Android Development Contracts

Android Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Android Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Android Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 589 543
Rank change year-on-year +133 -46 -153
Contract jobs citing Android Development 123 95 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.17% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 62 236
10th Percentile £312 £330 £425
25th Percentile £363 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.24% +15.42%
75th Percentile £544 £584 £602
90th Percentile £615 £698 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £39.85 - £35.88
25th Percentile £42.25 - £38.44
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £80.00 - £76.88
90th Percentile £81.00 - £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - £72.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Android Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Android Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Android Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Daily rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android Development.

Hourly rate trend for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Android Development in the UK

Android Development
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Development within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
England +128 114 £457 -8.60% 56
UK excluding London +76 59 £438 -12.50% 31
London +101 50 £463 -7.50% 27
Work from Home +117 46 £438 -18.60% 31
North of England +64 40 £438 -7.89% 10
North West +40 27 £438 -18.60% 9
Yorkshire +33 13 £300 -36.84%
South East +14 10 £450 -10.00% 7
South West -1 4 £400 -23.81% 2
Scotland - 3 £550 - 3
Midlands +23 2 £400 -23.81% 4
West Midlands - 2 £400 - 3

Android Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.63%) CMS
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) Drupal
2 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.01%) GitHub
2 5 (4.07%) Azure
2 5 (4.07%) Firebase
2 5 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (3.25%) Flurry Analytics
3 4 (3.25%) PubNub
4 3 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.25%) Mixpanel
1 4 (3.25%) NoSQL
1 4 (3.25%) SQLite
2 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 22 (17.89%) Android Studio
2 15 (12.20%) Git
3 9 (7.32%) Mockito
4 8 (6.50%) JUnit
5 7 (5.69%) Jenkins
6 6 (4.88%) Gradle
7 2 (1.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.81%) Appium
8 1 (0.81%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.81%) JIRA
8 1 (0.81%) Postman
8 1 (0.81%) Selenium
8 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (17.89%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.32%) Finance
3 6 (4.88%) Banking
4 5 (4.07%) Games
5 1 (0.81%) Electronics
5 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 98 (79.67%) Developer
2 75 (60.98%) Android Developer
3 17 (13.82%) Senior
4 16 (13.01%) Mobile Developer
5 12 (9.76%) React Developer
5 12 (9.76%) Senior Developer
6 9 (7.32%) iOS Developer
6 9 (7.32%) Senior Android Developer
7 8 (6.50%) Android Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) iOS Android Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Senior Android Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Applications Developer
10 4 (3.25%) E-Commerce Developer
10 4 (3.25%) JavaScript Developer
10 4 (3.25%) Lead
10 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Writer
11 3 (2.44%) Architect
11 3 (2.44%) Lead Developer
11 3 (2.44%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.07%) Android Jetpack
2 19 (15.45%) Jetpack Compose
2 19 (15.45%) RESTful
3 14 (11.38%) REST
4 13 (10.57%) React Native
5 10 (8.13%) Android SDK
5 10 (8.13%) HTML
5 10 (8.13%) React
6 9 (7.32%) Node.js
7 8 (6.50%) CSS
7 8 (6.50%) Web Services
8 7 (5.69%) .NET
8 7 (5.69%) RxJava
8 7 (5.69%) XML
9 6 (4.88%) HTML5
9 6 (4.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 6 (4.88%) Unreal Engine
10 4 (3.25%) Ajax
10 4 (3.25%) ASP.NET
10 4 (3.25%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 47 (38.21%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.32%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.88%) Social Media
4 5 (4.07%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.44%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (2.44%) Photography
7 2 (1.63%) Animation
7 2 (1.63%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.81%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.81%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.81%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.81%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 123 (100.00%) Android
2 31 (25.20%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.44%) Linux
4 2 (1.63%) Windows
5 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.83%) Mobile Development
2 31 (25.20%) iOS Development
3 19 (15.45%) Unit Testing
4 18 (14.63%) MVVM
5 17 (13.82%) CI/CD
6 14 (11.38%) Mobile Application Development
6 14 (11.38%) Web Development
7 13 (10.57%) Computer Science
8 12 (9.76%) Agile
8 12 (9.76%) Design Patterns
8 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.94%) Architectural Patterns
9 11 (8.94%) SDLC
9 11 (8.94%) Software Engineering
9 11 (8.94%) TDD
10 10 (8.13%) User Experience
11 8 (6.50%) E-Commerce
12 7 (5.69%) SOLID
13 6 (4.88%) Fintech
13 6 (4.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (59.35%) Kotlin
2 45 (36.59%) Java
3 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.88%) Swift
5 5 (4.07%) C#
5 5 (4.07%) C++
5 5 (4.07%) PHP
6 4 (3.25%) Python
6 4 (3.25%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.63%) C
7 2 (1.63%) Dart
8 1 (0.81%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Degree
2 10 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.63%) PhD
5 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Ansible
1 1 (0.81%) Grafana
1 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (3.25%) Nokia
2 2 (1.63%) Apple
2 2 (1.63%) Google
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.63%) SAP
3 1 (0.81%) Adobe
3 1 (0.81%) Checkmarx
3 1 (0.81%) Databricks