The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 86 133 175
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +42
Contract jobs citing Android 478 382 338
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 2.207% 1.418% 1.088%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.85% 6.959% 5.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 225 173
Average daily rate £390 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £31.75 £16.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4404 5489 6317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.34% 20.38% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2870 3259 3802
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 320 343
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.50 £37.50
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London 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
City of London +53 122 £375 +17.64%
Hounslow 0 5 £400 +21.21%
Docklands, London - 3 £351 -
Chiswick - 2 £375 -
Brentford - 1 £330 -
Paddington - 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £345 -
Android
England

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 480 (56.07%) Apple iOS
2 393 (45.91%) Java
3 320 (37.38%) Mobile App
4 223 (26.05%) JavaScript
5 176 (20.56%) iPhone
6 170 (19.86%) Windows
7 164 (19.16%) HTML5
8 145 (16.94%) Agile Software Development
9 141 (16.47%) CSS
10 137 (16.00%) OO
11 133 (15.54%) Blackberry
12 126 (14.72%) Objective-C
13 125 (14.60%) HTML
14 114 (13.32%) Scrum
15 110 (12.85%) JSON
16 107 (12.50%) XML
17 106 (12.38%) TDD
18 100 (11.68%) Google
19 98 (11.45%) iPad
19 98 (11.45%) Mobile Application Development
20 96 (11.21%) OOP
21 94 (10.98%) C++
22 85 (9.930%) Web Services
23 78 (9.112%) Degree
23 78 (9.112%) Computer Science
23 78 (9.112%) CSS3
24 77 (8.995%) Finance
25 73 (8.528%) jQuery
26 66 (7.710%) Multithreading
27 60 (7.009%) MVC

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
1 164 (19.16%) HTML5
2 141 (16.47%) CSS
3 125 (14.60%) HTML
4 110 (12.85%) JSON
5 107 (12.50%) XML
6 85 (9.930%) Web Services
7 78 (9.112%) CSS3
8 73 (8.528%) jQuery
9 59 (6.893%) iOS SDK
10 50 (5.841%) REST
11 48 (5.607%) Spring
12 43 (5.023%) Cocoa
13 40 (4.673%) J2EE
14 38 (4.439%) J2ME
15 35 (4.089%) RESTful
16 33 (3.855%) .NET
17 29 (3.388%) Cocoa Touch
18 23 (2.687%) Flash
19 22 (2.570%) Underscore.js
19 22 (2.570%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 27 (3.154%) CMS
2 18 (2.103%) MS Exchange
3 17 (1.986%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (1.636%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.519%) Lync
6 11 (1.285%) Adobe CQ
7 9 (1.051%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (1.051%) Escenic
8 6 (0.701%) Apache
9 5 (0.584%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 5 (0.584%) CoreMedia CMS
10 4 (0.467%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.350%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.350%) Confluence
12 2 (0.234%) Office Communications Server
12 2 (0.234%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.234%) Amazon AWS
12 2 (0.234%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.234%) IIS
12 2 (0.234%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 31 (3.621%) Photoshop
2 12 (1.402%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.402%) MS Office
3 11 (1.285%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.168%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (1.051%) OmniGraffle
6 8 (0.935%) Office 365
6 8 (0.935%) Fireworks
7 3 (0.350%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.234%) Google Apps
9 1 (0.117%) MS Project
9 1 (0.117%) Vectorworks
9 1 (0.117%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 2 (0.234%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (0.234%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.659%) HTTP
2 30 (3.505%) Internet
3 20 (2.336%) NFC
4 9 (1.051%) VPN
5 8 (0.935%) DNS
6 7 (0.818%) DHCP
6 7 (0.818%) VoIP
6 7 (0.818%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.701%) Wireless
8 5 (0.584%) SSL
9 3 (0.350%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.350%) RTP
9 3 (0.350%) SAN
9 3 (0.350%) WAN
9 3 (0.350%) LTE
9 3 (0.350%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.234%) 4G
10 2 (0.234%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.234%) SMS
10 2 (0.234%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.271%) SQLite
2 21 (2.453%) RDBMS
3 15 (1.752%) MySQL
4 12 (1.402%) Hadoop
5 6 (0.701%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (0.701%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.467%) Hazelcast
6 4 (0.467%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.234%) GIS
7 2 (0.234%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.117%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.117%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.117%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.117%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.117%) Redis
8 1 (0.117%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.117%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 52 (6.075%) Xcode
1 52 (6.075%) Subversion
2 48 (5.607%) Git (software)
3 43 (5.023%) PhoneGap
4 40 (4.673%) Eclipse
4 40 (4.673%) Selenium
5 28 (3.271%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 20 (2.336%) GitHub
6 20 (2.336%) Mercurial
7 19 (2.220%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.103%) Jasmine
9 16 (1.869%) Jenkins
9 16 (1.869%) JUnit
10 14 (1.636%) Maven
11 13 (1.519%) JIRA
12 12 (1.402%) Trac
12 12 (1.402%) Axure RP
13 11 (1.285%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (1.285%) Balsamiq Mockups
14 10 (1.168%) WebDriver
General
1 77 (8.995%) Finance
2 47 (5.491%) Banking
3 41 (4.790%) Games
4 29 (3.388%) Publishing
5 24 (2.804%) Music
6 19 (2.220%) Retail
7 17 (1.986%) Multimedia
8 16 (1.869%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.636%) Marketing
10 5 (0.584%) Legal
11 4 (0.467%) Music Industry
11 4 (0.467%) Electronics
12 3 (0.350%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.350%) Advertising
12 3 (0.350%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.350%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.234%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.234%) Billing
13 2 (0.234%) Automotive
13 2 (0.234%) Law
Job Titles
1 578 (67.52%) Developer
2 298 (34.81%) Android Developer
3 126 (14.72%) Mobile Developer
4 76 (8.879%) iOS Developer
5 68 (7.944%) Senior Developer
6 49 (5.724%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 44 (5.140%) Java Developer
8 43 (5.023%) Project Manager
9 41 (4.790%) Tester
9 41 (4.790%) Applications Developer
10 32 (3.738%) Web Developer
10 32 (3.738%) Designer
11 28 (3.271%) Analyst
12 23 (2.687%) Front-End Developer
13 21 (2.453%) User Experience Designer
14 19 (2.220%) Senior iOS Developer
15 18 (2.103%) Architect
16 14 (1.636%) Test Analyst
17 13 (1.519%) Mobile Tester
18 11 (1.285%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 320 (37.38%) Mobile App
2 176 (20.56%) iPhone
3 133 (15.54%) Blackberry
4 98 (11.45%) iPad
5 78 (9.112%) Computer Science
6 60 (7.009%) Digital Media
7 54 (6.308%) Social Media
8 35 (4.089%) Handset
9 30 (3.505%) Smartphone
10 29 (3.388%) Video on Demand
11 28 (3.271%) Social Network
12 25 (2.921%) Open Source
13 21 (2.453%) New Media
14 18 (2.103%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (1.986%) Streaming Video
16 16 (1.869%) Graphic Design
17 14 (1.636%) Java Card
17 14 (1.636%) Animation
18 11 (1.285%) N-Tier
19 9 (1.051%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 480 (56.07%) Apple iOS
2 170 (19.86%) Windows
3 58 (6.776%) Windows Phone
4 43 (5.023%) Windows Mobile
5 33 (3.855%) Linux
6 29 (3.388%) Windows 8
7 17 (1.986%) Windows 7
8 14 (1.636%) UNIX
9 11 (1.285%) Mac OS X
10 10 (1.168%) Windows Phone 7
11 8 (0.935%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.701%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.584%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.584%) Embedded Linux
13 5 (0.584%) Windows Phone 8
14 4 (0.467%) Tizen
14 4 (0.467%) BlackBerry OS
15 3 (0.350%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.234%) Windows Vista
17 1 (0.117%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (16.94%) Agile Software Development
2 137 (16.00%) OO
3 114 (13.32%) Scrum
4 106 (12.38%) TDD
5 98 (11.45%) Mobile Application Development
6 96 (11.21%) OOP
7 66 (7.710%) Multithreading
8 60 (7.009%) MVC
9 59 (6.893%) E-Commerce
10 52 (6.075%) Continuous Integration
11 45 (5.257%) BDD
12 42 (4.907%) Project Management
13 31 (3.621%) Web Development
14 30 (3.505%) Automated Testing
15 22 (2.570%) Waterfall
15 22 (2.570%) PRINCE2
15 22 (2.570%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (2.453%) SOA
17 20 (2.336%) OOD
18 18 (2.103%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 393 (45.91%) Java
2 223 (26.05%) JavaScript
3 126 (14.72%) Objective-C
4 94 (10.98%) C++
5 57 (6.659%) C
6 39 (4.556%) Ruby
7 38 (4.439%) C#
8 36 (4.206%) SQL
9 33 (3.855%) PHP
10 28 (3.271%) Python
11 27 (3.154%) Scala
12 13 (1.519%) Groovy
13 9 (1.051%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.935%) ActionScript 3.0
14 8 (0.935%) ActionScript
15 7 (0.818%) Perl
16 4 (0.467%) XPath
17 3 (0.350%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.350%) ActionScript 2.0
18 2 (0.234%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 78 (9.112%) Degree
2 17 (1.986%) ISEB
3 10 (1.168%) PMI Certification
4 8 (0.935%) ISTQB
5 4 (0.467%) Sun Certification
6 2 (0.234%) PMP
6 2 (0.234%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.117%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.117%) MCTS
7 1 (0.117%) MCITP
7 1 (0.117%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.491%) QA
2 3 (0.350%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.117%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 1 (0.117%) ISO/IEC 7816
System Software
1 22 (2.570%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.701%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.234%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.117%) XenApp
4 1 (0.117%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.234%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.117%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.117%) SCOM
2 1 (0.117%) Business Desktop Deployment
2 1 (0.117%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 100 (11.68%) Google
2 48 (5.607%) Apple
3 43 (5.023%) Facebook
4 29 (3.388%) Microsoft
5 25 (2.921%) Twitter
6 24 (2.804%) Adobe
7 23 (2.687%) Sencha
8 16 (1.869%) Symbian
9 9 (1.051%) Oracle
9 9 (1.051%) MobileIron
10 8 (0.935%) hybris
10 8 (0.935%) Endeca
10 8 (0.935%) Cisco
10 8 (0.935%) FatWire
11 6 (0.701%) VMware
12 4 (0.467%) Appcelerator
12 4 (0.467%) Vignette
13 3 (0.350%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.350%) Akamai
14 2 (0.234%) Omniture
London
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Gregory James
Rate: £380 to £430 per day
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The successful Hybris Developer will be comfortable liasing with front-end Android & IOS Developers over the correct use of the API, in addition to the client Business Analyst...
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Rate: Up to £775 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Full Stack Developer *** London *** Technology Company *** Mobile *** Full Stack Developer *** Our leading client require a talented and experienced Developer to join their team in London. We are looking...
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Rate: From £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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Universe Technology Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
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Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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Rate: £250 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
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Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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Austin Fraser
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
A Mobile Applications developer experienced with either Android or IoS required by this International Music giant... To be considered for this role you will need to be confident...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £400 per day maybe flexible depending on relevance of experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
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ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £450 per day maybe flexible depending on relevance of experience
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
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Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The role will be based around turning animation prototypes into code and ensuring multi-platform integration. It will be coding in CSS language and working accross multiple platforms...
Volt
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Skills/Experience required: - Evidence of four/five mobile application's built (Hands on experience) - Cross Mobile platform expertise - Working on a .NET framework -SQL Server 2012 -Familiar with...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
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Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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Futureheads Recruitment Ltd
Rate: From £350 to £400 per day DOE
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £400 - £500 per week
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