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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 63 36
Rank change year-on-year -47 -27 +58
Contract jobs citing Android 13 23 49
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.65% 2.24% 4.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.91% 20.00% 36.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 37
10th Percentile £235 £186 £429
25th Percentile - £244 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £393 £850
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -53.76% +58.14%
75th Percentile £512 £400 -
90th Percentile £570 £417 -
North West median daily rate £300 £388 £800
% change year-on-year -22.58% -51.56% +52.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.87 -
North West median hourly rate - £18.87 -

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 188 115 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.46% 11.18% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 80 97
10th Percentile £181 £199 £313
25th Percentile £250 £297 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £825
90th Percentile £593 £639 £850
North West median daily rate £420 £378 £448
% change year-on-year +11.26% -15.64% +2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 4
10th Percentile - - £15.74
25th Percentile £166.25 - £15.91
Median hourly rate £172.50 £13.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +1226.92% -27.78% -20.00%
75th Percentile £178.75 £15.67 £23.13
90th Percentile - £34.21 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £19.84 £17.44 £11.20
% change year-on-year +13.76% +55.78% -57.75%

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 27 August 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 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (7.69%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Charles Proxy
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Police
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
1 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Android Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) iOS Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Flutter
1 3 (23.08%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (7.69%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
2 4 (30.77%) Blackberry
3 3 (23.08%) Handset
3 3 (23.08%) IoT
4 1 (7.69%) Educational Technology
4 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
4 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Agile
1 4 (30.77%) Android Development
1 4 (30.77%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (30.77%) Task Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Cross-Platform Development
2 3 (23.08%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 3 (23.08%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (23.08%) iOS Development
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) ITSM
2 3 (23.08%) Mobile Development
2 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Software Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Kotlin
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (23.08%) SCCM
3 1 (7.69%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Tanium
3 1 (7.69%) Google