The first table below looks at the demand for Xcode skills 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 Xcode over the 3 months to 21 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 Development Applications category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Xcode
Rank 115 126 122
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing Xcode 5 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.229% 0.170% 0.155%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.092% 1.479% 1.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £213 £280 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.10% -4.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
- +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.68% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Development Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
239 338 360
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 10.96% 11.51% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 150 139
Average daily rate £328 £348 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.75% +15.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £456
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 67
Average hourly rate £33.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.43 £27.15 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Xcode
England

Xcode
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Xcode Jobs Demand Trend

Xcode
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Xcode Daily Rate Trend

Xcode
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Xcode Hourly Rate Trend

Xcode
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xcode within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Essex -1 3 - -
Hertfordshire +13 1 £213 -22.72%
Cambridgeshire +9 1 - -
Xcode
England

Xcode
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Xcode 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 Xcode.

1 14 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 13 (92.86%) Objective-C
3 9 (64.29%) iPad
3 9 (64.29%) iPhone
3 9 (64.29%) Cocoa
4 6 (42.86%) JSON
4 6 (42.86%) Android
5 4 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
5 4 (28.57%) iOS SDK
5 4 (28.57%) Web Services
5 4 (28.57%) OO
5 4 (28.57%) PHP
6 3 (21.43%) XML
6 3 (21.43%) Apple
6 3 (21.43%) Multithreading
6 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (21.43%) Publishing
6 3 (21.43%) UIKit
6 3 (21.43%) Facebook
6 3 (21.43%) Facebook Platform
6 3 (21.43%) Twitter
7 2 (14.29%) REST
7 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
7 2 (14.29%) SOAP
8 1 (7.143%) C++
8 1 (7.143%) HTML
8 1 (7.143%) Java
8 1 (7.143%) J2EE
8 1 (7.143%) MySQL
8 1 (7.143%) CSS

Xcode
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Xcode 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 Xcode. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (64.29%) Cocoa
2 6 (42.86%) JSON
3 4 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
3 4 (28.57%) iOS SDK
3 4 (28.57%) Web Services
4 3 (21.43%) XML
4 3 (21.43%) UIKit
5 2 (14.29%) REST
5 2 (14.29%) SOAP
6 1 (7.143%) HTML
6 1 (7.143%) J2EE
6 1 (7.143%) CSS
6 1 (7.143%) OpenGL
6 1 (7.143%) J2ME
6 1 (7.143%) Ajax
6 1 (7.143%) jQuery
6 1 (7.143%) OpenGL ES
6 1 (7.143%) Direct3D
6 1 (7.143%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Facebook Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.143%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) MySQL
1 1 (7.143%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
1 1 (7.143%) PhoneGap
1 1 (7.143%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 3 (21.43%) Publishing
2 1 (7.143%) Multimedia
2 1 (7.143%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 11 (78.57%) iOS Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (7.143%) iPhone Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) iPad
1 9 (64.29%) iPhone
2 1 (7.143%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.143%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (7.143%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 6 (42.86%) Android
3 1 (7.143%) Windows
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) OO
2 3 (21.43%) Multithreading
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Game Development
3 1 (7.143%) Computer Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Objective-C
2 4 (28.57%) PHP
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) C++
4 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Apple
1 3 (21.43%) Facebook
1 3 (21.43%) Twitter
2 1 (7.143%) Google