The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 107 147 210
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +63
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 97 72 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.527% 0.915% 0.351%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.791% 4.630% 1.812%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 53 28
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £46.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Operating Systems
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1245 1555 1932
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 19.60% 19.75% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 968 1294
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 95 111
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.65 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Apple iOS
London

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the City of London region.

City of London Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 120 (58.25%) Android
2 84 (40.78%) Objective-C
3 71 (34.47%) Mobile App
4 70 (33.98%) iPhone
5 58 (28.16%) iOS SDK
6 53 (25.73%) Xcode
7 48 (23.30%) Windows
8 45 (21.84%) Scrum
9 41 (19.90%) Cocoa
10 39 (18.93%) JavaScript
11 38 (18.45%) Mobile Application Development
12 36 (17.48%) Java
13 35 (16.99%) HTML5
13 35 (16.99%) iPad
14 33 (16.02%) Blackberry
15 32 (15.53%) Cocoa Touch
16 29 (14.08%) CSS
16 29 (14.08%) Agile Software Development
16 29 (14.08%) TDD
17 27 (13.11%) JSON
18 25 (12.14%) OO
19 24 (11.65%) HTML
19 24 (11.65%) Finance
20 22 (10.68%) Windows Phone
21 21 (10.19%) Apple
22 20 (9.709%) Enterprise Software
23 17 (8.252%) Web Services
23 17 (8.252%) XML
24 16 (7.767%) Subversion
24 16 (7.767%) CSS3

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 58 (28.16%) iOS SDK
2 41 (19.90%) Cocoa
3 35 (16.99%) HTML5
4 32 (15.53%) Cocoa Touch
5 29 (14.08%) CSS
6 27 (13.11%) JSON
7 24 (11.65%) HTML
8 17 (8.252%) Web Services
8 17 (8.252%) XML
9 16 (7.767%) CSS3
10 13 (6.311%) RESTful
10 13 (6.311%) .NET
11 12 (5.825%) jQuery
11 12 (5.825%) REST
12 11 (5.340%) MonoTouch
13 9 (4.369%) Spring
14 6 (2.913%) J2ME
14 6 (2.913%) Google Maps API
14 6 (2.913%) Sencha Touch
14 6 (2.913%) UIKit
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.854%) CMS
2 4 (1.942%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.456%) Lync
3 3 (1.456%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.971%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.485%) Facebook Platform
5 1 (0.485%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.485%) CoreMedia CMS
5 1 (0.485%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.485%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.485%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.485%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.485%) Confluence
5 1 (0.485%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.485%) Content Management Server
5 1 (0.485%) Apache
5 1 (0.485%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.485%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.485%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.883%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.456%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.971%) MS Office
3 2 (0.971%) Fireworks
3 2 (0.971%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.971%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.485%) Office 365
4 1 (0.485%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.340%) Internet
2 10 (4.854%) HTTP
3 9 (4.369%) NFC
4 7 (3.398%) VPN
5 5 (2.427%) DNS
6 2 (0.971%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.971%) RTP
7 1 (0.485%) Firewall
7 1 (0.485%) SSL
7 1 (0.485%) DMZ
7 1 (0.485%) SMS
7 1 (0.485%) VoIP
7 1 (0.485%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.427%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.942%) MySQL
3 2 (0.971%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.971%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (0.971%) SQLite
4 1 (0.485%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.485%) Hazelcast
4 1 (0.485%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.485%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.485%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 53 (25.73%) Xcode
2 16 (7.767%) Subversion
3 14 (6.796%) PhoneGap
4 13 (6.311%) Git (software)
5 8 (3.883%) Selenium
5 8 (3.883%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 7 (3.398%) Jenkins
7 6 (2.913%) Hudson
8 4 (1.942%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.456%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.971%) Ant
10 2 (0.971%) JUnit
10 2 (0.971%) Bugzilla
10 2 (0.971%) GDB
10 2 (0.971%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.485%) Axure RP
11 1 (0.485%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.485%) GitHub
11 1 (0.485%) Trac
11 1 (0.485%) Maven
General
1 24 (11.65%) Finance
2 14 (6.796%) Banking
3 8 (3.883%) Publishing
3 8 (3.883%) Games
4 5 (2.427%) Retail
5 4 (1.942%) Music
6 2 (0.971%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.971%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (0.971%) Marketing
7 1 (0.485%) Music Industry
7 1 (0.485%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.485%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 154 (74.76%) Developer
2 100 (48.54%) iOS Developer
3 57 (27.67%) Senior Developer
4 49 (23.79%) Senior iOS Developer
5 39 (18.93%) Mobile Developer
6 14 (6.796%) Applications Developer
6 14 (6.796%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 9 (4.369%) Android Developer
8 8 (3.883%) PHP Developer
9 7 (3.398%) UI Programmer
9 7 (3.398%) Technical Leader
9 7 (3.398%) UI Developer
9 7 (3.398%) Analyst
9 7 (3.398%) Test Analyst
10 6 (2.913%) Project Manager
10 6 (2.913%) Tester
10 6 (2.913%) Java Developer
11 5 (2.427%) User Experience Designer
11 5 (2.427%) Designer
11 5 (2.427%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 71 (34.47%) Mobile App
2 70 (33.98%) iPhone
3 35 (16.99%) iPad
4 33 (16.02%) Blackberry
5 20 (9.709%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (5.340%) N-Tier
7 9 (4.369%) Java Card
8 8 (3.883%) Handset
9 7 (3.398%) Computer Science
10 6 (2.913%) Digital Media
11 5 (2.427%) Social Media
12 4 (1.942%) Mobile Games
12 4 (1.942%) Open Source
12 4 (1.942%) Social Network
12 4 (1.942%) Smartphone
13 3 (1.456%) PKI
13 3 (1.456%) Physics
13 3 (1.456%) Graphic Design
13 3 (1.456%) Video on Demand
14 2 (0.971%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 120 (58.25%) Android
2 48 (23.30%) Windows
3 22 (10.68%) Windows Phone
4 10 (4.854%) Windows Mobile
4 10 (4.854%) Windows 8
5 7 (3.398%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.398%) Linux
6 5 (2.427%) Windows Phone 7
6 5 (2.427%) Mac OS X
7 4 (1.942%) UNIX
8 3 (1.456%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.971%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.485%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.485%) Windows Phone 8
10 1 (0.485%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.485%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.485%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (21.84%) Scrum
2 38 (18.45%) Mobile Application Development
3 29 (14.08%) Agile Software Development
3 29 (14.08%) TDD
4 25 (12.14%) OO
5 15 (7.282%) MVC
6 13 (6.311%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (5.825%) E-Commerce
8 11 (5.340%) SOA
9 10 (4.854%) Content Management
10 7 (3.398%) Web Design
11 6 (2.913%) Project Management
11 6 (2.913%) System Testing
11 6 (2.913%) Software Engineering
11 6 (2.913%) Waterfall
11 6 (2.913%) Memory Management
12 5 (2.427%) Responsive Web Design
12 5 (2.427%) Multithreading
12 5 (2.427%) OOP
12 5 (2.427%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 84 (40.78%) Objective-C
2 39 (18.93%) JavaScript
3 36 (17.48%) Java
4 12 (5.825%) C++
5 11 (5.340%) PHP
6 9 (4.369%) SQL
6 9 (4.369%) C
7 8 (3.883%) Python
8 6 (2.913%) Ruby
9 5 (2.427%) C#
10 3 (1.456%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.971%) Perl
11 2 (0.971%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.971%) Scala
11 2 (0.971%) Lua
12 1 (0.485%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.485%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 5 (2.427%) Degree
1 5 (2.427%) ISEB
2 1 (0.485%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.883%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.398%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.485%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 21 (10.19%) Apple
2 9 (4.369%) Google
3 8 (3.883%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.883%) Facebook
3 8 (3.883%) Sencha
4 7 (3.398%) Adobe
5 4 (1.942%) Twitter
6 2 (0.971%) FatWire
6 2 (0.971%) Endeca
6 2 (0.971%) hybris
7 1 (0.485%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.485%) Appcelerator
7 1 (0.485%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.485%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.485%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.485%) Citrix
City of London
My client has an opening for an iOS Developer position for a 6 month contract... The iOS Developer will need experience with the following skills: *Objective-C*Objective-...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
My client has an opening for an iOS Developer position for a 6 month contract... The iOS Developer will need experience with the following skills: *Objective-C *Objective-...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
iOS Developer urgently required by a leading global mobile Digital Media organisation based in central London... The organisation is looking to recruit an iOS Developer to work on...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Requirements: *Design, develop & maintain code primarily written in Objective C, Cocoa, iPhone / iPad SDK, X-Code 4 Interface Builder & related instruments... *Knowledge of Android & Blackberry device families & iOS...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
London Parallel Consulting are recruiting on behalf of a major IT Services & Solutions based in London who are looking for Android Developers to join them onsite on an...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
I am currently looking for a Web Developer with mobile experience to work on a contract basis for an excellent blue chip client of ours based in West...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
I am currently looking for a Web Developer with mobile experience to work on a contract basis for an excellent blue chip client of ours based in West...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills/Experience required: - Evidence of four/five mobile application's built (Hands on experience) - Cross Mobile platform expertise - Working on a .NET framework -SQL Server 2012 -Familiar with...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, City of
In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: max £350 per day dep on exp
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg LP
Rate: Competitive Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013