The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iOS SDK over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS SDK
Rank 40 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.292% 0.478% -
As % of the Application Development category 1.282% 1.220% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
78 164 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.81% 39.23% 37.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 84 45
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £213 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 10
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
iOS SDK
Cambridgeshire

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing iOS SDK across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge iOS SDK Hourly Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Game Development
2 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Phone
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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%) OpenGL
1 1 (50.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (50.00%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Xcode
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Phone
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Game Development
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA