The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS SDK
Rank 423 509 519
Rank change year-on-year
+86 +10
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 95 53 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.229% 0.099% 0.095%
As % of the Application Development category 0.841% 0.379% 0.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 36 31
Average daily rate £400 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.13% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £259 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11298 13988 16114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.21% 26.19% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7248 8388 9560
Average daily rate £375 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
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 340 367 558
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -6.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
iOS SDK
UK

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England iOS SDK Jobs Demand Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend

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

England iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England iOS SDK Daily Rate Histogram

iOS SDK
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England iOS SDK Hourly Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS SDK within the 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
London +72 71 £400 +4.91%
South East +29 12 £369 -
East of England +19 4 £350 +22.80%
South West +32 3 £200 -
West Midlands - 3 £325 -
North West +7 2 £235 -14.54%
iOS SDK
UK

iOS SDK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK.

1 186 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 153 (82.26%) Objective-C
3 105 (56.45%) Xcode
3 105 (56.45%) iPhone
4 92 (49.46%) Android
5 79 (42.47%) Mobile App
6 72 (38.71%) iPad
7 58 (31.18%) Cocoa
8 54 (29.03%) JSON
9 52 (27.96%) Java
10 44 (23.66%) C++
11 43 (23.12%) Web Services
12 41 (22.04%) OO
13 40 (21.51%) XML
14 38 (20.43%) Cocoa Touch
15 35 (18.82%) Scrum
16 32 (17.20%) CSS
17 31 (16.67%) HTML5
17 31 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
18 29 (15.59%) Digital Media
19 28 (15.05%) JavaScript
20 27 (14.52%) TDD
21 26 (13.98%) Apple
21 26 (13.98%) REST
21 26 (13.98%) RESTful
22 25 (13.44%) Windows
23 23 (12.37%) C
24 21 (11.29%) Blackberry
25 20 (10.75%) Git (software)
26 19 (10.22%) Computer Science

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 58 (31.18%) Cocoa
2 54 (29.03%) JSON
3 43 (23.12%) Web Services
4 40 (21.51%) XML
5 38 (20.43%) Cocoa Touch
6 32 (17.20%) CSS
7 31 (16.67%) HTML5
8 26 (13.98%) REST
8 26 (13.98%) RESTful
9 16 (8.602%) HTML
10 13 (6.989%) Ajax
11 11 (5.914%) CSS3
11 11 (5.914%) iPhone SDK
11 11 (5.914%) MonoTouch
12 8 (4.301%) jQuery
13 7 (3.763%) Google Maps API
13 7 (3.763%) SOAP
13 7 (3.763%) Sencha Touch
14 6 (3.226%) Semantic HTML
14 6 (3.226%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.075%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 15 (8.065%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.839%) NFC
2 7 (3.763%) Internet
3 3 (1.613%) HTTP
3 3 (1.613%) RTP
4 1 (0.538%) VPN
4 1 (0.538%) DNS
4 1 (0.538%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.613%) SQLite
1 3 (1.613%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 105 (56.45%) Xcode
2 20 (10.75%) Git (software)
3 16 (8.602%) Subversion
4 15 (8.065%) GitHub
5 14 (7.527%) Mercurial
5 14 (7.527%) Eclipse
6 11 (5.914%) Trac
7 8 (4.301%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 7 (3.763%) PhoneGap
9 3 (1.613%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.075%) Appcelerator Titanium
11 1 (0.538%) Robotium
11 1 (0.538%) EasyMock
11 1 (0.538%) JIRA
11 1 (0.538%) Selenium
11 1 (0.538%) Firebug
11 1 (0.538%) JUnit
General
1 13 (6.989%) Finance
2 8 (4.301%) Games
3 5 (2.688%) Music
4 4 (2.151%) Banking
5 3 (1.613%) Automotive
5 3 (1.613%) Publishing
6 2 (1.075%) Marketing
7 1 (0.538%) Music Industry
7 1 (0.538%) Retail
7 1 (0.538%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.538%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 174 (93.55%) Developer
2 130 (69.89%) iOS Developer
3 35 (18.82%) Senior Developer
4 33 (17.74%) Mobile Developer
5 31 (16.67%) Senior iOS Developer
6 18 (9.677%) Android Developer
7 13 (6.989%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 10 (5.376%) iPhone Developer
9 7 (3.763%) Test Engineer
9 7 (3.763%) Applications Developer
10 6 (3.226%) PHP Developer
11 4 (2.151%) Senior PHP Developer
11 4 (2.151%) iPad Developer
12 3 (1.613%) Tester
12 3 (1.613%) Software Engineer
13 2 (1.075%) Programmer
13 2 (1.075%) Lead Developer
13 2 (1.075%) QA Engineer
13 2 (1.075%) QA Tester
13 2 (1.075%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 105 (56.45%) iPhone
2 79 (42.47%) Mobile App
3 72 (38.71%) iPad
4 29 (15.59%) Digital Media
5 21 (11.29%) Blackberry
6 19 (10.22%) Computer Science
7 13 (6.989%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (6.452%) N-Tier
9 10 (5.376%) Graphic Design
10 9 (4.839%) Java Card
10 9 (4.839%) Open Source
11 6 (3.226%) Handset
12 4 (2.151%) Social Media
13 3 (1.613%) Video on Demand
14 2 (1.075%) Social Network
14 2 (1.075%) Animation
14 2 (1.075%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (1.075%) Augmented Reality
14 2 (1.075%) Social Gaming
15 1 (0.538%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 186 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 92 (49.46%) Android
3 25 (13.44%) Windows
4 13 (6.989%) Linux
4 13 (6.989%) Windows Phone
5 9 (4.839%) Mac OS X
6 7 (3.763%) Windows Mobile
7 6 (3.226%) UNIX
8 4 (2.151%) bada
8 4 (2.151%) Maemo
9 3 (1.613%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.613%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (22.04%) OO
2 35 (18.82%) Scrum
3 31 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 27 (14.52%) TDD
5 19 (10.22%) OOP
6 18 (9.677%) Agile Software Development
7 17 (9.140%) Multithreading
8 16 (8.602%) OOD
9 15 (8.065%) MVC
10 12 (6.452%) SOA
11 10 (5.376%) Memory Management
12 8 (4.301%) Time Management
13 7 (3.763%) Unit Testing
14 6 (3.226%) E-Commerce
14 6 (3.226%) Software Testing
15 4 (2.151%) Software Engineering
15 4 (2.151%) Pair Programming
15 4 (2.151%) Test Automation
16 3 (1.613%) Regression Testing
17 2 (1.075%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 153 (82.26%) Objective-C
2 52 (27.96%) Java
3 44 (23.66%) C++
4 28 (15.05%) JavaScript
5 23 (12.37%) C
6 13 (6.989%) Python
7 8 (4.301%) PHP
8 7 (3.763%) SQL
9 4 (2.151%) C#
10 1 (0.538%) Scala
10 1 (0.538%) Ruby
10 1 (0.538%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 18 (9.677%) Degree
2 4 (2.151%) ISEB
2 4 (2.151%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.613%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.538%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (13.98%) Apple
2 14 (7.527%) Facebook
2 14 (7.527%) Google
3 8 (4.301%) Twitter
4 7 (3.763%) Sencha
5 5 (2.688%) Adobe
6 4 (2.151%) Symbian
7 1 (0.538%) Citrix
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
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Rate: £300 - £450 per day
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Rate: £300 - £325 per day
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Rate: £300 - £325 per day
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Rate: £375 - £450 per day
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