The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 32 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing Android 11 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.506% 0.644% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.96% 3.810% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
92 105 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.96% 16.91% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 33 35
Average daily rate £325 £268 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.49% -10.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £140 £131
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 16
Average hourly rate £20.00 £14.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +11.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £9.85 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £32.70 £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Android
West Midlands

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Android Daily Rate Histogram

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 7 (53.85%) Java
2 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
2 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
3 4 (30.77%) HTML5
3 4 (30.77%) iPhone
3 4 (30.77%) CSS
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) .NET
4 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
4 3 (23.08%) CSS3
4 3 (23.08%) PhoneGap
5 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
5 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
5 2 (15.38%) jQuery
5 2 (15.38%) Dreamweaver
5 2 (15.38%) NetWeaver
5 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
5 2 (15.38%) Back Office
5 2 (15.38%) Sybase
5 2 (15.38%) SAP
5 2 (15.38%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 1 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (7.692%) OOP
6 1 (7.692%) J2ME
6 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
6 1 (7.692%) Web Services
6 1 (7.692%) XML
6 1 (7.692%) Business Objects

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (30.77%) HTML5
1 4 (30.77%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) CSS3
3 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
3 2 (15.38%) jQuery
4 1 (7.692%) J2ME
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.692%) Web Services
4 1 (7.692%) XML
4 1 (7.692%) HTML
4 1 (7.692%) iOS SDK
4 1 (7.692%) MonoTouch
4 1 (7.692%) JSON
4 1 (7.692%) OpenID
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) SAP CRM
1 1 (7.692%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) PhoneGap
2 2 (15.38%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (7.692%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 2 (15.38%) Back Office
2 1 (7.692%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Android Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Mobile Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
2 4 (30.77%) iPhone
3 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
3 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
4 1 (7.692%) iPad
4 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) CRM
2 1 (7.692%) ERP
2 1 (7.692%) OOP
2 1 (7.692%) MVC
2 1 (7.692%) Workflow
2 1 (7.692%) Data Management
2 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
2 1 (7.692%) Master Data Management
2 1 (7.692%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
3 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.692%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Sybase
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
2 1 (7.692%) Apple
2 1 (7.692%) Google
2 1 (7.692%) Sencha
2 1 (7.692%) Xamarin
2 1 (7.692%) Syclo
2 1 (7.692%) Appcelerator
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