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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 142 178
Rank change year-on-year +1 +36 -8
Contract jobs citing Android 46 16 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.01% 0.50% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.34% 2.80% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 9 20
10th Percentile £204 £153 £140
25th Percentile £204 £238 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -28.57% +118.75%
75th Percentile £438 £438 £581
90th Percentile £564 £517 £639
England median daily rate £350 £418 £438
% change year-on-year -16.17% -4.57% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £39.75 - £71.38
25th Percentile - - £71.56
Median hourly rate £75.00 £24.66 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% -66.56% -
75th Percentile - - £76.56
90th Percentile - - £77.13
England median hourly rate £40.50 £27.72 £18.93
% change year-on-year +46.10% +46.43% -8.77%

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 726 571 1,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.97% 17.67% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 379 683
10th Percentile £190 £200 £166
25th Percentile £255 £260 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £434 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +8.56% -16.67%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £563
90th Percentile £638 £651 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £466
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.93% -9.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 26 81
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £34.69 £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.79 £59.13 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.84% +7.50% +131.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.13 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.25 £51.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -54.85% +103.96% -1.94%

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 29 January 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in the South East over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Android in the South East

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 29 January 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 +14 24 £208 -58.50% 7
Thames Valley -14 12 £425 +36.00% 19
Berkshire -8 11 £425 +36.00% 12
West Sussex -8 6 £275 +14.58% 4
Hampshire -17 3 £740 +85.00% 8
Kent - 1 £100 - 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 £361 - 6
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 3 (6.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) SaaS
1 16 (34.78%) Sauce Labs
2 3 (6.52%) GitHub
2 3 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Firebase
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.26%) Wireless
2 2 (4.35%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (34.78%) MySQL
1 16 (34.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (50.00%) Android Studio
2 16 (34.78%) Browser DevTools
2 16 (34.78%) Eclipse
2 16 (34.78%) Xcode
3 7 (15.22%) Gradle
4 3 (6.52%) Bitbucket
4 3 (6.52%) CircleCI
4 3 (6.52%) Git
4 3 (6.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (6.52%) JUnit
4 3 (6.52%) Subversion
5 2 (4.35%) GitLab
5 2 (4.35%) WiX
General
1 21 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Electronics
2 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Developer
2 17 (36.96%) Android Developer
2 17 (36.96%) Support Engineer
3 16 (34.78%) Technical Engineer
3 16 (34.78%) Technical Support
3 16 (34.78%) Technical Support Engineer
3 16 (34.78%) UX Engineer
4 13 (28.26%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 7 (15.22%) Android Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Android Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Graphics Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Developer
6 4 (8.70%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Applications Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Mobile Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Principal Developer
8 2 (4.35%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (39.13%) AngularJS
1 18 (39.13%) React
2 16 (34.78%) Ajax
2 16 (34.78%) CSS
2 16 (34.78%) GraphQL
3 4 (8.70%) Flask
4 3 (6.52%) Android Jetpack
4 3 (6.52%) Dagger
4 3 (6.52%) Jetpack Compose
4 3 (6.52%) Material Design
4 3 (6.52%) OkHttp
4 3 (6.52%) RAML
4 3 (6.52%) REST
4 3 (6.52%) RESTful
4 3 (6.52%) RxJava
4 3 (6.52%) WireMock
5 2 (4.35%) jQuery
5 2 (4.35%) Node.js
5 2 (4.35%) Nuxt
5 2 (4.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (56.52%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.52%) Legacy Code
2 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.52%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.17%) EMV
3 1 (2.17%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 20 (43.48%) Windows
2 16 (34.78%) Linux
2 16 (34.78%) Unix
3 10 (21.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Mobile Application Development
2 21 (45.65%) User Experience
3 19 (41.30%) Android Development
4 16 (34.78%) OO
5 14 (30.43%) Software Engineering
6 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.22%) Computer Science
6 7 (15.22%) Performance Analysis
7 6 (13.04%) Agile
7 6 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (8.70%) AI
8 4 (8.70%) Analytics
8 4 (8.70%) Machine Learning
8 4 (8.70%) Test Automation
9 3 (6.52%) MVVM
9 3 (6.52%) Open Source
9 3 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.52%) Time Management
9 3 (6.52%) UX Design
9 3 (6.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (56.52%) Java
2 21 (45.65%) JavaScript
3 20 (43.48%) Python
4 16 (34.78%) Perl
5 7 (15.22%) Kotlin
6 4 (8.70%) Swift
7 3 (6.52%) Objective-C
8 2 (4.35%) C++
8 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (15.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (34.78%) Oracle
2 16 (34.78%) Splunk
3 14 (30.43%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.70%) Apple
5 3 (6.52%) Atlassian
5 3 (6.52%) Coverity
5 3 (6.52%) Thales
6 1 (2.17%) Cisco
6 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.17%) Telerik
6 1 (2.17%) Zscaler