Google Open Handset Alliance Android
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 | 89 | 87 | 130 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +43 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Android | 8 | 24 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.59% | 1.23% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 4.37% | 9.80% | 2.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £186 | £203 |
| 25th Percentile | £106 | £297 | £223 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £113 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -75.00% | -10.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £286 | £731 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £413 | £850 | £683 |
| England median daily rate | £400 | £450 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +5.88% | -10.53% |
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 183 | 245 | 410 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 13.61% | 12.58% | 17.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 125 | 163 | 275 |
| 10th Percentile | £147 | £182 | £170 |
| 25th Percentile | £190 | £250 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £425 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -15.84% | +24.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £550 | £559 |
| 90th Percentile | £653 | £695 | £694 |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £463 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -9.76% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 16 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.22 | £14.83 | £14.71 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.67 | £18.50 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £22.50 | £16.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.42% | +32.86% | +2.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.01 | £23.75 | £18.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £20.00 | £48.13 | £25.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.00 | £38.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -42.11% | +76.74% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Android as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Android in the West Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Android in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Android in the West Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the West Midlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | +22 | 7 | £113 | -42.31% | 6 |
| Herefordshire | +3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Android England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: