Android Contracts in London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 245 237
Rank change year-on-year +36 -8 -89
Contract jobs citing Android 198 276 479
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.12% 1.02% 1.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.39% 7.14% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 195 365
10th Percentile £156 £170 £202
25th Percentile £244 £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £588
90th Percentile £675 £686 £725
England median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 12
10th Percentile £13.87 £18.93 £16.37
25th Percentile £16.24 £21.82 £19.75
Median hourly rate £18.93 £25.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.28% -41.18% -33.59%
75th Percentile £22.00 £36.17 £71.51
90th Percentile £42.75 £85.00 £79.20
England median hourly rate £20.47 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +25.00% -68.75%

All Operating Systems
London

Android is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,108 3,864 5,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.90% 14.27% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,499 2,838 3,882
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £325 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 63 107
10th Percentile £15.40 £16.69 £16.08
25th Percentile £18.93 £22.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.34 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.08% +52.41% -42.69%
75th Percentile £33.31 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.80 £74.70
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +33 26 £255 +7.37% 7
South London +10 2 £238 -32.14% 2
East London -4 2 £125 -3.85% 4
West London +12 1 - - 4
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 20 (10.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.57%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.54%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 5 (2.53%) Confluence
5 2 (1.01%) Apache
5 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.51%) nginx
6 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 40 (20.20%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.52%) InDesign
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.52%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.51%) InVision
5 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 53 (26.77%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (10.61%) Azure
3 15 (7.58%) GitHub
4 14 (7.07%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.04%) AWS
5 8 (4.04%) Figma
6 7 (3.54%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.02%) Firebase
8 4 (2.02%) Flurry Analytics
8 4 (2.02%) PubNub
9 3 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (1.52%) Google Play
9 3 (1.52%) PaaS
9 3 (1.52%) Sentry
10 2 (1.01%) Asana
10 2 (1.01%) Bitrise
10 2 (1.01%) Miro
10 2 (1.01%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.51%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.57%) Cisco IOS
1 13 (6.57%) Wireless
2 8 (4.04%) VPN
3 7 (3.54%) Skype
4 5 (2.53%) LAN
4 5 (2.53%) WAN
5 4 (2.02%) Firewall
5 4 (2.02%) SSL
6 3 (1.52%) VoIP
7 2 (1.01%) HTTP
7 2 (1.01%) SAN
8 1 (0.51%) MQTT
8 1 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.51%) RTP
8 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.02%) Mixpanel
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.01%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (10.10%) Git
2 16 (8.08%) Postman
3 14 (7.07%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.56%) Appium
5 9 (4.55%) Android Studio
5 9 (4.55%) JUnit
6 8 (4.04%) JIRA
7 7 (3.54%) Gradle
8 6 (3.03%) Bitbucket
8 6 (3.03%) TeamCity
9 5 (2.53%) CircleCI
9 5 (2.53%) Selenium
10 3 (1.52%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.52%) IntelliJ
11 2 (1.01%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (1.01%) Mocha
11 2 (1.01%) Mockito
11 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 2 (1.01%) Subversion
11 2 (1.01%) Xcode
General
1 48 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.11%) Finance
3 11 (5.56%) Banking
3 11 (5.56%) Retail
4 9 (4.55%) Back Office
5 8 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.54%) French Language
6 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.53%) Games
8 5 (2.53%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.02%) Arabic Language
9 4 (2.02%) German Language
9 4 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.01%) Billing
10 2 (1.01%) Law
10 2 (1.01%) Publishing
11 1 (0.51%) Electronics
11 1 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (24.75%) Developer
2 27 (13.64%) Senior
3 24 (12.12%) Android Developer
4 20 (10.10%) Analyst
5 19 (9.60%) Lead
6 16 (8.08%) Support Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) Desktop Support
8 14 (7.07%) React Developer
9 12 (6.06%) IT Engineer
10 11 (5.56%) IT Support
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Developer
12 8 (4.04%) Android Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Desktop Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Technical Leader
12 8 (4.04%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.54%) Designer
13 7 (3.54%) Senior Android Developer
13 7 (3.54%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.63%) React Native
2 17 (8.59%) REST
3 14 (7.07%) React
4 12 (6.06%) Android Jetpack
5 11 (5.56%) Jetpack Compose
6 10 (5.05%) CSS
6 10 (5.05%) Node.js
6 10 (5.05%) Web Services
7 9 (4.55%) HTML
8 8 (4.04%) Flutter
9 7 (3.54%) GraphQL
9 7 (3.54%) RxJava
10 6 (3.03%) Ajax
10 6 (3.03%) CSS3
10 6 (3.03%) HTML5
11 5 (2.53%) Android SDK
12 4 (2.02%) Electron
12 4 (2.02%) RESTful
12 4 (2.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 4 (2.02%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (24.75%) Mobile App
2 17 (8.59%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.58%) iPad
4 10 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.55%) iPhone
6 8 (4.04%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (3.54%) Blackberry
8 4 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.02%) Social Media
9 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.01%) 3D Graphics
10 2 (1.01%) NHS
10 2 (1.01%) PACS
10 2 (1.01%) Smartcard
10 2 (1.01%) Smartphone
10 2 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 95 (47.98%) Apple iOS
2 63 (31.82%) Windows
3 30 (15.15%) Windows 10
4 20 (10.10%) Mac OS
4 20 (10.10%) Windows 7
5 17 (8.59%) Mac OS X
6 7 (3.54%) Linux
7 5 (2.53%) Windows 8
8 4 (2.02%) Unix
9 2 (1.01%) VMS
10 1 (0.51%) tvOS
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (19.70%) Agile
2 36 (18.18%) Android Development
3 34 (17.17%) Customer Service
4 32 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (14.14%) Test Automation
6 22 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 21 (10.61%) CI/CD
8 19 (9.60%) User Experience
9 18 (9.09%) Software Engineering
10 17 (8.59%) Computer Science
11 16 (8.08%) Mobile Development
12 15 (7.58%) Mobile Application Development
13 14 (7.07%) iOS Development
13 14 (7.07%) ITIL
13 14 (7.07%) Mobile Device Management
13 14 (7.07%) Software Testing
14 13 (6.57%) Customer Experience
14 13 (6.57%) Scrum
15 12 (6.06%) Asset Management
15 12 (6.06%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 46 (23.23%) Kotlin
2 27 (13.64%) Java
3 20 (10.10%) JavaScript
4 19 (9.60%) Swift
5 11 (5.56%) Python
6 7 (3.54%) Objective-C
6 7 (3.54%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.52%) C
7 3 (1.52%) C#
8 2 (1.01%) C++
8 2 (1.01%) Dart
8 2 (1.01%) PHP
8 2 (1.01%) Scala
8 2 (1.01%) SQL
9 1 (0.51%) Bash
9 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (17.17%) Degree
2 21 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.02%) CCNA
5 4 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.01%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) CISSP
8 1 (0.51%) GCFA
8 1 (0.51%) MCSA
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.56%) QA
2 5 (2.53%) SLA
3 4 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.01%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (17.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.03%) Docker
3 2 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.51%) iptables
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (8.08%) SCCM
3 11 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (4.04%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.53%) Ansible
6 3 (1.52%) Rancher
6 3 (1.52%) Terraform
7 1 (0.51%) Bugsnag
7 1 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 47 (23.74%) Apple
2 40 (20.20%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.08%) Adobe
4 13 (6.57%) Cisco
4 13 (6.57%) Citrix
5 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
6 9 (4.55%) Ivanti
7 7 (3.54%) Mitel
7 7 (3.54%) Progress
8 6 (3.03%) Avaya
9 5 (2.53%) Google
10 4 (2.02%) Sun
11 3 (1.52%) VMware
12 2 (1.01%) Cerner
12 2 (1.01%) Checkmarx
12 2 (1.01%) Dell
12 2 (1.01%) SAP
12 2 (1.01%) Splunk
12 2 (1.01%) Veeam
13 1 (0.51%) Xamarin