The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple 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 Vendors for the East of England 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Apple, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 104 127 120
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -7
Contract jobs citing Apple 12 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.566% 0.237% 0.075%
As % of the Vendors category 1.270% 0.539% 0.159%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
Average daily rate £400 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £239 £315 £250
% change year-on-year
-24.20% +26.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.66 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +13.79%
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
945 1299 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.58% 44.03% 47.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 569 494
Average daily rate £338 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £181 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 124 183
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.00 £25.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +7.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Apple
England

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East of England Apple Jobs Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Apple Daily Rate Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Apple Daily Rate Histogram

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England Apple Hourly Rate Histogram

Apple
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire +7 7 £400 +10.34%
Essex - 5 - -
Apple
England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Apple 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.

1 9 (52.94%) OO
2 7 (41.18%) Windows
3 6 (35.29%) XHTML
3 6 (35.29%) XML
3 6 (35.29%) XSLT
3 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (35.29%) MS Office
3 6 (35.29%) CSS
3 6 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (35.29%) Ajax
3 6 (35.29%) Web Development
3 6 (35.29%) XPath
4 5 (29.41%) Android
4 5 (29.41%) iPhone
4 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
4 5 (29.41%) Apple iOS
4 5 (29.41%) Fireworks
4 5 (29.41%) Photoshop
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 5 (29.41%) Adobe
4 5 (29.41%) Windows XP
5 4 (23.53%) Web Services
5 4 (23.53%) PHP
5 4 (23.53%) Cocoa
5 4 (23.53%) Xcode
5 4 (23.53%) Objective-C
5 4 (23.53%) Facebook
5 4 (23.53%) Facebook Platform
5 4 (23.53%) Twitter
5 4 (23.53%) Cocoa Touch

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (35.29%) XHTML
1 6 (35.29%) XML
1 6 (35.29%) XSLT
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
1 6 (35.29%) Ajax
2 4 (23.53%) Web Services
2 4 (23.53%) Cocoa
2 4 (23.53%) Cocoa Touch
2 4 (23.53%) UIKit
2 4 (23.53%) JSON
3 3 (17.65%) HTML5
4 2 (11.76%) JSP
4 2 (11.76%) CSS3
4 2 (11.76%) jQuery
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) Facebook Platform
2 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.882%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) MS Office
2 5 (29.41%) Fireworks
2 5 (29.41%) Photoshop
3 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
3 2 (11.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (5.882%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
1 1 (5.882%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Xcode
2 3 (17.65%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (17.65%) Retail
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) German Language
3 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) UI Developer
3 5 (29.41%) UI Programmer
4 3 (17.65%) Developer Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) iOS Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Desktop Support
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Network Specialist
6 1 (5.882%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) iPhone
2 4 (23.53%) iPad
3 3 (17.65%) Blackberry
4 1 (5.882%) Smartphone
4 1 (5.882%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Android
2 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
2 5 (29.41%) Apple iOS
2 5 (29.41%) Windows XP
3 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (11.76%) Windows 8
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) OO
2 6 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (35.29%) Web Development
3 4 (23.53%) Multithreading
4 3 (17.65%) Web Design
4 3 (17.65%) Web Accessibility
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.882%) Software Distribution
6 1 (5.882%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.882%) Service Management
6 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
1 6 (35.29%) XPath
2 4 (23.53%) PHP
2 4 (23.53%) Objective-C
3 2 (11.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.882%) CCNA
2 1 (5.882%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) Terminal Services
1 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.882%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) Tivoli
2 1 (5.882%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
1 5 (29.41%) Adobe
2 4 (23.53%) Facebook
2 4 (23.53%) Twitter
3 3 (17.65%) VMware
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) Citrix
4 2 (11.76%) Symantec
4 2 (11.76%) McAfee
4 2 (11.76%) Sophos
4 2 (11.76%) ATG
4 2 (11.76%) Veeam
5 1 (5.882%) Riverbed
5 1 (5.882%) Aruba
5 1 (5.882%) 3Com
5 1 (5.882%) Remedy
5 1 (5.882%) Avaya
5 1 (5.882%) HP
5 1 (5.882%) Dell
5 1 (5.882%) Nortel