Android Developer Contract Job Trends in London

Android Developer
England > London

The median Android Developer daily rate in London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 293 394
Rank change year-on-year -59 +101 +93
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 29 84 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.20% 0.54% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.58% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 49 12
10th Percentile £375 £394 £414
25th Percentile £413 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £608 £525 £542
90th Percentile £625 £604 £573
England median daily rate £440 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -5.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Android Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Android Developer job vacancy trend in London

Android Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in London

Android Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android Developer in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android Developer in London

Android Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in London

Android Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Central London -3 2 - -
Android Developer
England

Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Android Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Android Developer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Android
1 29 (100.00%) Android Development
2 26 (89.66%) Kotlin
3 16 (55.17%) Android Jetpack
4 14 (48.28%) Jetpack Compose
5 12 (41.38%) Agile
5 12 (41.38%) Java
5 12 (41.38%) MVVM
6 10 (34.48%) CI/CD
7 9 (31.03%) JUnit
7 9 (31.03%) RxJava
8 8 (27.59%) Android Studio
8 8 (27.59%) Google
8 8 (27.59%) Mobile Development
8 8 (27.59%) Unit Testing
9 7 (24.14%) Dagger
9 7 (24.14%) DevOps
9 7 (24.14%) Git
9 7 (24.14%) GitHub
9 7 (24.14%) Gradle
9 7 (24.14%) RESTful
10 6 (20.69%) Confluence
10 6 (20.69%) Google Play
10 6 (20.69%) JIRA
10 6 (20.69%) REST
10 6 (20.69%) User Experience
11 5 (17.24%) Accessibility
11 5 (17.24%) Android SDK
11 5 (17.24%) Apple iOS
11 5 (17.24%) Architectural Patterns

Android Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (20.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) GitHub
2 6 (20.69%) Google Play
3 5 (17.24%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (10.34%) Firebase
5 1 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) Bitrise
5 1 (3.45%) Flurry Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) PubNub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.45%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) JUnit
2 8 (27.59%) Android Studio
3 7 (24.14%) Git
3 7 (24.14%) Gradle
4 6 (20.69%) JIRA
5 5 (17.24%) CircleCI
6 4 (13.79%) Bitbucket
6 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
7 2 (6.90%) Mockito
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Automotive
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (55.17%) Android Jetpack
2 14 (48.28%) Jetpack Compose
3 9 (31.03%) RxJava
4 7 (24.14%) Dagger
4 7 (24.14%) RESTful
5 6 (20.69%) REST
6 5 (17.24%) Android SDK
7 4 (13.79%) OkHttp
7 4 (13.79%) RAML
7 4 (13.79%) WireMock
8 2 (6.90%) Android NDK
8 2 (6.90%) CarPlay
8 2 (6.90%) FHIR
8 2 (6.90%) GraphQL
8 2 (6.90%) iOS SDK
8 2 (6.90%) JNI
8 2 (6.90%) XML
9 1 (3.45%) Material Design
9 1 (3.45%) React Native
9 1 (3.45%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.90%) Music Streaming
3 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.90%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Infotainment
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Android
2 5 (17.24%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.90%) Linux
3 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Android Development
2 12 (41.38%) Agile
2 12 (41.38%) MVVM
3 10 (34.48%) CI/CD
4 8 (27.59%) Mobile Development
4 8 (27.59%) Unit Testing
5 7 (24.14%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) User Experience
7 5 (17.24%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (17.24%) Clean Code
7 5 (17.24%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
8 4 (13.79%) Analytics
8 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
8 4 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (13.79%) Design Patterns
9 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
9 3 (10.34%) OO
9 3 (10.34%) Test Automation
9 3 (10.34%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (89.66%) Kotlin
2 12 (41.38%) Java
3 2 (6.90%) C++
3 2 (6.90%) Swift
4 1 (3.45%) Objective-C
4 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Google
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe