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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 179 278
Rank change year-on-year -28 +99 -40
Contract jobs citing Android 385 453 361
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.37% 1.42% 0.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.72% 9.95% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 273 264
10th Percentile £162 £216 £153
25th Percentile £204 £346 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% -19.05%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £22.68 £16.90
25th Percentile - £23.64 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +60.38% +21.67%
75th Percentile - £55.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £59.50 £69.65 £78.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £24.00
% change year-on-year +4.01% +0.75% +23.08%

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 3,962 4,551 6,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.09% 14.24% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 2,810 4,375
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £275 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -0.55%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £625
90th Percentile £668 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £470 £495
% change year-on-year -4.26% -5.05% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 212 325
10th Percentile £15.13 £16.26 £14.81
25th Percentile £18.59 £23.80 £19.12
Median hourly rate £24.00 £61.97 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -61.27% +28.03% +93.60%
75th Percentile £48.06 £70.00 £65.11
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.11
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £55.33 £45.44
% change year-on-year -54.81% +21.75% +89.33%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -56 173 £450 - 47
North of England -4 81 £375 +4.17% 50
North West 0 50 £375 +4.17% 19
South East +34 46 £208 -44.67% 47
Midlands -12 40 £356 -22.47% 13
Yorkshire -10 24 £440 -9.74% 20
South West +27 22 £350 -32.04% 20
West Midlands -28 21 £175 -65.00% 3
East Midlands +5 19 £463 +15.48% 10
East of England -5 15 £190 -28.30% 27
North East -7 7 £175 +16.67% 11
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 (9.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.60%) Confluence
2 10 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.78%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 55 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.56%) Sketch
3 5 (1.30%) Adobe XD
3 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.52%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.26%) InDesign
6 1 (0.26%) Moqups
6 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.26%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 108 (28.05%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (18.18%) Azure
3 26 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (6.75%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.49%) GitHub
5 22 (5.71%) Figma
5 22 (5.71%) SaaS
6 21 (5.45%) AWS
7 18 (4.68%) Google Play
8 15 (3.90%) Sauce Labs
9 11 (2.86%) Firebase
9 11 (2.86%) GCP
10 8 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.30%) BrowserStack
11 5 (1.30%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.30%) Sentry
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.47%) Wireless
2 31 (8.05%) Firewall
3 28 (7.27%) Cisco IOS
4 13 (3.38%) DNS
5 8 (2.08%) DHCP
5 8 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.82%) LAN
6 7 (1.82%) VoIP
7 6 (1.56%) ATM
7 6 (1.56%) VPN
8 5 (1.30%) IP Telephony
8 5 (1.30%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.30%) VLAN
8 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.04%) Bluetooth
9 4 (1.04%) HTTP
9 4 (1.04%) WAN
10 2 (0.52%) Calico
10 2 (0.52%) Internet
11 1 (0.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.90%) MySQL
1 15 (3.90%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.04%) Redis
4 3 (0.78%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.78%) Mixpanel
5 2 (0.52%) Power BI
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 48 (12.47%) Git
2 33 (8.57%) Gradle
2 33 (8.57%) Xcode
3 30 (7.79%) Android Studio
4 22 (5.71%) Jenkins
5 16 (4.16%) JIRA
5 16 (4.16%) JUnit
6 15 (3.90%) Browser DevTools
6 15 (3.90%) Eclipse
7 13 (3.38%) Appium
8 8 (2.08%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.82%) GitLab
9 7 (1.82%) NUnit
9 7 (1.82%) Postman
9 7 (1.82%) Storybook
10 6 (1.56%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.56%) Selenium
11 5 (1.30%) Axure RP
12 4 (1.04%) IntelliJ
12 4 (1.04%) WebDriver
General
1 96 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.44%) Finance
3 53 (13.77%) Banking
4 31 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.53%) Games
6 20 (5.19%) Marketing
6 20 (5.19%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (4.16%) Electronics
8 16 (4.16%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Retail
11 3 (0.78%) Local Government
11 3 (0.78%) Military
11 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.52%) Automotive
12 2 (0.52%) Back Office
12 2 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 109 (28.31%) Developer
2 68 (17.66%) Android Developer
3 40 (10.39%) Support Engineer
4 39 (10.13%) Senior
5 36 (9.35%) IT Support
6 26 (6.75%) Platform Engineer
7 25 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
8 23 (5.97%) Designer
8 23 (5.97%) Desktop Support
9 21 (5.45%) Technical Support
10 20 (5.19%) Android Engineer
10 20 (5.19%) IT Engineer
11 17 (4.42%) Analyst
11 17 (4.42%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 17 (4.42%) Technical Engineer
11 17 (4.42%) Technical Support Engineer
12 16 (4.16%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
12 16 (4.16%) Lead
12 16 (4.16%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
13 15 (3.90%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.21%) Android Jetpack
2 42 (10.91%) Jetpack Compose
3 41 (10.65%) RESTful
4 40 (10.39%) CSS
5 33 (8.57%) React
6 25 (6.49%) HTML
6 25 (6.49%) React Native
7 24 (6.23%) Android SDK
8 20 (5.19%) Dagger
8 20 (5.19%) GraphQL
9 18 (4.68%) AngularJS
10 15 (3.90%) Ajax
11 14 (3.64%) RxJava
12 13 (3.38%) .NET
12 13 (3.38%) Redux
13 12 (3.12%) REST
14 10 (2.60%) OAuth
15 9 (2.34%) Node.js
15 9 (2.34%) Retrofit
15 9 (2.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (33.77%) Mobile App
2 35 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.60%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.34%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.08%) Mobile Banking
7 8 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
8 7 (1.82%) Augmented Reality
8 7 (1.82%) EPoS
8 7 (1.82%) iPhone
9 6 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.30%) iPad
10 5 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.04%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 171 (44.42%) Apple iOS
2 113 (29.35%) Windows
3 88 (22.86%) Mac OS
4 36 (9.35%) Windows 10
5 32 (8.31%) Linux
6 17 (4.42%) Unix
7 5 (1.30%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (27.27%) Agile
2 88 (22.86%) User Experience
3 83 (21.56%) Android Development
4 82 (21.30%) CI/CD
5 57 (14.81%) DevOps
6 48 (12.47%) MVVM
7 42 (10.91%) Customer Service
8 41 (10.65%) Test Automation
8 41 (10.65%) UX Design
9 40 (10.39%) Mobile Application Development
10 39 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (9.35%) Architectural Patterns
12 33 (8.57%) Unit Testing
13 31 (8.05%) Mobile Development
13 31 (8.05%) Scrum
14 28 (7.27%) Mentoring
15 26 (6.75%) Performance Optimisation
16 24 (6.23%) E-Commerce
17 23 (5.97%) TDD
18 22 (5.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 104 (27.01%) Kotlin
2 79 (20.52%) Java
3 47 (12.21%) JavaScript
4 42 (10.91%) PowerShell
5 40 (10.39%) Python
6 24 (6.23%) C#
6 24 (6.23%) C++
7 23 (5.97%) Swift
8 22 (5.71%) TypeScript
9 18 (4.68%) Perl
10 15 (3.90%) Objective-C
10 15 (3.90%) SQL
11 8 (2.08%) C
12 7 (1.82%) Ruby
12 7 (1.82%) Scala
13 5 (1.30%) PHP
13 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.04%) Bash
14 4 (1.04%) Bicep
15 2 (0.52%) Dart
Qualifications
1 59 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.19%) Degree
4 13 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.82%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.78%) MCP
9 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.52%) MCITP
10 2 (0.52%) MCSA
10 2 (0.52%) MCSE
10 2 (0.52%) MCTS
10 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.95%) Accessibility
2 23 (5.97%) SLA
3 19 (4.94%) QA
4 5 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.04%) SEPA
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (18.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.60%) Docker
3 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.52%) vSphere
4 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (7.53%) SCCM
3 5 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.04%) Podman
4 4 (1.04%) Terraform
5 3 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.52%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.52%) Istio
6 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 60 (15.58%) Cisco
3 52 (13.51%) Apple
4 43 (11.17%) Splunk
5 37 (9.61%) Google
6 35 (9.09%) HP
7 34 (8.83%) Dell
8 30 (7.79%) ServiceNow
9 24 (6.23%) Meraki
10 18 (4.68%) Oracle
11 17 (4.42%) SAP
12 11 (2.86%) Adobe
13 7 (1.82%) Xamarin
14 6 (1.56%) Remedy
15 5 (1.30%) BMC
16 4 (1.04%) Okta
16 4 (1.04%) Samsung
16 4 (1.04%) Zscaler
17 3 (0.78%) NCR
18 2 (0.52%) Citrix
189 Android jobs in England