Android Contracts in the Midlands

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 89 104 139
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 -1
Contract jobs citing Android 22 29 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.15% 1.05% 0.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.70% 6.92% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 23
10th Percentile £106 £187 £150
25th Percentile £168 £363 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £450 £395
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +13.92% -1.86%
75th Percentile £469 £620 £525
90th Percentile £476 £850 £563
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £14.50 - -
25th Percentile £15.63 - -
Median hourly rate £18.50 - -
75th Percentile £21.63 - -
90th Percentile £22.90 - -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -12.00% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 253 419 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.22% 15.20% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 268 433
10th Percentile £150 £145 £158
25th Percentile £200 £190 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £377 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -20.74% +26.67%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £558
90th Percentile £578 £612 £688
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 42 38
10th Percentile £15.16 £12.86 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.27 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.13 £18.50 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.05% +3.59%
75th Percentile £19.63 £23.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £24.21 - £30.61
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 the Midlands

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the Midlands

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Android in the Midlands

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the Midlands

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Android in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Midlands 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
East Midlands +20 14 £463 +3.93% 9
West Midlands -2 8 £113 -75.00% 14
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (45.45%) Azure
3 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 5 (22.73%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Figma
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Git
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (22.73%) Android Developer
1 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Support Officer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Android Jetpack
1 5 (22.73%) Jetpack Compose
2 4 (18.18%) RESTful
3 2 (9.09%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
1 5 (22.73%) Smartphone
2 2 (9.09%) iPhone
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.55%) Linux
4 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) Android Development
4 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
4 5 (22.73%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
4 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
4 5 (22.73%) Scrum
4 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
5 4 (18.18%) API Integration
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Operations Management
5 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) TDD
5 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.55%) Fintech
6 1 (4.55%) Prototyping
6 1 (4.55%) Push Notifications
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) Kotlin
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Apple
3 2 (9.09%) Dell
3 2 (9.09%) HP
4 1 (4.55%) Citrix