Android Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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 West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Android over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 78 86 95
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +9
Contract jobs citing Android 19 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.165% 0.845% 0.262%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.013% 4.481% 1.548%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 3
Average daily rate £328 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% +44.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 316 424 323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.37% 18.85% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 177 129
Average daily rate £300 £300 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.08% +8.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £165 £154
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £422 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 65 60
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.43 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham +18 10 £325 -
Staffordshire +16 5 £330 +1.53%
Coventry -1 3 - -
Warwickshire -2 1 - -
Android
England

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 21 (63.64%) Apple iOS
2 16 (48.48%) Mobile App
2 16 (48.48%) iPhone
3 13 (39.39%) Java
4 9 (27.27%) E-Commerce
4 9 (27.27%) HTML5
5 8 (24.24%) Windows
5 8 (24.24%) .NET
5 8 (24.24%) Blackberry
5 8 (24.24%) Objective-C
6 7 (21.21%) CSS
7 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 6 (18.18%) iOS SDK
7 6 (18.18%) JSON
7 6 (18.18%) CSS3
8 5 (15.15%) jQuery
8 5 (15.15%) SQL
8 5 (15.15%) XML
8 5 (15.15%) C#
8 5 (15.15%) Eclipse
9 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET
9 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
9 4 (12.12%) Electronics
9 4 (12.12%) Automotive
9 4 (12.12%) Games
9 4 (12.12%) Internet
9 4 (12.12%) Test Scripting
9 4 (12.12%) Selenium
9 4 (12.12%) JIRA
9 4 (12.12%) TDD

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 9 (27.27%) HTML5
2 8 (24.24%) .NET
3 7 (21.21%) CSS
4 6 (18.18%) iOS SDK
4 6 (18.18%) JSON
4 6 (18.18%) CSS3
5 5 (15.15%) jQuery
5 5 (15.15%) XML
6 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET
7 3 (9.091%) Ajax
7 3 (9.091%) XSLT
7 3 (9.091%) XHTML
8 2 (6.061%) Web Services
8 2 (6.061%) AngularJS
9 1 (3.030%) OpenID
9 1 (3.030%) MonoTouch
9 1 (3.030%) GWT
9 1 (3.030%) HTML
9 1 (3.030%) J2ME
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.030%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.030%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.030%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Internet
2 1 (3.030%) 3G
2 1 (3.030%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.030%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Eclipse
2 4 (12.12%) Selenium
2 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 4 (12.12%) PhoneGap
3 2 (6.061%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (3.030%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 4 (12.12%) Electronics
1 4 (12.12%) Automotive
1 4 (12.12%) Games
2 2 (6.061%) Back Office
3 1 (3.030%) Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Developer
2 8 (24.24%) Mobile Developer
3 6 (18.18%) Android Developer
4 4 (12.12%) .NET Developer
4 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (9.091%) VB.NET Developer
5 3 (9.091%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Tester
5 3 (9.091%) Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Test Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Web Developer
5 3 (9.091%) SQL Developer
5 3 (9.091%) .NET Web Developer
5 3 (9.091%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Consultant
6 2 (6.061%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.061%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (6.061%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 2 (6.061%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Mobile Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Mobile App
1 16 (48.48%) iPhone
2 8 (24.24%) Blackberry
3 4 (12.12%) Telematics
4 3 (9.091%) WURFL
4 3 (9.091%) N-Tier
4 3 (9.091%) Client/Server
5 2 (6.061%) Graphic Design
5 2 (6.061%) Handset
5 2 (6.061%) iPad
6 1 (3.030%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (3.030%) Smartphone
6 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.030%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (63.64%) Apple iOS
2 8 (24.24%) Windows
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Mobile
4 3 (9.091%) BlackBerry OS
5 1 (3.030%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Phone
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.030%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 4 (12.12%) Test Scripting
2 4 (12.12%) TDD
2 4 (12.12%) Automated Testing
2 4 (12.12%) Manual Testing
2 4 (12.12%) System Testing
3 3 (9.091%) Web Application Development
3 3 (9.091%) Document Management
3 3 (9.091%) Use Case
3 3 (9.091%) Unit Testing
3 3 (9.091%) SEO
3 3 (9.091%) SOA
4 2 (6.061%) Validation
4 2 (6.061%) CRM
4 2 (6.061%) Web Development
5 1 (3.030%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.030%) Master Data Management
5 1 (3.030%) User Stories
5 1 (3.030%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (3.030%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) Java
2 8 (24.24%) Objective-C
3 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.15%) SQL
4 5 (15.15%) C#
5 3 (9.091%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.030%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (9.091%) AccuRev
2 2 (6.061%) SAP
2 2 (6.061%) Sybase
2 2 (6.061%) Google
3 1 (3.030%) Sencha
3 1 (3.030%) Xamarin
3 1 (3.030%) Syclo
3 1 (3.030%) Appcelerator
3 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) Apple
3 1 (3.030%) Symbian
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