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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 157 164
Rank change year-on-year +37 +7 +47
Contract jobs citing Android 41 27 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.18% 0.59% 0.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.79% 3.41% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 31
10th Percentile £160 £188 £155
25th Percentile £204 £313 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% +25.00% -42.86%
75th Percentile £343 £488 £438
90th Percentile £603 £625 £500
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £22.10
25th Percentile - - £30.50
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year - +73.91% -
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% +97.50% -

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 604 792 1,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.35% 17.25% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 529 722
10th Percentile £188 £203 £173
25th Percentile £221 £330 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £559
90th Percentile £625 £638 £640
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.22 £17.33
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £29.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.00 £56.78
Median % change year-on-year -66.89% +0.38% +234.00%
75th Percentile £25.86 £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £66.03 £71.13 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £46.69
% change year-on-year -56.07% +22.62% +95.27%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Android 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +22 22 £341 -8.20% 25
Buckinghamshire +22 16 - - 8
Surrey +10 14 £208 -65.42% 8
Kent - 5 £160 - 4
Berkshire +15 4 £341 -8.20% 12
Oxfordshire -8 2 - - 5
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (39.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (26.83%) SaaS
2 11 (26.83%) Sauce Labs
3 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Google Play
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) Firebase
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (41.46%) Firewall
2 16 (39.02%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (26.83%) Wireless
4 2 (4.88%) ATM
5 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) MySQL
1 11 (26.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Android Studio
1 11 (26.83%) Browser DevTools
1 11 (26.83%) Eclipse
1 11 (26.83%) Xcode
2 6 (14.63%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) CMake
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Games
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Platform Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Support Engineer
3 11 (26.83%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 11 (26.83%) Technical Engineer
3 11 (26.83%) Technical Support
3 11 (26.83%) Technical Support Engineer
3 11 (26.83%) UX Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Android Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Applications Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Mobile Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Principal Developer
6 2 (4.88%) EPoS Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) React
2 13 (31.71%) CSS
3 12 (29.27%) AngularJS
4 11 (26.83%) Ajax
4 11 (26.83%) GraphQL
5 3 (7.32%) Material Design
5 3 (7.32%) Node.js
5 3 (7.32%) RESTful
6 2 (4.88%) .NET
6 2 (4.88%) CSS3
6 2 (4.88%) HTML
6 2 (4.88%) HTML5
6 2 (4.88%) Jest
6 2 (4.88%) React Native
6 2 (4.88%) Redux
7 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.44%) jQuery
7 1 (2.44%) PyTorch
7 1 (2.44%) TensorFlow
7 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.88%) EPoS
3 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 30 (73.17%) Windows
2 16 (39.02%) Mac OS
3 13 (31.71%) Linux
4 11 (26.83%) Unix
5 9 (21.95%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) E-Commerce
1 16 (39.02%) User Experience
2 14 (34.15%) Mobile Application Development
3 11 (26.83%) OO
4 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
5 4 (9.76%) Computer Science
5 4 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) Agile
6 3 (7.32%) Android Development
6 3 (7.32%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (7.32%) Asynchronous Programming
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (7.32%) MVVM
6 3 (7.32%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (7.32%) UX Design
7 2 (4.88%) Break/Fix
7 2 (4.88%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.88%) Mobile Development
7 2 (4.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) PowerShell
2 15 (36.59%) Java
3 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
3 12 (29.27%) Python
4 11 (26.83%) Perl
5 3 (7.32%) Kotlin
5 3 (7.32%) Objective-C
5 3 (7.32%) Swift
6 1 (2.44%) C#
6 1 (2.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.44%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 18 (43.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (41.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (70.73%) Microsoft
2 27 (65.85%) Splunk
3 16 (39.02%) Cisco
3 16 (39.02%) Meraki
4 11 (26.83%) Oracle
4 11 (26.83%) ServiceNow
5 4 (9.76%) Apple
6 3 (7.32%) Google
7 1 (2.44%) QNX
7 1 (2.44%) Telerik
7 1 (2.44%) Xamarin