The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages category for the Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 47 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 6 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.101% 0.733% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.362% 1.348% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £350 £288 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £309 £290
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +165.62%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
254 371 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.61% 54.40% 52.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 191 121
Average daily rate £306 £311 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.60% +3.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 37 35
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Objective-C
East of England

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Objective-C Hourly Rate Trend

Objective-C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge +11 4 £350 +55.55%
Objective-C
East of England

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 12 (85.71%) Apple iOS
2 8 (57.14%) Android
3 7 (50.00%) C++
3 7 (50.00%) Xcode
4 6 (42.86%) Games
4 6 (42.86%) Java
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 6 (42.86%) C
5 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
5 5 (35.71%) Linux
5 5 (35.71%) Python
5 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
5 5 (35.71%) Mac OS X
5 5 (35.71%) Cocoa
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (35.71%) Degree
5 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
5 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
6 4 (28.57%) iPhone
6 4 (28.57%) iOS SDK
7 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 3 (21.43%) iPad
7 3 (21.43%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (21.43%) Game Development
7 3 (21.43%) QA
7 3 (21.43%) Publishing
7 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (21.43%) C#
8 2 (14.29%) Wireless

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 5 (35.71%) Cocoa
2 4 (28.57%) iOS SDK
3 2 (14.29%) OpenGL
4 1 (7.143%) Direct3D
4 1 (7.143%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (7.143%) Cocoa Touch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Xcode
General
1 6 (42.86%) Games
2 3 (21.43%) Publishing
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.143%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) iOS Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Test Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Software Tester
4 2 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 2 (14.29%) QA Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Mobile Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Android Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) iPhone
3 3 (21.43%) iPad
3 3 (21.43%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
5 1 (7.143%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Apple iOS
2 8 (57.14%) Android
3 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 5 (35.71%) Linux
4 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
4 5 (35.71%) Mac OS X
4 5 (35.71%) Windows Mobile
4 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
1 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
2 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Game Development
3 2 (14.29%) Benchmarking
4 1 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C++
2 6 (42.86%) Java
2 6 (42.86%) C
3 5 (35.71%) Python
4 3 (21.43%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA