Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Android skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | 40 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | -2 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing Android | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 0.77% | 0.87% | 2.74% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 6.90% | 4.69% | 8.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £424 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £316 | £441 | £136 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £488 | £340 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +43.38% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £334 | £541 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £336 | £561 | £438 |
| Wales median daily rate | £325 | £488 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +43.38% | -20.00% |
All Operating Systems
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 29 | 64 | 129 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 11.15% | 18.55% | 32.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 44 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £156 | £139 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £180 | £185 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £290 | £338 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.07% | -32.50% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £539 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £434 | £568 | £639 |
| Wales median daily rate | £285 | £325 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.31% | -31.58% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.45 | £38.06 | £28.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.13 | £46.25 | £40.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.00 | £47.50 | £48.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -62.11% | -2.56% | +170.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.63 | £50.00 | £52.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £20.15 | £54.00 | £56.13 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £18.50 | £47.50 | £48.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -61.05% | -2.56% | +261.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Android.
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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Android.
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Contract Job Locations in South Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | -1 | 2 | £325 | -33.33% | 4 |
| Android Wales |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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: