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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 91 109
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 +15
Contract jobs citing Android 56 31 30
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.28% 1.33% 1.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.72% 10.03% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 23
10th Percentile £163 £275 £195
25th Percentile £170 £317 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £356 £400
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% -11.00% -21.95%
75th Percentile £375 £400 £450
90th Percentile £399 £444 £493
England median daily rate £350 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -17.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £76.38
25th Percentile - - £76.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £78.75
75th Percentile - - £81.56
90th Percentile - - £82.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% +81.82% +5.51%

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 335 309 375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.61% 13.25% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 173 244
10th Percentile £160 £163 £188
25th Percentile £200 £275 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £551
90th Percentile £625 £598 £622
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 37
10th Percentile - £15.22 £16.85
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.38 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -3.13% +12.50%
75th Percentile £20.00 £25.39 £46.88
90th Percentile £29.65 £56.15 £75.25
England median hourly rate £23.25 £60.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year -61.41% +74.64% +38.00%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 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
Merseyside +14 23 £175 -22.22% 2
Manchester -10 16 £222 -36.40% 11
Cheshire -13 15 £365 -13.51% 3
Cumbria +10 1 - -
Lancashire -12 1 £170 -56.13% 6
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:

Applications
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.07%) Azure
3 6 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.71%) Figma
3 6 (10.71%) GitHub
4 2 (3.57%) npm
5 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.79%) GCP
5 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) Wireless
2 2 (3.57%) ATM
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.79%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Xcode
2 10 (17.86%) Gradle
3 6 (10.71%) Storybook
4 5 (8.93%) Git
5 4 (7.14%) Jenkins
6 3 (5.36%) Android Studio
6 3 (5.36%) Cypress.io
6 3 (5.36%) ESLint
7 2 (3.57%) Bitbucket
7 2 (3.57%) GitLab
7 2 (3.57%) JUnit
General
1 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Finance
2 8 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 6 (10.71%) Banking
4 6 (10.71%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.93%) Electronics
5 5 (8.93%) Marketing
6 3 (5.36%) Publishing
7 2 (3.57%) Military
8 1 (1.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) IT Support
2 17 (30.36%) Developer
3 13 (23.21%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (19.64%) React Developer
5 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 5 (8.93%) Desktop Support
5 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 5 (8.93%) Support Technician
6 4 (7.14%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Android Developer
7 3 (5.36%) iOS Developer
8 2 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) IT Support Technician
8 2 (3.57%) IT Technician
8 2 (3.57%) Site Engineer
9 1 (1.79%) Android Engineer
9 1 (1.79%) ICT Support
9 1 (1.79%) Mobile Specialist
9 1 (1.79%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.64%) React Native
2 6 (10.71%) D3.js
2 6 (10.71%) OAuth
2 6 (10.71%) SVG
3 4 (7.14%) CSS
3 4 (7.14%) HTML
3 4 (7.14%) Jest
3 4 (7.14%) React
4 3 (5.36%) Flutter
4 3 (5.36%) Redux
4 3 (5.36%) Zustand
5 2 (3.57%) Android Jetpack
5 2 (3.57%) Android SDK
5 2 (3.57%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (3.57%) RESTful
6 1 (1.79%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) Mobile App
2 8 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.14%) Mobile Banking
4 3 (5.36%) Smartphone
5 2 (3.57%) Blog
5 2 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (67.86%) Apple iOS
2 27 (48.21%) Windows
3 20 (35.71%) Windows 10
4 6 (10.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.14%) Customer Service
2 10 (17.86%) Agile
2 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.07%) User Experience
4 8 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
5 7 (12.50%) Scrum
6 6 (10.71%) B2C
6 6 (10.71%) Biometrics
6 6 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (10.71%) DevOps
6 6 (10.71%) UX Design
6 6 (10.71%) Visualisation
7 5 (8.93%) Android Development
7 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.93%) Front End Development
7 5 (8.93%) iOS Development
7 5 (8.93%) Mobile Development
7 5 (8.93%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (8.93%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.07%) TypeScript
2 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 7 (12.50%) Kotlin
3 6 (10.71%) Java
4 4 (7.14%) C
4 4 (7.14%) C++
4 4 (7.14%) Objective-C
4 4 (7.14%) Python
4 4 (7.14%) Ruby
4 4 (7.14%) Scala
4 4 (7.14%) Swift
5 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.79%) MCP
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.36%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Apple
3 5 (8.93%) Cisco
3 5 (8.93%) Dell
3 5 (8.93%) HP
3 5 (8.93%) SAP
4 4 (7.14%) Xamarin
5 3 (5.36%) Remedy
5 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.57%) BMC
6 2 (3.57%) NCR
7 1 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.79%) Google
7 1 (1.79%) Samsung