Android Contracts in the North West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 112 105
Rank change year-on-year +58 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing Android 86 38 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.08% 1.26% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.64% 7.74% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 30 51
10th Percentile £350 £188 £182
25th Percentile £431 £279 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -9.00% +34.97%
75th Percentile £850 £597 £659
90th Percentile - £638 £675
England median daily rate £450 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £21.78
25th Percentile £77.50 - £22.38
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile £82.50 - £78.38
90th Percentile - - £81.00
England median hourly rate £25.20 £21.50 £23.06
% change year-on-year +17.21% -6.74% -62.81%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 349 491 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.50% 16.30% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 332 565
10th Percentile £180 £180 £159
25th Percentile £281 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +24.02%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £825 £650 £663
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 49 40
10th Percentile - £13.99 £14.88
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +37.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £18.75 £43.75 £54.80
90th Percentile £48.00 £49.52 £77.50
England median hourly rate £22.51 £45.06 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.04% +109.56% +21.13%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the North West

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Android in the North West

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the North West

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Android in the North West

Android
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +51 71 £800 +52.38% 14
Cheshire +3 14 £401 -23.57% 7
Lancashire - 1 - - 3
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.33%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.81%) AWS
1 5 (5.81%) SaaS
2 4 (4.65%) Azure
3 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.16%) BrowserStack
3 1 (1.16%) Commercetools
3 1 (1.16%) Firebase
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (50.00%) Firewall
1 43 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) SQLite
2 3 (3.49%) DB2
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.33%) MySQL
3 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Android Studio
2 9 (10.47%) Mockito
3 1 (1.16%) Crashlytics
3 1 (1.16%) ESLint
3 1 (1.16%) Gradle
3 1 (1.16%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) JUnit
3 1 (1.16%) Postman
3 1 (1.16%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
2 6 (6.98%) Banking
2 6 (6.98%) Legal
3 5 (5.81%) Finance
4 4 (4.65%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.16%) Military
5 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (58.14%) Architect
2 41 (47.67%) Technical Architect
3 31 (36.05%) Developer
4 30 (34.88%) Lead
4 30 (34.88%) Lead Architect
4 30 (34.88%) Technical Leader
5 23 (26.74%) Android Developer
6 8 (9.30%) Cloud Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Digital Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Digital Technical Architect
7 5 (5.81%) React Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Senior
8 4 (4.65%) Senior Android Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.33%) iOS Android Developer
10 2 (2.33%) iOS Developer
10 2 (2.33%) Lead Cloud Architect
10 2 (2.33%) Mobile Architect
10 2 (2.33%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (53.49%) Node.js
2 14 (16.28%) RESTful
3 9 (10.47%) XML
4 7 (8.14%) React
4 7 (8.14%) React Native
5 5 (5.81%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (5.81%) Jetpack Compose
6 3 (3.49%) .NET
6 3 (3.49%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.49%) CSS
6 3 (3.49%) HTML
7 2 (2.33%) Dagger
7 2 (2.33%) jQuery
8 1 (1.16%) D3.js
8 1 (1.16%) Jest
8 1 (1.16%) Play Framework
8 1 (1.16%) Redux
8 1 (1.16%) REST
8 1 (1.16%) Retrofit
8 1 (1.16%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 34 (39.53%) Public Cloud
2 27 (31.40%) Mobile App
3 9 (10.47%) Product Ownership
4 7 (8.14%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Mainframe
5 3 (3.49%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.16%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.16%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 58 (67.44%) Apple iOS
2 46 (53.49%) Windows
3 45 (52.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (52.33%) CI/CD
1 45 (52.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 43 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 43 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 42 (48.84%) Zero Trust
4 40 (46.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 40 (46.51%) Threat Intelligence
5 39 (45.35%) Agile
6 35 (40.70%) DevOps
7 30 (34.88%) Design Patterns
8 27 (31.40%) Android Development
9 16 (18.60%) Microservices
10 14 (16.28%) Roadmaps
10 14 (16.28%) Unit Testing
11 13 (15.12%) Product Strategy
11 13 (15.12%) Strategic Roadmap
12 12 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (12.79%) User Experience
14 9 (10.47%) Mobile Development
15 7 (8.14%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.91%) Java
1 24 (27.91%) Kotlin
2 3 (3.49%) C
2 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.33%) C#
3 2 (2.33%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) SQL
4 1 (1.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Grafana
1 1 (1.16%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (5.81%) Apple
1 5 (5.81%) Google
2 4 (4.65%) Nokia
3 1 (1.16%) Citrix
3 1 (1.16%) HP
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft