Android Contracts with Work from Home Options

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 279 262
Rank change year-on-year +75 -17 -94
Contract jobs citing Android 142 182 455
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 0.76% 1.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.03% 5.62% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 146 353
10th Percentile £302 £200 £363
25th Percentile £400 £302 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £715 £638 £686
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile £39.06 - £17.38
25th Percentile £62.97 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £78.75 £25.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +215.00% -64.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £80.63 - £76.25
90th Percentile £81.75 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £20.25 £21.78
% change year-on-year +8.64% -7.02% -58.51%

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 1,572 3,239 5,309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.65% 13.57% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,268 3,789
10th Percentile £229 £245 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.94% +9.57%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £620
90th Percentile £685 £731 £694
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 113 125
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.20 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +16.67% +21.62%
75th Percentile £27.68 £68.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Android
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Android trend for jobs with a WFH option

Android
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Android over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Android over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

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 5 (3.52%) Confluence
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.41%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Drupal
3 1 (0.70%) nginx
3 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.41%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.27%) Azure
2 13 (9.15%) AWS
3 9 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.93%) PaaS
5 6 (4.23%) GitHub
5 6 (4.23%) SaaS
6 4 (2.82%) Figma
7 3 (2.11%) Miro
8 2 (1.41%) Apigee
8 2 (1.41%) Asana
8 2 (1.41%) Bitrise
8 2 (1.41%) Datadog
8 2 (1.41%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.41%) Firebase
8 2 (1.41%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.70%) Google Play
9 1 (0.70%) Serverless
9 1 (0.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.86%) Firewall
2 8 (5.63%) VPN
3 3 (2.11%) Bluetooth
3 3 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.41%) SSL
5 1 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.70%) MQTT
5 1 (0.70%) Skype
5 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.52%) MongoDB
1 5 (3.52%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.82%) SQLite
3 3 (2.11%) DB2
4 2 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.41%) MySQL
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) Big Data
5 1 (0.70%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (14.08%) Git
2 12 (8.45%) Android Studio
3 11 (7.75%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.34%) Mockito
5 7 (4.93%) JIRA
5 7 (4.93%) Postman
6 6 (4.23%) Artifactory
6 6 (4.23%) Bitbucket
6 6 (4.23%) TeamCity
7 5 (3.52%) Appium
8 3 (2.11%) Maven
8 3 (2.11%) Selenium
8 3 (2.11%) XCUITest
9 2 (1.41%) git-flow
9 2 (1.41%) gulp
9 2 (1.41%) JUnit
9 2 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.41%) XCTest
10 1 (0.70%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.70%) IntelliJ
General
1 21 (14.79%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.56%) Finance
3 10 (7.04%) Banking
4 9 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Back Office
7 5 (3.52%) Retail
8 3 (2.11%) Publishing
9 2 (1.41%) Electronics
10 1 (0.70%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.70%) French Language
10 1 (0.70%) Games
10 1 (0.70%) German Language
10 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
10 1 (0.70%) Military
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (46.48%) Developer
2 35 (24.65%) Android Developer
3 25 (17.61%) Senior
4 16 (11.27%) Architect
5 14 (9.86%) Lead
6 13 (9.15%) Analyst
6 13 (9.15%) React Developer
7 12 (8.45%) Mobile Developer
8 11 (7.75%) Technical Architect
9 9 (6.34%) Senior Developer
10 8 (5.63%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Senior Android Developer
12 6 (4.23%) Android Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Flutter Developer
12 6 (4.23%) iOS Android Developer
12 6 (4.23%) iOS Developer
13 5 (3.52%) Designer
13 5 (3.52%) Lead Architect
13 5 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
13 5 (3.52%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.61%) Node.js
2 20 (14.08%) React Native
3 15 (10.56%) React
3 15 (10.56%) RESTful
4 14 (9.86%) .NET
4 14 (9.86%) Android Jetpack
5 13 (9.15%) Jetpack Compose
6 12 (8.45%) REST
7 9 (6.34%) Web Services
8 8 (5.63%) CSS
8 8 (5.63%) HTML
9 6 (4.23%) Flutter
9 6 (4.23%) XML
10 5 (3.52%) Android SDK
10 5 (3.52%) ASP.NET
11 4 (2.82%) Ajax
11 4 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (2.82%) CSS3
11 4 (2.82%) HTML5
11 4 (2.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (30.99%) Mobile App
2 12 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.45%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.82%) iPhone
5 3 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.11%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.11%) Social Media
5 3 (2.11%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.41%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.41%) Chip and PIN
6 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.41%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.70%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) iPad
7 1 (0.70%) Machine to Machine
7 1 (0.70%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 84 (59.15%) Apple iOS
2 29 (20.42%) Windows
3 11 (7.75%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.04%) Linux
5 7 (4.93%) Unix
6 5 (3.52%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.41%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.41%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.70%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.62%) Android Development
2 33 (23.24%) Agile
3 23 (16.20%) CI/CD
4 21 (14.79%) DevOps
4 21 (14.79%) Mobile Development
5 19 (13.38%) Design Patterns
5 19 (13.38%) iOS Development
6 18 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.27%) Test Automation
8 15 (10.56%) MVVM
9 14 (9.86%) Software Engineering
10 13 (9.15%) User Experience
11 12 (8.45%) Mobile Device Management
12 11 (7.75%) Architectural Design
12 11 (7.75%) Mobile Application Development
12 11 (7.75%) Roadmaps
12 11 (7.75%) Security Architecture
13 10 (7.04%) SDLC
13 10 (7.04%) Web Development
13 10 (7.04%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 43 (30.28%) Kotlin
2 30 (21.13%) Java
3 17 (11.97%) JavaScript
4 14 (9.86%) Python
5 7 (4.93%) C#
5 7 (4.93%) SQL
6 5 (3.52%) PHP
7 4 (2.82%) Swift
8 3 (2.11%) C
8 3 (2.11%) C++
8 3 (2.11%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.41%) Dart
9 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.70%) Bash
10 1 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (10.56%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.86%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) Degree
4 7 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.52%) QA
2 3 (2.11%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.11%) SLA
3 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.11%) BitLocker
2 3 (2.11%) Docker
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) iptables
3 1 (0.70%) vCloud
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (7.75%) Ansible
2 8 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.63%) SCCM
3 6 (4.23%) AirWatch
3 6 (4.23%) Terraform
4 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.70%) AppManager
5 1 (0.70%) Bugsnag
5 1 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.45%) Apple
3 5 (3.52%) Google
4 4 (2.82%) Samsung
5 3 (2.11%) Citrix
5 3 (2.11%) Mitel
5 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.11%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.41%) Checkmarx
7 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.70%) Avaya
7 1 (0.70%) CA
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco
7 1 (0.70%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.70%) Equitrac
7 1 (0.70%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.70%) Progress
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.70%) Sun
7 1 (0.70%) VMware