Android Contract Job Trends in London

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 162 230
Rank change year-on-year -60 +68 +9
Contract jobs citing Android 163 245 181
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.63% 0.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.65% 13.40% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 147 129
10th Percentile £157 £217 £190
25th Percentile £307 £350 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £430 £438
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -1.71% -16.67%
75th Percentile £531 £554 £523
90th Percentile £619 £638 £600
England median daily rate £350 £423 £425
% change year-on-year -17.16% -0.59% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 9
10th Percentile £21.14 £41.25 -
25th Percentile - £50.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +256.58% -13.95%
75th Percentile - £69.88 £27.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £70.55 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -25.48% +77.63% +0.37%

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 1,531 1,828 2,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.64% 12.13% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,212 2,007
10th Percentile £204 £225 £205
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 17 45
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.15 £18.37
25th Percentile £21.73 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £28.00 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £104.80 £70.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +76.15% +30.00%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Android job vacancy trend in London

Android
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in London

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Android

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in London over the 6 months to 19 December 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 19 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 -19 11 £527 +10.84% 5
West London -17 5 - - 2
Android
England

Android
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 (3.68%) Confluence
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.84%) CMS
4 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.61%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 29 (17.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.61%) InDesign
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (29.45%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (11.66%) Azure
3 12 (7.36%) GitHub
4 11 (6.75%) Google Play
5 10 (6.13%) AWS
6 8 (4.91%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.29%) Firebase
8 6 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.07%) GCP
9 5 (3.07%) Sentry
10 4 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.45%) BlazeMeter
10 4 (2.45%) BrowserStack
10 4 (2.45%) Figma
10 4 (2.45%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.84%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.23%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 33 (20.25%) Wireless
2 8 (4.91%) DHCP
2 8 (4.91%) DNS
3 5 (3.07%) HTTP
4 4 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.84%) IP Telephony
5 3 (1.84%) VLAN
5 3 (1.84%) VPN
6 2 (1.23%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.61%) DKIM
7 1 (0.61%) DMARC
7 1 (0.61%) Firewall
7 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.61%) SSL
7 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.61%) Mixpanel
2 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Appium
2 13 (7.98%) Android Studio
2 13 (7.98%) JUnit
3 10 (6.13%) JIRA
4 9 (5.52%) Git
4 9 (5.52%) Gradle
5 8 (4.91%) Charles Proxy
6 7 (4.29%) Postman
7 5 (3.07%) CircleCI
7 5 (3.07%) GitLab
7 5 (3.07%) Jenkins
7 5 (3.07%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.07%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.45%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.45%) Selenium
8 4 (2.45%) Xcode
9 3 (1.84%) JMeter
9 3 (1.84%) NUnit
9 3 (1.84%) PyUnit
9 3 (1.84%) WebDriver
General
1 38 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.70%) Banking
3 36 (22.09%) Finance
4 13 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.75%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.52%) Electronics
7 7 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.29%) Marketing
8 3 (1.84%) Games
8 3 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Military
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Back Office
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.61%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 41 (25.15%) Developer
2 28 (17.18%) Android Developer
3 19 (11.66%) IT Support
4 14 (8.59%) Senior
4 14 (8.59%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.98%) Analyst
6 12 (7.36%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (7.36%) IT Engineer
7 11 (6.75%) Software Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) Desktop Support
8 10 (6.13%) Tester
9 8 (4.91%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 7 (4.29%) Field Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Lead
10 7 (4.29%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 6 (3.68%) iOS Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Mobile Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.82%) Android Jetpack
1 16 (9.82%) React Native
2 15 (9.20%) Jetpack Compose
3 13 (7.98%) RESTful
4 10 (6.13%) iOS SDK
4 10 (6.13%) RxJava
5 8 (4.91%) Android SDK
5 8 (4.91%) REST
6 6 (3.68%) Android NDK
6 6 (3.68%) Dagger
6 6 (3.68%) JNI
6 6 (3.68%) Web Services
7 5 (3.07%) GraphQL
7 5 (3.07%) Redux
8 4 (2.45%) Flutter
8 4 (2.45%) OkHttp
8 4 (2.45%) RAML
8 4 (2.45%) React
8 4 (2.45%) WebdriverIO
8 4 (2.45%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 55 (33.74%) Mobile App
2 26 (15.95%) Data Centre
3 14 (8.59%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.91%) Virtual Reality
6 7 (4.29%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (3.07%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (3.07%) Smartphone
7 5 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.45%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.45%) iPhone
9 3 (1.84%) iPad
9 3 (1.84%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.84%) Web3
10 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.23%) Mixed Reality
Operating Systems
1 79 (48.47%) Apple iOS
2 51 (31.29%) Mac OS
3 34 (20.86%) Windows
4 23 (14.11%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.13%) Linux
6 3 (1.84%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.23%) Unix
7 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.54%) Android Development
2 39 (23.93%) CI/CD
3 37 (22.70%) Agile
4 34 (20.86%) User Experience
5 23 (14.11%) Customer Service
6 22 (13.50%) DevOps
7 20 (12.27%) Test Automation
8 16 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (9.20%) iOS Development
9 15 (9.20%) Mobile Development
9 15 (9.20%) MVVM
10 13 (7.98%) Clean Code
10 13 (7.98%) Computer Science
10 13 (7.98%) Software Engineering
10 13 (7.98%) Unit Testing
11 12 (7.36%) Analytics
12 11 (6.75%) Test Scripting
13 10 (6.13%) Mobile Application Development
13 10 (6.13%) Scrum
13 10 (6.13%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.54%) Kotlin
2 28 (17.18%) Java
3 14 (8.59%) JavaScript
3 14 (8.59%) Swift
4 13 (7.98%) C++
4 13 (7.98%) TypeScript
5 12 (7.36%) SQL
6 9 (5.52%) Python
7 8 (4.91%) C#
8 6 (3.68%) Objective-C
9 5 (3.07%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.45%) PHP
11 3 (1.84%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.23%) Dart
13 1 (0.61%) Bash
13 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (24.54%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.04%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.20%) Degree
5 5 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.84%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.61%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.50%) Accessibility
2 20 (12.27%) QA
3 12 (7.36%) SLA
4 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (8.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.29%) SCCM
3 4 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.61%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (29.45%) Apple
2 35 (21.47%) Dell
3 34 (20.86%) HP
4 33 (20.25%) Cisco
5 27 (16.56%) Microsoft
6 19 (11.66%) Google
7 13 (7.98%) ServiceNow
8 7 (4.29%) SAP
9 5 (3.07%) Adobe
9 5 (3.07%) Remedy
9 5 (3.07%) Splunk
10 3 (1.84%) Optimizely
10 3 (1.84%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.23%) BMC
11 2 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (1.23%) Hotjar
11 2 (1.23%) OneTrust
11 2 (1.23%) Rapid7
11 2 (1.23%) Tealium
11 2 (1.23%) Xamarin