The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad 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 iPad 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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 iPad
Rank 155 180 206
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +26
Contract jobs citing iPad 44 39 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.693% 0.495% 0.391%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.191% 1.515% 0.973%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 28 29
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £221 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.24% +7.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £10.00 £8.92
% change year-on-year
+62.50% +12.10%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2008 2575 4008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.61% 32.71% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1491 1993 3106
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.39 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
iPad
London

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London iPad Daily Rate Histogram

iPad
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London iPad Hourly Rate Trend

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 53 (57.61%) iPhone
2 35 (38.04%) Apple iOS
3 25 (27.17%) Objective-C
4 19 (20.65%) Finance
5 18 (19.57%) Xcode
6 17 (18.48%) Banking
7 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
8 15 (16.30%) iOS SDK
9 14 (15.22%) TDD
9 14 (15.22%) Windows
10 13 (14.13%) Apple
11 12 (13.04%) .NET
11 12 (13.04%) Retail
11 12 (13.04%) Android
11 12 (13.04%) Mobile App
12 11 (11.96%) SQL Server
12 11 (11.96%) OO
12 11 (11.96%) Blackberry
13 10 (10.87%) Cocoa
13 10 (10.87%) CSS
13 10 (10.87%) HTML5
13 10 (10.87%) Waterfall
14 9 (9.783%) C#
14 9 (9.783%) HTML
14 9 (9.783%) JavaScript
14 9 (9.783%) Active Directory
14 9 (9.783%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (8.696%) MS Exchange
15 8 (8.696%) MS Office
15 8 (8.696%) MCP

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing iPad 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 iPad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (16.30%) iOS SDK
2 12 (13.04%) .NET
3 10 (10.87%) Cocoa
3 10 (10.87%) CSS
3 10 (10.87%) HTML5
4 9 (9.783%) HTML
5 8 (8.696%) .NET Framework
6 6 (6.522%) WCF
6 6 (6.522%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 3 (3.261%) Cocoa Touch
7 3 (3.261%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.261%) XML
8 2 (2.174%) OpenGL
8 2 (2.174%) Web Services
8 2 (2.174%) JSON
8 2 (2.174%) WPF
8 2 (2.174%) Silverlight
8 2 (2.174%) jQuery
8 2 (2.174%) RESTful
8 2 (2.174%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.696%) MS Exchange
2 5 (5.435%) SAS
3 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.174%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.174%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.087%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.087%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (1.087%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.087%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.087%) CoreMedia CMS
5 1 (1.087%) ColdFusion
5 1 (1.087%) IIS
5 1 (1.087%) PowerExchange
5 1 (1.087%) Content Management Server
5 1 (1.087%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (8.696%) MS Office
2 4 (4.348%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.261%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.174%) Fireworks
4 2 (2.174%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.087%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.087%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.174%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.174%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.261%) DNS
1 3 (3.261%) Internet
2 2 (2.174%) Wireless
2 2 (2.174%) DHCP
2 2 (2.174%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.174%) VPN
2 2 (2.174%) LAN
2 2 (2.174%) WAN
2 2 (2.174%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.087%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.174%) OLAP
3 2 (2.174%) OLTP
3 2 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.174%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.174%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.087%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.087%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (19.57%) Xcode
2 6 (6.522%) Visual Studio
2 6 (6.522%) NUnit
2 6 (6.522%) CruiseControl
2 6 (6.522%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.174%) GitHub
3 2 (2.174%) Axure RP
3 2 (2.174%) PhoneGap
4 1 (1.087%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (1.087%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 1 (1.087%) MonkeyTalk
4 1 (1.087%) Selenium
General
1 19 (20.65%) Finance
2 17 (18.48%) Banking
3 12 (13.04%) Retail
4 5 (5.435%) Marketing
4 5 (5.435%) Legal
5 3 (3.261%) Retail Banking
5 3 (3.261%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.261%) Games
6 2 (2.174%) Publishing
7 1 (1.087%) Music
7 1 (1.087%) Music Industry
7 1 (1.087%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 48 (52.17%) Developer
2 27 (29.35%) iOS Developer
3 13 (14.13%) Project Manager
4 10 (10.87%) Senior Developer
4 10 (10.87%) Senior iOS Developer
5 7 (7.609%) Analyst
6 6 (6.522%) .NET Developer
7 4 (4.348%) Consultant
7 4 (4.348%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (4.348%) Business Manager
8 3 (3.261%) UI Programmer
8 3 (3.261%) Front-End Developer
8 3 (3.261%) UI Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Mobile Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.261%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.261%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.261%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (2.174%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 53 (57.61%) iPhone
2 12 (13.04%) Mobile App
3 11 (11.96%) Blackberry
4 5 (5.435%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.348%) Physics
5 4 (4.348%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.174%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.174%) Mobile Games
6 2 (2.174%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.174%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.174%) Psychology
6 2 (2.174%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.174%) Social Media
6 2 (2.174%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.174%) SWIFT
7 1 (1.087%) Social Gaming
7 1 (1.087%) SaaS
7 1 (1.087%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.087%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.087%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 35 (38.04%) Apple iOS
2 14 (15.22%) Windows
3 12 (13.04%) Android
4 8 (8.696%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.435%) Windows XP
6 3 (3.261%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.174%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (2.174%) UNIX
7 2 (2.174%) Linux
7 2 (2.174%) Windows 2000
7 2 (2.174%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.174%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.087%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.22%) TDD
2 11 (11.96%) OO
3 10 (10.87%) Waterfall
4 8 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (7.609%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (7.609%) Scrum
6 6 (6.522%) Project Management
6 6 (6.522%) RUP
7 5 (5.435%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.348%) E-Commerce
8 4 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (4.348%) Analytics
9 3 (3.261%) Multithreading
9 3 (3.261%) Direct Marketing
9 3 (3.261%) CRM
9 3 (3.261%) ETL
9 3 (3.261%) ITIL
9 3 (3.261%) Workflow
9 3 (3.261%) Mobile Application Development
10 2 (2.174%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (27.17%) Objective-C
2 9 (9.783%) C#
2 9 (9.783%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.435%) SQL
4 2 (2.174%) C++
4 2 (2.174%) C
5 1 (1.087%) SAS Macro
5 1 (1.087%) Java
5 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.087%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.783%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (8.696%) MCP
3 6 (6.522%) MCAD
3 6 (6.522%) MCSD
3 6 (6.522%) MCTS
3 6 (6.522%) Degree
4 2 (2.174%) MCSE
4 2 (2.174%) CIPD
5 1 (1.087%) CCA
5 1 (1.087%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.087%) MCSA
5 1 (1.087%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.261%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.087%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.783%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.087%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.087%) SCCM
1 1 (1.087%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.087%) DameWare
Vendors
1 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.13%) Apple
3 5 (5.435%) Citrix
3 5 (5.435%) VMware
4 3 (3.261%) Cisco
5 2 (2.174%) Oracle
5 2 (2.174%) Lotus
5 2 (2.174%) Cognos
5 2 (2.174%) Mitel
5 2 (2.174%) Google
6 1 (1.087%) Sencha
6 1 (1.087%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.087%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.087%) EPiServer
6 1 (1.087%) LANDesk
6 1 (1.087%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.087%) Informatica
6 1 (1.087%) HP
6 1 (1.087%) Sybase
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
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