Android Contracts in the South West

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 133 123
Rank change year-on-year +35 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Android 13 24 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.77% 0.75% 1.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.10% 4.85% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 31
10th Percentile £187 £158 £178
25th Percentile £238 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £240 £475
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -49.47% +72.73%
75th Percentile £541 £414 £600
90th Percentile £663 £468 £625
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.05
England median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -12.00% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 317 495 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.89% 15.47% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 357 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £245 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in the South West

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Android in the South West

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the South West

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Android in the South West

Android
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +16 9 £325 -16.13% 10
Gloucestershire +16 3 £375 - 6
Wiltshire - 1 £900 - 2
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Android Developer
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Android Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Build Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) iOS Android Developer
2 2 (15.38%) iOS Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Manual Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) QA Manual Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Support
3 1 (7.69%) Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) Android Jetpack
1 5 (38.46%) Android SDK
1 5 (38.46%) RESTful
2 2 (15.38%) Cocoa
2 2 (15.38%) Cocoa Touch
2 2 (15.38%) iOS SDK
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
2 4 (30.77%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Android Development
2 5 (38.46%) MVVM
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) User Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (15.38%) iOS Development
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (7.69%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (7.69%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.69%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Kotlin
2 2 (15.38%) Objective-C
2 2 (15.38%) Swift
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) VB
3 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) MCP
3 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MCSA
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) Podman
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Apple
2 1 (7.69%) McAfee
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Symantec
2 1 (7.69%) VMware