Android Contracts in England

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 197 251
Rank change year-on-year -62 +54 -12
Contract jobs citing Android 239 438 528
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.18% 1.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.00% 8.64% 6.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 306 388
10th Percentile £160 £190 £160
25th Percentile £220 £313 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £469 £597 £578
90th Percentile £538 £825 £675
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.87 £18.05
25th Percentile £22.96 £16.86 £19.97
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -12.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £27.72 £63.75 £43.70
90th Percentile £32.47 £79.50 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -24.28% +25.00%

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 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Android in England

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in England.

Daily rate trend for Android in England

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in England

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in England.

Hourly rate trend for Android in England

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 -23 129 £375 -16.67% 177
North of England -39 48 £400 -19.19% 88
North West -31 33 £336 -41.65% 61
South East +16 22 £213 -55.26% 77
Midlands +15 22 £250 -44.44% 24
East Midlands +20 14 £463 +3.93% 9
South West +35 13 £338 +40.63% 26
Yorkshire -10 12 £450 +28.57% 22
West Midlands -2 8 £113 -75.00% 14
East of England +28 4 - - 56
North East - 3 £188 - 6
Android
UK

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (7.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.77%) Confluence
4 5 (2.09%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.84%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) InVision
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.84%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (15.06%) Azure
3 21 (8.79%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.95%) AWS
5 11 (4.60%) Figma
6 10 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.77%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.93%) GitHub
9 6 (2.51%) GCP
9 6 (2.51%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.51%) SaaS
10 5 (2.09%) Datadog
11 4 (1.67%) Asana
11 4 (1.67%) BrowserStack
11 4 (1.67%) Firebase
11 4 (1.67%) Sauce Labs
11 4 (1.67%) Slack
11 4 (1.67%) SonarCloud
12 3 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.84%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.77%) DNS
1 9 (3.77%) Wireless
2 8 (3.35%) VPN
3 7 (2.93%) 2G
3 7 (2.93%) 3G
3 7 (2.93%) 4G
3 7 (2.93%) 5G
3 7 (2.93%) DHCP
3 7 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.51%) Internet
4 6 (2.51%) LAN
4 6 (2.51%) WAN
5 5 (2.09%) Firewall
5 5 (2.09%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (2.09%) Skype
6 4 (1.67%) ATM
6 4 (1.67%) PSTN
6 4 (1.67%) SMTP
7 3 (1.26%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.26%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) MySQL
3 2 (0.84%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
4 1 (0.42%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (10.46%) Git
2 16 (6.69%) JIRA
3 10 (4.18%) Appium
4 7 (2.93%) GitLab
4 7 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.93%) JUnit
5 6 (2.51%) Android Studio
6 5 (2.09%) Selenium
7 3 (1.26%) Gradle
7 3 (1.26%) Maven
7 3 (1.26%) Mockito
7 3 (1.26%) TestNG
8 2 (0.84%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.84%) Xcode
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) CMake
9 1 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.42%) Gatling
9 1 (0.42%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (25.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.46%) Finance
3 23 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.60%) Banking
5 8 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.93%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.51%) Marketing
8 5 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.26%) Automotive
9 3 (1.26%) Legal
9 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.26%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Back Office
10 2 (0.84%) Electronics
10 2 (0.84%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Military
10 2 (0.84%) Publishing
11 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (29.71%) Developer
2 51 (21.34%) Android Developer
3 33 (13.81%) Senior
4 26 (10.88%) Support Engineer
5 19 (7.95%) Android Engineer
5 19 (7.95%) IT Engineer
5 19 (7.95%) IT Support
6 16 (6.69%) Analyst
6 16 (6.69%) iOS Developer
7 15 (6.28%) Senior Developer
8 13 (5.44%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (5.44%) Senior Android Developer
9 11 (4.60%) Architect
10 8 (3.35%) Designer
11 7 (2.93%) iOS Android Developer
11 7 (2.93%) React Developer
11 7 (2.93%) Senior Android Engineer
11 7 (2.93%) Service Analyst
11 7 (2.93%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.93%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.55%) Android Jetpack
2 24 (10.04%) Android SDK
3 18 (7.53%) RESTful
4 17 (7.11%) Jetpack Compose
5 12 (5.02%) Dagger
5 12 (5.02%) React Native
6 11 (4.60%) React
7 10 (4.18%) REST
8 6 (2.51%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.51%) CSS
8 6 (2.51%) HTML
9 5 (2.09%) .NET
10 4 (1.67%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.67%) iOS SDK
10 4 (1.67%) Node.js
10 4 (1.67%) OAuth
10 4 (1.67%) OpenAPI
10 4 (1.67%) Swagger
10 4 (1.67%) Vue
11 3 (1.26%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 52 (21.76%) Mobile App
2 18 (7.53%) Smartphone
3 12 (5.02%) iPhone
4 8 (3.35%) IoT
5 6 (2.51%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.09%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.09%) Blackberry
6 5 (2.09%) EPoS
7 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.67%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.67%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.67%) Handset
7 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.67%) NHS
8 3 (1.26%) IVR
9 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 122 (51.05%) Apple iOS
2 59 (24.69%) Windows
3 21 (8.79%) Mac OS
4 20 (8.37%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.02%) Linux
6 9 (3.77%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.42%) VMS
9 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.45%) Android Development
2 58 (24.27%) Agile
3 56 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (19.25%) CI/CD
5 35 (14.64%) Customer Service
6 33 (13.81%) User Experience
7 29 (12.13%) MVVM
7 29 (12.13%) Test Automation
8 23 (9.62%) iOS Development
9 20 (8.37%) ITIL
10 19 (7.95%) Scrum
11 18 (7.53%) Mobile Application Development
12 17 (7.11%) Mobile Development
12 17 (7.11%) Mobile Device Management
12 17 (7.11%) Software Engineering
13 15 (6.28%) DevOps
14 14 (5.86%) Performance Optimisation
15 13 (5.44%) Computer Science
15 13 (5.44%) Service Management
16 12 (5.02%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 64 (26.78%) Kotlin
2 26 (10.88%) Java
3 12 (5.02%) Swift
4 11 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.77%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.77%) Python
6 6 (2.51%) SQL
6 6 (2.51%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.67%) Objective-C
7 4 (1.67%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.26%) C#
8 3 (1.26%) C++
8 3 (1.26%) PHP
9 2 (0.84%) Rust
9 2 (0.84%) VB
9 2 (0.84%) VBScript
10 1 (0.42%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.42%) Bash
10 1 (0.42%) Bicep
10 1 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (10.04%) SC Cleared
1 24 (10.04%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.37%) Degree
3 6 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.67%) MCP
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.84%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.84%) MCSA
6 2 (0.84%) MCSE
7 1 (0.42%) CISSP
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.42%) PMP
7 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.69%) QA
2 13 (5.44%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.35%) SLA
4 2 (0.84%) NCSC
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (17.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.93%) BitLocker
3 6 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.67%) Docker
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.26%) vSphere
6 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (8.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.86%) SCCM
3 6 (2.51%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.09%) Terraform
5 3 (1.26%) Grafana
5 3 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.26%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.84%) Istio
6 2 (0.84%) Podman
7 1 (0.42%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.64%) Apple
3 13 (5.44%) Google
4 10 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.35%) Cisco
5 8 (3.35%) Dell
5 8 (3.35%) HP
6 7 (2.93%) VMware
7 5 (2.09%) Citrix
8 4 (1.67%) Clearswift
8 4 (1.67%) Ribbon
9 3 (1.26%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.26%) Optimizely
9 3 (1.26%) Remedy
9 3 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.26%) Splunk
9 3 (1.26%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.84%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (0.84%) McAfee
10 2 (0.84%) Samsung