Android Contracts in the North West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 55 120
Rank change year-on-year -26 +65 -16
Contract jobs citing Android 44 86 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.16% 3.11% 1.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.17% 24.64% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 64 26
10th Percentile £193 £365 £220
25th Percentile £208 £441 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +9.52% -6.67%
75th Percentile £413 £850 £600
90th Percentile £498 - £638
England median daily rate £400 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -13.51% +8.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.20 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.20% +26.00% -42.86%

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 290 349 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.22% 12.63% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 225 320
10th Percentile £181 £185 £180
25th Percentile £295 £285 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £469
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -5.07% -3.85%
75th Percentile £506 £613 £575
90th Percentile £622 £840 £650
England median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 62 49
10th Percentile - - £13.99
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £14.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -45.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £19.07 £43.75
90th Percentile £18.87 £48.00 £49.52
England median hourly rate £19.32 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.74% -41.18% +88.89%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in the North West

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Android in the North West

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the North West over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the North West

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Android in the North West

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 30 June 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
Manchester -27 22 £358 -55.25% 80
Cheshire -13 14 £375 -6.83% 14
Cumbria - 4 - - 4
Merseyside - 4 £400 - 10
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (9.09%) Skype for Business
2 4 (9.09%) WebSphere
2 4 (9.09%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) InVision
1 2 (4.55%) UserZoom
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) Azure
1 5 (11.36%) GCP
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) IBM Cloud
2 4 (9.09%) npm
3 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) 2G
1 7 (15.91%) 3G
1 7 (15.91%) 4G
1 7 (15.91%) 5G
2 4 (9.09%) Calico
2 4 (9.09%) PSTN
2 4 (9.09%) Skype
2 4 (9.09%) SMTP
3 1 (2.27%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) Internet
3 1 (2.27%) iSCSI
3 1 (2.27%) LAN
3 1 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.27%) VoIP
3 1 (2.27%) WAN
3 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Git
1 8 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 6 (13.64%) GitLab
3 4 (9.09%) Gradle
3 4 (9.09%) Maven
3 4 (9.09%) Xcode
4 2 (4.55%) Android Studio
4 2 (4.55%) Axure RP
4 2 (4.55%) Bitbucket
4 2 (4.55%) JIRA
4 2 (4.55%) JUnit
General
1 11 (25.00%) Banking
2 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Automotive
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Military
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Developer
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Android Developer
4 4 (9.09%) Collaboration Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) iOS Developer
4 4 (9.09%) Test Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Exchange Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
6 2 (4.55%) Android Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) DevOps Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) ForgeRock Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Infrastructure Support
7 1 (2.27%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Senior Android Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) User Experience Researcher
7 1 (2.27%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) Android Jetpack
1 6 (13.64%) CSS
1 6 (13.64%) HTML
2 4 (9.09%) Android SDK
2 4 (9.09%) Jetpack Compose
3 3 (6.82%) REST
4 2 (4.55%) OAuth
4 2 (4.55%) OAuth2
4 2 (4.55%) RESTful
4 2 (4.55%) Software Packaging
5 1 (2.27%) JSON
5 1 (2.27%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Mobile App
2 8 (18.18%) Smartphone
3 7 (15.91%) IoT
4 4 (9.09%) Blackberry
4 4 (9.09%) Handset
4 4 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
5 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.27%) iPhone
7 1 (2.27%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 32 (72.73%) Apple iOS
2 7 (15.91%) Windows
3 5 (11.36%) Linux
4 4 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) CI/CD
3 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (18.18%) Scrum
4 8 (18.18%) User Experience
4 8 (18.18%) UX Design
5 7 (15.91%) Android Development
5 7 (15.91%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 6 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (13.64%) TDD
6 6 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 5 (11.36%) iOS Development
8 4 (9.09%) Continuous Deployment
8 4 (9.09%) DevOps
8 4 (9.09%) Front End Development
8 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 4 (9.09%) Mobile Development
8 4 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.00%) Kotlin
2 8 (18.18%) Java
2 8 (18.18%) Python
3 6 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 5 (11.36%) PowerShell
5 4 (9.09%) C
5 4 (9.09%) C++
5 4 (9.09%) Objective-C
5 4 (9.09%) Ruby
5 4 (9.09%) Scala
5 4 (9.09%) Shell Script
5 4 (9.09%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) SLA
2 4 (9.09%) SEPA
3 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) SCCM
2 4 (9.09%) Istio
2 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.09%) Terraform
3 3 (6.82%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.91%) ServiceNow
3 4 (9.09%) Clearswift
3 4 (9.09%) IBM
3 4 (9.09%) Ribbon
4 3 (6.82%) Remedy
5 2 (4.55%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (4.55%) Dell
5 2 (4.55%) ForgeRock
5 2 (4.55%) HP
5 2 (4.55%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.27%) Apple
6 1 (2.27%) Google
6 1 (2.27%) Optimizely