The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 50 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing Android 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.593% 2.564% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.564% 8.511% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £35,000 £21,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.79% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
78 47 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 23.15% 30.13% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 34
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £28,005 £15,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £37,702
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
Cheshire

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Android Salary Trend

Android
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
1 10 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 7 (70.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (60.00%) Adobe
3 6 (60.00%) PHP
3 6 (60.00%) WordPress
4 5 (50.00%) Marketing
4 5 (50.00%) Internet Marketing
4 5 (50.00%) Magento
4 5 (50.00%) HTML5
4 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
4 5 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (50.00%) MS Office
4 5 (50.00%) Internet
4 5 (50.00%) Flash
5 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (30.00%) Web Design
7 2 (20.00%) Banking
7 2 (20.00%) Ajax
7 2 (20.00%) Finance
7 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (20.00%) jQuery
8 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
8 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
8 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (50.00%) HTML5
2 5 (50.00%) Flash
3 2 (20.00%) Ajax
3 2 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) WordPress
2 5 (50.00%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Web Designer
3 2 (20.00%) UI Programmer
3 2 (20.00%) Designer
3 2 (20.00%) UI Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) E-Commerce
2 5 (50.00%) Internet Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 3 (30.00%) Web Design
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PHP
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Adobe