The first table below looks at the demand for the Android Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Android Developer
Rank 290 403 413
Rank change year-on-year
+113 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Android Developer 247 161 162
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.595% 0.301% 0.284%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.644% 0.326% 0.306%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 103 86
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +143.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £39.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +143.75%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Android Developer
UK

Android Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Android Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Android Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Android Developer Daily Rate Trend

Android Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Android Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Android Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Android Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Android Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Android Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +87 166 £400 +14.28%
East of England +46 37 £400 +14.28%
South East +22 20 £375 +25.00%
South West +24 7 £275 -18.51%
North West -1 5 £213 -34.61%
West Midlands +11 4 £400 +45.45%
East Midlands +4 4 £350 +16.66%
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
North East - 1 £350 -
Android Developer
UK

Android Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Android Developer in their job title 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 with Android Developer in their job title.

1 438 (100.00%) Android
2 336 (76.71%) Java
3 130 (29.68%) Mobile App
4 106 (24.20%) XML
5 94 (21.46%) OO
6 83 (18.95%) OOP
7 77 (17.58%) Google
8 73 (16.67%) JSON
9 71 (16.21%) Agile Software Development
10 70 (15.98%) Apple iOS
11 67 (15.30%) C++
12 60 (13.70%) JavaScript
13 56 (12.79%) C
14 53 (12.10%) Web Services
15 52 (11.87%) Eclipse
15 52 (11.87%) Subversion
15 52 (11.87%) Streaming Video
16 50 (11.42%) Multithreading
17 46 (10.50%) MVC
18 43 (9.817%) Computer Science
19 42 (9.589%) Degree
19 42 (9.589%) HTTP
20 41 (9.361%) Objective-C
20 41 (9.361%) Mobile Application Development
21 38 (8.676%) HTML
22 36 (8.219%) CSS
22 36 (8.219%) TDD
23 33 (7.534%) Scrum
24 32 (7.306%) Finance
25 30 (6.849%) JBoss

Android Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Android Developer in their job title 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 with Android Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 106 (24.20%) XML
2 73 (16.67%) JSON
3 53 (12.10%) Web Services
4 38 (8.676%) HTML
5 36 (8.219%) CSS
6 27 (6.164%) HTML5
7 25 (5.708%) REST
7 25 (5.708%) RESTful
8 21 (4.795%) J2ME
9 18 (4.110%) iOS SDK
10 16 (3.653%) OpenGL
11 14 (3.196%) JNI
12 12 (2.740%) Cocoa
12 12 (2.740%) Flash
13 11 (2.511%) J2EE
14 10 (2.283%) Spring
14 10 (2.283%) SOAP
15 9 (2.055%) XHTML
16 8 (1.826%) jQuery
16 8 (1.826%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 8 (1.826%) CMS
2 7 (1.598%) Adobe CQ
3 6 (1.370%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.457%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (0.913%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.228%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.589%) HTTP
2 27 (6.164%) 3G
3 14 (3.196%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.196%) Bluetooth
4 11 (2.511%) Internet
5 5 (1.142%) NFC
6 3 (0.685%) RTP
6 3 (0.685%) Broadband
6 3 (0.685%) LTE
7 1 (0.228%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.708%) SQLite
2 10 (2.283%) MySQL
3 2 (0.457%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 52 (11.87%) Eclipse
1 52 (11.87%) Subversion
2 24 (5.479%) Git (software)
3 12 (2.740%) Xcode
4 11 (2.511%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (1.826%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.598%) JUnit
6 7 (1.598%) GitHub
6 7 (1.598%) Mercurial
7 6 (1.370%) PhoneGap
8 5 (1.142%) Ant
8 5 (1.142%) Maven
9 4 (0.913%) Robotium
10 3 (0.685%) QUnit
11 2 (0.457%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.457%) Appcelerator Titanium
11 2 (0.457%) NUnit
11 2 (0.457%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.228%) Hudson
12 1 (0.228%) Cucumber
General
1 32 (7.306%) Finance
2 24 (5.479%) Telecoms
3 23 (5.251%) Banking
4 18 (4.110%) Games
5 13 (2.968%) Music
6 11 (2.511%) Publishing
7 7 (1.598%) Multimedia
8 5 (1.142%) Retail
9 3 (0.685%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.457%) Marketing
10 2 (0.457%) Billing
10 2 (0.457%) Electronics
10 2 (0.457%) Automotive
10 2 (0.457%) Legal
11 1 (0.228%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.228%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.228%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 130 (29.68%) Mobile App
2 52 (11.87%) Streaming Video
3 43 (9.817%) Computer Science
4 29 (6.621%) Social Media
4 29 (6.621%) IPTV
5 28 (6.393%) iPhone
6 24 (5.479%) Digital Media
7 23 (5.251%) Blackberry
8 19 (4.338%) New Media
9 16 (3.653%) Smartphone
10 13 (2.968%) Device Driver
11 10 (2.283%) Social Network
12 8 (1.826%) Handset
13 6 (1.370%) Animation
14 5 (1.142%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.142%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (1.142%) iPad
15 4 (0.913%) Open Source
15 4 (0.913%) Java Card
15 4 (0.913%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 438 (100.00%) Android
2 70 (15.98%) Apple iOS
3 22 (5.023%) Linux
4 20 (4.566%) Windows
5 15 (3.425%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.913%) Windows 8
6 4 (0.913%) Windows Mobile
7 3 (0.685%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.457%) bada
8 2 (0.457%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.228%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (21.46%) OO
2 83 (18.95%) OOP
3 71 (16.21%) Agile Software Development
4 50 (11.42%) Multithreading
5 46 (10.50%) MVC
6 41 (9.361%) Mobile Application Development
7 36 (8.219%) TDD
8 33 (7.534%) Scrum
9 30 (6.849%) Continuous Integration
10 20 (4.566%) Unit Testing
10 20 (4.566%) E-Commerce
11 19 (4.338%) OOD
12 18 (4.110%) Automated Testing
13 13 (2.968%) Bug Management
14 11 (2.511%) Web Development
15 10 (2.283%) Data Modelling
15 10 (2.283%) UML
15 10 (2.283%) OOA/OOD
16 9 (2.055%) Content Management
16 9 (2.055%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 336 (76.71%) Java
2 67 (15.30%) C++
3 60 (13.70%) JavaScript
4 56 (12.79%) C
5 41 (9.361%) Objective-C
6 27 (6.164%) SQL
7 16 (3.653%) C#
8 11 (2.511%) PHP
9 6 (1.370%) Scala
10 2 (0.457%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 42 (9.589%) Degree
2 8 (1.826%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.142%) QA
2 3 (0.685%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 77 (17.58%) Google
2 30 (6.849%) JBoss
3 29 (6.621%) Symantec
4 15 (3.425%) Apple
5 14 (3.196%) Facebook
6 13 (2.968%) Twitter
7 12 (2.740%) Symbian
8 10 (2.283%) Oracle
9 7 (1.598%) Adobe
10 6 (1.370%) Zend
11 4 (0.913%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.685%) SAP
13 1 (0.228%) Perforce
13 1 (0.228%) Sencha
13 1 (0.228%) Appcelerator
London
Essential Skills: - 2+ years Android development experience with applications in the Android Market - Strong experience of Java with good knowledge of the Android SDK while being an Android...
Gregory James
Rate: £380 to £430 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
England
Android, Java, SDK, Maven, Sync Framework, Fragments. My client requires an Android Developer with strong Java development and Android SDK experience. Must have worked on enterprise mobile applications...
iKonnect
Rate: £280 - £360 per day + work from home
Posted: 22 May 2013
England
Android, Java, SDK, Maven, Sync Framework, Fragments. My client requires an Android Developer with experience working on enterprise mobile applications and Android, Java, SDK, Maven experience. You will...
iKonnect
Rate: £280 - £360 per day + work from home
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Our client have just won a prestigious visuals project with a world renowned media group and are urgently looking for an experienced Android Developer to join their team...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
I have an urgent requirement for: Senior Android Developer - Nottingham - £300per day / 3 months + strong chance of extension Senior Android Developer / IOS / Software Development / Eclipse IDE / Java / SDK /...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
My client, a HUGE media brand, is looking for a talented Android mobile developer to join their mobile team that is changing the way millions of people access...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bristol, South West
Android Developer - 3 Months - Bristol - 200 - 300PD My client is looking for an Android Developer for a 3 Month contract starting ASAP. You will be working alongside a...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Android Developer | Android, Java, Eclipse | Contract | London. Austin Fraser Digital Media are working with a leading digital agency in London who are looking for an Android developer for...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
An up-coming project will be utilising Android and Java to develop web/mobile applications and user interfaces. Experience that is required: 3+ years Java development experience Android...
Computer Futures
Rate: £275 - £325 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Due to a recent acquisition, a leading online company based inWest Yorkshire is seeking an experienced Java Developer with a gaming background. This is an exciting opportunity for...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
London Parallel Consulting are recruiting on behalf of a major IT Services & Solutions based in London who are looking for Android Developers to join them onsite on an...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The platform's HTTP API * Running non-interactive background applications * Utilising the platform's location APIs (WiFi, GPS, cell towers) * Google Maps Android API * UI elements of Android *...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The successful Android developer will be able to talk with conviction around the core fundamentals of Android Development and take an active role in delivering projects. My client...
Mint
Rate: £400 - £500 per week
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bedfordshire
iOS/Android Developer | C#, MonoTouch, MonoDroid, iOS, Android | Contract | Bedford/Remote. Austin Fraser Digital Media are working with a media content provider in Bedford who are looking for...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Android Application Developer 4 months London Our Consultancy client requires an experienced Application Developer who can offer financial application development skills on Android.As an Android Application Developer...
Rate: £375 - £410 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
We are looking for a skilled Android Developer (Java) to support some ongoing projects around web mobile apps and backend integration within an Agile environment... The following areas...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £400 per day maybe flexible depending on relevance of experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
As a successful Android Developer (Mobile, Agile, Java) you will have: Strong Android experience (Java, SDK, MySQL, Unix, Linux) Good experience with Mobile platforms/ applications. Agile experience with...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
The successful candidate will have depth experience in Java, C, C++ in building Android mobile apps... The successful Android Apps Developer (Java / C / C++) will be: - Providing in-...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
They are urgently seeking and experienced Android Mobile Application Developer to join on a contract bases, in their central London office. The successful candidate will work on an...
RBW Consulting
Rate: Up to £320 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg LP
Rate: Competitive Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Description: You'll be taking on the primary development of our music streaming iOS and Android apps, developed using Xamarin MonoTouch & MonoDroid, powered by the Psonar RESTful API.....
Psonar Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013