Android Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Android Engineer
England > South East

The median Android Engineer daily rate in the South East is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 159 208
Rank change year-on-year -21 +49 +25
Contract jobs requiring an Android Engineer 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.15% 0.032% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.034% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £195
75th Percentile - - £311
90th Percentile - - £507
England median daily rate £275 £523 £575
% change year-on-year -47.37% -9.13% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 - £72.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 4,132 2,936 5,177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.04% 92.82% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,677 1,808 3,226
10th Percentile £255 £238 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £609 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 105 401
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.58 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.05 £24.18 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.99% +0.47%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £69.75 £76.53
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

Android Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Android Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Android Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Android Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Android Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 February 2026. 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
Surrey +1 4 - -
West Sussex - 3 £275 - 1
Android Engineer
England

Android Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 February 2026, 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 South East region featuring Android Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Android
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Android Jetpack
3 3 (42.86%) CircleCI
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Dagger
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (42.86%) Gradle
3 3 (42.86%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) Jetpack Compose
3 3 (42.86%) JUnit
3 3 (42.86%) Kotlin
3 3 (42.86%) OkHttp
3 3 (42.86%) Open Source
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) RAML
3 3 (42.86%) REST
3 3 (42.86%) RxJava
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 3 (42.86%) WireMock
4 2 (28.57%) Android Development

Android Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (42.86%) GitHub
1 3 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) CircleCI
1 3 (42.86%) Gradle
1 3 (42.86%) JUnit
General
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Android Jetpack
1 3 (42.86%) Dagger
1 3 (42.86%) Jetpack Compose
1 3 (42.86%) OkHttp
1 3 (42.86%) RAML
1 3 (42.86%) REST
1 3 (42.86%) RxJava
1 3 (42.86%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Legacy Code
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (42.86%) Open Source
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA