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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 63 68
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +24
Contract jobs citing Android 16 18 33
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.31% 1.70% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.16% 14.17% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 26
10th Percentile £162 £314 £350
25th Percentile £170 £324 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £348 £438
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% -20.39% +23.24%
75th Percentile £393 £377 £513
90th Percentile £410 £397 £528
North West median daily rate £225 £325 £438
% change year-on-year -30.77% -25.71% +34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £29.33 - £76.50
25th Percentile £45.03 - £76.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £63.44 - £82.50
90th Percentile £67.38 - -
North West median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +382.95%

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 113 127 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.28% 12.02% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 90 127
10th Percentile £159 £178 £231
25th Percentile £190 £303 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £400 £420
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -4.76% -16.42%
75th Percentile £500 £565 £528
90th Percentile £650 £603 £605
North West median daily rate £358 £385 £438
% change year-on-year -7.01% -12.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 19
10th Percentile £19.89 - £17.58
25th Percentile £21.46 - £18.49
Median hourly rate £57.50 £29.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +98.28% +14.85% -36.88%
75th Percentile £63.50 - £69.38
90th Percentile £70.00 - £82.50
North West median hourly rate £21.46 £22.09 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.85% +5.19% -44.00%

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 23 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Android in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Android in Manchester

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 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Figma
3 2 (12.50%) Firebase
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Gradle
2 3 (18.75%) Xcode
3 2 (12.50%) Storybook
4 1 (6.25%) Android Studio
4 1 (6.25%) Crashlytics
4 1 (6.25%) fastlane
4 1 (6.25%) Git
4 1 (6.25%) GitLab
4 1 (6.25%) IntelliJ
4 1 (6.25%) XCTest
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Electronics
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
2 5 (31.25%) Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Military
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (31.25%) Desktop Support
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Android Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Android Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Android Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) React Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Application Security Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Backend Developer
4 1 (6.25%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (6.25%) iOS Developer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Android Jetpack
1 4 (25.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (12.50%) D3.js
2 2 (12.50%) Dagger
2 2 (12.50%) OAuth
2 2 (12.50%) OkHttp
2 2 (12.50%) React Native
2 2 (12.50%) Retrofit
2 2 (12.50%) SVG
3 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
3 1 (6.25%) JSON
3 1 (6.25%) JSON Schema
3 1 (6.25%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (6.25%) REST
3 1 (6.25%) Spring
3 1 (6.25%) Spring Boot
3 1 (6.25%) SwiftUI
3 1 (6.25%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Apple iOS
2 5 (31.25%) Mac OS
3 2 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) User Experience
2 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (12.50%) Android Development
5 2 (12.50%) Application Security
5 2 (12.50%) B2C
5 2 (12.50%) Biometrics
5 2 (12.50%) Clean Code
5 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (12.50%) Mobile Development
5 2 (12.50%) MVVM
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Kotlin
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Objective-C
3 1 (6.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) Grafana
3 1 (6.25%) AirWatch
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Apple
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) Dell
2 5 (31.25%) HP
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) BMC
4 1 (6.25%) Samsung
4 1 (6.25%) Xamarin