The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPad
Rank 113 131 122
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -9
Contract jobs citing iPad 9 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.367% 0.156% 0.273%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.923% 0.812% 1.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
Average daily rate £300 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £310 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £338 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £301 £278
% change year-on-year
+6.48% +8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £10.00 -
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
468 616 556
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 19.08% 19.20% 19.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 257 224
Average daily rate £375 £325 £339
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 33
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
iPad
South East

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing iPad across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing iPad across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire iPad Daily Rate Histogram

iPad
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 5 £350 -
Bracknell - 1 £273 -
iPad
South East

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing iPad also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited iPad.

1 15 (55.56%) Android
2 12 (44.44%) Apple iOS
2 12 (44.44%) MVC
3 11 (40.74%) .NET
3 11 (40.74%) ASP.NET
3 11 (40.74%) iPhone
3 11 (40.74%) Mobile App
4 10 (37.04%) HTML5
4 10 (37.04%) CSS
4 10 (37.04%) JavaScript
5 9 (33.33%) HTML
5 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (33.33%) jQuery
6 8 (29.63%) Digital Media
7 7 (25.93%) CSS3
8 6 (22.22%) Photoshop
8 6 (22.22%) XHTML
8 6 (22.22%) Adobe
9 5 (18.52%) C#
9 5 (18.52%) Xcode
9 5 (18.52%) Objective-C
10 4 (14.81%) QA
11 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
11 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 3 (11.11%) iOS SDK
12 2 (7.407%) Automation Testing
12 2 (7.407%) Finance
12 2 (7.407%) Cocoa
12 2 (7.407%) XML
12 2 (7.407%) JSON

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing iPad also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited iPad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (40.74%) .NET
1 11 (40.74%) ASP.NET
2 10 (37.04%) HTML5
2 10 (37.04%) CSS
3 9 (33.33%) HTML
3 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 9 (33.33%) jQuery
4 7 (25.93%) CSS3
5 6 (22.22%) XHTML
6 3 (11.11%) iOS SDK
7 2 (7.407%) Cocoa
7 2 (7.407%) XML
7 2 (7.407%) JSON
7 2 (7.407%) Ajax
7 2 (7.407%) .NET Framework
7 2 (7.407%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (3.704%) WebGL
8 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (3.704%) Sass
8 1 (3.704%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Xcode
2 1 (3.704%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.407%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.704%) Advertising
3 1 (3.704%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) iOS Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Process Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.407%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Digital Designer
6 1 (3.704%) Designer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) iPhone
1 11 (40.74%) Mobile App
2 8 (29.63%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.704%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.704%) Physics
3 1 (3.704%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.704%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 15 (55.56%) Android
2 12 (44.44%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) MVC
2 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (7.407%) Automation Testing
3 2 (7.407%) Load Testing
3 2 (7.407%) Automated Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Web Application Development
4 1 (3.704%) Multithreading
4 1 (3.704%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) JavaScript
2 5 (18.52%) C#
2 5 (18.52%) Objective-C
3 1 (3.704%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (3.704%) Appcelerator
2 1 (3.704%) Apple