Android Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android 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 221 225 266
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 -15
Contract jobs citing Android 83 120 222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.84% 0.78% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.05% 7.51% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 98 162
10th Percentile £208 £298 £201
25th Percentile £325 £400 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -1.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £533 £575 £575
90th Percentile £540 £744 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £17.55 £76.50 £30.50
25th Percentile £18.94 £76.88 £38.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £80.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.88% +52.38% +191.67%
75th Percentile £29.38 £81.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £32.75 £82.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £18.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year +30.27% -24.28% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Android
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Android trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Android
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Android.

Android daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Android
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Android over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Android daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Android
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Android.

Android hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Android over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Android hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Android
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) InVision
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (18.07%) Azure
3 13 (15.66%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.64%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.82%) Asana
5 4 (4.82%) Firebase
5 4 (4.82%) SaaS
5 4 (4.82%) Slack
6 3 (3.61%) Figma
7 2 (2.41%) AWS
7 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.41%) Google Play
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.20%) GCP
8 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.20%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) LAN
1 4 (4.82%) VPN
1 4 (4.82%) WAN
1 4 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.61%) 2G
2 3 (3.61%) 3G
2 3 (3.61%) 4G
2 3 (3.61%) 5G
2 3 (3.61%) Firewall
2 3 (3.61%) Internet
2 3 (3.61%) iSCSI
2 3 (3.61%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (3.61%) Wireless
3 2 (2.41%) DHCP
3 2 (2.41%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Mixpanel
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (18.07%) Git
2 6 (7.23%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.41%) Gradle
3 2 (2.41%) JIRA
3 2 (2.41%) JUnit
3 2 (2.41%) Mockito
3 2 (2.41%) Xcode
4 1 (1.20%) Appium
4 1 (1.20%) Axure RP
4 1 (1.20%) CMake
4 1 (1.20%) Zephyr
General
1 14 (16.87%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.02%) Banking
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Marketing
6 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.41%) Legal
7 2 (2.41%) Local Government
7 2 (2.41%) Retail
8 1 (1.20%) Back Office
8 1 (1.20%) Billing
8 1 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.20%) German Language
8 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (42.17%) Developer
2 29 (34.94%) Android Developer
3 19 (22.89%) Senior
4 12 (14.46%) Senior Developer
5 11 (13.25%) Support Engineer
6 10 (12.05%) Senior Android Developer
7 7 (8.43%) IT Support
8 6 (7.23%) Analyst
9 5 (6.02%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Applications Support
10 4 (4.82%) Applications Support Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Architect
10 4 (4.82%) Designer
10 4 (4.82%) Senior Applications Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Senior Applications Support
10 4 (4.82%) Senior IT Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Senior Support Engineer
10 4 (4.82%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.87%) Android SDK
2 12 (14.46%) RESTful
3 9 (10.84%) Android Jetpack
4 8 (9.64%) Dagger
5 5 (6.02%) Jetpack Compose
5 5 (6.02%) JSON
5 5 (6.02%) React Native
6 4 (4.82%) CSS
6 4 (4.82%) HTML
6 4 (4.82%) Material Design
6 4 (4.82%) REST
7 3 (3.61%) Flutter
7 3 (3.61%) Retrofit
8 2 (2.41%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.41%) Core Animation
8 2 (2.41%) Core Data
8 2 (2.41%) React
8 2 (2.41%) RxJava
8 2 (2.41%) Software Packaging
9 1 (1.20%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.10%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.02%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.61%) IoT
4 3 (3.61%) IVR
5 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.41%) Animation
5 2 (2.41%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.41%) Digital Wallet
5 2 (2.41%) iPhone
5 2 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.20%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.20%) CMDB
6 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.20%) EPoS
6 1 (1.20%) PKI
6 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (50.60%) Apple iOS
2 20 (24.10%) Windows
3 8 (9.64%) Linux
4 5 (6.02%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.02%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.41%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.20%) Unix
7 1 (1.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Android Development
2 24 (28.92%) Agile
3 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (21.69%) User Experience
5 15 (18.07%) MVVM
6 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
7 11 (13.25%) Mobile Application Development
8 10 (12.05%) Customer Service
9 8 (9.64%) ITIL
10 7 (8.43%) Unit Testing
11 6 (7.23%) Clean Code
11 6 (7.23%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (7.23%) Dependency Injection
11 6 (7.23%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (6.02%) Asset Management
12 5 (6.02%) Fintech
12 5 (6.02%) iOS Development
12 5 (6.02%) Mobile Development
12 5 (6.02%) Test Automation
12 5 (6.02%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (33.73%) Kotlin
2 14 (16.87%) Java
3 5 (6.02%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.02%) Swift
4 4 (4.82%) TypeScript
5 3 (3.61%) C++
5 3 (3.61%) Objective-C
5 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.41%) Assembly Language
6 2 (2.41%) C
6 2 (2.41%) C#
6 2 (2.41%) Rust
7 1 (1.20%) Bicep
7 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (13.25%) SC Cleared
1 11 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.23%) Degree
3 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.61%) QA
2 3 (3.61%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (19.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.41%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (2.41%) Firmware
3 2 (2.41%) vSphere
4 1 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.82%) SCCM
3 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.20%) SCOM
3 1 (1.20%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.05%) Apple
3 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.23%) Virgin Media
4 5 (6.02%) Google
5 2 (2.41%) Dell
5 2 (2.41%) HP
5 2 (2.41%) Remedy
6 1 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.20%) Citrix
6 1 (1.20%) Equitrac
6 1 (1.20%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.20%) Mitel
6 1 (1.20%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.20%) Nexthink
6 1 (1.20%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.20%) Progress
6 1 (1.20%) Xamarin