8 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.18%) Terraform
5 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.71%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.47%) Istio
7 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 112 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 77 (18.16%) Cisco
3 70 (16.51%) Apple
4 51 (12.03%) Dell
4 51 (12.03%) HP
5 48 (11.32%) Google
6 47 (11.08%) Splunk
7 36 (8.49%) ServiceNow
8 24 (5.66%) Meraki
8 24 (5.66%) SAP
9 21 (4.95%) Oracle
10 13 (3.07%) Adobe
11 10 (2.36%) Xamarin
12 8 (1.89%) Remedy
13 6 (1.42%) Zscaler
14 5 (1.18%) BMC
15 4 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.94%) Samsung
16 3 (0.71%) Okta
16 3 (0.71%) Optimizely
223 Android jobs in England