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The table below looks at the demand for Apple Cocoa skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cocoa over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApple Cocoa
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank166-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.795 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£70.00-
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads15101614
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.378 %1.729 %
Daily rates quoted802762
Average minimum daily rate£375£445
Average daily rate£407£465
% change on same period last year-12.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£486
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted4723
Average minimum hourly rate£26.84£32.17
Average hourly rate£30.11£33.92
% change on same period last year-11.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.38£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
Cocoa LondonCocoa
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Cocoa
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cocoa across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London Cocoa Demand Trend

Cocoa
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cocoa across the City of London region.

City of London Cocoa Daily Rate Trend

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Cocoa Hourly Rate Trend

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cocoa across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London Cocoa Hourly Rate Histogram

Cocoa
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa.

112 (100.00 %)C
112 (100.00 %)Objective-C
112 (100.00 %)iPhone
211 (91.67 %)Computer Science
211 (91.67 %)HTML
211 (91.67 %)JavaScript
211 (91.67 %)CSS
310 (83.33 %)Education
41 (8.333 %)Digital Marketing
41 (8.333 %)Marketing
41 (8.333 %)Mac OS X
41 (8.333 %)Apple

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (91.67 %)HTML
111 (91.67 %)CSS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (83.33 %)Education
21 (8.333 %)Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Trainer
21 (8.333 %)iPhone Developer
21 (8.333 %)Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (100.00 %)iPhone
211 (91.67 %)Computer Science
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Mac OS X
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)Digital Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)C
112 (100.00 %)Objective-C
211 (91.67 %)JavaScript
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Apple