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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 66 85
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 +10
Contract jobs citing Android 15 17 21
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.33% 1.49% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.30% 13.18% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 16
10th Percentile - £314 £344
25th Percentile £170 £324 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £348 £419
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% -16.83% -22.09%
75th Percentile £332 £377 £445
90th Percentile £394 £397 £476
North West median daily rate £214 £356 £400
% change year-on-year -39.89% -11.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £76.38
25th Percentile - - £76.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £78.75
75th Percentile - - £81.56
90th Percentile - - £82.13
North West median hourly rate £18.87 - £78.75
% change year-on-year - - +375.40%

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 122 129 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.78% 11.29% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 84 130
10th Percentile £170 £187 £206
25th Percentile £270 £309 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% - -23.08%
75th Percentile £612 £554 £536
90th Percentile £650 £600 £625
North West median daily rate £350 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -12.50% -8.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £19.21 £15.74 £17.64
25th Percentile £19.72 £15.91 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.73 £22.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -48.57% +10.76%
75th Percentile £21.46 £29.88 £71.56
90th Percentile - £31.45 £79.88
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £21.59 £21.50
% change year-on-year -12.60% +0.42% -11.34%

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 9 December 2025.

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:

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Figma
3 2 (13.33%) GitHub
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Android Studio
1 2 (13.33%) Bitbucket
1 2 (13.33%) GitLab
1 2 (13.33%) Gradle
1 2 (13.33%) JUnit
1 2 (13.33%) Storybook
1 2 (13.33%) Xcode
2 1 (6.67%) Git
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (33.33%) Electronics
2 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 5 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 5 (33.33%) IT Support
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Android Developer
3 2 (13.33%) React Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Application Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Android Jetpack
1 2 (13.33%) Android SDK
1 2 (13.33%) D3.js
1 2 (13.33%) Jetpack Compose
1 2 (13.33%) OAuth
1 2 (13.33%) React Native
1 2 (13.33%) RESTful
1 2 (13.33%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Mobile App
2 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 5 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 4 (26.67%) User Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Android Development
4 2 (13.33%) API Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Application Security
4 2 (13.33%) B2C
4 2 (13.33%) Biometrics
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) SDLC
4 2 (13.33%) UX Design
4 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Java
1 2 (13.33%) Kotlin
1 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Apple
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) Dell
2 5 (33.33%) HP
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (13.33%) BMC
4 1 (6.67%) Samsung
4 1 (6.67%) Xamarin