The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iOS SDK over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Development category for the Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS SDK
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.456% - -
As % of the Application Development category 2.020% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
iOS SDK
West Midlands

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing iOS SDK across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham iOS SDK Jobs Demand Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK.

1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Xcode
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Xcode
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Android
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C