Android Contracts in the South East

Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Android skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Android over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 150 195
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 -74
Contract jobs citing Android 54 70 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.96% 1.18% 0.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.45% 5.64% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 59 45
10th Percentile £351 £136 £139
25th Percentile £416 £161 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £200 £375
Median % change year-on-year +137.50% -46.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £594 £523 £519
90th Percentile £625 £638 £550
England median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £73.00 £17.83 -
25th Percentile £75.63 £17.94 £17.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £18.75 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +326.67% -5.06% +26.68%
75th Percentile - £19.44 £26.16
90th Percentile - £19.48 £34.55
England median hourly rate £18.93 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.51% +19.08% -64.13%

All Operating Systems
South East

Android is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 990 1,241 1,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.66% 20.95% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 856 1,032
10th Percentile £200 £198 £150
25th Percentile £263 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +7.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £648 £675 £650
England median daily rate £459 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -11.73% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 66 107
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.25 £13.75
Median hourly rate £36.75 £48.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.54% +143.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.11
England median hourly rate £22.00 £29.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -24.91% +36.28% +20.21%

Android
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Android in the South East

Android
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Android in the South East

Android
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Android in the South East

Android
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Android in the South East

Android
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +29 29 £525 +200.00% 14
Berkshire +12 24 £475 +171.43% 4
Surrey -16 9 £600 +247.83% 6
West Sussex +7 7 £450 -16.67% 1
Hampshire -1 7 £525 -12.50% 5
Oxfordshire +10 5 £538 +207.14% 3
Kent +5 1 £140 -78.13% 4
Middlesex - 1 - -
Sussex - 1 £350 -
Android
England

Android
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) nginx
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.41%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) GitHub
4 2 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.19%) VoIP
2 11 (20.37%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (7.41%) WAN
4 3 (5.56%) DHCP
4 3 (5.56%) LAN
5 2 (3.70%) Firewall
5 2 (3.70%) SAN
5 2 (3.70%) SGSN
5 2 (3.70%) VLAN
5 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.70%) Wireless
6 1 (1.85%) Network Security
6 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) MySQL
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) Android Studio
2 2 (3.70%) CircleCI
2 2 (3.70%) Gradle
3 1 (1.85%) CMake
3 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.85%) JIRA
3 1 (1.85%) JUnit
3 1 (1.85%) Postman
3 1 (1.85%) Selenium
3 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.85%) SpecFlow
3 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.85%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.85%) Xcode
General
1 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Electronics
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Automotive
5 2 (3.70%) French Language
5 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.70%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (3.70%) Retail
5 2 (3.70%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.85%) Banking
6 1 (1.85%) Finance
6 1 (1.85%) Marketing
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Publishing
6 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Support Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Audio Visual Technician
3 7 (12.96%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Architect
5 4 (7.41%) Graphics Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) IT Support
5 4 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Lead
5 4 (7.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Python Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Android Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Support Technician
7 2 (3.70%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) DirectX
1 6 (11.11%) OpenGL
1 6 (11.11%) OpenGL ES
1 6 (11.11%) Vulkan
2 5 (9.26%) PyTorch
2 5 (9.26%) TensorFlow
3 3 (5.56%) RESTful
3 3 (5.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (3.70%) EDI
4 2 (3.70%) HTML
4 2 (3.70%) RxJava
5 1 (1.85%) .NET
5 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.85%) CSS
5 1 (1.85%) Django
5 1 (1.85%) jQuery
5 1 (1.85%) JSON
5 1 (1.85%) Middleware
5 1 (1.85%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.19%) Video Editing
2 7 (12.96%) Mobile App
3 5 (9.26%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.56%) Animation
4 3 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (5.56%) Mixed Reality
4 3 (5.56%) Photography
4 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) CCTV
5 2 (3.70%) CMDB
5 2 (3.70%) Legacy Code
5 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.85%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.85%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.85%) iPhone
6 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.85%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.85%) PKI
6 1 (1.85%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) Apple iOS
2 17 (31.48%) Windows
3 8 (14.81%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.26%) Linux
5 3 (5.56%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.56%) Ubuntu
6 2 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.70%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.85%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.85%) MVS
7 1 (1.85%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.52%) Android Development
3 9 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 7 (12.96%) Machine Learning
5 6 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (9.26%) Agile
6 5 (9.26%) Time Management
6 5 (9.26%) User Experience
7 4 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (7.41%) Customer Service
7 4 (7.41%) Deep Learning
8 3 (5.56%) Asset Management
8 3 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (5.56%) Computer Vision
8 3 (5.56%) Generative AI
8 3 (5.56%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.56%) ITIL
8 3 (5.56%) Mathematics
8 3 (5.56%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) C++
1 8 (14.81%) Kotlin
2 7 (12.96%) Python
3 6 (11.11%) Java
4 3 (5.56%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) GLSL
5 2 (3.70%) HLSL
5 2 (3.70%) SQL
6 1 (1.85%) C
6 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) Degree
2 8 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.70%) PhD
5 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) SLA
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) NIST
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.56%) SCCM
3 2 (3.70%) PaperCut
4 1 (1.85%) AppManager
4 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (42.59%) Apple
2 11 (20.37%) Cisco
3 9 (16.67%) Polycom
4 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.41%) VMware
6 2 (3.70%) Aruba
6 2 (3.70%) Ericsson
6 2 (3.70%) HP
6 2 (3.70%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.70%) Sage
6 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.70%) Veeam
6 2 (3.70%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.85%) Adobe
7 1 (1.85%) IBM
7 1 (1.85%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.85%) Oracle
7 1 (1.85%) SAP