Android Contracts in London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 259 236
Rank change year-on-year +84 -23 -65
Contract jobs citing Android 232 227 499
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.41% 0.93% 1.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.48% 6.18% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 165 376
10th Percentile £200 £170 £216
25th Percentile £313 £231 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £515
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -22.33% +5.64%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £464 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.94% -20.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 10
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.13 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £16.83 £17.79
Median hourly rate £25.20 £20.78 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -43.84% -42.19%
75th Percentile £42.25 £24.41 £47.97
90th Percentile £60.95 £31.17 £62.59
England median hourly rate £31.88 £19.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year +67.76% -12.76% -44.15%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,021 3,674 5,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.24% 14.99% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,414 2,675 4,024
10th Percentile £213 £210 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 58 86
10th Percentile £16.24 £18.93 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.75 £20.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £48.75 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -54.87% +103.89% -1.81%
75th Percentile £29.38 £63.38 £41.13
90th Percentile £61.14 £83.23 £62.75
England median hourly rate £27.00 £42.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% +88.89% +32.35%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Android in London

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in London.

Daily rate trend for Android in London

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android in London

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in London.

Hourly rate trend for Android in London

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Android in London

Android
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +45 27 £400 +60.80% 8
South London +9 4 £250 -28.57% 1
East London -2 2 £125 -3.85%
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.02%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.59%) Confluence
5 3 (1.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 27 (11.64%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.72%) Trello
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (9.48%) Azure
3 16 (6.90%) GitHub
4 13 (5.60%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.88%) PaaS
6 8 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.02%) AWS
7 7 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.16%) Google Play
9 4 (1.72%) Figma
9 4 (1.72%) Slack
9 4 (1.72%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.29%) Firebase
10 3 (1.29%) Miro
10 3 (1.29%) Sentry
11 2 (0.86%) Asana
11 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.86%) Flurry Analytics
11 2 (0.86%) PubNub
11 2 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.74%) Cisco IOS
2 9 (3.88%) VPN
3 8 (3.45%) Firewall
4 7 (3.02%) Skype
5 6 (2.59%) LAN
5 6 (2.59%) VoIP
6 5 (2.16%) Wireless
7 2 (0.86%) HTTP
7 2 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.86%) SSL
7 2 (0.86%) WAN
8 1 (0.43%) DNS
8 1 (0.43%) MQTT
8 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.72%) Tableau
3 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.86%) Big Data
4 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.86%) Mixpanel
4 2 (0.86%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) MS Access
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (9.91%) Postman
2 20 (8.62%) Git
3 16 (6.90%) Appium
4 14 (6.03%) Jenkins
5 12 (5.17%) JIRA
6 10 (4.31%) Android Studio
7 9 (3.88%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.88%) JUnit
8 7 (3.02%) Artifactory
8 7 (3.02%) TeamCity
9 5 (2.16%) CircleCI
9 5 (2.16%) Selenium
10 4 (1.72%) Gradle
10 4 (1.72%) IntelliJ
10 4 (1.72%) Katalon Studio
11 3 (1.29%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.29%) XCUITest
12 2 (0.86%) Charles Proxy
12 2 (0.86%) PyUnit
12 2 (0.86%) XCTest
General
1 42 (18.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.48%) Finance
3 19 (8.19%) Retail
4 16 (6.90%) Back Office
4 16 (6.90%) Banking
5 15 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.02%) Games
8 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.29%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.29%) Law
9 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Billing
10 2 (0.86%) Legal
10 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Publishing
10 2 (0.86%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Front Office
11 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (28.02%) Developer
2 49 (21.12%) Senior
3 38 (16.38%) Android Developer
4 33 (14.22%) Lead
5 25 (10.78%) Analyst
6 15 (6.47%) Android Engineer
7 14 (6.03%) Test Analyst
8 13 (5.60%) Desktop Support
8 13 (5.60%) Mobile Engineer
8 13 (5.60%) Technical Leader
9 12 (5.17%) React Developer
9 12 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (5.17%) Senior Developer
9 12 (5.17%) Senior Test Analyst
9 12 (5.17%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.74%) Java Engineer
11 9 (3.88%) IT Support
12 8 (3.45%) Mobile Developer
12 8 (3.45%) Product Owner
12 8 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.34%) React Native
2 22 (9.48%) Android Jetpack
3 21 (9.05%) Jetpack Compose
4 12 (5.17%) REST
5 11 (4.74%) Android SDK
6 7 (3.02%) Node.js
6 7 (3.02%) React
6 7 (3.02%) RESTful
6 7 (3.02%) RxJava
7 6 (2.59%) .NET
7 6 (2.59%) Flutter
7 6 (2.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 6 (2.59%) Unreal Engine
7 6 (2.59%) Web Services
8 5 (2.16%) Redux
9 4 (1.72%) Dagger
9 4 (1.72%) Next.js
10 3 (1.29%) ADO
10 3 (1.29%) HTML
10 3 (1.29%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.43%) Mobile App
2 20 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.74%) iPhone
4 10 (4.31%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.88%) iPad
6 8 (3.45%) Social Media
7 6 (2.59%) Blackberry
7 6 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.16%) Handset
9 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.72%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.29%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.86%) Animation
11 2 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.86%) Mobile Payment
11 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 111 (47.84%) Apple iOS
2 58 (25.00%) Windows
3 24 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.62%) Mac OS
5 17 (7.33%) Mac OS X
6 15 (6.47%) Windows 7
7 14 (6.03%) Linux
8 8 (3.45%) Windows Server
9 7 (3.02%) Unix
10 3 (1.29%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.86%) VMS
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Phone
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.74%) Android Development
2 46 (19.83%) Agile
3 42 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.22%) Test Automation
5 31 (13.36%) Software Engineering
6 27 (11.64%) Customer Service
6 27 (11.64%) Mobile Development
7 25 (10.78%) Continuous Integration
8 23 (9.91%) iOS Development
9 21 (9.05%) CI/CD
10 20 (8.62%) Mobile Application Development
10 20 (8.62%) Scrum
11 16 (6.90%) Roadmaps
12 15 (6.47%) Customer Experience
12 15 (6.47%) Mentoring
13 14 (6.03%) Computer Science
13 14 (6.03%) Software Testing
14 13 (5.60%) Design Patterns
14 13 (5.60%) DevOps
14 13 (5.60%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (35.34%) Kotlin
2 52 (22.41%) Java
3 17 (7.33%) Swift
4 12 (5.17%) Python
5 7 (3.02%) C
5 7 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.59%) PHP
7 5 (2.16%) C#
7 5 (2.16%) Go
7 5 (2.16%) SQL
8 4 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.29%) C++
10 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.43%) Bash
11 1 (0.43%) Dart
11 1 (0.43%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (10.78%) Degree
2 21 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) CCNA
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.03%) QA
2 6 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.29%) Docker
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.86%) vSphere
4 1 (0.43%) iptables
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.62%) SCCM
2 19 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.31%) Ansible
4 9 (3.88%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (3.02%) Terraform
6 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.43%) Bugsnag
6 1 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (17.67%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.66%) Apple
3 12 (5.17%) Cisco
4 10 (4.31%) Adobe
4 10 (4.31%) Citrix
5 9 (3.88%) Google
6 8 (3.45%) Mitel
7 7 (3.02%) Progress
8 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.72%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.72%) Ivanti
9 4 (1.72%) SAP
10 3 (1.29%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.29%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.86%) Splunk
12 1 (0.43%) Databricks
12 1 (0.43%) iManage
12 1 (0.43%) Intapp
12 1 (0.43%) Meraki
12 1 (0.43%) Polycom