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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 81 116
Rank change year-on-year -5 +35 -8
Contract jobs citing Android 52 37 30
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.19% 1.59% 1.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.15% 12.89% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 27 22
10th Percentile £163 £292 £201
25th Percentile £170 £324 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £360 £419
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -14.03% -23.86%
75th Percentile £400 £444 £460
90th Percentile £477 £449 £550
England median daily rate £375 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -23.81%
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 £32.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% +35.42% +10.19%

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 322 287 393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.59% 12.31% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 161 255
10th Percentile £166 £191 £185
25th Percentile £214 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £498 £550 £553
90th Percentile £625 £625 £633
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 39
10th Percentile £13.12 £15.22 £16.20
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.13 £17.71
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.86 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% -11.73% -45.17%
75th Percentile £19.75 £24.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £39.89 £41.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £23.29 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -59.50% +43.75% +60.00%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -4 18 £270 -22.48% 35
Cheshire -20 18 £375 -15.73% 8
Merseyside +9 14 £175 -22.22% 11
Lancashire -3 1 £170 -38.18% 13
Cumbria - 1 - - 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 2 (3.85%) WebSphere
1 2 (3.85%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (32.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.15%) Azure
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (11.54%) Figma
3 6 (11.54%) GitHub
4 2 (3.85%) AWS
4 2 (3.85%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) IBM Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) npm
5 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) Wireless
2 2 (3.85%) ATM
2 2 (3.85%) Calico
3 1 (1.92%) LAN
3 1 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 13 (25.00%) Gradle
1 13 (25.00%) Xcode
2 10 (19.23%) Git
3 9 (17.31%) Jenkins
4 6 (11.54%) Storybook
5 4 (7.69%) GitLab
6 2 (3.85%) Android Studio
6 2 (3.85%) Bitbucket
6 2 (3.85%) JUnit
6 2 (3.85%) Maven
General
1 11 (21.15%) Banking
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Finance
3 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
4 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Electronics
5 5 (9.62%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.62%) Marketing
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) Developer
2 13 (25.00%) IT Support
3 11 (21.15%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (13.46%) React Developer
5 6 (11.54%) iOS Developer
6 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 5 (9.62%) Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Desktop Support
6 5 (9.62%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 4 (7.69%) Android Developer
7 4 (7.69%) Support Technician
7 4 (7.69%) Test Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Senior
8 3 (5.77%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 1 (1.92%) ATM Engineer
10 1 (1.92%) Break Fix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) CSS
1 7 (13.46%) HTML
1 7 (13.46%) React Native
2 6 (11.54%) D3.js
2 6 (11.54%) OAuth
2 6 (11.54%) SVG
3 3 (5.77%) Android Jetpack
3 3 (5.77%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (3.85%) Android SDK
4 2 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (34.62%) Mobile App
2 8 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 7 (13.46%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.85%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (73.08%) Apple iOS
2 18 (34.62%) Windows
3 14 (26.92%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.62%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.00%) Agile
2 12 (23.08%) User Experience
3 11 (21.15%) Customer Service
4 10 (19.23%) Scrum
5 9 (17.31%) CI/CD
5 9 (17.31%) UX Design
6 8 (15.38%) DevOps
6 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.38%) TDD
7 7 (13.46%) BDD
7 7 (13.46%) Continuous Deployment
7 7 (13.46%) Front End Development
7 7 (13.46%) iOS Development
7 7 (13.46%) Mobile Application Development
7 7 (13.46%) Mobile Development
7 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
7 7 (13.46%) Technology Roadmap
7 7 (13.46%) Unit Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (11.54%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) Kotlin
2 9 (17.31%) Java
2 9 (17.31%) Python
3 8 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.46%) C
4 7 (13.46%) C++
4 7 (13.46%) Objective-C
4 7 (13.46%) Ruby
4 7 (13.46%) Scala
4 7 (13.46%) Swift
5 6 (11.54%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.85%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.62%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.92%) MCP
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.69%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.77%) SCCM
2 2 (3.85%) Istio
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (1.92%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.46%) Apple
3 5 (9.62%) Cisco
3 5 (9.62%) Dell
3 5 (9.62%) HP
3 5 (9.62%) SAP
4 3 (5.77%) Remedy
4 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.85%) BMC
5 2 (3.85%) IBM
5 2 (3.85%) NCR
6 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.92%) Samsung
6 1 (1.92%) Xamarin