The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS 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 Operating Systems category for the Cheshire 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
Rank 45 55 71
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +16
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 16 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.216% 1.485% 0.201%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.421% 5.634% 0.631%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 0
Average daily rate £420 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.58 £41.25 -
% change year-on-year
-40.41% -
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
190 213 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 26.32% 26.36% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 99 198
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £199 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £478 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 9
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.41 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.98% +60.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Apple iOS
North West

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire Apple iOS Jobs Demand Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple iOS across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Knutsford -3 4 £420 -
Warrington -3 2 £275 -
Chester - 1 £300 -
Apple iOS
North West

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Apple iOS 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 Apple iOS.

1 19 (79.17%) Android
2 11 (45.83%) Blackberry
3 10 (41.67%) Mobile App
4 9 (37.50%) HTML
5 8 (33.33%) J2EE
6 7 (29.17%) Java
6 7 (29.17%) Windows
6 7 (29.17%) Windows 8
6 7 (29.17%) Security Architecture
7 5 (20.83%) HTML5
7 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
7 5 (20.83%) Objective-C
8 4 (16.67%) Cryptography
8 4 (16.67%) NFC
8 4 (16.67%) iPhone
9 3 (12.50%) iPad
9 3 (12.50%) TestNG
9 3 (12.50%) Unit Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Apache Flex
9 3 (12.50%) Selenium
9 3 (12.50%) jQuery
9 3 (12.50%) Spring
9 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (12.50%) Finance
9 3 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (12.50%) Hibernate
9 3 (12.50%) Scrum
9 3 (12.50%) TELNET
9 3 (12.50%) Client/Server
9 3 (12.50%) Eclipse

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Apple iOS 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 Apple iOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (37.50%) HTML
2 8 (33.33%) J2EE
3 5 (20.83%) HTML5
4 3 (12.50%) .NET
4 3 (12.50%) Flash
4 3 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 3 (12.50%) Spring
4 3 (12.50%) CSS
4 3 (12.50%) Apache Flex
4 3 (12.50%) jQuery
5 2 (8.333%) SOAP
5 2 (8.333%) REST
5 2 (8.333%) CSS3
5 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
6 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
6 1 (4.167%) WebSockets
6 1 (4.167%) Raphaël
6 1 (4.167%) Web Services
6 1 (4.167%) WebGL
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) NFC
2 3 (12.50%) SNMP
2 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) TELNET
3 1 (4.167%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.167%) MySQL
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Selenium
1 3 (12.50%) TestNG
1 3 (12.50%) JUnit
1 3 (12.50%) Eclipse
2 2 (8.333%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.333%) MyEclipse
2 2 (8.333%) Mercurial
3 1 (4.167%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Security Consultant
2 5 (20.83%) Consultant
2 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
3 4 (16.67%) iOS Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (8.333%) iPad Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Development Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Junior Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Junior
5 1 (4.167%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.167%) iPhone Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Blackberry
2 10 (41.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 4 (16.67%) iPhone
4 3 (12.50%) iPad
4 3 (12.50%) Client/Server
5 2 (8.333%) EMV
5 2 (8.333%) PKI
6 1 (4.167%) Physics
6 1 (4.167%) NHS
6 1 (4.167%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Android
2 7 (29.17%) Windows 8
2 7 (29.17%) Windows
3 2 (8.333%) Linux
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Security Architecture
2 3 (12.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (12.50%) Scrum
2 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (8.333%) Change Management
3 2 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (8.333%) Network Design
3 2 (8.333%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (8.333%) Security Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Web Development
4 1 (4.167%) MVC
4 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.167%) B2C
4 1 (4.167%) Quality Management
4 1 (4.167%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Java
2 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.83%) Objective-C
3 2 (8.333%) C++
4 1 (4.167%) C
4 1 (4.167%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle
1 3 (12.50%) Adobe
1 3 (12.50%) Hyperion
2 1 (4.167%) Appcelerator