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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 261 231
Rank change year-on-year +53 -30 -81
Contract jobs citing Android 200 252 478
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.14% 0.97% 1.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.65% 6.77% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 182 360
10th Percentile £172 £180 £200
25th Percentile £300 £241 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £593 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 8
10th Percentile £13.87 £16.13 £19.70
25th Percentile £16.05 £19.86 £29.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -26.15% -36.52%
75th Percentile £39.25 £36.76 £51.69
90th Percentile £45.98 £85.00 £69.80
England median hourly rate £24.15 £25.00 £22.14
% change year-on-year -3.40% +12.92% -65.41%

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 2,072 3,724 5,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.86% 14.39% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 2,720 3,757
10th Percentile £206 £213 £227
25th Percentile £350 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 62 93
10th Percentile £14.79 £18.93 £16.30
25th Percentile £18.04 £22.94 £21.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £36.17 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +47.63% -43.02%
75th Percentile £25.71 £64.50 £48.58
90th Percentile £60.00 £82.30 £62.90
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.33% +70.45% +25.71%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +53 26 £400 +45.45% 8
South London +3 3 £250 -28.57% 4
East London -6 2 £125 -3.85% 26
West London +14 1 - - 8
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 17 (8.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.00%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.50%) Confluence
5 4 (2.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.00%) Apache
6 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 33 (16.50%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.50%) InDesign
5 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.50%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.00%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.00%) Azure
3 15 (7.50%) GitHub
4 12 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.00%) AWS
6 7 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.00%) Figma
7 6 (3.00%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.00%) PaaS
8 4 (2.00%) Firebase
8 4 (2.00%) Flurry Analytics
8 4 (2.00%) PubNub
9 3 (1.50%) Google Play
9 3 (1.50%) Miro
9 3 (1.50%) Sentry
10 2 (1.00%) Asana
10 2 (1.00%) Bitrise
10 2 (1.00%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.50%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.00%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (4.00%) VPN
3 7 (3.50%) Firewall
4 6 (3.00%) Skype
4 6 (3.00%) Wireless
5 5 (2.50%) LAN
5 5 (2.50%) WAN
6 4 (2.00%) SSL
7 3 (1.50%) VoIP
8 2 (1.00%) HTTP
8 2 (1.00%) SAN
9 1 (0.50%) MQTT
9 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.00%) Mixpanel
2 3 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.00%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.00%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (10.50%) Git
1 21 (10.50%) Postman
2 15 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.50%) Appium
4 10 (5.00%) JUnit
5 9 (4.50%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.50%) JIRA
6 8 (4.00%) Android Studio
7 7 (3.50%) Gradle
7 7 (3.50%) TeamCity
8 6 (3.00%) Artifactory
9 5 (2.50%) CircleCI
10 4 (2.00%) IntelliJ
10 4 (2.00%) Selenium
11 3 (1.50%) Katalon Studio
11 3 (1.50%) XCUITest
12 2 (1.00%) Mockito
12 2 (1.00%) ScalaTest
12 2 (1.00%) SonarQube
12 2 (1.00%) XCTest
General
1 46 (23.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.00%) Finance
3 15 (7.50%) Back Office
4 11 (5.50%) Retail
5 9 (4.50%) Banking
5 9 (4.50%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.50%) French Language
7 5 (2.50%) Games
7 5 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.00%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.00%) Billing
9 2 (1.00%) German Language
9 2 (1.00%) Law
9 2 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Publishing
9 2 (1.00%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.50%) Aviation
10 1 (0.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (25.00%) Developer
2 37 (18.50%) Senior
3 25 (12.50%) Analyst
3 25 (12.50%) Android Developer
4 22 (11.00%) Lead
5 14 (7.00%) Support Engineer
6 13 (6.50%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (6.50%) Test Analyst
7 12 (6.00%) React Developer
8 11 (5.50%) Senior Test Analyst
9 10 (5.00%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.00%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.50%) Android Engineer
10 9 (4.50%) Desktop Support
11 8 (4.00%) Technical Leader
12 7 (3.50%) Desktop Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) IT Support
12 7 (3.50%) QA Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.00%) React Native
2 16 (8.00%) REST
3 14 (7.00%) Android Jetpack
3 14 (7.00%) React
4 13 (6.50%) Jetpack Compose
5 9 (4.50%) Node.js
6 8 (4.00%) Flutter
6 8 (4.00%) RxJava
6 8 (4.00%) Web Services
7 7 (3.50%) HTML
7 7 (3.50%) HTML5
8 6 (3.00%) GraphQL
9 5 (2.50%) Ajax
9 5 (2.50%) Android SDK
9 5 (2.50%) CSS
9 5 (2.50%) CSS3
9 5 (2.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 5 (2.50%) Unreal Engine
10 4 (2.00%) .NET
10 4 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (29.00%) Mobile App
2 20 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.00%) iPad
4 9 (4.50%) iPhone
5 8 (4.00%) Social Media
6 7 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.00%) Blackberry
7 6 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.50%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.50%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.50%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.00%) 3D Graphics
10 2 (1.00%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.00%) Mobile Payment
10 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.00%) PACS
10 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 97 (48.50%) Apple iOS
2 60 (30.00%) Windows
3 26 (13.00%) Windows 10
4 18 (9.00%) Windows 7
5 16 (8.00%) Mac OS
6 15 (7.50%) Mac OS X
7 11 (5.50%) Linux
8 7 (3.50%) Unix
9 4 (2.00%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.00%) VMS
11 1 (0.50%) tvOS
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (21.50%) Android Development
2 42 (21.00%) Agile
3 35 (17.50%) Test Automation
4 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (13.50%) Continuous Integration
6 25 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 23 (11.50%) Software Engineering
8 21 (10.50%) CI/CD
9 20 (10.00%) iOS Development
9 20 (10.00%) Mobile Development
9 20 (10.00%) Software Testing
9 20 (10.00%) User Experience
10 18 (9.00%) Mobile Application Development
11 17 (8.50%) Computer Science
12 13 (6.50%) Customer Experience
12 13 (6.50%) MVVM
12 13 (6.50%) Scrum
13 12 (6.00%) Roadmaps
14 11 (5.50%) ITIL
14 11 (5.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.50%) Kotlin
2 32 (16.00%) Java
3 22 (11.00%) Swift
4 15 (7.50%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.50%) Python
6 8 (4.00%) Objective-C
7 6 (3.00%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.50%) PHP
9 4 (2.00%) C
10 3 (1.50%) C#
11 2 (1.00%) C++
11 2 (1.00%) Dart
11 2 (1.00%) Scala
11 2 (1.00%) SQL
12 1 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (15.00%) Degree
2 20 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.00%) CCNA
5 4 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.00%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) GCFA
8 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.00%) QA
2 4 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.50%) SLA
4 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.00%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.00%) Docker
3 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.00%) vSphere
4 1 (0.50%) iptables
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (8.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.00%) SCCM
3 9 (4.50%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.00%) Ansible
4 8 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (3.00%) Terraform
6 1 (0.50%) Bugsnag
6 1 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.50%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (23.50%) Apple
2 45 (22.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.50%) Adobe
4 12 (6.00%) Cisco
5 10 (5.00%) Citrix
6 8 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.00%) Ivanti
7 6 (3.00%) Mitel
7 6 (3.00%) Progress
8 5 (2.50%) Google
9 4 (2.00%) Avaya
9 4 (2.00%) SAP
10 3 (1.50%) VMware
11 2 (1.00%) Cerner
11 2 (1.00%) Checkmarx
11 2 (1.00%) Splunk
11 2 (1.00%) Sun
11 2 (1.00%) Veeam
12 1 (0.50%) HP
12 1 (0.50%) Red Hat