Android Contracts in the Thames Valley

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 110 134
Rank change year-on-year +22 +24 +6
Contract jobs citing Android 11 25 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.95% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.09% 6.96% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £357 £346 £160
25th Percentile £363 £361 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £180
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +150.00% -43.75%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £438
90th Percentile £546 £533 £578
South East median daily rate £205 £450 £200
% change year-on-year -54.44% +125.00% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £80.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -69.18% +326.67% +1.35%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 216 359 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.82% 13.66% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 252 306
10th Percentile £206 £201 £200
25th Percentile £321 £225 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £478
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.99% +6.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £700 £608 £675
South East median daily rate £485 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +2.00% +2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 15
10th Percentile - £16.78 £18.08
25th Percentile - £21.38 £18.29
Median hourly rate £14.20 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -70.11% -1.86% +142.00%
75th Percentile £17.08 £58.74 £65.31
90th Percentile £23.46 £61.60 £78.82
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.37% -13.64% +214.29%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the Thames Valley

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Android in the Thames Valley

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the Thames Valley

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Android in the Thames Valley

Android
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Berkshire +14 7 £438 -7.89% 94
Buckinghamshire +14 2 - - 44
Oxfordshire +2 2 £375 - 21
Android
South East

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (18.18%) IBM Domino
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) CMake
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Android Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Deskside Support
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Android Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (9.09%) CNTK
1 1 (9.09%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (9.09%) OpenVINO
1 1 (9.09%) PyTorch
1 1 (9.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Mac OS
3 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
2 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 1 (9.09%) Android Development
3 1 (9.09%) Application Packaging
3 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Break/Fix
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Science
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
3 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
3 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Time Management
3 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Kotlin
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Meraki
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Dell
3 1 (9.09%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) QNX