Android Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 64 88
Rank change year-on-year -30 +24 -1
Contract jobs citing Android 3 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.21% 0.14% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.27% 0.62% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £720 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £740 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +85.00% -23.81% -14.29%
75th Percentile £760 - £569
90th Percentile - - £588
South East median daily rate £325 £223 £475
% change year-on-year +46.07% -53.16% +111.11%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 237 162 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.60% 22.16% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 117 140
10th Percentile £285 £370 £223
25th Percentile £469 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.46%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £680
90th Percentile £726 £675 £825
South East median daily rate £450 £454 £425
% change year-on-year -0.88% +6.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 27
10th Percentile £15.62 £56.61 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £61.56 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.76% +0.81% +114.53%
75th Percentile £48.75 £69.69 £72.50
90th Percentile £51.81 £80.25 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £59.13 £54.53
% change year-on-year -64.84% +8.43% +88.03%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Android job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Android

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Winchester - 2 £740 -
Romsey - 1 - -
Android
South East

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Gradle
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) WiX
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Flask
2 2 (66.67%) JavaFX
2 2 (66.67%) Nuxt
2 2 (66.67%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Android Development
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared