The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 47 56 65
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Android 1 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 0.345% 1.739% 0.671%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.885% 3.488% 1.587%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 3
Average salary £23,000 £52,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-56.19% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
113 172 189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 38.97% 49.86% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 93 102 119
Average salary £43,750 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
Hertfordshire

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Android Salary Trend

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) DHTML
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) ASP
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) XHTML
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) DirectX
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
1 1 (33.33%) Ajax
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Mobile

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 1 (33.33%) DHTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XHTML
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) DirectX
1 1 (33.33%) Ajax
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
1 1 (33.33%) Sencha Touch
1 1 (33.33%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Cordova
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) PhoneGap
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sencha
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Salary: From £24,000 to £50,000 per annum outstanding benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £22000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013