The first table below looks at the demand for the iPad Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
iPad Developer
Rank 495 540 526
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -14
Contract jobs requiring an iPad Developer 8 26 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.019% 0.049% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.053% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 34
Average daily rate £343 £350 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% +13.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate - £338 £270
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38599 49457 51411
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.55% 92.65% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22682 27982 28506
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2004 2401 2726
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
iPad Developer
UK

iPad Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing iPad Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England iPad Developer Jobs Demand Trend

iPad Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England iPad Developer Daily Rate Trend

iPad Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England iPad Developer Daily Rate Histogram

iPad Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England iPad Developer Hourly Rate Trend

iPad Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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 +12 6 £343 -5.51%
North West +16 1 - -
East Midlands -4 1 - -
iPad Developer
UK

iPad Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited iPad Developer in their job title 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 with iPad Developer in their job title.

1 25 (100.00%) iPad
2 23 (92.00%) Apple iOS
3 20 (80.00%) Objective-C
4 15 (60.00%) iPhone
5 12 (48.00%) Xcode
6 8 (32.00%) Cocoa
7 6 (24.00%) JSON
8 5 (20.00%) Games
8 5 (20.00%) Apple
8 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 5 (20.00%) RESTful
8 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
9 4 (16.00%) Git (software)
9 4 (16.00%) iOS SDK
9 4 (16.00%) Memory Management
9 4 (16.00%) C++
9 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (12.00%) Scrum
10 3 (12.00%) CSS
10 3 (12.00%) Web Services
10 3 (12.00%) New Media
10 3 (12.00%) Facebook
10 3 (12.00%) Twitter
10 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
10 3 (12.00%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (12.00%) HTML5
10 3 (12.00%) Social Media
11 2 (8.000%) CSS3
11 2 (8.000%) UIKit
11 2 (8.000%) XML

iPad Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited iPad Developer in their job title 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 with iPad Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (32.00%) Cocoa
2 6 (24.00%) JSON
3 5 (20.00%) RESTful
4 4 (16.00%) iOS SDK
5 3 (12.00%) HTML5
5 3 (12.00%) CSS
5 3 (12.00%) Web Services
6 2 (8.000%) XML
6 2 (8.000%) UIKit
6 2 (8.000%) CSS3
7 1 (4.000%) WebSockets
7 1 (4.000%) cocos2d
7 1 (4.000%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (4.000%) Raphaël
7 1 (4.000%) REST
7 1 (4.000%) SOAP
7 1 (4.000%) WebGL
7 1 (4.000%) jQuery
7 1 (4.000%) HTML
Development Applications
1 12 (48.00%) Xcode
2 4 (16.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (4.000%) Mercurial
3 1 (4.000%) GitHub
3 1 (4.000%) Trac
3 1 (4.000%) Subversion
General
1 5 (20.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) iPad
2 15 (60.00%) iPhone
3 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (12.00%) New Media
4 3 (12.00%) Social Media
5 2 (8.000%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (4.000%) Physics
6 1 (4.000%) NHS
6 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
6 1 (4.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (92.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.000%) Mac OS X
2 1 (4.000%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (16.00%) Memory Management
2 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (12.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (12.00%) Scrum
3 2 (8.000%) OO
3 2 (8.000%) OOD
3 2 (8.000%) TDD
4 1 (4.000%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.000%) OpenUP
4 1 (4.000%) B2B
4 1 (4.000%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.000%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) Objective-C
2 4 (16.00%) C++
3 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.000%) C
4 1 (4.000%) Python
4 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Apple
2 3 (12.00%) Facebook
2 3 (12.00%) Twitter