Android Development Contracts

Android Software Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Android Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 470 600
Rank change year-on-year +37 +130 -42
Contract jobs citing Android Development 87 112 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 97 74
10th Percentile £323 £317 £330
25th Percentile £400 £363 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -11.90% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £588
90th Percentile £593 £625 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Median hourly rate - £71.25 £50.05
Median % change year-on-year - +42.36% +5.66%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £80.00 £50.05
% change year-on-year - +59.84% +8.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Android Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Android Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Daily rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Hourly rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Development within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +23 68 £463 +1.20% 90
London +44 43 £500 +8.11% 36
Work from Home +28 29 £525 +12.18% 59
UK excluding London +28 24 £450 +2.86% 70
North of England -11 10 £425 -2.86% 26
South West +48 6 £438 +9.38% 3
Midlands +24 5 £463 +15.63% 4
Yorkshire +1 5 £450 +50.00% 6
North West -6 5 £400 -8.57% 20
East Midlands - 5 £463 - 3
South East +38 2 £585 +30.00% 19
Scotland +12 1 £350 -38.46% 9

Android Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (5.75%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) AWS
2 8 (9.20%) Azure
3 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.60%) Figma
4 4 (4.60%) SonarCloud
5 3 (3.45%) Firebase
5 3 (3.45%) GCP
5 3 (3.45%) GitHub
6 2 (2.30%) Apple Pay
6 2 (2.30%) Datadog
7 1 (1.15%) BigCommerce
7 1 (1.15%) Google Play
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.15%) SaaS
7 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 19 (21.84%) Git
2 8 (9.20%) Android Studio
3 5 (5.75%) Gradle
3 5 (5.75%) JIRA
3 5 (5.75%) JUnit
3 5 (5.75%) Mockito
4 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.15%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.15%) GitLab
4 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) Maven
4 1 (1.15%) Mercurial
General
1 15 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Finance
3 5 (5.75%) Banking
4 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.15%) Games
5 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (80.46%) Developer
2 66 (75.86%) Android Developer
3 21 (24.14%) Senior
4 15 (17.24%) Senior Android Developer
4 15 (17.24%) Senior Developer
5 9 (10.34%) iOS Developer
6 8 (9.20%) Android Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) iOS Android Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Senior Android Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) React Developer
9 4 (4.60%) Java Android Developer
9 4 (4.60%) Java Developer
10 3 (3.45%) Applications Developer
10 3 (3.45%) Lead
10 3 (3.45%) Lead Android Developer
10 3 (3.45%) Lead Developer
11 2 (2.30%) Automation Engineer
11 2 (2.30%) AWS Developer
11 2 (2.30%) Mobile Architect
11 2 (2.30%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (35.63%) Android Jetpack
2 27 (31.03%) Android SDK
3 19 (21.84%) RESTful
4 18 (20.69%) Jetpack Compose
5 12 (13.79%) Dagger
6 10 (11.49%) React Native
7 9 (10.34%) GraphQL
8 6 (6.90%) REST
9 5 (5.75%) JSON
10 4 (4.60%) Flutter
10 4 (4.60%) OpenAPI
10 4 (4.60%) RxJava
10 4 (4.60%) Swagger
11 3 (3.45%) iOS SDK
11 3 (3.45%) Material Design
12 2 (2.30%) Cocoa Touch
12 2 (2.30%) Express.js
12 2 (2.30%) Google Maps API
12 2 (2.30%) Node.js
12 2 (2.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (37.93%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.60%) Algorithms
2 4 (4.60%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.30%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.30%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.15%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.15%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.15%) Video on Demand
4 1 (1.15%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 87 (100.00%) Android
2 17 (19.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Agile
2 27 (31.03%) CI/CD
2 27 (31.03%) MVVM
3 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.54%) iOS Development
5 16 (18.39%) Test Automation
5 16 (18.39%) User Experience
6 15 (17.24%) Mobile Application Development
6 15 (17.24%) Mobile Development
7 12 (13.79%) Performance Optimisation
8 11 (12.64%) Unit Testing
9 10 (11.49%) Design Patterns
10 9 (10.34%) Scrum
11 8 (9.20%) Mentoring
12 7 (8.05%) DevOps
12 7 (8.05%) Push Notifications
13 6 (6.90%) Architectural Patterns
13 6 (6.90%) Clean Code
13 6 (6.90%) Code Quality
13 6 (6.90%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 67 (77.01%) Kotlin
2 21 (24.14%) Java
3 8 (9.20%) Swift
4 5 (5.75%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.30%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.30%) SQL
6 1 (1.15%) Bash
6 1 (1.15%) C++
6 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
1 7 (8.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.15%) Degree
2 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.15%) SCCM
2 1 (1.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (9.20%) Google
2 7 (8.05%) Virgin Media
3 2 (2.30%) Apple
4 1 (1.15%) Adobe
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.15%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.15%) Samsung
4 1 (1.15%) SAP
4 1 (1.15%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.15%) Spotify