Android Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 29 28
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Android 17 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 7.62% 2.23% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.96% 6.94% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £162 - £193
25th Percentile £163 £213 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £225 £250
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £213 £238 £384
90th Percentile £261 - £450
North West median daily rate £358 £360 £400
% change year-on-year -0.56% -10.00% -27.27%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 46 72 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 20.63% 32.14% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 27
10th Percentile £134 £149 £185
25th Percentile £158 £165 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £225 £325
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -30.77% -17.98%
75th Percentile £357 £456 £431
90th Percentile £438 £501 £531
North West median daily rate £365 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -14.12% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 -
25th Percentile - £16.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £18.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% -19.42% -44.55%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Android relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Android job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Android
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in Merseyside over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in Merseyside

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Liverpool +7 10 £175 - 5
Android
North West

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 13 (76.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) IT Support
2 6 (35.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (29.41%) Support Technician
4 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (11.76%) IT Technician
5 2 (11.76%) Site Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Developer
6 1 (5.88%) ICT Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) ICT Support
6 1 (5.88%) ICT Support Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) React Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React Native
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Apple iOS
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Android Development
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) High Availability
4 1 (5.88%) iOS Development
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.88%) Patch Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
1 1 (5.88%) MCP
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike