Android SDK Contract Job Trends

Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Android SDK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 479 596
Rank change year-on-year -103 +117 +113
Contract jobs citing Android SDK 30 39 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.13% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% 0.58% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 6
10th Percentile - £383 £340
25th Percentile £350 £399 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% +2.70% -5.13%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £672
90th Percentile £675 £638 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £368 £400 £413
% change year-on-year -7.96% -3.03% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Android SDK falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,229 6,756 9,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.75% 22.85% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 4,490 6,316
10th Percentile £358 £361 £336
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 94 222
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.75 £39.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.62%
75th Percentile £73.09 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.88 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

Android SDK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Android SDK job vacancy trend in the UK

Android SDK
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK

Android SDK
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android SDK over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android SDK in the UK

Android SDK
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Android SDK

Android SDK
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android SDK within the UK over the 6 months to 10 March 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
England -92 30 £390 -17.89% 12
UK excluding London -76 23 £368 -7.96% 9
South West -13 18 £365 -30.48% 1
London -51 6 £650 +36.84% 1
Yorkshire -53 4 £375 -29.64% 7
North of England -63 4 £375 -5.06% 7
Work from Home -41 2 £400 -23.08% 4
South East -41 1 £361 -

Android SDK
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (3.33%) Bitrise
1 1 (3.33%) Firebase
1 1 (3.33%) GitHub
1 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (3.33%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Android Studio
2 3 (10.00%) Git
3 2 (6.67%) JUnit
3 2 (6.67%) Mockito
4 1 (3.33%) CircleCI
4 1 (3.33%) Gradle
4 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (86.67%) Android Developer
1 26 (86.67%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Senior
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Android Developer
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Android Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Java Android Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Lead
5 1 (3.33%) Lead Android Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Android Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (60.00%) Android Jetpack
2 16 (53.33%) Jetpack Compose
3 6 (20.00%) RESTful
4 4 (13.33%) Dagger
4 4 (13.33%) Retrofit
5 3 (10.00%) RxJava
6 2 (6.67%) CSS
6 2 (6.67%) CSS3
6 2 (6.67%) HTML
6 2 (6.67%) HTML5
6 2 (6.67%) Web Services
7 1 (3.33%) Android NDK
7 1 (3.33%) GraphQL
7 1 (3.33%) iOS SDK
7 1 (3.33%) JNI
7 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.33%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (93.33%) Android Development
2 19 (63.33%) Performance Tuning
3 17 (56.67%) Benchmarking
3 17 (56.67%) MVVM
3 17 (56.67%) Open Source
4 14 (46.67%) SOLID
5 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (10.00%) Mobile Development
7 2 (6.67%) Application Security
7 2 (6.67%) Clean Code
7 2 (6.67%) Push Notifications
7 2 (6.67%) Responsive Web Design
7 2 (6.67%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.67%) Test Automation
7 2 (6.67%) Unit Testing
7 2 (6.67%) Web Design
8 1 (3.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 28 (93.33%) Kotlin
2 25 (83.33%) Java
3 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe