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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 250 198
Rank change year-on-year -56 -52 +54
Contract jobs citing Android 313 240 430
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 1.00% 1.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.78% 7.14% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 151 296
10th Percentile £192 £160 £200
25th Percentile £274 £213 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £469 £600
90th Percentile £650 £538 £825
UK median daily rate £455 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +13.75% -11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 24
10th Percentile £13.34 £16.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.33 £21.25 £16.70
Median hourly rate £26.22 £24.66 £25.20
Median % change year-on-year +6.31% -2.14% +5.82%
75th Percentile £61.25 - £66.25
90th Percentile £68.49 - £79.63
UK median hourly rate £22.80 £22.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +1.33% +2.27% -2.78%

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 4,025 3,359 5,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.68% 14.00% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 2,292 3,426
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £470
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.06% -8.29%
75th Percentile £573 £594 £588
90th Percentile £658 £696 £700
UK median daily rate £457 £465 £465
% change year-on-year -1.83% - -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 150 371
10th Percentile £15.90 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.35 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.71 £20.64 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.08% -8.27% -43.47%
75th Percentile £65.50 £58.39 £61.80
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +70.45% -2.22% -44.16%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -49 133 £455 +13.75% 58
South West +11 57 £500 +53.85% 18
South East -40 41 £275 +34.15% 17
North of England -87 40 £260 -35.00% 16
Yorkshire -49 20 £190 -57.78% 4
Midlands -82 16 £625 +150.00% 12
East of England -21 15 £310 - 12
North West -65 12 £260 -30.67% 9
North East -19 11 £450 +16.13% 3
West Midlands -65 10 £625 +455.56% 7
East Midlands -37 6 - - 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 13 (4.15%) Confluence
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (10.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Notion
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (14.06%) Azure
3 29 (9.27%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.95%) GCP
5 27 (8.63%) AWS
6 25 (7.99%) GitHub
7 17 (5.43%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.79%) Google Workspace
9 14 (4.47%) SaaS
10 13 (4.15%) Sauce Labs
11 6 (1.92%) Firebase
11 6 (1.92%) IaaS
11 6 (1.92%) PaaS
12 5 (1.60%) Figma
12 5 (1.60%) Google Play
12 5 (1.60%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.60%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.83%) DNS
1 12 (3.83%) VoIP
2 11 (3.51%) DHCP
2 11 (3.51%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.51%) VPN
3 9 (2.88%) LAN
3 9 (2.88%) WAN
4 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.60%) Internet
5 5 (1.60%) Skype
6 4 (1.28%) DSL
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.96%) Firewall
7 3 (0.96%) Wireless
8 1 (0.32%) 4G
8 1 (0.32%) 5G
8 1 (0.32%) Network Security
8 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.83%) MySQL
2 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.96%) DB2
3 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.64%) Power BI
4 2 (0.64%) SQLite
4 2 (0.64%) Tableau
5 1 (0.32%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 26 (8.31%) Android Studio
2 20 (6.39%) Gradle
3 17 (5.43%) JIRA
4 14 (4.47%) Appium
5 13 (4.15%) Xcode
6 12 (3.83%) JUnit
7 11 (3.51%) Jenkins
8 8 (2.56%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.24%) fastlane
10 6 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
10 6 (1.92%) Eclipse
11 5 (1.60%) Git
11 5 (1.60%) GitLab
11 5 (1.60%) Postman
11 5 (1.60%) XCUITest
12 4 (1.28%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.28%) Crashlytics
12 4 (1.28%) PyCharm
12 4 (1.28%) PyUnit
12 4 (1.28%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.63%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.31%) Finance
5 25 (7.99%) Banking
6 11 (3.51%) Military
7 9 (2.88%) Retail
8 8 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.24%) Publishing
10 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Legal
12 2 (0.64%) Electronics
12 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Slovak Language
12 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Bulgarian Language
13 1 (0.32%) Czech Language
13 1 (0.32%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 70 (22.36%) Developer
2 57 (18.21%) Android Developer
3 42 (13.42%) Analyst
4 41 (13.10%) Senior
5 32 (10.22%) Mobile Engineer
6 27 (8.63%) Android Engineer
6 27 (8.63%) Architect
7 25 (7.99%) 2nd Line Support
8 22 (7.03%) IT Support
9 18 (5.75%) Service Desk Analyst
10 17 (5.43%) Service Analyst
10 17 (5.43%) Support Engineer
11 16 (5.11%) Support Analyst
12 13 (4.15%) IT Analyst
13 12 (3.83%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 11 (3.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
14 11 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 11 (3.51%) IT Support Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (12.46%) Android Jetpack
2 37 (11.82%) Jetpack Compose
3 22 (7.03%) Android SDK
3 22 (7.03%) React Native
4 18 (5.75%) GraphQL
5 17 (5.43%) REST
6 16 (5.11%) React
7 11 (3.51%) RxJava
8 10 (3.19%) AngularJS
8 10 (3.19%) Dagger
8 10 (3.19%) OkHttp
9 9 (2.88%) CSS
10 8 (2.56%) Flutter
10 8 (2.56%) OAuth
10 8 (2.56%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.56%) RESTful
11 7 (2.24%) Ajax
11 7 (2.24%) WireMock
12 6 (1.92%) pytest
12 6 (1.92%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 70 (22.36%) Mobile App
2 20 (6.39%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.75%) Smartphone
4 17 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.43%) Virtual Team
5 15 (4.79%) Blackberry
6 13 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.88%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.24%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.92%) Mobile Banking
9 6 (1.92%) Mobile Payment
9 6 (1.92%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.60%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.96%) Acoustics
11 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 178 (56.87%) Apple iOS
2 123 (39.30%) Windows
3 45 (14.38%) Mac OS
4 34 (10.86%) Windows 10
5 26 (8.31%) Linux
6 6 (1.92%) Unix
7 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (21.73%) Android Development
3 41 (13.10%) User Experience
4 40 (12.78%) CI/CD
4 40 (12.78%) Test Automation
5 39 (12.46%) Agile
6 38 (12.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 33 (10.54%) MVVM
8 31 (9.90%) Customer Service
9 29 (9.27%) ITIL
10 28 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (7.35%) Service Delivery
12 22 (7.03%) Software Engineering
13 21 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (6.39%) Computer Science
15 18 (5.75%) AI
15 18 (5.75%) Data Protection
16 16 (5.11%) ITSM
16 16 (5.11%) Mobile Development
17 15 (4.79%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 75 (23.96%) Kotlin
2 58 (18.53%) Java
3 23 (7.35%) Python
4 22 (7.03%) JavaScript
5 19 (6.07%) Swift
6 12 (3.83%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.56%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.92%) Perl
8 6 (1.92%) SQL
9 5 (1.60%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.28%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.96%) C++
12 2 (0.64%) Scala
13 1 (0.32%) Bash
13 1 (0.32%) BrightScript
13 1 (0.32%) C#
Qualifications
1 86 (27.48%) Security Cleared
2 76 (24.28%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.31%) Degree
4 15 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.96%) ACSP
9 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.96%) PhD
10 2 (0.64%) SANS
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.07%) QA
2 18 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.56%) WCAG
4 6 (1.92%) SLA
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
6 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (11.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.56%) Docker
3 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.96%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.64%) Firmware
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (14.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.24%) SCCM
3 6 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.64%) AirWatch
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 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.42%) Google
3 40 (12.78%) Apple
4 18 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.11%) MobileIron
6 15 (4.79%) Citrix
6 15 (4.79%) VMware
7 12 (3.83%) HP
8 7 (2.24%) Splunk
9 6 (1.92%) Cisco
9 6 (1.92%) Oracle
10 5 (1.60%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.28%) Dell
11 4 (1.28%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.96%) Braze
12 3 (0.96%) Coverity
12 3 (0.96%) Thales
12 3 (0.96%) Virgin Media
13 2 (0.64%) Meraki
13 2 (0.64%) Xamarin
130 Android jobs in England