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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 53 39 38
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Android 4 10 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.816% 2.208% 2.927%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.703% 9.524% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 12
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.43%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
148 105 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 30.20% 23.18% 21.22%
Number of salaries quoted 135 80 78
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £37,950 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
Tyne and Wear

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Android Salary Trend

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 14 (87.50%) OOP
1 14 (87.50%) Law
1 14 (87.50%) Software Testing
1 14 (87.50%) QA
1 14 (87.50%) Selenium
1 14 (87.50%) iPhone
1 14 (87.50%) Mobile App
2 13 (81.25%) iPad
2 13 (81.25%) Scrum
3 10 (62.50%) Java
4 9 (56.25%) PHP
4 9 (56.25%) .NET
4 9 (56.25%) Ruby
5 8 (50.00%) Symbian
6 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 6 (37.50%) TDD
7 5 (31.25%) Internet
7 5 (31.25%) Cucumber
7 5 (31.25%) BDD
7 5 (31.25%) Web Development
8 1 (6.250%) Finance
8 1 (6.250%) Web Services
8 1 (6.250%) XML
8 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
8 1 (6.250%) VC++
8 1 (6.250%) Banking
8 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (6.250%) C#
8 1 (6.250%) Google
8 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 9 (56.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) Web Services
2 1 (6.250%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Internet
Development Applications
1 14 (87.50%) Selenium
2 5 (31.25%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
General
1 14 (87.50%) Law
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Tester
2 12 (75.00%) Analyst
2 12 (75.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) QA Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
4 1 (6.250%) QA Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) iPhone
1 14 (87.50%) Mobile App
2 13 (81.25%) iPad
3 1 (6.250%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Software Testing
1 14 (87.50%) OOP
2 13 (81.25%) Scrum
3 6 (37.50%) TDD
4 5 (31.25%) BDD
4 5 (31.25%) Web Development
5 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Java
2 9 (56.25%) PHP
2 9 (56.25%) Ruby
3 1 (6.250%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) VC++
3 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Symbian
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Google