The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 144 181 168
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -13
Contract jobs citing Android 77 64 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.972% 0.630% 0.828%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.283% 3.026% 3.520%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 29 24
Average daily rate £350 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £410 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 13
Average hourly rate £23.00 £38.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.86% +9.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £35.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £73.95 £39.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.66% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1798 2115 2415
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 22.70% 20.82% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 859 855
Average daily rate £330 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £160 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 332 317
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Android
England

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +23 29 £308 +6.95%
Surrey +35 27 £400 +6.66%
Hampshire -7 9 £330 +1.53%
Oxfordshire -1 4 £260 -13.33%
Kent -2 2 - -
Middlesex -2 2 £350 -12.50%
West Sussex +15 1 £425 -
Buckinghamshire -9 1 - -
Android
England

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 80 (58.39%) Apple iOS
2 52 (37.96%) Mobile App
3 42 (30.66%) JavaScript
4 39 (28.47%) Java
5 33 (24.09%) CSS
5 33 (24.09%) HTML5
6 26 (18.98%) iPhone
7 25 (18.25%) C++
7 25 (18.25%) HTML
7 25 (18.25%) MVC
7 25 (18.25%) iPad
8 24 (17.52%) OO
9 23 (16.79%) Windows
9 23 (16.79%) XML
9 23 (16.79%) JSON
10 21 (15.33%) Objective-C
11 18 (13.14%) C
11 18 (13.14%) Telecoms
12 17 (12.41%) .NET
13 16 (11.68%) Linux
14 15 (10.95%) Adobe
14 15 (10.95%) REST
14 15 (10.95%) CSS3
15 14 (10.22%) CMS
15 14 (10.22%) Blackberry
16 12 (8.759%) OpenGL
16 12 (8.759%) Electronics
16 12 (8.759%) Web Services
16 12 (8.759%) ASP.NET
16 12 (8.759%) C#

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 33 (24.09%) CSS
1 33 (24.09%) HTML5
2 25 (18.25%) HTML
3 23 (16.79%) XML
3 23 (16.79%) JSON
4 17 (12.41%) .NET
5 15 (10.95%) REST
5 15 (10.95%) CSS3
6 12 (8.759%) OpenGL
6 12 (8.759%) Web Services
6 12 (8.759%) ASP.NET
6 12 (8.759%) jQuery
6 12 (8.759%) Ajax
7 11 (8.029%) iOS SDK
8 10 (7.299%) XHTML
9 8 (5.839%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (5.109%) Spring
10 7 (5.109%) OpenGL ES
11 6 (4.380%) Middleware
12 5 (3.650%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.22%) CMS
2 7 (5.109%) Adobe CQ
3 6 (4.380%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.920%) Facebook Platform
5 3 (2.190%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.460%) MODX
6 2 (1.460%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.730%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.730%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.730%) IIS
7 1 (0.730%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.730%) Drupal
Applications
1 10 (7.299%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.190%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.190%) MS Office
3 2 (1.460%) Google Apps
3 2 (1.460%) InDesign
4 1 (0.730%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.730%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (0.730%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.730%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.730%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 2 (1.460%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.730%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.109%) HTTP
2 5 (3.650%) UMTS
3 4 (2.920%) VoIP
4 3 (2.190%) 3G
4 3 (2.190%) GPRS
4 3 (2.190%) GSM
4 3 (2.190%) DHCP
5 2 (1.460%) 4G
5 2 (1.460%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.460%) LTE
5 2 (1.460%) DNS
6 1 (0.730%) Firewall
6 1 (0.730%) IPsec
6 1 (0.730%) Internet
6 1 (0.730%) MPLS
6 1 (0.730%) NetScreen
6 1 (0.730%) WAN
6 1 (0.730%) VPN
6 1 (0.730%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.569%) MySQL
2 5 (3.650%) SQLite
3 3 (2.190%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.460%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.460%) Redis
4 2 (1.460%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.730%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (6.569%) Xcode
1 9 (6.569%) PhoneGap
2 7 (5.109%) Selenium
3 4 (2.920%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.460%) GitHub
4 2 (1.460%) Subversion
4 2 (1.460%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.460%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.730%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.730%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.730%) JIRA
5 1 (0.730%) Axure RP
General
1 18 (13.14%) Telecoms
2 12 (8.759%) Electronics
3 10 (7.299%) Finance
4 8 (5.839%) Publishing
4 8 (5.839%) Games
5 6 (4.380%) Marketing
6 4 (2.920%) Banking
7 3 (2.190%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.190%) Retail
8 2 (1.460%) Billing
8 2 (1.460%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 82 (59.85%) Developer
2 31 (22.63%) Android Developer
3 19 (13.87%) Mobile Developer
4 12 (8.759%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 12 (8.759%) Front-End Developer
5 11 (8.029%) iOS Developer
6 9 (6.569%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.109%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.109%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) Analyst
9 4 (2.920%) Facebook Developer
9 4 (2.920%) .NET Developer
9 4 (2.920%) Tester
9 4 (2.920%) Web Developer
9 4 (2.920%) Consultant
10 3 (2.190%) Support Analyst
10 3 (2.190%) Applications Developer
10 3 (2.190%) Software Developer
10 3 (2.190%) Development Engineer
10 3 (2.190%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (37.96%) Mobile App
2 26 (18.98%) iPhone
3 25 (18.25%) iPad
4 14 (10.22%) Blackberry
5 11 (8.029%) Computer Science
5 11 (8.029%) Digital Media
6 8 (5.839%) Mathematics
7 7 (5.109%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (3.650%) Smartphone
9 4 (2.920%) Social Network
9 4 (2.920%) Device Driver
10 3 (2.190%) Handset
10 3 (2.190%) Animation
10 3 (2.190%) Open Source
11 2 (1.460%) Mobile Payment
11 2 (1.460%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.460%) Replication
11 2 (1.460%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.460%) DTV
11 2 (1.460%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 80 (58.39%) Apple iOS
2 23 (16.79%) Windows
3 16 (11.68%) Linux
4 7 (5.109%) Windows 8
5 6 (4.380%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.920%) Windows Mobile
6 4 (2.920%) UNIX
7 2 (1.460%) Windows CE
8 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.730%) CentOS
8 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.730%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.730%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.25%) MVC
2 24 (17.52%) OO
3 9 (6.569%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (5.839%) Memory Management
4 8 (5.839%) TDD
4 8 (5.839%) Content Management
4 8 (5.839%) Multithreading
4 8 (5.839%) UML
4 8 (5.839%) OOD
5 7 (5.109%) Data Modelling
5 7 (5.109%) Scrum
5 7 (5.109%) Embedded Software Development
6 6 (4.380%) Web Development
6 6 (4.380%) Software Testing
6 6 (4.380%) Test Automation
6 6 (4.380%) OOP
6 6 (4.380%) E-Commerce
7 5 (3.650%) Load Testing
7 5 (3.650%) Mobile Application Development
8 4 (2.920%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.66%) JavaScript
2 39 (28.47%) Java
3 25 (18.25%) C++
4 21 (15.33%) Objective-C
5 18 (13.14%) C
6 12 (8.759%) C#
7 6 (4.380%) SQL
8 5 (3.650%) PHP
9 4 (2.920%) GLSL
9 4 (2.920%) Ruby
10 2 (1.460%) ActionScript 3.0
10 2 (1.460%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (1.460%) VB
10 2 (1.460%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.460%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.460%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.730%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (8.029%) Degree
2 2 (1.460%) ISEB
3 1 (0.730%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.299%) QA
2 1 (0.730%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (2.920%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.460%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.730%) SCCM
2 1 (0.730%) Splunk
Vendors
1 15 (10.95%) Adobe
2 8 (5.839%) Facebook
3 7 (5.109%) Apple
3 7 (5.109%) Oracle
3 7 (5.109%) Google
4 5 (3.650%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.650%) SAP
4 5 (3.650%) Twitter
4 5 (3.650%) Sencha
5 2 (1.460%) Xamarin
5 2 (1.460%) Vignette
5 2 (1.460%) Cisco
6 1 (0.730%) Perforce
6 1 (0.730%) Quark
6 1 (0.730%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.730%) HP
6 1 (0.730%) Nortel
6 1 (0.730%) Juniper
6 1 (0.730%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (0.730%) Imperva
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