Android Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 52 91 108
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +17
Contract jobs citing Android 70 41 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 3.273% 1.387% 0.719%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.35% 5.624% 2.832%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 5
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £225 £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
Average hourly rate £33.00 £37.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 567 729 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.51% 24.67% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 299 243
Average daily rate £310 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £170 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 124 164
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +37.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Android
England

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Android Hourly Rate Trend

Android
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Android across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Android Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Hertfordshire +33 46 £345 -1.42%
Cambridgeshire +6 11 £360 +2.85%
Essex +6 9 £213 -
Bedfordshire -3 2 £350 +27.27%
Suffolk - 2 - -
Android
England

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 61 (59.80%) Java
2 39 (38.24%) XML
3 37 (36.27%) Apple iOS
4 33 (32.35%) JBoss
5 32 (31.37%) Symantec
6 31 (30.39%) IPTV
7 30 (29.41%) 3G
7 30 (29.41%) Subversion
8 27 (26.47%) Streaming Video
9 26 (25.49%) Telecoms
10 20 (19.61%) Linux
11 19 (18.63%) C++
12 18 (17.65%) C
12 18 (17.65%) JavaScript
13 17 (16.67%) Windows
14 15 (14.71%) HTML
14 15 (14.71%) iPhone
15 14 (13.73%) Mobile App
15 14 (13.73%) Objective-C
16 13 (12.75%) Web Services
17 12 (11.76%) OO
17 12 (11.76%) CSS
17 12 (11.76%) iPad
18 10 (9.804%) Python
18 10 (9.804%) C#
18 10 (9.804%) Agile Software Development
19 9 (8.824%) HTML5
19 9 (8.824%) Test Automation
20 8 (7.843%) JSON
20 8 (7.843%) Facebook

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 39 (38.24%) XML
2 15 (14.71%) HTML
3 13 (12.75%) Web Services
4 12 (11.76%) CSS
5 9 (8.824%) HTML5
6 8 (7.843%) JSON
7 7 (6.863%) OpenGL
7 7 (6.863%) Cocoa
8 6 (5.882%) iOS SDK
8 6 (5.882%) J2EE
9 5 (4.902%) Flash
9 5 (4.902%) Ajax
9 5 (4.902%) Cocoa Touch
9 5 (4.902%) CSS3
9 5 (4.902%) jQuery
10 4 (3.922%) WebSphere
10 4 (3.922%) Qt
10 4 (3.922%) WebCenter
10 4 (3.922%) UIKit
10 4 (3.922%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.922%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (0.980%) Apache
2 1 (0.980%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.882%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.961%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.980%) MS Office
3 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.980%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (0.980%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (29.41%) 3G
2 4 (3.922%) LTE
3 3 (2.941%) Broadband
4 2 (1.961%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.961%) Wireless
4 2 (1.961%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.980%) HTTP
5 1 (0.980%) ATM
5 1 (0.980%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.980%) MySQL
1 1 (0.980%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (0.980%) GIS
1 1 (0.980%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.980%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 30 (29.41%) Subversion
2 7 (6.863%) Xcode
3 4 (3.922%) Selenium
3 4 (3.922%) JBehave
3 4 (3.922%) WebDriver
3 4 (3.922%) Cucumber
3 4 (3.922%) Ant
4 3 (2.941%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.941%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.961%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.961%) Axure RP
5 2 (1.961%) Bazaar
5 2 (1.961%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.980%) PhoneGap
6 1 (0.980%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 26 (25.49%) Telecoms
2 7 (6.863%) Games
3 5 (4.902%) Multimedia
4 4 (3.922%) Retail
4 4 (3.922%) Legal
5 2 (1.961%) Automotive
6 1 (0.980%) Finance
6 1 (0.980%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (73.53%) Developer
2 44 (43.14%) Android Developer
3 9 (8.824%) iOS Developer
4 8 (7.843%) Mobile Developer
5 7 (6.863%) Java Developer
5 7 (6.863%) Test Engineer
6 6 (5.882%) Applications Developer
6 6 (5.882%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Software Engineer
7 5 (4.902%) Analyst
7 5 (4.902%) Consultant
7 5 (4.902%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 4 (3.922%) Test Automation Consultant
8 4 (3.922%) Front-End Developer
8 4 (3.922%) Test Consultant
8 4 (3.922%) Tester
9 3 (2.941%) Software Developer
9 3 (2.941%) Developer Analyst
9 3 (2.941%) Mobile Tester
9 3 (2.941%) Senior Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (30.39%) IPTV
2 27 (26.47%) Streaming Video
3 15 (14.71%) iPhone
4 14 (13.73%) Mobile App
5 12 (11.76%) iPad
6 8 (7.843%) Blackberry
7 7 (6.863%) Computer Science
8 6 (5.882%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (3.922%) Social Media
10 3 (2.941%) Device Driver
11 2 (1.961%) Open Source
11 2 (1.961%) Handset
12 1 (0.980%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.980%) 3D Graphics
12 1 (0.980%) Mobile Computing
12 1 (0.980%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.980%) Graphic Design
12 1 (0.980%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 37 (36.27%) Apple iOS
2 20 (19.61%) Linux
3 17 (16.67%) Windows
4 7 (6.863%) Windows Mobile
5 6 (5.882%) Windows 7
6 5 (4.902%) Mac OS X
6 5 (4.902%) Windows XP
7 4 (3.922%) Windows Phone
7 4 (3.922%) UNIX
8 3 (2.941%) Windows CE
8 3 (2.941%) Windows Phone 8
8 3 (2.941%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (1.961%) bada
9 2 (1.961%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.961%) Debian
10 1 (0.980%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (11.76%) OO
2 10 (9.804%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (8.824%) Test Automation
4 8 (7.843%) Scrum
5 5 (4.902%) Regression Testing
5 5 (4.902%) TDD
5 5 (4.902%) BDD
6 4 (3.922%) Multithreading
6 4 (3.922%) Content Management
6 4 (3.922%) E-Commerce
6 4 (3.922%) RAD
6 4 (3.922%) RUP
7 3 (2.941%) Software Testing
7 3 (2.941%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (2.941%) Web Application Development
7 3 (2.941%) Game Development
8 2 (1.961%) Web Development
8 2 (1.961%) Software Architecture
8 2 (1.961%) Project Management
8 2 (1.961%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 61 (59.80%) Java
2 19 (18.63%) C++
3 18 (17.65%) C
3 18 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 14 (13.73%) Objective-C
5 10 (9.804%) Python
5 10 (9.804%) C#
6 7 (6.863%) PHP
7 6 (5.882%) SQL
8 4 (3.922%) FQL
8 4 (3.922%) Ruby
9 2 (1.961%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.980%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 7 (6.863%) Degree
2 1 (0.980%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.902%) QA
2 1 (0.980%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.980%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 33 (32.35%) JBoss
2 32 (31.37%) Symantec
3 8 (7.843%) Facebook
3 8 (7.843%) Twitter
4 5 (4.902%) Adobe
4 5 (4.902%) Apple
5 4 (3.922%) Google
5 4 (3.922%) FatWire
5 4 (3.922%) Symbian
5 4 (3.922%) IBM
5 4 (3.922%) Oracle
6 2 (1.961%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.961%) Telerik
6 2 (1.961%) QNX
6 2 (1.961%) HP
6 2 (1.961%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.980%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.980%) Dell
7 1 (0.980%) Lagan
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