Android Developer Contract Job Trends

Android Developer
UK

The median Android Developer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 506 432
Rank change year-on-year -127 -74 +168
Contract Android Developer jobs 64 68 119
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.20% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 50 71
10th Percentile - £343 £383
25th Percentile £363 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £523
90th Percentile £593 £601 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £433 £400
% change year-on-year -7.51% +8.13% -15.79%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,239 31,494 33,942
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.66% 90.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,529 19,981 20,467
10th Percentile £325 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,301 1,790 1,272
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.09 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.69 £20.23
Median hourly rate £40.32 £25.15 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.32% -32.03% -17.78%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.14% -19.10%

Android Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Android Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Android Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Android Developer Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK

Android Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for Android Developer jobs over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android Developer in the UK

Android Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Android Developer job vacancies in the UK

Android Developer Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Android Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -77 45 £400 -7.51% 4
England -169 34 £463 - 1
Scotland -13 17 £375 +7.14%
South West -31 13 £515 +47.14% 1
North of England -79 12 £450 +12.50%
Work from Home -72 9 £450 -16.28% 2
London -111 8 £475 -11.21%
North West -45 7 £450 +66.67%
North East - 4 £450 -
South East -61 3 £325 -45.83%
Wales - 2 £575 - 3
Yorkshire -52 1 £325 -24.86%

Android Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Android Developer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Android Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Android100.0%64
1Android Development100.0%64
3Kotlin64.1%41
4Android Jetpack54.7%35
5Jetpack Compose51.6%33
6Java42.2%27
7MVVM39.1%25
8Agile35.9%23
9Google32.8%21
10Android SDK28.1%18
10Git28.1%18
12CI/CD26.6%17
13RESTful25.0%16
13Scrum25.0%16
15Google Play23.4%15
16Mobile Development21.9%14
17Apple iOS18.8%12
17Gradle18.8%12
17REST18.8%12
17Retrofit18.8%12
21Android Studio17.2%11
21Clean Code17.2%11
21Security Cleared17.2%11
24Azure15.6%10
24iOS Development15.6%10
24SC Cleared15.6%10
24Test Automation15.6%10
24User Experience15.6%10
29API Integration14.1%9
29Firebase14.1%9

Android Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1iOS Android Developer15.6%10
1Senior Android Developer15.6%10
3Mobile Developer7.8%5
4Android Software Engineer4.7%3
4Developer/Software Engineer4.7%3
6React Developer3.1%2
7E-Commerce Developer1.6%1
7Flutter Developer1.6%1
7Java Android Developer1.6%1
7Senior iOS Android Developer1.6%1
7Senior Java Developer1.6%1
7Senior React Developer1.6%1
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