Android Contracts in Scotland

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 104 104 128
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 +7
Contract jobs citing Android 12 25 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% 1.13% 1.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.52% 6.96% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 28
10th Percentile £189 £193 £141
25th Percentile £276 - £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £160
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +150.00% -65.41%
75th Percentile £400 £600 £250
90th Percentile - £614 £258
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £16.29 £16.07 -
25th Percentile £16.34 £16.18 -
Median hourly rate £17.63 £16.36 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.77% - -
75th Percentile £18.84 £16.53 -
90th Percentile £18.86 £16.64 -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -24.28% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 341 359 535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.98% 16.19% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 235 377
10th Percentile £191 £184 £160
25th Percentile £407 £324 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +4.38% +6.44%
75th Percentile £550 £626 £600
90th Percentile £581 £745 £727
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 13
10th Percentile £16.33 £17.23 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.94 £18.27 £20.79
Median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.10% - +162.50%
75th Percentile £23.50 £60.75 £59.03
90th Percentile £24.43 £62.50 £65.36
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Android in Scotland

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Android in Scotland

Android
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -4 6 £400 - 7
West Lothian - 3 £130 -
Edinburgh -1 2 £350 -39.13% 5
Android
UK

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Figma
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Xcode
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) German Language
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Designer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) UX Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Android Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (8.33%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (8.33%) iOS Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Android Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Mobile Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (8.33%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) SwiftUI
1 3 (25.00%) UIKit
2 2 (16.67%) React
3 1 (8.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (25.00%) iPad
2 3 (25.00%) iPhone
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Prototyping
2 5 (41.67%) User Experience
2 5 (41.67%) UX Design
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 4 (33.33%) iOS Development
3 4 (33.33%) Mobile Development
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (25.00%) BDD
4 3 (25.00%) Biometrics
4 3 (25.00%) Build Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) MVC
4 3 (25.00%) MVVM
4 3 (25.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) TDD
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Swift
2 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 2 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Apple
2 2 (16.67%) Equitrac
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Mitel
3 1 (8.33%) Progress