Hybrid/Remote Android SDK Contract Job Trends

Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Android SDK skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 322 413
Rank change year-on-year +22 +91 +162
Contract jobs citing Android SDK 8 10 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.079% 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.30% 0.30% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 4
10th Percentile £301 £436 £531
25th Percentile £348 £456 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -16.00% +14.73%
75th Percentile £503 £569 £694
90th Percentile £549 £666 £728
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £575
% change year-on-year -11.11% -21.74% +4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,651 3,298 4,994
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.00% 25.93% 24.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,811 2,218 3,712
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £800 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 62 56
10th Percentile £31.25 £36.30 £38.25
25th Percentile £41.25 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -33.33% +2.18%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.95 £77.13
UK median hourly rate £54.85 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -10.96% +2.67% -4.00%

Android SDK
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Android SDK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Android SDK trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Android SDK
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Android SDK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Android SDK

Android SDK
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Android SDK over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Android SDK daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Android SDK
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Android SDK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Android SDK

Android SDK
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Bitrise
1 1 (12.50%) Firebase
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) JUnit
2 1 (12.50%) Android Studio
2 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (12.50%) Crashlytics
2 1 (12.50%) fastlane
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Android Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Android Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Android Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Android Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Android Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Android Jetpack
1 4 (50.00%) Dagger
1 4 (50.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 3 (37.50%) RESTful
3 1 (12.50%) iOS SDK
3 1 (12.50%) JWT
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth
3 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
3 1 (12.50%) OpenID
3 1 (12.50%) SwiftUI
3 1 (12.50%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) MVVM
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (62.50%) User Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Android Development
3 4 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
3 4 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) UX Design
5 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
5 2 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
5 2 (25.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
5 2 (25.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 4 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Pega