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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 201 245
Rank change year-on-year -23 +44 -13
Contract jobs citing Android 129 200 278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.03% 1.12% 1.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.59% 9.45% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 143 195
10th Percentile £210 £165 £170
25th Percentile £250 £256 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £591
90th Percentile £585 £675 £686
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 11
10th Percentile - £13.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £16.05 £21.82
Median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.27% -24.28% -41.18%
75th Percentile £27.25 £26.19 £36.17
90th Percentile £31.90 £45.98 £85.00
England median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -12.00% +25.00%

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 1,502 2,117 3,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.97% 11.87% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 1,510 2,826
10th Percentile £250 £200 £213
25th Percentile £375 £325 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £641 £629 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £764
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 69 61
10th Percentile £17.72 £15.30 £18.93
25th Percentile £21.89 £18.93 £22.63
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -41.08% +52.41%
75th Percentile £32.75 £33.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £53.80 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 -2 19 £350 -12.50% 14
West London +15 4 £353 - 4
East London +16 3 £250 +100.00% 2
South London +7 3 £251 +0.20% 2
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 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (11.63%) AWS
2 15 (11.63%) Azure
3 12 (9.30%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.98%) Figma
4 9 (6.98%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.65%) SaaS
6 5 (3.88%) Datadog
7 4 (3.10%) Asana
7 4 (3.10%) BrowserStack
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub
7 4 (3.10%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.10%) Sauce Labs
7 4 (3.10%) Slack
7 4 (3.10%) SonarCloud
8 3 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (2.33%) Firebase
9 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.55%) GCP
9 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.20%) VPN
2 6 (4.65%) Wireless
3 4 (3.10%) DHCP
3 4 (3.10%) DNS
3 4 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.33%) Internet
5 2 (1.55%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.55%) LAN
5 2 (1.55%) WAN
5 2 (1.55%) WebEx
6 1 (0.78%) Firewall
6 1 (0.78%) Network Security
6 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.78%) RTSP
6 1 (0.78%) Skype
6 1 (0.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) Mixpanel
1 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) Metadata
2 1 (0.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (13.18%) Git
2 11 (8.53%) JIRA
3 10 (7.75%) Appium
4 7 (5.43%) JUnit
5 6 (4.65%) Android Studio
6 5 (3.88%) GitLab
6 5 (3.88%) Jenkins
6 5 (3.88%) Selenium
7 3 (2.33%) Gradle
7 3 (2.33%) Mockito
7 3 (2.33%) TestNG
8 2 (1.55%) Xcode
9 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.78%) Gatling
9 1 (0.78%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.78%) Maven
9 1 (0.78%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.78%) Postman
9 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 36 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.73%) Finance
3 15 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.65%) Banking
5 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.10%) Marketing
6 3 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.33%) Retail
7 2 (1.55%) Back Office
7 2 (1.55%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Billing
8 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Local Government
8 1 (0.78%) Music Industry
8 1 (0.78%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (28.68%) Developer
2 30 (23.26%) Android Developer
3 26 (20.16%) Senior
4 15 (11.63%) Support Engineer
5 12 (9.30%) IT Support
5 12 (9.30%) Senior Developer
6 11 (8.53%) Android Engineer
6 11 (8.53%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Senior Android Developer
8 9 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Analyst
10 7 (5.43%) Designer
11 6 (4.65%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.65%) Tester
12 5 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (3.88%) Architect
12 5 (3.88%) Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.88%) Desktop Support
12 5 (3.88%) Lead
12 5 (3.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.63%) Android Jetpack
2 14 (10.85%) Android SDK
3 11 (8.53%) Dagger
4 9 (6.98%) Jetpack Compose
4 9 (6.98%) RESTful
5 8 (6.20%) React
5 8 (6.20%) React Native
6 6 (4.65%) REST
7 4 (3.10%) CSS
7 4 (3.10%) GraphQL
7 4 (3.10%) HTML
7 4 (3.10%) Node.js
7 4 (3.10%) OpenAPI
7 4 (3.10%) Swagger
8 3 (2.33%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.33%) Material Design
8 3 (2.33%) pytest
8 3 (2.33%) Spring
9 2 (1.55%) Google Maps API
9 2 (1.55%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 38 (29.46%) Mobile App
2 8 (6.20%) iPhone
3 6 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.10%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.10%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.33%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.55%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.55%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (1.55%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.55%) Social Media
6 2 (1.55%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.55%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.78%) BYOD
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 65 (50.39%) Apple iOS
2 32 (24.81%) Windows
3 12 (9.30%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.53%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.33%) Linux
5 3 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.78%) Unix
7 1 (0.78%) VMS
7 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.33%) Android Development
2 35 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (26.36%) Agile
4 23 (17.83%) CI/CD
5 21 (16.28%) Test Automation
5 21 (16.28%) User Experience
6 20 (15.50%) MVVM
7 16 (12.40%) Mobile Development
8 14 (10.85%) Customer Service
9 13 (10.08%) Mobile Application Development
10 12 (9.30%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (7.75%) Design Patterns
11 10 (7.75%) Push Notifications
11 10 (7.75%) Scrum
11 10 (7.75%) Software Engineering
12 9 (6.98%) Service Management
13 8 (6.20%) B2C
13 8 (6.20%) iOS Development
13 8 (6.20%) ITIL
13 8 (6.20%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.11%) Kotlin
2 22 (17.05%) Java
3 9 (6.98%) JavaScript
3 9 (6.98%) Swift
4 6 (4.65%) Python
4 6 (4.65%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.88%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.88%) SQL
6 3 (2.33%) C#
7 2 (1.55%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.78%) Bash
8 1 (0.78%) Bicep
8 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (10.08%) SC Cleared
1 13 (10.08%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.75%) Degree
3 6 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.55%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.78%) MCP
5 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.63%) QA
2 9 (6.98%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (18.60%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (12.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.98%) SCCM
3 4 (3.10%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.33%) Grafana
4 3 (2.33%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.33%) Terraform
5 2 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.78%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.28%) Apple
3 10 (7.75%) Google
4 7 (5.43%) Cisco
5 6 (4.65%) Dell
5 6 (4.65%) HP
6 4 (3.10%) Citrix
7 3 (2.33%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.33%) Remedy
7 3 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.33%) Splunk
7 3 (2.33%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.33%) VMware
8 2 (1.55%) Adobe
8 2 (1.55%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (1.55%) NEC
8 2 (1.55%) Optimizely
8 2 (1.55%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.78%) Hitachi