Android Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Android 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 1.42% 1.56% 1.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.71% 7.14% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £192 - -
25th Percentile £271 £126 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £128 £200
Median % change year-on-year +219.61% -36.25% +21.21%
75th Percentile £551 £129 £225
90th Percentile £633 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £175 £128 £400
% change year-on-year +37.25% -68.13% +34.45%

All Operating Systems
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 35 14 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 24.82% 21.88% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 5 11
10th Percentile £163 - £122
25th Percentile £544 £110 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £128 £200
Median % change year-on-year +350.98% -36.25% -57.89%
75th Percentile £625 £145 £441
90th Percentile £708 £478 £655
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £443 £400
% change year-on-year +1.69% +10.63% -19.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile - £15.22 £16.54
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.40 £17.43
Median hourly rate £18.23 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +2.31% +8.31%
75th Percentile £21.41 £22.89 £18.10
90th Percentile £45.10 £23.27 £35.23
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £18.57 £20.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% -9.44% +18.31%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Android job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Worcestershire

Android
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Droitwich - 1 £140 -
Malvern - 1 £675 -
Android
West Midlands

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 4G
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) QinetiQ