Android Contract Job Trends in the North West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Android skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 89 62
Rank change year-on-year -65 -27 +67
Contract jobs citing Android 21 45 66
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.55% 2.05% 2.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.58% 15.68% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 49
10th Percentile £163 £201 £400
25th Percentile £255 £268 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £380 £800
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -52.50% +52.38%
75th Percentile £400 £402 £850
90th Percentile £535 £492 -
England median daily rate £465 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +16.25% -15.79% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.87 -
England median hourly rate £22.39 £25.15 £31.88
% change year-on-year -10.96% -21.10% +67.76%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 459 287 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.08% 13.06% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 203 192
10th Percentile £164 £186 £200
25th Percentile £256 £297 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £393 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.69% -12.67% +1.98%
75th Percentile £525 £504 £641
90th Percentile £617 £625 £850
England median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 44
10th Percentile £16.73 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.00 £10.95
Median hourly rate £18.67 £17.44 £11.20
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% +55.78% -58.54%
75th Percentile £178.75 £18.51 £18.39
90th Percentile - £18.87 £27.38
England median hourly rate £35.22 £23.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +53.13% -36.40% -9.59%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Android job vacancy trend in the North West

Android
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Android.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Android

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the North West over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the North West

Android
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Android.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Android

Android
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Manchester -52 10 £455 +15.78% 19
Merseyside -13 7 £300 -36.17% 1
Cheshire -19 4 £175 -53.33% 1
Android
England

Android
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) BrowserStack
4 1 (4.76%) Google Play
4 1 (4.76%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Skype
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Appium
1 1 (4.76%) Charles Proxy
1 1 (4.76%) Postman
1 1 (4.76%) XCUITest
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Police
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Mobile Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) QA Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior QA Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) IT Operations Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Flutter
1 2 (9.52%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (4.76%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (4.76%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Blackberry
1 4 (19.05%) Mobile App
2 3 (14.29%) Handset
3 2 (9.52%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Apple iOS
2 5 (23.81%) Windows
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) QA Automation
2 4 (19.05%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (19.05%) Task Automation
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Android Development
3 3 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (14.29%) User Experience
4 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Cross-Platform Development
4 2 (9.52%) iOS Development
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Mobile Development
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.76%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Kotlin
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) ACSP
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) SLA
3 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Firmware
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Apple
2 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Bomgar
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Tanium