The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPhone 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 iPhone over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPhone
Rank 152 167 177
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +10
Contract jobs citing iPhone 51 51 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.799% 0.648% 0.694%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.527% 1.981% 1.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 38 51
Average daily rate £400 £311 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.51% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £225 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.63% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -36.36%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £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 47 67 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 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
iPhone
London

iPhone
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London iPhone Jobs Demand Trend

iPhone
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London iPhone Daily Rate Trend

iPhone
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPhone across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London iPhone Daily Rate Histogram

iPhone
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London iPhone Hourly Rate Trend

iPhone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing iPhone 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 iPhone.

1 72 (61.54%) Apple iOS
2 59 (50.43%) Objective-C
3 55 (47.01%) iPad
4 44 (37.61%) Mobile App
5 43 (36.75%) Xcode
6 41 (35.04%) Blackberry
6 41 (35.04%) Android
7 40 (34.19%) iOS SDK
7 40 (34.19%) Windows
8 36 (30.77%) Cocoa
9 35 (29.91%) Scrum
10 29 (24.79%) Cocoa Touch
11 27 (23.08%) Mobile Application Development
12 25 (21.37%) Finance
13 23 (19.66%) TDD
14 22 (18.80%) Agile Software Development
14 22 (18.80%) OO
15 17 (14.53%) Windows Phone
15 17 (14.53%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (11.97%) HTML5
16 14 (11.97%) JSON
17 13 (11.11%) Waterfall
18 12 (10.26%) Windows Mobile
18 12 (10.26%) XML
19 11 (9.402%) JavaScript
19 11 (9.402%) N-Tier
19 11 (9.402%) SOA
19 11 (9.402%) Microsoft
19 11 (9.402%) NFC
19 11 (9.402%) Java Card

iPhone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing iPhone 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 iPhone. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (34.19%) iOS SDK
2 36 (30.77%) Cocoa
3 29 (24.79%) Cocoa Touch
4 14 (11.97%) HTML5
4 14 (11.97%) JSON
5 12 (10.26%) XML
6 11 (9.402%) MonoTouch
7 9 (7.692%) .NET
7 9 (7.692%) HTML
7 9 (7.692%) CSS
8 8 (6.838%) RESTful
9 7 (5.983%) J2ME
10 6 (5.128%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 6 (5.128%) .NET Framework
10 6 (5.128%) WCF
11 5 (4.274%) Java ME
11 5 (4.274%) REST
12 4 (3.419%) XHTML
12 4 (3.419%) WML
12 4 (3.419%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.983%) MS Exchange
2 6 (5.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (4.274%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (3.419%) Lync
4 4 (3.419%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.564%) IIS
6 2 (1.709%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.709%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.855%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.855%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.855%) CoreMedia CMS
7 1 (0.855%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.855%) CMS
7 1 (0.855%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.855%) Content Management Server
7 1 (0.855%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 5 (4.274%) MS Office
2 1 (0.855%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.855%) Fireworks
2 1 (0.855%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.855%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.402%) NFC
2 5 (4.274%) HTTP
3 4 (3.419%) DNS
4 3 (2.564%) VPN
5 2 (1.709%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.709%) SMTP
5 2 (1.709%) SAN
5 2 (1.709%) Internet
5 2 (1.709%) Wireless
5 2 (1.709%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.855%) 3G
6 1 (0.855%) IPsec
6 1 (0.855%) LAN
6 1 (0.855%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.274%) SQLite
4 1 (0.855%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.855%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 43 (36.75%) Xcode
2 9 (7.692%) Subversion
3 6 (5.128%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (5.128%) PhoneGap
3 6 (5.128%) NUnit
3 6 (5.128%) CruiseControl
4 5 (4.274%) Maven
4 5 (4.274%) Hudson
4 5 (4.274%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 5 (4.274%) Jenkins
4 5 (4.274%) Git (software)
4 5 (4.274%) Ant
4 5 (4.274%) JUnit
4 5 (4.274%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.709%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.709%) GitHub
5 2 (1.709%) Selenium
6 1 (0.855%) MonkeyTalk
6 1 (0.855%) Axure RP
General
1 25 (21.37%) Finance
2 10 (8.547%) Banking
3 6 (5.128%) Retail
4 5 (4.274%) Games
5 3 (2.564%) Legal
6 2 (1.709%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.709%) Law
6 2 (1.709%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.855%) Music
7 1 (0.855%) Music Industry
7 1 (0.855%) Publishing
7 1 (0.855%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 87 (74.36%) Developer
2 57 (48.72%) iOS Developer
3 38 (32.48%) Senior Developer
4 36 (30.77%) Senior iOS Developer
5 12 (10.26%) Mobile Developer
6 9 (7.692%) Analyst
7 8 (6.838%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.128%) .NET Developer
9 4 (3.419%) Test Analyst
9 4 (3.419%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.419%) Android Developer
9 4 (3.419%) Business Manager
9 4 (3.419%) Business Project Manager
10 3 (2.564%) Desktop Analyst
10 3 (2.564%) Front-End Developer
10 3 (2.564%) Desktop Support
10 3 (2.564%) Games Developer
10 3 (2.564%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 2 (1.709%) Senior Project Manager
11 2 (1.709%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 55 (47.01%) iPad
2 44 (37.61%) Mobile App
3 41 (35.04%) Blackberry
4 17 (14.53%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (9.402%) N-Tier
5 11 (9.402%) Java Card
6 5 (4.274%) Social Network
6 5 (4.274%) Computer Science
6 5 (4.274%) Handset
7 3 (2.564%) Physics
7 3 (2.564%) Flash Lite
7 3 (2.564%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.564%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.709%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (1.709%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.709%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.855%) Psychology
9 1 (0.855%) Animation
9 1 (0.855%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.855%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 72 (61.54%) Apple iOS
2 41 (35.04%) Android
3 40 (34.19%) Windows
4 17 (14.53%) Windows Phone
5 12 (10.26%) Windows Mobile
6 6 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (3.419%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (2.564%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.709%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.709%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.709%) Windows Phone 7
10 1 (0.855%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.855%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.855%) Windows Phone 8
10 1 (0.855%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.855%) Linux
10 1 (0.855%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.91%) Scrum
2 27 (23.08%) Mobile Application Development
3 23 (19.66%) TDD
4 22 (18.80%) Agile Software Development
4 22 (18.80%) OO
5 13 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 11 (9.402%) SOA
7 9 (7.692%) OOP
8 6 (5.128%) RUP
8 6 (5.128%) MVC
8 6 (5.128%) Multithreading
8 6 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (4.274%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (3.419%) Data Modelling
10 4 (3.419%) ITIL
10 4 (3.419%) System Testing
11 3 (2.564%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (2.564%) Asset Management
11 3 (2.564%) Analytics
11 3 (2.564%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (50.43%) Objective-C
2 11 (9.402%) JavaScript
3 10 (8.547%) Java
4 9 (7.692%) C#
5 6 (5.128%) C++
6 4 (3.419%) C
6 4 (3.419%) SQL
7 1 (0.855%) ActionScript 3.0
7 1 (0.855%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.855%) PHP
7 1 (0.855%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.983%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (5.983%) MCP
2 6 (5.128%) MCAD
2 6 (5.128%) MCSD
2 6 (5.128%) MCTS
3 4 (3.419%) ISEB
3 4 (3.419%) Degree
4 1 (0.855%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.855%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.983%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.855%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.855%) DameWare
Vendors
1 11 (9.402%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.692%) Apple
3 4 (3.419%) Citrix
3 4 (3.419%) Sencha
3 4 (3.419%) Google
4 3 (2.564%) Cisco
5 2 (1.709%) HP
5 2 (1.709%) Avaya
5 2 (1.709%) Oracle
5 2 (1.709%) Mitel
5 2 (1.709%) Postini
6 1 (0.855%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.855%) LANDesk
6 1 (0.855%) Appcelerator
6 1 (0.855%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.855%) VMware
6 1 (0.855%) Lotus
6 1 (0.855%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.855%) Symbian
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