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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 212 180
Rank change year-on-year -125 -32 +93
Contract jobs citing Android 325 372 456
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.34% 1.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.15% 9.74% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 231 281
10th Percentile £185 £163 £240
25th Percentile £249 £206 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £542 £500 £568
90th Percentile £638 £600 £675
UK median daily rate £455 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 10
10th Percentile £13.51 - £23.01
25th Percentile £14.00 - £27.18
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% -40.82% +97.67%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.68 £70.44
90th Percentile £25.85 £60.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £25.15 £31.88
% change year-on-year -23.14% -21.10% +53.61%

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 4,543 3,821 4,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.85% 13.78% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 2,511 2,903
10th Percentile £190 £186 £200
25th Percentile £313 £275 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 267 220
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.37 £18.87 £21.95
Median hourly rate £35.22 £25.15 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.04% -57.55% +23.78%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% -52.10% +14.43%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -83 163 £475 +6.74% 335
North of England -76 66 £313 -20.48% 65
North West -66 35 £300 -20.53% 48
South West -28 30 £475 +46.15% 41
South East -80 23 £210 +1.20% 50
Yorkshire -43 21 £190 -57.30% 17
Midlands -63 20 £225 -42.86% 38
East of England -21 13 £250 +31.58% 23
North East -29 13 £450 +125.00%
West Midlands -54 12 £225 +28.57% 24
East Midlands -26 8 £213 -54.05% 14
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 21 (6.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (12.92%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Notion
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 79 (24.31%) Azure
2 75 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 31 (9.54%) AWS
5 28 (8.62%) GitHub
6 24 (7.38%) GCP
7 18 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.62%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.31%) Google Play
10 13 (4.00%) SaaS
11 9 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.77%) GitHub Copilot
12 8 (2.46%) Firebase
12 8 (2.46%) IaaS
13 6 (1.85%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.85%) PaaS
14 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.54%) Power Platform
15 4 (1.23%) BrowserStack
15 4 (1.23%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.23%) DNS
2 15 (4.62%) DHCP
3 14 (4.31%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.31%) VPN
4 13 (4.00%) Skype
5 9 (2.77%) Cisco IOS
6 8 (2.46%) VoIP
7 7 (2.15%) Firewall
8 6 (1.85%) WebEx
9 5 (1.54%) Internet
10 3 (0.92%) LAN
10 3 (0.92%) VLAN
10 3 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.62%) Network Security
11 2 (0.62%) NFC
11 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.62%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.62%) WAN
11 2 (0.62%) Wireless
12 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.08%) MySQL
2 6 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.54%) Power BI
4 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.62%) Tableau
6 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.31%) Db2
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.31%) Parquet
6 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.31%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 18 (5.54%) JIRA
2 15 (4.62%) Gradle
3 13 (4.00%) Git
4 9 (2.77%) Android Studio
4 9 (2.77%) Appium
4 9 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.77%) JUnit
5 7 (2.15%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.85%) fastlane
6 6 (1.85%) Xcode
7 5 (1.54%) Crashlytics
7 5 (1.54%) XCUITest
8 4 (1.23%) Selenium
9 3 (0.92%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.92%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.92%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.92%) Postman
9 3 (0.92%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.62%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.62%) Selendroid
General
1 113 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.38%) Finance
3 35 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.00%) Banking
5 23 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.38%) Retail
8 8 (2.46%) Military
9 7 (2.15%) Legal
10 6 (1.85%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.23%) Games
11 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.23%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Slovak Language
13 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (17.85%) Senior
2 43 (13.23%) Developer
3 41 (12.62%) Support Engineer
4 36 (11.08%) Android Engineer
5 35 (10.77%) Mobile Engineer
6 33 (10.15%) IT Support
7 30 (9.23%) Android Developer
8 29 (8.92%) Analyst
9 26 (8.00%) IT Engineer
10 20 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
12 16 (4.92%) Desktop Support
13 13 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) QA Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) Senior Android Engineer
15 10 (3.08%) Designer
15 10 (3.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 9 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (2.77%) Service Analyst
16 9 (2.77%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (14.46%) Android Jetpack
2 40 (12.31%) Jetpack Compose
3 29 (8.92%) REST
4 25 (7.69%) Android SDK
5 20 (6.15%) RESTful
6 14 (4.31%) React Native
7 13 (4.00%) GraphQL
8 11 (3.38%) Flutter
9 9 (2.77%) JSON
10 8 (2.46%) RxJava
11 7 (2.15%) Dagger
12 6 (1.85%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.85%) Retrofit
13 5 (1.54%) React
13 5 (1.54%) SwiftUI
14 4 (1.23%) OAuth
14 4 (1.23%) OAuth2
14 4 (1.23%) OpenID
14 4 (1.23%) UIKit
15 3 (0.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 100 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 29 (8.92%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.23%) Virtual Team
4 15 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (4.62%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (4.31%) Smartphone
6 13 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.38%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.77%) Blackberry
9 8 (2.46%) iPad
10 7 (2.15%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.15%) Educational Technology
10 7 (2.15%) iPhone
10 7 (2.15%) Mobile Payment
10 7 (2.15%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.85%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.54%) Handset
13 4 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 184 (56.62%) Apple iOS
2 126 (38.77%) Windows
3 50 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 41 (12.62%) Mac OS
5 8 (2.46%) Linux
6 3 (0.92%) Unix
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (18.46%) Customer Service
3 57 (17.54%) User Experience
4 54 (16.62%) Agile
5 53 (16.31%) Android Development
6 47 (14.46%) CI/CD
6 47 (14.46%) ITIL
7 44 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (12.92%) ITSM
9 41 (12.62%) Mobile Device Management
10 37 (11.38%) AI
11 36 (11.08%) MVVM
12 35 (10.77%) Test Automation
13 28 (8.62%) Data Protection
13 28 (8.62%) Service Delivery
14 24 (7.38%) Customer Experience
15 23 (7.08%) Performance Optimisation
16 21 (6.46%) Architectural Patterns
16 21 (6.46%) DevOps
16 21 (6.46%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 73 (22.46%) Kotlin
2 43 (13.23%) Java
3 20 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.92%) Swift
5 13 (4.00%) Python
6 12 (3.69%) C++
7 11 (3.38%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.15%) SQL
8 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.23%) Perl
10 2 (0.62%) C
10 2 (0.62%) Korn
10 2 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.62%) Rust
11 1 (0.31%) Bash
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 53 (16.31%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (5.23%) Degree
5 14 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.85%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.62%) ACSP
11 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.31%) CCSP
12 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.31%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.92%) QA
2 33 (10.15%) SLA
3 29 (8.92%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.15%) WCAG
5 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) GRC
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) NCSC
5 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (19.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.54%) Docker
2 5 (1.54%) Firmware
2 5 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.23%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (19.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (8.62%) SCCM
3 6 (1.85%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.23%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.31%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 119 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.38%) Apple
2 37 (11.38%) Google
3 25 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.31%) HP
5 9 (2.77%) Cisco
6 6 (1.85%) Canon
7 5 (1.54%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.54%) Tanium
8 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.23%) Oracle
8 4 (1.23%) Splunk
9 3 (0.92%) Citrix
9 3 (0.92%) Remedy
9 3 (0.92%) SAP
10 2 (0.62%) Dell
10 2 (0.62%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.62%) MobileIron
10 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.62%) Sophos