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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 85 59
Rank change year-on-year -81 -26 +70
Contract jobs citing Android 9 42 77
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.25% 1.95% 2.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.20% 13.91% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 31 58
10th Percentile £163 £193 £400
25th Percentile £209 £213 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £375 £800
Median % change year-on-year -30.67% -53.13% +52.38%
75th Percentile £385 £407 £850
90th Percentile £528 £492 -
England median daily rate £475 £400 £464
% change year-on-year +18.75% -13.75% +13.11%

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 410 302 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.18% 14.05% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 211 224
10th Percentile £163 £181 £181
25th Percentile £256 £265 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £393 £445
Median % change year-on-year +10.69% -11.69% -1.11%
75th Percentile £537 £513 £588
90th Percentile £616 £625 £843
England median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 68
10th Percentile £16.80 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.00 £10.95
Median hourly rate £19.84 £17.44 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% +9.00% -39.62%
75th Percentile £178.75 - £19.39
90th Percentile - £18.87 £37.15
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £24.34
% change year-on-year +41.30% -5.51% -42.73%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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
Cheshire -16 4 £175 -53.33% 3
Manchester -60 3 £488 +55.25% 15
Merseyside -16 2 £260 -35.00% 3
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 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Police
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Service Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Operations Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Product Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Product Lead
3 1 (11.11%) React Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Mobile Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (11.11%) Educational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Apple iOS
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Informatics
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Development
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile First
3 1 (11.11%) Pedagogy
3 1 (11.11%) Product Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Product Vision
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) ACSP
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) AirWatch
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Apple
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Bomgar
2 1 (11.11%) SAP