Android Contracts in the South East

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 163 153
Rank change year-on-year +48 -10 +56
Contract jobs citing Android 39 44 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 0.77% 1.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.89% 4.36% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 48
10th Percentile - £290 £139
25th Percentile £160 £357 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £425 £200
Median % change year-on-year -51.47% +112.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile £368 £488 £409
90th Percentile £502 £625 £600
England median daily rate £400 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -13.51% +8.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £16.75
25th Percentile - - £17.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £80.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.18% +332.43% -
75th Percentile - - £19.38
90th Percentile - - £19.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.08 £19.50
% change year-on-year +8.99% +18.33% -44.29%

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 566 1,009 1,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.82% 17.73% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 641 766
10th Percentile £198 £203 £194
25th Percentile £319 £331 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £595 £575
90th Percentile £655 £660 £638
England median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 67 70
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.95 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.85 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +214.29%
75th Percentile £28.00 £69.84 £67.13
90th Percentile £58.45 £71.50 £73.88
England median hourly rate £19.36 £24.93 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.33% -41.35% +88.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Android in the South East

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the South East

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 July 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 +25 22 £388 -6.06% 66
Buckinghamshire +21 14 - - 7
West Sussex +11 9 £205 -54.44% 11
Kent - 8 £160 - 5
Berkshire +3 6 £400 -13.51% 52
Oxfordshire +3 2 £375 - 7
Surrey +18 1 £208 -65.42% 30
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 14 (35.90%) IBM Domino
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) Google Play
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) Firewall
2 14 (35.90%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (17.95%) 2G
3 7 (17.95%) 3G
3 7 (17.95%) 4G
3 7 (17.95%) 5G
4 6 (15.38%) ATM
5 2 (5.13%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
1 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Android Studio
2 1 (2.56%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (2.56%) CMake
2 1 (2.56%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.56%) Xcode
General
1 14 (35.90%) Games
2 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Banking
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Platform Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) IT Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) EPoS Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Support
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
6 1 (2.56%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Deskside Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Deskside Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) CSS
1 3 (7.69%) React
2 2 (5.13%) CSS3
2 2 (5.13%) HTML
2 2 (5.13%) HTML5
2 2 (5.13%) Jest
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) React Native
2 2 (5.13%) Redux
3 1 (2.56%) Ajax
3 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.56%) CNTK
3 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.56%) OpenVINO
3 1 (2.56%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Smartphone
2 7 (17.95%) IoT
3 6 (15.38%) EPoS
4 3 (7.69%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.56%) CMDB
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (56.41%) Windows
2 18 (46.15%) Mac OS
3 14 (35.90%) Apple iOS
4 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (7.69%) Linux
6 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) E-Commerce
2 7 (17.95%) Break/Fix
3 5 (12.82%) Time Management
4 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.26%) Data Security
4 4 (10.26%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (10.26%) User Experience
4 4 (10.26%) Validation
5 3 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.13%) CI/CD
6 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.13%) Mobile Development
6 2 (5.13%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (5.13%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (5.13%) Service Management
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (5.13%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.13%) Web Design
7 1 (2.56%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) C++
3 1 (2.56%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
1 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 16 (41.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (38.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (51.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (38.46%) Splunk
3 14 (35.90%) Cisco
3 14 (35.90%) Meraki
4 6 (15.38%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.13%) Google
6 1 (2.56%) Apple
6 1 (2.56%) Dell
6 1 (2.56%) HP
6 1 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.56%) QNX