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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 44 48
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Android 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.89% 0.36% 0.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.55% 1.64% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £467 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £492 - £391
90th Percentile £497 - £396
South West median daily rate £488 £325 £230
% change year-on-year +50.00% +41.30% -50.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - -
75th Percentile £67.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £63.14 - -

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 66 61 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 19.64% 21.71% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 43 62
10th Percentile £156 £300 £187
25th Percentile £252 £436 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £438
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +37.14% -20.45%
75th Percentile £500 £666 £622
90th Percentile £575 £775 £749
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -9.52% +6.06% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 9
10th Percentile £31.50 - -
25th Percentile £63.22 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £68.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - +223.81% -32.26%
75th Percentile £197.50 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - £40.50
South West median hourly rate £51.25 £67.50 £52.05
% change year-on-year -24.07% +29.70% -19.93%

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
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 10 March 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
Cheltenham - 2 £481 -
Filton - 1 - -
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 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) MapLibre
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Android Development
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker