The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Bristol 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank - 65 -
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 0.342% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.071% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £283 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.24% -3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
152 280 195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 30.10% 31.89% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 165 109
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 10
Average hourly rate £40.00 £24.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -36.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £21.00 £12.97
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Objective-C
South West

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C.

1 8 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 4 (50.00%) iPad
2 4 (50.00%) JSON
2 4 (50.00%) iPhone
3 3 (37.50%) RESTful
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Cocoa
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
3 3 (37.50%) XML
3 3 (37.50%) C
3 3 (37.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Memory Management
3 3 (37.50%) OO
3 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
4 2 (25.00%) HTML5
4 2 (25.00%) Cocoa Touch
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) Xcode
5 1 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (12.50%) REST
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Phone

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) JSON
1 4 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 3 (37.50%) RESTful
2 3 (37.50%) Web Services
2 3 (37.50%) XML
2 3 (37.50%) Cocoa
3 2 (25.00%) HTML5
3 2 (25.00%) Cocoa Touch
4 1 (12.50%) REST
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Xcode
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (87.50%) iOS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) iPhone
1 4 (50.00%) iPad
2 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Phone
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) OO
1 3 (37.50%) TDD
1 3 (37.50%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
1 3 (37.50%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree