The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 17 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 Swindon 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 34 40 36
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs citing Android 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.455% 0.276% 0.316%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.163% 1.887% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £338 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-15.03% +9.28%
All Operating Systems
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
49 53 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 17.82% 14.64% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 35 29
Average daily rate £370 £348 £414
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.47% -16.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £196 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -52.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.42 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £22.00 £34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Android
Wiltshire

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Swindon Android Daily Rate Histogram

Android
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
1 4 (100.00%) Sencha
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Media
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 3 (75.00%) Appcelerator
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 3 (75.00%) Sencha Touch
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (25.00%) .NET

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) Sencha Touch
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Sencha
2 3 (75.00%) Appcelerator