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

 6 months to
5 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 219 180
Rank change year-on-year -101 -39 +104
Contract jobs citing Android 314 309 489
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 1.17% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.34% 8.38% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 185 327
10th Percentile £196 £164 £210
25th Percentile £275 £250 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -13.51% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £485 £613
90th Percentile £649 £575 £825
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £461
% change year-on-year +18.75% -13.28% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 22
10th Percentile £13.17 £23.57 £13.87
25th Percentile £13.51 £24.78 £16.39
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £23.08
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +8.99% +18.33%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £42.75
90th Percentile £26.66 £27.59 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year -23.14% +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 4,277 3,688 5,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.70% 13.91% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 2,468 3,431
10th Percentile £189 £200 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% -2.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £465 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +0.11% -2.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 200 396
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.31 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.41 £16.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £20.38 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -18.50% -41.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.32 £66.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £22.78 £25.00
% change year-on-year +15.10% -8.88% -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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -85 146 £475 +18.75% 81
South West +21 53 £520 +60.00% 32
North of England -98 38 £275 -31.25% 21
South East -67 30 £263 +27.27% 21
Midlands -65 23 £475 +18.75% 13
Yorkshire -54 18 £190 -58.24% 7
West Midlands -62 14 £475 +322.22% 8
North East -25 13 £450 -18.18% 5
East of England -31 13 £300 +57.89% 14
North West -76 10 £261 -30.33% 10
East Midlands -22 9 - - 5
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 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.87%) Confluence
3 7 (2.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Notion
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 57 (18.15%) Azure
2 51 (16.24%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (11.15%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.83%) AWS
5 29 (9.24%) GitHub
6 28 (8.92%) GCP
7 20 (6.37%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.14%) SaaS
9 11 (3.50%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.18%) OneDrive
10 10 (3.18%) Sauce Labs
11 9 (2.87%) Google Play
12 7 (2.23%) Firebase
12 7 (2.23%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.91%) IaaS
13 6 (1.91%) PaaS
14 5 (1.59%) Figma
15 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.78%) VPN
2 11 (3.50%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.18%) DNS
3 10 (3.18%) LAN
3 10 (3.18%) WAN
3 10 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (2.87%) DHCP
5 8 (2.55%) VoIP
6 7 (2.23%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (1.91%) Internet
8 5 (1.59%) Skype
9 4 (1.27%) DSL
9 4 (1.27%) Firewall
10 3 (0.96%) Network Security
10 3 (0.96%) WebEx
11 2 (0.64%) 4G
11 2 (0.64%) 5G
11 2 (0.64%) NFC
11 2 (0.64%) Wireless
12 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.82%) MySQL
2 9 (2.87%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.27%) 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
4 3 (0.96%) SQLite
5 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (6.05%) Android Studio
2 18 (5.73%) Gradle
3 14 (4.46%) JIRA
4 12 (3.82%) Appium
4 12 (3.82%) JUnit
5 11 (3.50%) Git
6 10 (3.18%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.87%) Xcode
8 8 (2.55%) CircleCI
8 8 (2.55%) fastlane
9 6 (1.91%) XCUITest
10 5 (1.59%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.59%) Postman
11 4 (1.27%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.96%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (0.96%) PyCharm
12 3 (0.96%) PyUnit
12 3 (0.96%) Selenium
General
1 93 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.24%) Finance
4 28 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.01%) Banking
6 12 (3.82%) Retail
7 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.23%) Military
9 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.59%) Publishing
10 4 (1.27%) Legal
11 3 (0.96%) Games
11 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.96%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Slovak Language
12 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 56 (17.83%) Developer
2 52 (16.56%) Senior
3 43 (13.69%) Android Developer
4 37 (11.78%) Analyst
5 32 (10.19%) Android Engineer
6 30 (9.55%) Mobile Engineer
7 27 (8.60%) Architect
8 21 (6.69%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (4.78%) IT Support
9 15 (4.78%) Support Engineer
10 14 (4.46%) Service Analyst
10 14 (4.46%) Service Desk Analyst
11 11 (3.50%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.18%) Designer
12 10 (3.18%) Desktop Support
12 10 (3.18%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.18%) Support Analyst
13 9 (2.87%) Mobile Designer
13 9 (2.87%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.55%) Mobile Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.29%) Android Jetpack
2 43 (13.69%) Jetpack Compose
3 29 (9.24%) Android SDK
4 21 (6.69%) REST
5 19 (6.05%) RESTful
6 16 (5.10%) React Native
7 13 (4.14%) GraphQL
8 12 (3.82%) React
9 10 (3.18%) RxJava
10 9 (2.87%) Flutter
11 7 (2.23%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.23%) Dagger
11 7 (2.23%) JSON
12 5 (1.59%) CSS
12 5 (1.59%) OAuth
12 5 (1.59%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.59%) OkHttp
12 5 (1.59%) pytest
12 5 (1.59%) Retrofit
13 4 (1.27%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 80 (25.48%) Mobile App
2 24 (7.64%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.73%) Virtual Team
4 17 (5.41%) Blackberry
5 15 (4.78%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (4.46%) Smartphone
7 13 (4.14%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.18%) Mobile Payment
9 7 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.91%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
11 5 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.59%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
12 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.27%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.27%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 179 (57.01%) Apple iOS
2 122 (38.85%) Windows
3 46 (14.65%) Mac OS
4 30 (9.55%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.05%) 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 72 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (19.11%) Android Development
3 47 (14.97%) Agile
4 46 (14.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 44 (14.01%) User Experience
6 42 (13.38%) CI/CD
7 40 (12.74%) MVVM
8 38 (12.10%) Test Automation
9 32 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 31 (9.87%) Customer Service
11 27 (8.60%) ITIL
12 25 (7.96%) AI
13 23 (7.32%) Service Delivery
14 22 (7.01%) Data Protection
15 21 (6.69%) ITSM
16 20 (6.37%) Customer Experience
17 19 (6.05%) Architectural Patterns
17 19 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 18 (5.73%) Computer Science
19 17 (5.41%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 80 (25.48%) Kotlin
2 56 (17.83%) Java
3 23 (7.32%) Python
4 17 (5.41%) Swift
5 14 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.50%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.23%) SQL
8 6 (1.91%) C++
9 4 (1.27%) Objective-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%) C#
12 1 (0.32%) Go
12 1 (0.32%) Korn
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 68 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.64%) Degree
4 14 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.96%) ACSP
9 3 (0.96%) PhD
10 2 (0.64%) A+ Certification
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 26 (8.28%) QA
2 20 (6.37%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.18%) SLA
3 10 (3.18%) WCAG
4 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.32%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) NCSC
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (13.06%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.18%) Docker
3 5 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.27%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (16.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.46%) SCCM
3 8 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.23%) 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
7 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.97%) Google
3 39 (12.42%) Apple
4 22 (7.01%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.10%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.78%) Citrix
6 15 (4.78%) VMware
7 11 (3.50%) HP
8 8 (2.55%) Cisco
9 6 (1.91%) Canon
9 6 (1.91%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.27%) Splunk
11 3 (0.96%) Oracle
11 3 (0.96%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.64%) Dell
12 2 (0.64%) Meraki
12 2 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.64%) SAP
12 2 (0.64%) Xamarin
179 Android jobs in England