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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 47 86
Rank change year-on-year -20 +39 -8
Contract jobs citing Android 18 35 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.78% 2.94% 1.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.48% 30.17% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 29 17
10th Percentile £203 £324 £348
25th Percentile £326 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £800 £438
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +82.86% -25.53%
75th Percentile - £850 £600
90th Percentile £446 - £653
North West median daily rate £393 £455 £450
% change year-on-year -13.63% +1.11% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £18.87 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.67%

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 103 116 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.16% 9.73% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 82 159
10th Percentile £200 £313 £179
25th Percentile £297 £375 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +21.88% -20.00%
75th Percentile £578 £778 £543
90th Percentile £649 £850 £650
North West median daily rate £375 £444 £420
% change year-on-year -15.54% +5.71% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 19
10th Percentile - £15.74 £15.95
25th Percentile - £15.91 £17.71
Median hourly rate £13.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -20.00% -18.18%
75th Percentile £18.87 £23.13 £64.38
90th Percentile £30.00 £28.75 £78.50
North West median hourly rate £17.44 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.63% -19.57% -3.81%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Android 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 19 September 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 and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
1 2 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Figma
3 2 (11.11%) GCP
3 2 (11.11%) GitHub
3 2 (11.11%) IBM Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) npm
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Calico
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) GitLab
2 3 (16.67%) Git
3 2 (11.11%) Android Studio
3 2 (11.11%) Bitbucket
3 2 (11.11%) Gradle
3 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 2 (11.11%) JUnit
3 2 (11.11%) Maven
3 2 (11.11%) Storybook
3 2 (11.11%) Xcode
General
1 3 (16.67%) Banking
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Android Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Android Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) React Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Android Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) Android Jetpack
2 4 (22.22%) Android SDK
2 4 (22.22%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (11.11%) D3.js
3 2 (11.11%) OAuth
3 2 (11.11%) React Native
3 2 (11.11%) RESTful
3 2 (11.11%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 2 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
1 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 7 (38.89%) Android Development
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (22.22%) User Experience
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Multivariate Testing
5 2 (11.11%) MVVM
5 2 (11.11%) Pair Programming
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) TDD
5 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) UX Design
5 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Kotlin
2 2 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) Shell Script
2 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) Istio
2 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Apple
2 2 (11.11%) BMC
2 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) Optimizely
3 1 (5.56%) Samsung
3 1 (5.56%) Xamarin