The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Android over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 87 81 41
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -40
Permanent jobs citing Android 5 14 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.405% 1.201% 4.406%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.701% 4.070% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 45
Average salary £32,500 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,100 £25,800 £36,200
10% offered a salary of more than £34,600 £47,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
294 344 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 23.81% 29.50% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 278 277 249
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
UK

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Android Salary Trend

Android
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales -6 5 £32,500 -16.66%
Android
UK

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 24 (61.54%) JavaScript
1 24 (61.54%) SQL
2 23 (58.97%) Apple iOS
3 21 (53.85%) HTML
3 21 (53.85%) XML
4 20 (51.28%) Web Services
5 18 (46.15%) Java
6 17 (43.59%) SOAP
6 17 (43.59%) Windows
7 16 (41.03%) Scrum
7 16 (41.03%) REST
8 15 (38.46%) iPhone
8 15 (38.46%) CSS
8 15 (38.46%) OO
9 14 (35.90%) Oracle
9 14 (35.90%) Blackberry
10 13 (33.33%) Spring
10 13 (33.33%) Apache
11 12 (30.77%) Selenium
11 12 (30.77%) Mobile App
12 11 (28.21%) Eclipse
12 11 (28.21%) JUnit
12 11 (28.21%) Maven
13 10 (25.64%) Hibernate
14 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
14 9 (23.08%) Tomcat
14 9 (23.08%) Jenkins
14 9 (23.08%) Ajax
15 8 (20.51%) iPad
15 8 (20.51%) J2EE

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 21 (53.85%) HTML
1 21 (53.85%) XML
2 20 (51.28%) Web Services
3 17 (43.59%) SOAP
4 16 (41.03%) REST
5 15 (38.46%) CSS
6 13 (33.33%) Spring
7 10 (25.64%) Hibernate
8 9 (23.08%) Ajax
9 8 (20.51%) J2EE
10 7 (17.95%) soapUI
11 6 (15.38%) HTML5
11 6 (15.38%) Flash
12 5 (12.82%) .NET
12 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET
12 5 (12.82%) Java EE
12 5 (12.82%) Apache Flex
13 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
14 3 (7.692%) WinForms
14 3 (7.692%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 13 (33.33%) Apache
2 9 (23.08%) Tomcat
3 5 (12.82%) WebLogic
3 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (12.82%) Windows Azure
4 2 (5.128%) Apache Solr
4 2 (5.128%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (5.128%) Umbraco
4 2 (5.128%) CMS
5 1 (2.564%) ColdFusion
5 1 (2.564%) IIS
5 1 (2.564%) MS Exchange
5 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) TCP/IP
2 5 (12.82%) TELNET
2 5 (12.82%) SNMP
2 5 (12.82%) 4G
3 3 (7.692%) 2G
3 3 (7.692%) 3G
4 1 (2.564%) Wireless
4 1 (2.564%) TETRA
4 1 (2.564%) DHCP
4 1 (2.564%) HTTP
4 1 (2.564%) DNS
4 1 (2.564%) Intranet
4 1 (2.564%) Internet
4 1 (2.564%) VLAN
4 1 (2.564%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (12.82%) TOAD
3 3 (7.692%) GIS
3 3 (7.692%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.564%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.564%) MySQL
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.564%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (30.77%) Selenium
2 11 (28.21%) Eclipse
2 11 (28.21%) JUnit
2 11 (28.21%) Maven
3 9 (23.08%) Jenkins
4 6 (15.38%) JIRA
4 6 (15.38%) Ant
4 6 (15.38%) Subversion
5 5 (12.82%) Visual Studio
5 5 (12.82%) Mercurial
5 5 (12.82%) TestNG
5 5 (12.82%) MyEclipse
6 4 (10.26%) Concordion
7 3 (7.692%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (7.692%) WebDriver
8 2 (5.128%) Xcode
9 1 (2.564%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (2.564%) LoadRunner
9 1 (2.564%) Git (software)
9 1 (2.564%) Hudson
General
1 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 5 (12.82%) Banking
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.128%) Games
4 2 (5.128%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Java Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Senior Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Senior Java Developer
5 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) .NET Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Senior Test Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Test Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Web Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Tester
7 3 (7.692%) Applications Tester
7 3 (7.692%) J2EE Developer
7 3 (7.692%) C# Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 3 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) iPhone
2 14 (35.90%) Blackberry
3 12 (30.77%) Mobile App
4 8 (20.51%) iPad
5 5 (12.82%) N-Tier
5 5 (12.82%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (10.26%) Handset
7 3 (7.692%) DTV
7 3 (7.692%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.128%) Client/Server
9 1 (2.564%) Replication
9 1 (2.564%) Animation
9 1 (2.564%) Flash Lite
9 1 (2.564%) Java Card
9 1 (2.564%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (58.97%) Apple iOS
2 17 (43.59%) Windows
3 5 (12.82%) UNIX
4 4 (10.26%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (5.128%) Windows Phone
5 2 (5.128%) Windows 8
5 2 (5.128%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (2.564%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Scrum
2 15 (38.46%) OO
3 8 (20.51%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (17.95%) MVC
4 7 (17.95%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (12.82%) Integration Testing
5 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
6 4 (10.26%) BDD
6 4 (10.26%) Regression Testing
7 3 (7.692%) TDD
8 2 (5.128%) Unit Testing
8 2 (5.128%) Automation Testing
8 2 (5.128%) Data Analysis
8 2 (5.128%) Test Management
8 2 (5.128%) OOP
8 2 (5.128%) SOA
8 2 (5.128%) Mobile Commerce
8 2 (5.128%) Project Management
9 1 (2.564%) Risk Management
9 1 (2.564%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (61.54%) JavaScript
1 24 (61.54%) SQL
2 18 (46.15%) Java
3 6 (15.38%) C#
4 5 (12.82%) PL/SQL
5 4 (10.26%) C++
6 3 (7.692%) PHP
7 2 (5.128%) C
8 1 (2.564%) Objective-C
8 1 (2.564%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.564%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.564%) MCSE
2 1 (2.564%) MCSA
System Software
1 1 (2.564%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.564%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.564%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (35.90%) Oracle
2 5 (12.82%) Adobe
2 5 (12.82%) BEA
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.128%) Sitecore
4 2 (5.128%) BT
4 2 (5.128%) MKS
5 1 (2.564%) HP
5 1 (2.564%) Dell
5 1 (2.564%) Cisco
5 1 (2.564%) Apple
5 1 (2.564%) Google
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