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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 73 29
Rank change year-on-year -30 -44 +57
Contract jobs citing Android 8 14 75
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.49% 1.52% 4.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.13% 10.53% 39.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 56
10th Percentile £187 - £431
25th Percentile £213 £193 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £220 £800
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -72.50% +82.86%
75th Percentile £385 £400 £850
90th Percentile £455 £475 -
North West median daily rate £225 £313 £575
% change year-on-year -28.12% -45.57% +39.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.75 - £77.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £65.63 - £82.50
90th Percentile £68.25 - -
North West median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00

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 156 133 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.51% 14.43% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 93 139
10th Percentile £122 £178 £266
25th Percentile £196 £213 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -11.11% -10.04%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £656
90th Percentile £650 £625 £850
North West median daily rate £377 £393 £438
% change year-on-year -4.07% -10.17% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 13
10th Percentile £24.69 - £17.14
25th Percentile £53.75 - £17.72
Median hourly rate £65.50 £29.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +125.86% +14.85% -8.18%
75th Percentile £178.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £61.60
North West median hourly rate £61.00 £19.77 £16.00
% change year-on-year +208.63% +23.53% -45.39%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Firebase
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Gradle
2 1 (12.50%) Android Studio
2 1 (12.50%) Crashlytics
2 1 (12.50%) fastlane
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
2 1 (12.50%) Xcode
2 1 (12.50%) XCTest
General
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Police
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Android Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Android Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Android Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Backend Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) iOS Android Developer
3 1 (12.50%) iOS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) React Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Mobile Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Android Jetpack
1 4 (50.00%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (25.00%) Dagger
2 2 (25.00%) OkHttp
2 2 (25.00%) Retrofit
3 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
3 1 (12.50%) JSON
3 1 (12.50%) JSON Schema
3 1 (12.50%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (12.50%) React Native
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) Spring
3 1 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 1 (12.50%) SwiftUI
3 1 (12.50%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Android Development
2 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (37.50%) Mobile Development
3 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) MVVM
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 2 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
3 1 (12.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Grafana
2 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Apple
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Dell
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP