Android Contract Job Trends in the South East

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 162 163
Rank change year-on-year +37 +1 +50
Contract jobs citing Android 46 17 45
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.27% 0.40% 0.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.08% 2.25% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 29
10th Percentile £178 £200 £141
25th Percentile £204 £258 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% -3.23% -29.55%
75th Percentile £338 £394 £475
90th Percentile £594 £400 £568
England median daily rate £393 £431 £425
% change year-on-year -8.71% +1.29% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.10
25th Percentile £16.25 - £30.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £46.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £62.50
90th Percentile - - £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% +60.38% +28.39%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 650 757 1,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.93% 17.74% 19.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 497 713
10th Percentile £190 £200 £170
25th Percentile £219 £325 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £583 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £648
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 35 86
10th Percentile £12.50 £23.85 £17.88
25th Percentile £15.50 £36.79 £29.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £62.50 £56.78
Median % change year-on-year -69.81% +10.07% +234.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.53 - £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £48.15
% change year-on-year -61.67% +24.62% +92.59%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Android job vacancy trend in the South East

Android
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the South East over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the South East

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Android

Android
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Thames Valley +23 22 £350 - 15
Surrey +24 18 £208 +3.75% 18
Buckinghamshire +21 16 - - 8
Kent - 5 £160 - 1
Berkshire +13 4 £350 +52.17% 5
Oxfordshire -9 2 - - 2
West Sussex -7 1 £585 - 2
Android
England

Android
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (32.61%) SaaS
2 15 (32.61%) Sauce Labs
3 3 (6.52%) Azure
4 2 (4.35%) AWS
4 2 (4.35%) GCP
4 2 (4.35%) Google Play
5 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) Cisco IOS
1 17 (36.96%) Firewall
2 15 (32.61%) Wireless
3 2 (4.35%) ATM
4 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (32.61%) MySQL
1 15 (32.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (32.61%) Android Studio
1 15 (32.61%) Browser DevTools
1 15 (32.61%) Eclipse
1 15 (32.61%) Xcode
2 5 (10.87%) Git
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Games
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
5 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Automotive
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Platform Engineer
1 16 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 15 (32.61%) Technical Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) Technical Support
2 15 (32.61%) Technical Support Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) UX Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Android Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Applications Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Mobile Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Principal Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Senior
4 3 (6.52%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.35%) EPoS Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (2.17%) Deskside Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Deskside Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (41.30%) React
2 17 (36.96%) AngularJS
2 17 (36.96%) CSS
3 15 (32.61%) Ajax
3 15 (32.61%) GraphQL
4 4 (8.70%) Node.js
5 3 (6.52%) Material Design
5 3 (6.52%) RESTful
6 2 (4.35%) .NET
6 2 (4.35%) CSS3
6 2 (4.35%) HTML
6 2 (4.35%) HTML5
6 2 (4.35%) Jest
6 2 (4.35%) jQuery
6 2 (4.35%) React Native
6 2 (4.35%) Redux
6 2 (4.35%) Web Services
7 1 (2.17%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (45.65%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.35%) EPoS
3 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.17%) EMV
3 1 (2.17%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 33 (71.74%) Windows
2 16 (34.78%) Linux
2 16 (34.78%) Mac OS
3 15 (32.61%) Unix
4 11 (23.91%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) User Experience
2 18 (39.13%) Mobile Application Development
3 16 (34.78%) E-Commerce
4 15 (32.61%) OO
5 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
6 4 (8.70%) Agile
6 4 (8.70%) Android Development
6 4 (8.70%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.52%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (6.52%) Asynchronous Programming
7 3 (6.52%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (6.52%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (6.52%) MVVM
7 3 (6.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.52%) UX Design
8 2 (4.35%) Break/Fix
8 2 (4.35%) Mobile Development
8 2 (4.35%) Software Engineering
8 2 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) Java
2 17 (36.96%) JavaScript
3 16 (34.78%) PowerShell
4 15 (32.61%) Perl
4 15 (32.61%) Python
5 3 (6.52%) Kotlin
5 3 (6.52%) Objective-C
5 3 (6.52%) Swift
6 1 (2.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.17%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 17 (36.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (36.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (67.39%) Splunk
3 17 (36.96%) Cisco
4 16 (34.78%) Meraki
5 15 (32.61%) Oracle
5 15 (32.61%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.70%) Apple
7 3 (6.52%) Google
8 1 (2.17%) QNX
8 1 (2.17%) Telerik
8 1 (2.17%) Xamarin