The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cocoa over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Cocoa
Rank 455 435 468
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +33
Contract jobs citing Cocoa 77 110 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.178% 0.208% 0.196%
As % of the Application Development category 0.635% 0.785% 0.690%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 58 75
Average daily rate £363 £318 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.17% -9.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £408 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £313
% change year-on-year
- -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
Average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.68% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12120 14009 16221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 28.01% 26.45% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7804 8578 9744
Average daily rate £375 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 357 519
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Cocoa
UK

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Cocoa Jobs Demand Trend

Cocoa
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Cocoa Daily Rate Trend

Cocoa
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cocoa across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Cocoa Daily Rate Histogram

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cocoa Hourly Rate Trend

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cocoa across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Cocoa Hourly Rate Histogram

Cocoa
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cocoa within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +10 61 £369 +13.46% 7
East of England +16 6 £300 +5.26% 2
South East +25 5 £200 -38.46% 1
North West +15 2 £400 +52.38% 1
South West +25 1 £300 -14.28% 1
Yorkshire - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - - 1
North East - - - -
Cocoa
UK

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 162 (97.01%) Apple iOS
2 160 (95.81%) Objective-C
3 113 (67.66%) iPhone
4 98 (58.68%) Xcode
5 94 (56.29%) Cocoa Touch
6 85 (50.90%) iPad
7 69 (41.32%) Mobile App
8 60 (35.93%) iOS SDK
9 57 (34.13%) Android
10 44 (26.35%) JSON
11 40 (23.95%) Web Services
12 38 (22.75%) XML
13 34 (20.36%) Scrum
14 32 (19.16%) Agile Software Development
15 31 (18.56%) Apple
16 30 (17.96%) Mobile Application Development
17 27 (16.17%) OO
18 26 (15.57%) Windows
18 26 (15.57%) Subversion
19 25 (14.97%) TDD
19 25 (14.97%) SOAP
19 25 (14.97%) Blackberry
20 24 (14.37%) C++
21 21 (12.57%) JavaScript
22 20 (11.98%) CSS
23 19 (11.38%) UIKit
24 18 (10.78%) C
25 17 (10.18%) Games
25 17 (10.18%) Facebook
26 16 (9.581%) HTML

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 94 (56.29%) Cocoa Touch
2 60 (35.93%) iOS SDK
3 44 (26.35%) JSON
4 40 (23.95%) Web Services
5 38 (22.75%) XML
6 25 (14.97%) SOAP
7 20 (11.98%) CSS
8 19 (11.38%) UIKit
9 16 (9.581%) HTML
10 14 (8.383%) OpenGL
10 14 (8.383%) REST
11 12 (7.186%) HTML5
12 11 (6.587%) MonoTouch
13 10 (5.988%) cocos2d
14 9 (5.389%) RESTful
15 8 (4.790%) OpenGL ES
16 5 (2.994%) Core Animation
17 4 (2.395%) Sencha Touch
17 4 (2.395%) CSS3
17 4 (2.395%) iPhone SDK
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.192%) CMS
2 5 (2.994%) Facebook Platform
3 2 (1.198%) Magento
3 2 (1.198%) WordPress
3 2 (1.198%) Drupal
4 1 (0.599%) LiveCycle
4 1 (0.599%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 5 (2.994%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.599%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.599%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.599%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.186%) NFC
2 4 (2.395%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.796%) RTP
3 3 (1.796%) HTTP
4 2 (1.198%) Internet
5 1 (0.599%) DVB
5 1 (0.599%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.796%) MySQL
2 2 (1.198%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 98 (58.68%) Xcode
2 26 (15.57%) Subversion
3 10 (5.988%) JIRA
4 9 (5.389%) GitHub
4 9 (5.389%) Git (software)
5 6 (3.593%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.593%) Selenium
6 4 (2.395%) PhoneGap
7 3 (1.796%) Mercurial
8 2 (1.198%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 2 (1.198%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.599%) JBehave
9 1 (0.599%) HtmlUnit
9 1 (0.599%) Jasmine
General
1 17 (10.18%) Games
2 9 (5.389%) Publishing
3 8 (4.790%) Finance
4 7 (4.192%) Banking
5 4 (2.395%) Marketing
6 3 (1.796%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.198%) Retail
8 1 (0.599%) Electronics
8 1 (0.599%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.599%) Advertising
8 1 (0.599%) Music Industry
8 1 (0.599%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 158 (94.61%) Developer
2 138 (82.63%) iOS Developer
3 28 (16.77%) Senior iOS Developer
3 28 (16.77%) Senior Developer
4 24 (14.37%) Mobile Developer
5 13 (7.784%) iPhone Developer
6 10 (5.988%) Android Developer
6 10 (5.988%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 5 (2.994%) Tester
7 5 (2.994%) Analyst
7 5 (2.994%) Senior Tester
8 4 (2.395%) Developer Analyst
9 3 (1.796%) Lead Developer
9 3 (1.796%) Senior Games Developer
9 3 (1.796%) Games Developer
10 2 (1.198%) Mac Developer
10 2 (1.198%) PHP Development Manager
10 2 (1.198%) iPad Developer
10 2 (1.198%) Development Manager
10 2 (1.198%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 113 (67.66%) iPhone
2 85 (50.90%) iPad
3 69 (41.32%) Mobile App
4 25 (14.97%) Blackberry
5 14 (8.383%) Computer Science
5 14 (8.383%) Social Media
6 11 (6.587%) N-Tier
6 11 (6.587%) Video on Demand
7 10 (5.988%) 3D Graphics
8 9 (5.389%) Java Card
9 7 (4.192%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (4.192%) Digital Media
10 6 (3.593%) IPTV
11 5 (2.994%) Animation
12 4 (2.395%) STB
12 4 (2.395%) Physics
13 3 (1.796%) Client/Server
13 3 (1.796%) Mobile Games
13 3 (1.796%) New Media
14 2 (1.198%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 162 (97.01%) Apple iOS
2 57 (34.13%) Android
3 26 (15.57%) Windows
4 13 (7.784%) Windows Phone
5 5 (2.994%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.198%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.599%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.36%) Scrum
2 32 (19.16%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (17.96%) Mobile Application Development
4 27 (16.17%) OO
5 25 (14.97%) TDD
6 12 (7.186%) SOA
7 10 (5.988%) Multithreading
8 9 (5.389%) OOP
9 8 (4.790%) Memory Management
9 8 (4.790%) User Stories
9 8 (4.790%) MVC
10 6 (3.593%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (3.593%) Unit Testing
10 6 (3.593%) Test Scripting
10 6 (3.593%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (3.593%) OOD
10 6 (3.593%) Regression Testing
11 5 (2.994%) DRM
11 5 (2.994%) BDD
11 5 (2.994%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 160 (95.81%) Objective-C
2 24 (14.37%) C++
3 21 (12.57%) JavaScript
4 18 (10.78%) C
5 16 (9.581%) Java
6 10 (5.988%) PHP
7 9 (5.389%) SQL
8 5 (2.994%) Python
9 4 (2.395%) Ruby
9 4 (2.395%) Perl
10 3 (1.796%) ActionScript
11 2 (1.198%) HLSL
11 2 (1.198%) GLSL
11 2 (1.198%) C#
12 1 (0.599%) Groovy
12 1 (0.599%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.599%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (3.593%) ISTQB
1 6 (3.593%) Degree
1 6 (3.593%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.389%) QA
2 1 (0.599%) WCAG
Vendors
1 31 (18.56%) Apple
2 17 (10.18%) Facebook
3 13 (7.784%) Twitter
4 7 (4.192%) Symbian
5 4 (2.395%) Sencha
5 4 (2.395%) Google
5 4 (2.395%) Adobe
6 1 (0.599%) ATG
6 1 (0.599%) SAP
6 1 (0.599%) IBM
6 1 (0.599%) Interwoven
6 1 (0.599%) Omniture
6 1 (0.599%) Perforce
6 1 (0.599%) Demandware
London
WANTED - iOS DEVELOPER - LONDON - £420/DAY THE COMPANY My client is a household name within the retail industry and are looking to expand their digital presence. This new...
Salt
Rate: £420 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Midlands
The Role and Company iOS Developer ( Objective-c, XCode , Cocoa ) * Your role would be supported by the team and Managing Director and report to the Team Leader who,...
Opilio Recruitment
Rate: £150 - 250 Per Annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Essential skills required: Excellent track record in development using the following : iOS development with Objective-C, Cocoa Touch framework and key libraries Apple iOS platform best Practices and...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Are you an iOS Mobile Developer?... For this contract iOS Developer role you will need the following skills:2+ years of iOS development experienceExpert with iOS SDK (UIKit,...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Are you an Lead iOS Mobile Developer?... For this contract Lead iOS Developer role you will need the following skills:* 3 - 5 years of iOS development experience* Expert...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
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