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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 249 202
Rank change year-on-year -37 -47 +55
Contract jobs citing Android 327 238 423
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.97% 1.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.11% 6.89% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 154 298
10th Percentile £190 £160 £188
25th Percentile £255 £220 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £569 £469 £609
90th Percentile £650 £546 £825
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 25
10th Percentile £19.63 £18.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.96 £16.86
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +112.90% +30.27% -20.51%
75th Percentile £67.84 £27.72 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £32.47 £79.50
UK median hourly rate £34.13 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +38.40% +30.27% -20.51%

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 4,030 3,454 5,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.11% 14.05% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,678 2,349 3,464
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £313 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -10.19%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 150 370
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.16 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £14.83
Median hourly rate £42.71 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.18% +12.09% -37.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £64.69 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £24.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year +73.45% +9.91% -41.33%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -68 124 £450 +23.29% 42
South West +11 67 £500 +42.86% 20
North of England -65 51 £225 -43.75% 25
South East -45 42 £381 +73.02% 27
North West -45 26 £243 -22.52% 13
Yorkshire -51 20 £190 -57.78% 10
East of England -26 18 £300 - 12
Midlands -65 12 £625 +150.00% 9
West Midlands -54 9 £625 +358.72% 7
North East -13 8 £525 +180.00% 2
East Midlands -43 3 - - 2
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 14 (4.28%) Confluence
2 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (10.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.60%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (9.79%) Azure
3 25 (7.65%) Entra ID
3 25 (7.65%) GCP
4 22 (6.73%) GitHub
5 20 (6.12%) AWS
6 16 (4.89%) Google Workspace
7 14 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (4.28%) SaaS
8 12 (3.67%) Sauce Labs
9 6 (1.83%) Figma
9 6 (1.83%) IaaS
9 6 (1.83%) PaaS
10 5 (1.53%) Firebase
10 5 (1.53%) Google Play
11 4 (1.22%) BlazeMeter
11 4 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.92%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.92%) npm
12 3 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.89%) DNS
1 16 (4.89%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.59%) DHCP
2 15 (4.59%) VoIP
3 14 (4.28%) Wireless
4 11 (3.36%) LAN
4 11 (3.36%) WAN
5 10 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.75%) VPN
7 5 (1.53%) Internet
8 4 (1.22%) DSL
9 2 (0.61%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.61%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.61%) Firewall
10 1 (0.31%) 4G
10 1 (0.31%) 5G
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.31%) Network Security
10 1 (0.31%) Skype
10 1 (0.31%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.75%) MySQL
2 6 (1.83%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.92%) DB2
3 3 (0.92%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.92%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.61%) SQLite
5 1 (0.31%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 30 (9.17%) Android Studio
2 21 (6.42%) Gradle
3 19 (5.81%) JIRA
4 13 (3.98%) Appium
4 13 (3.98%) Xcode
5 12 (3.67%) JUnit
6 9 (2.75%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.45%) Browser DevTools
7 8 (2.45%) GitLab
8 7 (2.14%) CircleCI
8 7 (2.14%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.83%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.83%) Eclipse
9 6 (1.83%) Git
10 5 (1.53%) fastlane
11 4 (1.22%) ESLint
11 4 (1.22%) Postman
11 4 (1.22%) PyCharm
11 4 (1.22%) PyUnit
11 4 (1.22%) XCUITest
General
1 92 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.95%) Banking
5 17 (5.20%) Finance
6 16 (4.89%) Military
7 10 (3.06%) Publishing
8 7 (2.14%) Electronics
8 7 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.53%) Retail
9 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Legal
11 2 (0.61%) Slovak Language
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Automotive
12 1 (0.31%) Billing
12 1 (0.31%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (27.22%) Developer
2 62 (18.96%) Android Developer
3 44 (13.46%) Senior
4 35 (10.70%) Analyst
5 29 (8.87%) IT Support
6 26 (7.95%) Support Engineer
7 25 (7.65%) Architect
8 23 (7.03%) Android Engineer
9 22 (6.73%) Mobile Engineer
10 21 (6.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 19 (5.81%) Service Desk Analyst
12 18 (5.50%) IT Engineer
12 18 (5.50%) Service Analyst
13 16 (4.89%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (3.98%) Software Engineer
15 12 (3.67%) Senior Developer
16 9 (2.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 9 (2.75%) Support Analyst
17 8 (2.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 8 (2.45%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.40%) Android Jetpack
2 32 (9.79%) Jetpack Compose
3 28 (8.56%) React Native
4 23 (7.03%) Android SDK
5 19 (5.81%) React
6 13 (3.98%) REST
7 12 (3.67%) GraphQL
8 11 (3.36%) RxJava
9 10 (3.06%) Flutter
10 9 (2.75%) AngularJS
10 9 (2.75%) CSS
10 9 (2.75%) Dagger
10 9 (2.75%) OkHttp
11 7 (2.14%) Ajax
11 7 (2.14%) WebdriverIO
12 6 (1.83%) OAuth
12 6 (1.83%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.83%) pytest
12 6 (1.83%) WireMock
13 5 (1.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 78 (23.85%) Mobile App
2 17 (5.20%) Smartphone
3 15 (4.59%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.28%) Blackberry
5 12 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.67%) Virtual Team
6 11 (3.36%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.14%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.83%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.83%) Mobile Banking
11 5 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.53%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (1.22%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.22%) iPhone
12 4 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 173 (52.91%) Apple iOS
2 135 (41.28%) Windows
3 54 (16.51%) Mac OS
4 42 (12.84%) Windows 10
5 33 (10.09%) Linux
6 7 (2.14%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.83%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) CentOS
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 80 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (23.55%) Android Development
3 42 (12.84%) CI/CD
3 42 (12.84%) Test Automation
4 41 (12.54%) Agile
5 40 (12.23%) Customer Service
6 34 (10.40%) Mobile Device Management
7 33 (10.09%) User Experience
8 29 (8.87%) MVVM
9 27 (8.26%) ITIL
10 26 (7.95%) Software Engineering
11 24 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (6.42%) Open Source
13 19 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (5.81%) Mobile Development
14 18 (5.50%) Mobile Application Development
15 17 (5.20%) AI
15 17 (5.20%) Performance Tuning
16 15 (4.59%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (4.59%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.49%) Kotlin
2 58 (17.74%) Java
3 34 (10.40%) JavaScript
4 27 (8.26%) Python
5 19 (5.81%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.89%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.98%) Swift
8 6 (1.83%) Objective-C
8 6 (1.83%) Perl
9 4 (1.22%) C++
9 4 (1.22%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.22%) SQL
10 2 (0.61%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) Bash
11 1 (0.31%) BrightScript
11 1 (0.31%) C#
Qualifications
1 101 (30.89%) Security Cleared
2 91 (27.83%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.12%) Degree
4 12 (3.67%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.92%) PhD
9 2 (0.61%) SANS
10 1 (0.31%) ACSP
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.20%) Accessibility
1 17 (5.20%) QA
2 6 (1.83%) WCAG
3 3 (0.92%) GDPR
3 3 (0.92%) NCSC
4 2 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (10.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.61%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.61%) Firmware
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (11.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.75%) SCCM
3 7 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.22%) Grafana
5 3 (0.92%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.92%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.61%) Kibana
6 2 (0.61%) Podman
6 2 (0.61%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (25.99%) Microsoft
2 44 (13.46%) Google
3 42 (12.84%) Apple
4 22 (6.73%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.89%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.59%) Citrix
6 15 (4.59%) HP
6 15 (4.59%) VMware
7 13 (3.98%) Cisco
8 12 (3.67%) Dell
9 6 (1.83%) Oracle
9 6 (1.83%) Splunk
10 5 (1.53%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.53%) Remedy
10 5 (1.53%) Xamarin
11 4 (1.22%) Braze
12 3 (0.92%) Coverity
12 3 (0.92%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.92%) Thales
12 3 (0.92%) Virgin Media