The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 88 118 96
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -22
Contract jobs citing Android 33 20 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.410% 0.631% 1.160%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.134% 3.810% 5.700%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 13
Average daily rate £329 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.34% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £164 £275 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £325 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £162.50 - £26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
538 525 614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.98% 16.56% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 222 220
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 50 47
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.05 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Android
South East

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Android across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Android Jobs Demand Trend

Android
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Android across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Android Daily Rate Trend

Android
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Android across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Android Daily Rate Histogram

Android
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Android across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Android Hourly Rate Trend

Android
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +9 4 £475 +46.15% 3
Slough -5 3 £163 - 2
Maidenhead - 2 £165 - 2
Newbury - - - - 2
Windsor - - - -
Android
South East

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Android also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Android.

1 40 (64.52%) Apple iOS
2 32 (51.61%) Mobile App
3 19 (30.65%) JavaScript
3 19 (30.65%) HTML5
4 17 (27.42%) CSS
5 16 (25.81%) iPhone
6 15 (24.19%) HTML
6 15 (24.19%) Telecoms
7 14 (22.58%) Blackberry
8 13 (20.97%) Java
9 12 (19.35%) .NET
9 12 (19.35%) iPad
10 10 (16.13%) XML
10 10 (16.13%) Windows
10 10 (16.13%) MVC
11 9 (14.52%) Handset
11 9 (14.52%) QA
12 8 (12.90%) JSON
12 8 (12.90%) jQuery
12 8 (12.90%) CSS3
12 8 (12.90%) Ajax
13 7 (11.29%) Objective-C
13 7 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (11.29%) Web Services
13 7 (11.29%) C#
13 7 (11.29%) C++
13 7 (11.29%) UMTS
13 7 (11.29%) WAP
14 6 (9.677%) ASP.NET
15 5 (8.065%) Selenium

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Android also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Android. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (30.65%) HTML5
2 17 (27.42%) CSS
3 15 (24.19%) HTML
4 12 (19.35%) .NET
5 10 (16.13%) XML
6 8 (12.90%) JSON
6 8 (12.90%) jQuery
6 8 (12.90%) CSS3
6 8 (12.90%) Ajax
7 7 (11.29%) Web Services
7 7 (11.29%) WAP
8 6 (9.677%) ASP.NET
9 5 (8.065%) J2EE
10 4 (6.452%) SyncML
10 4 (6.452%) J2ME
10 4 (6.452%) SOAP
10 4 (6.452%) Sencha Touch
10 4 (6.452%) REST
10 4 (6.452%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (4.839%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.226%) CMS
2 1 (1.613%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.613%) Drupal
2 1 (1.613%) IIS
2 1 (1.613%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Photoshop
1 5 (8.065%) MS Office
2 2 (3.226%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.613%) Google Apps
3 1 (1.613%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.613%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.613%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (1.613%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) UMTS
2 4 (6.452%) Wireless
2 4 (6.452%) RTCP
2 4 (6.452%) RTP
2 4 (6.452%) GSM
2 4 (6.452%) 4G
2 4 (6.452%) LTE
3 3 (4.839%) GPRS
3 3 (4.839%) 3G
4 2 (3.226%) HTTP
4 2 (3.226%) VoIP
4 2 (3.226%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.613%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.613%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.613%) Broadband
5 1 (1.613%) DHCP
5 1 (1.613%) Internet
5 1 (1.613%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.452%) GIS
2 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.613%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Selenium
2 4 (6.452%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.839%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 3 (4.839%) Xcode
4 2 (3.226%) Subversion
4 2 (3.226%) LoadRunner
4 2 (3.226%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (1.613%) JIRA
5 1 (1.613%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.613%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.613%) Bugzilla
General
1 15 (24.19%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.065%) Finance
3 3 (4.839%) Publishing
3 3 (4.839%) Marketing
4 2 (3.226%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.613%) Electronics
5 1 (1.613%) Games
5 1 (1.613%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (38.71%) Developer
2 10 (16.13%) Test Engineer
3 8 (12.90%) Android Developer
4 6 (9.677%) Front-End Developer
5 5 (8.065%) Architect
6 4 (6.452%) UI Programmer
6 4 (6.452%) iOS Developer
6 4 (6.452%) Mobile Developer
6 4 (6.452%) UI Developer
7 3 (4.839%) Designer
7 3 (4.839%) J2EE Architect
7 3 (4.839%) Radio Engineer
8 2 (3.226%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.226%) QA Engineer
8 2 (3.226%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.226%) Analyst
8 2 (3.226%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.226%) Tester
8 2 (3.226%) Author
Miscellaneous
1 32 (51.61%) Mobile App
2 16 (25.81%) iPhone
3 14 (22.58%) Blackberry
4 12 (19.35%) iPad
5 9 (14.52%) Handset
6 5 (8.065%) Digital Media
7 4 (6.452%) N-Tier
8 3 (4.839%) Device Driver
8 3 (4.839%) Smartphone
9 2 (3.226%) Replication
9 2 (3.226%) Management Information System
9 2 (3.226%) Visualisation
9 2 (3.226%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (1.613%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 40 (64.52%) Apple iOS
2 10 (16.13%) Windows
3 4 (6.452%) Linux
4 3 (4.839%) UNIX
5 2 (3.226%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.613%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.613%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.13%) MVC
2 7 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (8.065%) OO
4 4 (6.452%) E-business
4 4 (6.452%) Data Security
4 4 (6.452%) Analytics
4 4 (6.452%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (4.839%) Automation Testing
5 3 (4.839%) Load Testing
5 3 (4.839%) Stress Testing
5 3 (4.839%) Memory Management
5 3 (4.839%) SOA
5 3 (4.839%) Automated Testing
6 2 (3.226%) Web Analytics
6 2 (3.226%) Content Management
6 2 (3.226%) Scrum
6 2 (3.226%) Service Management
6 2 (3.226%) Workflow
6 2 (3.226%) Test Strategy
6 2 (3.226%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.65%) JavaScript
2 13 (20.97%) Java
3 7 (11.29%) Objective-C
3 7 (11.29%) C#
3 7 (11.29%) C++
4 5 (8.065%) SQL
5 2 (3.226%) VB
6 1 (1.613%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (3.226%) Degree
2 1 (1.613%) ISEB
2 1 (1.613%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.613%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.613%) Splunk
Vendors
1 4 (6.452%) ESRI
1 4 (6.452%) Adobe
1 4 (6.452%) Sencha
2 3 (4.839%) Appcelerator
2 3 (4.839%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.839%) Google
3 2 (3.226%) Apple
3 2 (3.226%) Vignette
4 1 (1.613%) Imperva
4 1 (1.613%) Tufin
4 1 (1.613%) ArcSight
4 1 (1.613%) Oracle
4 1 (1.613%) SAP
4 1 (1.613%) Cisco
4 1 (1.613%) Quark
4 1 (1.613%) Juniper
4 1 (1.613%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (1.613%) Sourcefire
4 1 (1.613%) Fortinet
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