Senior Android Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Android Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Android Engineer daily rate in London is £521, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 354 386
Rank change year-on-year -78 +32 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Android Engineer 6 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.031% 0.030% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.032% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £496 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.39%
75th Percentile £536 - £488
90th Percentile £538 - -
England median daily rate £495 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +23.75% -38.46% +13.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,144 12,413 16,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.35% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 8,373 11,814
10th Percentile £358 £331 £325
25th Percentile £440 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 190 306
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.86 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.33 £23.11 £20.23
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -25.68%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.77
90th Percentile £80.75 £63.88 £68.38
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -8.69%

Senior Android Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Android Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Android Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Android Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Android Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Android Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Android Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Android Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Android Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Android Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 July 2026, Senior Android Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Senior Android Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Android
1 6 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 6 (100.00%) MVVM
2 5 (83.33%) Android Jetpack
2 5 (83.33%) Android SDK
3 4 (66.67%) GitHub
3 4 (66.67%) Java
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (50.00%) Google
4 3 (50.00%) Google Play
4 3 (50.00%) Release Management
4 3 (50.00%) REST
4 3 (50.00%) RESTful
4 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) Secure Coding
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Android Development
5 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (33.33%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (33.33%) Refactoring
5 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) User Experience
6 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (16.67%) API Integration
6 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design

Senior Android Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) GitHub
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 3 (50.00%) Google Play
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DSL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) fastlane
1 1 (16.67%) Gradle
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Android Jetpack
1 5 (83.33%) Android SDK
2 3 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (50.00%) RESTful
3 2 (33.33%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) AI Agents
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) MVVM
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Release Management
3 3 (50.00%) Secure Coding
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) AI
4 2 (33.33%) Android Development
4 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (33.33%) Refactoring
4 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) API Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 4 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) OpenAI