Android Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 40 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 -9
Contract jobs citing Android 8 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.80% 2.24% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.81% 7.87% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £369 £264 -
25th Percentile £427 £285 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £435 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.39% - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile £599 £504 -
South West median daily rate £515 £325 £515
% change year-on-year +58.46% -36.89% +51.47%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 54 89 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 12.16% 28.43% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 62 49
10th Percentile £196 £191 £338
25th Percentile £334 £225 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £401 £563
Median % change year-on-year +28.35% -28.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £613 £475 £675
90th Percentile £700 £575 £734
South West median daily rate £550 £425 £518
% change year-on-year +29.41% -17.87% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - £39.67 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.62 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.56% -2.86% -10.26%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £29.90 £69.20 -
South West median hourly rate £36.36 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +44.55% -64.07% +7.69%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Android job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Gloucestershire

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Gloucester +11 4 £388 -10.92% 4
Cheltenham -9 4 £515 +74.58% 15
Android
South West

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Android Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Android Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Android Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Product Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (12.50%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (12.50%) OpenAPI
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Android Development
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) API Design
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) Rust
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Go
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ACSP
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow