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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 34 56
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 -10
Contract jobs citing Android 6 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.81% 1.98% 0.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.17% 7.94% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £363 £257 -
25th Percentile £400 £268 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £295 £375
Median % change year-on-year +56.78% -21.33% -37.50%
75th Percentile £500 £428 £391
90th Percentile £523 £501 £396
South West median daily rate £500 £325 £375
% change year-on-year +53.85% -13.33% -25.00%

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 59 63 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 17.82% 25.00% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 63
10th Percentile £156 £191 £208
25th Percentile £205 £225 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £625
90th Percentile £613 £775 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £27.25 - -
25th Percentile £28.75 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +300.00% -77.56%
75th Percentile £36.25 - £33.25
90th Percentile £37.75 - £70.00
South West median hourly rate £41.00 £18.87 £67.50
% change year-on-year +117.28% -72.04% +3.05%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -4 4 £400 -20.00% 2
Cheltenham -7 2 £481 +63.14% 12
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQLite
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Product Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Android Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) MapLibre
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 3 (50.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (33.33%) Android Development
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) ACSP
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Apple
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft