Android Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 22 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 West 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 77 124 112
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -12
Contract jobs citing Android 34 15 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.650% 0.454% 0.290%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.576% 2.058% 1.431%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 2
Average daily rate £300 £338 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -11.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £350 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.66% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 517 729 559
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 25.08% 22.07% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 356 239
Average daily rate £325 £413 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% +17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £280 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 75 86
Average hourly rate £14.26 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.09% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £41.50 £37.50
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West Android Hourly Rate Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Wiltshire +27 20 £283 -5.83%
Bristol +15 7 £325 +32.65%
Gloucestershire +25 2 - -
Somerset 0 2 £250 -
Dorset - 1 - -
Android
England

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 39 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 25 (38.46%) Java
2 25 (38.46%) Linux
3 24 (36.92%) C++
4 23 (35.38%) C
5 21 (32.31%) Embedded Systems
6 19 (29.23%) JavaScript
7 18 (27.69%) Eclipse
7 18 (27.69%) Degree
8 17 (26.15%) HTML5
8 17 (26.15%) Windows
9 16 (24.62%) JTAG
10 15 (23.08%) HTML
11 14 (21.54%) OO
11 14 (21.54%) CSS
11 14 (21.54%) Mobile App
12 13 (20.00%) Web Services
12 13 (20.00%) Computer Science
13 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
13 10 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
14 9 (13.85%) C#
14 9 (13.85%) Visual Studio
14 9 (13.85%) Windows Phone
15 8 (12.31%) Oracle
15 8 (12.31%) XML
15 8 (12.31%) Blackberry
15 8 (12.31%) iPhone
16 7 (10.77%) Web Development
16 7 (10.77%) iPad

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 17 (26.15%) HTML5
2 15 (23.08%) HTML
3 14 (21.54%) CSS
4 13 (20.00%) Web Services
5 8 (12.31%) XML
6 6 (9.231%) REST
6 6 (9.231%) jQuery
7 5 (7.692%) .NET
8 4 (6.154%) Sencha Touch
8 4 (6.154%) Qt
8 4 (6.154%) OpenGL
9 3 (4.615%) ASP.NET
9 3 (4.615%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (4.615%) Ext JS
9 3 (4.615%) Ajax
9 3 (4.615%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.615%) Sass
9 3 (4.615%) LESS
9 3 (4.615%) CSS3
9 3 (4.615%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.615%) IIS
2 2 (3.077%) Joomla!
2 2 (3.077%) CMS
3 1 (1.538%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.615%) MS Excel
1 3 (4.615%) Photoshop
2 2 (3.077%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.231%) ASN.1
2 2 (3.077%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.077%) HTTP
3 1 (1.538%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.538%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.154%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.615%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.077%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (27.69%) Eclipse
2 9 (13.85%) Visual Studio
3 6 (9.231%) GCC
3 6 (9.231%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 3 (4.615%) Subversion
5 2 (3.077%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.538%) Xcode
6 1 (1.538%) GitHub
6 1 (1.538%) PhoneGap
General
1 5 (7.692%) Electronics
2 2 (3.077%) Games
2 2 (3.077%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.538%) Finance
3 1 (1.538%) Military
3 1 (1.538%) Marketing
3 1 (1.538%) Banking
3 1 (1.538%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 44 (67.69%) Developer
2 22 (33.85%) Software Engineer
3 20 (30.77%) Android Developer
4 9 (13.85%) Mobile Developer
5 4 (6.154%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 4 (6.154%) Architect
5 4 (6.154%) Applications Developer
6 3 (4.615%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.615%) Programmer
6 3 (4.615%) .NET Developer
6 3 (4.615%) GUI Developer
6 3 (4.615%) Senior Applications Developer
6 3 (4.615%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (4.615%) PHP Developer
6 3 (4.615%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
7 2 (3.077%) iOS Developer
7 2 (3.077%) UI Programmer
7 2 (3.077%) Applications Architect
7 2 (3.077%) Java Developer
7 2 (3.077%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.31%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (21.54%) Mobile App
3 13 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 8 (12.31%) Blackberry
4 8 (12.31%) iPhone
5 7 (10.77%) iPad
6 6 (9.231%) Digital Media
7 4 (6.154%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (4.615%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (4.615%) Open Source
8 3 (4.615%) Social Network
9 2 (3.077%) New Media
9 2 (3.077%) Blog
10 1 (1.538%) Handset
10 1 (1.538%) Mobile Games
10 1 (1.538%) E-Learning
10 1 (1.538%) SCORM
10 1 (1.538%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.538%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 39 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 25 (38.46%) Linux
3 17 (26.15%) Windows
4 9 (13.85%) Windows Phone
5 6 (9.231%) VxWorks
6 4 (6.154%) UNIX
7 3 (4.615%) Mac OS X
8 2 (3.077%) BlackBerry OS
8 2 (3.077%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) OO
2 10 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (10.77%) Web Development
4 6 (9.231%) UML
5 5 (7.692%) MVC
6 4 (6.154%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (6.154%) OOD
7 3 (4.615%) Regression Analysis
8 2 (3.077%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (3.077%) TDD
8 2 (3.077%) Unit Testing
9 1 (1.538%) Project Management
9 1 (1.538%) Test Automation
9 1 (1.538%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.538%) Digital Signal Processing
9 1 (1.538%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 25 (38.46%) Java
2 24 (36.92%) C++
3 23 (35.38%) C
4 19 (29.23%) JavaScript
5 9 (13.85%) C#
6 5 (7.692%) Objective-C
7 4 (6.154%) PHP
8 3 (4.615%) Python
9 1 (1.538%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) Degree
2 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (24.62%) JTAG
2 1 (1.538%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Oracle
2 6 (9.231%) Green Hills
3 5 (7.692%) Google
3 5 (7.692%) Appcelerator
3 5 (7.692%) Sencha
4 1 (1.538%) Progress
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