Android Contracts

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 275 256
Rank change year-on-year +68 -19 -74
Contract jobs citing Android 490 528 972
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 0.94% 1.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.47% 5.82% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 405 704
10th Percentile £204 £158 £182
25th Percentile £321 £200 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £825 £667 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £250 £420
% change year-on-year +75.00% -40.48% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 41
10th Percentile £13.10 £16.13 £12.05
25th Percentile £14.36 £17.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -1.29% -58.51%
75th Percentile £42.75 £35.00 £59.38
90th Percentile £79.00 £71.47 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.34 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +128.11% -7.32% -59.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Android is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,784 9,075 12,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 16.19% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,888 6,324 8,810
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 391 567
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.06 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in the UK

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Android in the UK

Android
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the UK

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Android in the UK

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Android in the UK

Android
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +70 439 £450 +9.09% 302
UK excluding London +40 250 £438 +75.00% 197
London +77 208 £457 +1.56% 117
Work from Home +60 126 £450 -5.26% 131
North of England +68 119 £495 +18.21% 55
North West +62 86 £575 +14.89% 31
South East -10 45 £450 +125.00% 37
Yorkshire +31 33 £375 +87.50% 18
Midlands +32 29 £450 +13.92% 40
Scotland +31 27 £400 +150.00% 14
West Midlands +30 24 £517 +20.82% 29
South West -15 20 £375 -25.00% 28
East of England -5 6 £240 -2.34% 24
East Midlands +5 5 £445 +12.66% 11
Wales +17 4 £500 +17.65% 4
Northern Ireland +4 3 - -

Android
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 26 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.22%) Apache
3 6 (1.22%) Confluence
3 6 (1.22%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.82%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.61%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Drupal
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (8.37%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.24%) Sketch
4 9 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 82 (16.73%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (10.82%) Azure
3 28 (5.71%) GitHub
4 24 (4.90%) AWS
5 17 (3.47%) Figma
6 13 (2.65%) SaaS
7 12 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (1.84%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.43%) PaaS
11 5 (1.02%) Firebase
12 4 (0.82%) Flurry Analytics
12 4 (0.82%) PubNub
13 3 (0.61%) Apigee
13 3 (0.61%) Google Play
13 3 (0.61%) Miro
13 3 (0.61%) Sentry
13 3 (0.61%) Slack
13 3 (0.61%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.41%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.43%) VPN
2 55 (11.22%) Firewall
3 23 (4.69%) VoIP
4 22 (4.49%) Cisco IOS
5 16 (3.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 16 (3.27%) Network Security
6 10 (2.04%) LAN
7 8 (1.63%) WAN
8 7 (1.43%) SSL
9 6 (1.22%) Skype
9 6 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.22%) Wireless
10 5 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.61%) DHCP
12 2 (0.41%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.41%) HTTP
12 2 (0.41%) SAN
12 2 (0.41%) SGSN
12 2 (0.41%) VLAN
13 1 (0.20%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.27%) Big Data
2 14 (2.86%) MongoDB
3 10 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.22%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.02%) DB2
5 5 (1.02%) MySQL
5 5 (1.02%) SQLite
6 4 (0.82%) Mixpanel
7 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.20%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 31 (6.33%) Git
2 28 (5.71%) Android Studio
3 25 (5.10%) Postman
4 23 (4.69%) Jenkins
5 18 (3.67%) Appium
6 16 (3.27%) JUnit
7 14 (2.86%) Gradle
7 14 (2.86%) JIRA
8 11 (2.24%) Mockito
9 10 (2.04%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.63%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.63%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.43%) Artifactory
11 7 (1.43%) Selenium
12 6 (1.22%) XCUITest
13 5 (1.02%) Maven
14 4 (0.82%) IntelliJ
14 4 (0.82%) Katalon Studio
14 4 (0.82%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.61%) gulp
General
1 98 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (7.55%) Finance
3 32 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (6.53%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.69%) Banking
5 15 (3.06%) Back Office
6 14 (2.86%) Retail
7 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.84%) Legal
9 7 (1.43%) Electronics
9 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.02%) French Language
10 5 (1.02%) Games
11 4 (0.82%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.61%) Publishing
12 3 (0.61%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.41%) Billing
13 2 (0.41%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 147 (30.00%) Developer
2 79 (16.12%) Android Developer
3 65 (13.27%) Lead
4 61 (12.45%) Architect
5 58 (11.84%) Senior
6 47 (9.59%) Analyst
6 47 (9.59%) Technical Architect
7 43 (8.78%) Technical Leader
8 36 (7.35%) Lead Architect
9 28 (5.71%) Support Engineer
10 26 (5.31%) Mobile Developer
11 25 (5.10%) React Developer
12 24 (4.90%) Android Engineer
13 21 (4.29%) IT Support
14 19 (3.88%) Designer
14 19 (3.88%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.67%) Support Analyst
16 16 (3.27%) IT Engineer
17 14 (2.86%) Applications Developer
17 14 (2.86%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (13.67%) Node.js
2 40 (8.16%) React Native
3 34 (6.94%) React
4 30 (6.12%) Android Jetpack
5 29 (5.92%) RESTful
6 28 (5.71%) Jetpack Compose
7 24 (4.90%) REST
8 20 (4.08%) .NET
9 16 (3.27%) Apache NiFi
10 15 (3.06%) HTML
11 13 (2.65%) Flutter
12 12 (2.45%) CSS
12 12 (2.45%) RxJava
12 12 (2.45%) Web Services
12 12 (2.45%) XML
13 10 (2.04%) Android SDK
13 10 (2.04%) Dagger
14 8 (1.63%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 7 (1.43%) HTML5
15 7 (1.43%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 124 (25.31%) Mobile App
2 47 (9.59%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.96%) Public Cloud
4 20 (4.08%) iPhone
4 20 (4.08%) Video Editing
5 19 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (3.27%) Distributed Applications
7 14 (2.86%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.86%) iPad
8 10 (2.04%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.84%) Social Media
10 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.63%) Smartphone
11 7 (1.43%) Blackberry
11 7 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.22%) Legacy Code
13 5 (1.02%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 268 (54.69%) Apple iOS
2 154 (31.43%) Windows
3 55 (11.22%) Windows Server
4 39 (7.96%) Windows 10
5 30 (6.12%) Linux
6 26 (5.31%) Mac OS
7 24 (4.90%) Unix
8 17 (3.47%) Windows 7
9 16 (3.27%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.82%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.41%) VMS
13 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (25.10%) Android Development
2 100 (20.41%) Agile
3 81 (16.53%) CI/CD
4 66 (13.47%) Mobile Device Management
4 66 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (12.65%) Security Architecture
6 54 (11.02%) User Experience
7 53 (10.82%) DevOps
8 49 (10.00%) Design Patterns
9 46 (9.39%) Mobile Development
10 45 (9.18%) Risk Management
11 44 (8.98%) Zero Trust
12 42 (8.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 42 (8.57%) Test Automation
12 42 (8.57%) Threat Intelligence
13 39 (7.96%) Customer Service
14 36 (7.35%) iOS Development
15 34 (6.94%) Software Engineering
16 33 (6.73%) MVVM
17 32 (6.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 129 (26.33%) Kotlin
2 81 (16.53%) Java
3 33 (6.73%) JavaScript
3 33 (6.73%) Python
4 31 (6.33%) Swift
5 14 (2.86%) C#
6 12 (2.45%) Objective-C
7 11 (2.24%) C
7 11 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.04%) C++
9 8 (1.63%) PHP
9 8 (1.63%) SQL
10 5 (1.02%) Dart
11 3 (0.61%) Scala
12 2 (0.41%) GLSL
12 2 (0.41%) HLSL
12 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.20%) Bash
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
13 1 (0.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.41%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.00%) Degree
4 24 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.82%) CCNA
8 4 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.61%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.41%) MCP
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.90%) QA
2 16 (3.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (1.63%) SLA
4 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.61%) PMO
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 52 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.02%) Docker
2 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.61%) vSphere
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) iptables
4 1 (0.20%) vCloud
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 31 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.88%) SCCM
3 15 (3.06%) Ansible
4 11 (2.24%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.43%) Terraform
6 6 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.41%) WSUS
8 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.20%) AppManager
8 1 (0.20%) Bugsnag
8 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.20%) Grafana
8 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.20%) Rancher
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (15.51%) Apple
2 69 (14.08%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.49%) Cisco
4 16 (3.27%) Citrix
5 14 (2.86%) Google
6 13 (2.65%) Adobe
6 13 (2.65%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.65%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.04%) Polycom
8 9 (1.84%) Mitel
9 7 (1.43%) Progress
10 6 (1.22%) Ivanti
11 5 (1.02%) Avaya
11 5 (1.02%) VMware
12 4 (0.82%) Checkmarx
12 4 (0.82%) HP
12 4 (0.82%) Nokia
12 4 (0.82%) Samsung
12 4 (0.82%) SAP
13 3 (0.61%) Veeam