The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Android over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 67 94 86
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -8
Permanent jobs citing Android 51 35 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.938% 1.736% 2.000%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.361% 4.723% 5.707%
Number of salaries quoted 44 32 40
Average salary £45,000 £38,250 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +0.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
610 741 736
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 35.14% 36.76% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 537 606 671
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
Cambridgeshire

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Android Jobs Demand Trend

Android
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Android across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Android Salary Trend

Android
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Android across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridge Android Salary Histogram

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Android.

1 69 (64.49%) Apple iOS
2 62 (57.94%) CSS
3 57 (53.27%) JavaScript
4 50 (46.73%) HTML
5 49 (45.79%) Java
6 46 (42.99%) Linux
7 41 (38.32%) PHP
8 39 (36.45%) .NET
9 38 (35.51%) Ajax
10 37 (34.58%) C#
10 37 (34.58%) jQuery
11 36 (33.64%) MySQL
12 35 (32.71%) Mobile App
13 30 (28.04%) Apache
14 29 (27.10%) Objective-C
14 29 (27.10%) Agile Software Development
15 25 (23.36%) TDD
16 24 (22.43%) Unit Testing
17 23 (21.50%) Mobile Application Development
17 23 (21.50%) Web Development
17 23 (21.50%) Web Services
18 22 (20.56%) Blackberry
18 22 (20.56%) HTML5
19 21 (19.63%) CSS3
20 20 (18.69%) Windows
21 19 (17.76%) XML
21 19 (17.76%) C++
21 19 (17.76%) Degree
21 19 (17.76%) Symfony
22 18 (16.82%) Git (software)

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Android. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 62 (57.94%) CSS
2 50 (46.73%) HTML
3 39 (36.45%) .NET
4 38 (35.51%) Ajax
5 37 (34.58%) jQuery
6 23 (21.50%) Web Services
7 22 (20.56%) HTML5
8 21 (19.63%) CSS3
9 19 (17.76%) Symfony
9 19 (17.76%) XML
10 17 (15.89%) ASP.NET
11 14 (13.08%) Adobe AIR
12 11 (10.28%) LAMP
13 9 (8.411%) Ruby on Rails
13 9 (8.411%) WPF
14 8 (7.477%) Qt
14 8 (7.477%) RSS
14 8 (7.477%) Zepto.js
15 7 (6.542%) OpenGL
15 7 (6.542%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 30 (28.04%) Apache
2 10 (9.346%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.346%) CMS
3 3 (2.804%) nginx
3 3 (2.804%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.804%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (2.804%) Confluence
3 3 (2.804%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.935%) concrete5
Applications
1 7 (6.542%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.607%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.869%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.935%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.804%) Internet
2 2 (1.869%) X.509
2 2 (1.869%) SMS
2 2 (1.869%) SSL
2 2 (1.869%) DLNA
3 1 (0.935%) HTTP
3 1 (0.935%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (33.64%) MySQL
2 13 (12.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.804%) Hadoop
3 3 (2.804%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.804%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.869%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.869%) Couchbase
4 2 (1.869%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.869%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Git (software)
2 17 (15.89%) Subversion
3 5 (4.673%) Eclipse
3 5 (4.673%) Xcode
4 3 (2.804%) JIRA
4 3 (2.804%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (2.804%) FishEye
5 2 (1.869%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.935%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.935%) GitHub
General
1 4 (3.738%) Finance
1 4 (3.738%) Automotive
1 4 (3.738%) Marketing
2 3 (2.804%) French Language
2 3 (2.804%) German Language
2 3 (2.804%) Italian Language
2 3 (2.804%) Japanese Language
3 2 (1.869%) Electronics
3 2 (1.869%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.935%) Publishing
4 1 (0.935%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 84 (78.50%) Developer
2 28 (26.17%) PHP Developer
3 25 (23.36%) Senior Developer
4 22 (20.56%) Web Developer
5 18 (16.82%) Senior PHP Developer
5 18 (16.82%) Front-End Developer
6 12 (11.21%) Front-End Web Developer
7 11 (10.28%) Software Engineer
8 10 (9.346%) PHP Web Developer
9 8 (7.477%) Java Developer
10 7 (6.542%) Software Developer
10 7 (6.542%) Android Developer
10 7 (6.542%) WPF Developer
11 6 (5.607%) UI Programmer
11 6 (5.607%) Mobile Developer
11 6 (5.607%) UI Developer
12 4 (3.738%) iOS Developer
13 3 (2.804%) Senior .NET Developer
13 3 (2.804%) Project Manager
13 3 (2.804%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (32.71%) Mobile App
2 22 (20.56%) Blackberry
3 16 (14.95%) iPhone
4 10 (9.346%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.804%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (2.804%) Pocket PC
5 3 (2.804%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.804%) SaaS
5 3 (2.804%) Social Media
5 3 (2.804%) iPad
6 2 (1.869%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.869%) Statistics
6 2 (1.869%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.869%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.869%) Data Extraction
6 2 (1.869%) Psychology
7 1 (0.935%) Photography
7 1 (0.935%) Open Source
7 1 (0.935%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 69 (64.49%) Apple iOS
2 46 (42.99%) Linux
3 20 (18.69%) Windows
4 8 (7.477%) Windows Phone
5 6 (5.607%) Windows Mobile
6 4 (3.738%) Windows CE
7 3 (2.804%) BlackBerry OS
7 3 (2.804%) CentOS
8 2 (1.869%) UNIX
8 2 (1.869%) Windows Phone 8
8 2 (1.869%) Windows Phone 7
9 1 (0.935%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.935%) Maemo
9 1 (0.935%) MeeGo
9 1 (0.935%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.10%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (23.36%) TDD
3 24 (22.43%) Unit Testing
4 23 (21.50%) Web Development
4 23 (21.50%) Mobile Application Development
5 13 (12.15%) OO
6 9 (8.411%) Web Design
7 8 (7.477%) Web Application Development
8 7 (6.542%) MVVM
9 5 (4.673%) Analytics
10 4 (3.738%) Multithreading
10 4 (3.738%) Software Engineering
11 3 (2.804%) SOA
11 3 (2.804%) Project Management
12 2 (1.869%) OOD
12 2 (1.869%) UML
12 2 (1.869%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (1.869%) Project Planning
12 2 (1.869%) Logistics
13 1 (0.935%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (53.27%) JavaScript
2 49 (45.79%) Java
3 41 (38.32%) PHP
4 37 (34.58%) C#
5 29 (27.10%) Objective-C
6 19 (17.76%) C++
7 17 (15.89%) C
7 17 (15.89%) SQL
8 9 (8.411%) Ruby
9 3 (2.804%) VB.NET
9 3 (2.804%) Python
9 3 (2.804%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.869%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.935%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.935%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (17.76%) Degree
2 3 (2.804%) PhD
3 1 (0.935%) PMP
3 1 (0.935%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 17 (15.89%) Oracle
2 14 (13.08%) Adobe
3 11 (10.28%) Zend
4 10 (9.346%) QNX
5 4 (3.738%) Twitter
6 3 (2.804%) Infobright
6 3 (2.804%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.804%) Facebook
6 3 (2.804%) Nokia
6 3 (2.804%) Symbian
7 2 (1.869%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.869%) Google
8 1 (0.935%) Apple
Cambridge, UK
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with ambition and initiative to join a fast-paced, rapidly expanding online games company based in Cambridge and help us...
Jagex
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 6 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
C, C++, Java, Assembly), some mobile platform experience (ideally Android, alternatively iOS), expertise in security and in particular cryptogtaphic protocols and a good understanding of hardware and device...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £0.00 per annum + Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll be degree educated and be comfortable working with C++ OO code across Windows and Unix systems... Additional experience of the mobile arena such...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great + Career Prospects
Posted: 15 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The candidate must also have a willingness to cross train into the other technologies used within the team (iOS / Objective C; Android / Java; WFP / C#.NET and Ruby...
TEKsystems
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits, pension, negotiable
Posted: 16 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: C++ Desirable skills (not essential): Cross Platform, Networking, in depth knowledge of Windows OR Linux/Unix, QT, OpenGL, HTTP, TCP/IP, protocol design, user-interface design,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £30k
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £85k DOE
Posted: 3 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Datascope Recruitment
Salary: £30-£50k and £45-70k, fabulous benefits and pension etc.
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013