The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 20 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 Brighton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Android 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.66% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 30 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 7.746% 11.72% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 2
Average daily rate £210 £413 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-49.09% +17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £227 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £488 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.84% +23.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Android
East Sussex

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Android Daily Rate Trend

Android
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) HTML5
3 1 (33.33%) Handset
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) GWT
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) iPhone
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) iPad
3 1 (33.33%) PhoneGap
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 2 (66.67%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) GWT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) PhoneGap
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Handset
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
1 1 (33.33%) iPad
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) TDD
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA