Android Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 62 65
Rank change year-on-year -37 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Android 27 19 18
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.31% 1.87% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.85% 18.27% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 14
10th Percentile £400 £165 £314
25th Percentile £413 £170 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £329 £348
Median % change year-on-year +55.43% -5.61% -16.83%
75th Percentile £573 £400 £377
90th Percentile £600 £401 £397
North West median daily rate £350 £370 £360
% change year-on-year -5.41% +2.78% -17.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £95.50 - -
25th Percentile £96.25 - -
Median hourly rate £97.50 £18.87 -
Median % change year-on-year +416.69% - -
75th Percentile £98.75 - -
90th Percentile £99.50 - -
North West median hourly rate £97.50 £18.87 -
% change year-on-year +416.69% - -

All Operating Systems
Manchester

Android falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 195 104 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.48% 10.22% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 75 67
10th Percentile £193 £170 £250
25th Percentile £315 £270 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -3.03%
75th Percentile £525 £592 £566
90th Percentile £600 £645 £633
North West median daily rate £445 £368 £400
% change year-on-year +21.09% -8.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 3
10th Percentile £77.00 - £15.70
25th Percentile £86.00 - £15.81
Median hourly rate £95.00 £13.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +630.77% -18.75% -28.89%
75th Percentile £139.38 £18.87 £24.25
90th Percentile £178.75 £30.00 £29.20
North West median hourly rate £59.89 £16.00 £20.39
% change year-on-year +274.31% -21.51% -9.40%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Android job vacancy trend in Manchester

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Manchester

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Android

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Google Play
4 2 (7.41%) Datadog
4 2 (7.41%) Firebase
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.70%) AWS CodeBuild
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MySQL
1 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Charles Proxy
1 1 (3.70%) Claude Code
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support
3 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Android Developer
4 4 (14.81%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Android Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Android Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Android Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) iOS Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) Android Jetpack
2 6 (22.22%) Jetpack Compose
2 6 (22.22%) REST
3 4 (14.81%) Flutter
3 4 (14.81%) GraphQL
4 3 (11.11%) Android SDK
5 1 (3.70%) NestJS
5 1 (3.70%) Next.js
5 1 (3.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 6 (22.22%) Blackberry
3 5 (18.52%) Handset
4 3 (11.11%) IoT
5 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.70%) Educational Technology
6 1 (3.70%) Learning Management System
6 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Android Development
2 7 (25.93%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Task Automation
3 6 (22.22%) User Experience
4 5 (18.52%) A/B Testing
4 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
4 5 (18.52%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 5 (18.52%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (18.52%) ITIL
4 5 (18.52%) ITSM
4 5 (18.52%) Performance Monitoring
4 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
5 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
5 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
6 3 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Cross-Platform Development
6 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) Kotlin
2 7 (25.93%) Java
3 3 (11.11%) Swift
4 2 (7.41%) Perl
5 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) SLA
2 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.41%) QA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (18.52%) SCCM
3 2 (7.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Tanium
3 3 (11.11%) Google