Android Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 73 73
Rank change year-on-year -53 0 +31
Contract jobs citing Android 13 12 32
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.57% 1.29% 1.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.00% 6.32% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 22
10th Percentile - £385 £210
25th Percentile £185 £413 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £460 £375
Median % change year-on-year -58.70% +22.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £238 £513 £450
90th Percentile £250 £550 £544
England median daily rate £361 £349 £438
% change year-on-year +3.52% -20.23% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £51.54 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +109.00% +30.27% -16.35%

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 325 190 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 14.30% 20.36% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 115 241
10th Percentile £185 £193 £163
25th Percentile £253 £305 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £477 £405
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +17.78% -4.71%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £500
90th Percentile £597 £733 £588
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.23 £13.48
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.25 £17.55
Median hourly rate £22.06 £18.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.53% -19.10% +14.78%
75th Percentile £24.51 £18.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.23 £23.90 £27.75
England median hourly rate £23.16 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -17.30% +27.27% -23.34%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Android job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Yorkshire

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
West Yorkshire -27 7 £225 -51.09% 6
South Yorkshire -51 5 £190 -60.33% 3
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) LAN
1 8 (61.54%) WAN
2 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (30.77%) VoIP
4 3 (23.08%) DHCP
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) JUnit
1 1 (7.69%) Mockito
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) IT Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) IT Support
1 9 (69.23%) IT Support Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Support Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (61.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Android Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Android Jetpack
1 2 (15.38%) Jetpack Compose
1 2 (15.38%) RESTful
1 2 (15.38%) Retrofit
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
2 1 (7.69%) Android SDK
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) CSS3
2 1 (7.69%) Dagger
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) HTML5
2 1 (7.69%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) iPhone
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows 10
3 7 (53.85%) Apple iOS
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
5 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Android Development
3 2 (15.38%) Push Notifications
3 2 (15.38%) SOLID
4 1 (7.69%) Asynchronous Programming
4 1 (7.69%) Benchmarking
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Development
4 1 (7.69%) MVVM
4 1 (7.69%) Open Source
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.69%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (7.69%) Secure Coding
4 1 (7.69%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) Kotlin
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Freshdesk
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow