Android Contracts in the North of England

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Android skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Android over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 71 141
Rank change year-on-year -44 +70 0
Contract jobs citing Android 54 119 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.63% 2.54% 1.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.21% 17.17% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 87 48
10th Percentile £193 £306 £173
25th Percentile £220 £388 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £495 £375
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +32.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £460 £825 £578
90th Percentile £500 £850 £641
England median daily rate £400 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -19.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £62.88 £26.68
25th Percentile - £65.31 £35.56
Median hourly rate - £71.25 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year - +40.39% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £77.81 £65.56
90th Percentile - £80.63 £74.23
England median hourly rate £24.66 £25.20 £22.07
% change year-on-year -2.14% +14.21% -3.13%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 529 693 879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.98% 14.80% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 472 607
10th Percentile £177 £165 £164
25th Percentile £250 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +13.10%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £575
90th Percentile £623 £650 £675
England median daily rate £468 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -1.58% -6.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 77 61
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.16
25th Percentile £13.90 £10.95 £16.50
Median hourly rate £17.47 £16.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -39.62% +43.24%
75th Percentile £18.91 £19.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £19.75 £48.00 £49.52
England median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -11.11% -47.06% +97.67%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Android in the North of England

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Android in the North of England

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the North of England

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Android in the North of England

Android
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
North West -37 40 £400 -30.43% 210
Yorkshire -11 11 £450 +28.57% 152
North East - 3 £388 - 46
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.41%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (7.41%) Skype for Business
2 4 (7.41%) WebSphere
2 4 (7.41%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (3.70%) Confluence
4 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) InVision
2 2 (3.70%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.11%) GCP
4 4 (7.41%) AWS
4 4 (7.41%) IBM Cloud
4 4 (7.41%) npm
5 2 (3.70%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) 2G
1 7 (12.96%) 3G
1 7 (12.96%) 4G
1 7 (12.96%) 5G
2 4 (7.41%) Calico
2 4 (7.41%) PSTN
2 4 (7.41%) Skype
2 4 (7.41%) SMTP
3 3 (5.56%) Firewall
3 3 (5.56%) Internet
3 3 (5.56%) iSCSI
3 3 (5.56%) LAN
3 3 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (5.56%) WAN
3 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (5.56%) Wireless
4 2 (3.70%) DNS
4 2 (3.70%) VoIP
5 1 (1.85%) DHCP
5 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Git
1 7 (12.96%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.41%) GitLab
2 4 (7.41%) Gradle
2 4 (7.41%) Maven
3 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 3 (5.56%) Xcode
4 2 (3.70%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.85%) JUnit
General
1 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Banking
3 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Finance
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Military
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Developer
2 9 (16.67%) iOS Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Android Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Collaboration Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Test Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Android Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Exchange Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) iOS Android Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) IT Support
8 2 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Support
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Android Jetpack
1 5 (9.26%) CSS
1 5 (9.26%) HTML
2 3 (5.56%) Jetpack Compose
2 3 (5.56%) REST
3 2 (3.70%) Android SDK
3 2 (3.70%) OAuth
3 2 (3.70%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.70%) React Native
3 2 (3.70%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.85%) .NET
4 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.85%) Dagger
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) Laravel
4 1 (1.85%) RAML
4 1 (1.85%) React
4 1 (1.85%) Retrofit
4 1 (1.85%) Vue
4 1 (1.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Smartphone
2 8 (14.81%) Mobile App
3 7 (12.96%) IoT
4 4 (7.41%) Blackberry
4 4 (7.41%) Handset
5 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.56%) IVR
5 3 (5.56%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.70%) iPhone
6 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (75.93%) Apple iOS
2 9 (16.67%) Windows
3 7 (12.96%) Linux
4 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (7.41%) Mac OS
5 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
5 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) CI/CD
2 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (24.07%) Agile
4 11 (20.37%) Android Development
4 11 (20.37%) iOS Development
5 10 (18.52%) Customer Service
6 7 (12.96%) Test Automation
6 7 (12.96%) User Experience
7 6 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (11.11%) TDD
7 6 (11.11%) UX Design
8 5 (9.26%) ITIL
8 5 (9.26%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (9.26%) Scrum
9 4 (7.41%) Data Security
9 4 (7.41%) End-to-End Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (7.41%) Mobile Development
9 4 (7.41%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Kotlin
2 7 (12.96%) Python
3 5 (9.26%) Java
3 5 (9.26%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
4 4 (7.41%) Swift
5 3 (5.56%) C
5 3 (5.56%) C++
5 3 (5.56%) Objective-C
5 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.56%) Ruby
5 3 (5.56%) Scala
6 1 (1.85%) PHP
6 1 (1.85%) VB
6 1 (1.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) MCP
4 1 (1.85%) MCSA
4 1 (1.85%) MCSE
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) SLA
2 4 (7.41%) SEPA
3 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.41%) Docker
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.85%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Istio
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.41%) Terraform
2 3 (5.56%) SCCM
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.41%) Apple
3 4 (7.41%) Clearswift
3 4 (7.41%) IBM
3 4 (7.41%) Ribbon
4 3 (5.56%) Google
5 2 (3.70%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (3.70%) Dell
5 2 (3.70%) ForgeRock
5 2 (3.70%) HP
5 2 (3.70%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.85%) McAfee
6 1 (1.85%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.85%) Symantec
6 1 (1.85%) VMware