The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 21 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Android 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.667% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.632% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -
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
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
38 52 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 25.33% 19.92% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 25
Average daily rate £263 £265 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.94% -15.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £230 £147
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £460 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
Average hourly rate £11.63 £19.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.38% +44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.55 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £20.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Android
Tyne and Wear

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Android Daily Rate Trend

Android
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) iPad
2 1 (25.00%) PhoneGap
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) J2ME
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Handset
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Social Network
2 1 (25.00%) GWT
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) J2ME
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) GWT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) PhoneGap
1 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Android Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Handset
1 1 (25.00%) Social Network
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) OOP
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google