The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C 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 Objective-C 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 Programming Languages 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 Objective-C
Rank 297 333 336
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +3
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 248 221 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.573% 0.417% 0.451%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.507% 1.162% 1.166%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 136 186
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.24% -3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 6
Average hourly rate £32.58 £42.50 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.34% +9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £34.50 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +9.67%
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
16458 19011 22124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 38.03% 35.90% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10343 11552 13265
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 699 800
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.00 £19.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
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Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Objective-C Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Objective-C Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Objective-C Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C 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 +74 195 £400 +14.28% 49
South East +24 14 £338 - 8
East of England +18 13 £290 +3.57% 10
North West +6 10 £400 +39.13% 10
West Midlands +4 6 £325 +8.33% 2
South West +23 3 £288 -5.73% 7
Yorkshire -5 3 £350 +7.69% 3
East Midlands - - - - 4
Midlands - - - -
North East - - - - 4
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C.

1 439 (88.15%) Apple iOS
2 240 (48.19%) iPhone
3 221 (44.38%) Xcode
4 203 (40.76%) iPad
5 188 (37.75%) Android
6 162 (32.53%) Mobile App
7 160 (32.13%) Cocoa
8 148 (29.72%) iOS SDK
9 138 (27.71%) JSON
10 137 (27.51%) Java
11 112 (22.49%) Web Services
11 112 (22.49%) XML
12 111 (22.29%) C++
13 110 (22.09%) OO
14 109 (21.89%) Cocoa Touch
15 106 (21.29%) JavaScript
16 89 (17.87%) CSS
17 80 (16.06%) HTML5
18 79 (15.86%) Agile Software Development
19 64 (12.85%) HTML
20 61 (12.25%) Apple
21 60 (12.05%) OOP
21 60 (12.05%) Subversion
22 58 (11.65%) Scrum
23 56 (11.24%) C
24 54 (10.84%) RESTful
25 52 (10.44%) REST
25 52 (10.44%) Windows
26 51 (10.24%) TDD
27 43 (8.635%) Mobile Application Development

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 160 (32.13%) Cocoa
2 148 (29.72%) iOS SDK
3 138 (27.71%) JSON
4 112 (22.49%) Web Services
4 112 (22.49%) XML
5 109 (21.89%) Cocoa Touch
6 89 (17.87%) CSS
7 80 (16.06%) HTML5
8 64 (12.85%) HTML
9 54 (10.84%) RESTful
10 52 (10.44%) REST
11 38 (7.631%) UIKit
12 37 (7.430%) SOAP
13 32 (6.426%) jQuery
14 29 (5.823%) OpenGL
15 27 (5.422%) CSS3
16 26 (5.221%) .NET
17 20 (4.016%) Ajax
18 15 (3.012%) OpenGL ES
19 14 (2.811%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (1.807%) CMS
2 8 (1.606%) Drupal
3 7 (1.406%) WordPress
3 7 (1.406%) Apache
4 6 (1.205%) Facebook Platform
5 3 (0.602%) Adobe CQ
5 3 (0.602%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.402%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.402%) Magento
6 2 (0.402%) Amazon AWS
6 2 (0.402%) ExpressionEngine
6 2 (0.402%) nginx
7 1 (0.201%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.201%) IIS
7 1 (0.201%) CoreMedia CMS
Applications
1 27 (5.422%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.201%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (0.402%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.024%) HTTP
2 20 (4.016%) Internet
3 13 (2.610%) NFC
4 6 (1.205%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.004%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.803%) Wireless
7 3 (0.602%) RTP
7 3 (0.602%) DNS
8 2 (0.402%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.402%) VoIP
9 1 (0.201%) VPN
9 1 (0.201%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.008%) MySQL
2 5 (1.004%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.602%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (0.602%) SSDT
3 3 (0.602%) SQLite
4 2 (0.402%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 221 (44.38%) Xcode
2 60 (12.05%) Subversion
3 38 (7.631%) Git (software)
4 32 (6.426%) GitHub
5 21 (4.217%) Mercurial
6 20 (4.016%) PhoneGap
7 17 (3.414%) Trac
8 15 (3.012%) Balsamiq Mockups
9 11 (2.209%) Hudson
9 11 (2.209%) Selenium
10 10 (2.008%) Appcelerator Titanium
11 9 (1.807%) JIRA
12 7 (1.406%) Jenkins
13 6 (1.205%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.803%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.602%) QUnit
15 3 (0.602%) Maven
16 2 (0.402%) Ant
16 2 (0.402%) Dreamweaver
16 2 (0.402%) LoadRunner
General
1 40 (8.032%) Games
2 36 (7.229%) Finance
3 21 (4.217%) Publishing
4 15 (3.012%) Marketing
5 12 (2.410%) Banking
6 5 (1.004%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.602%) Advertising
8 2 (0.402%) Music Industry
8 2 (0.402%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.402%) Retail
8 2 (0.402%) Legal
8 2 (0.402%) Back Office
9 1 (0.201%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.201%) Automotive
9 1 (0.201%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 438 (87.95%) Developer
2 334 (67.07%) iOS Developer
3 61 (12.25%) Senior Developer
4 53 (10.64%) Mobile Developer
5 48 (9.639%) Senior iOS Developer
6 41 (8.233%) Android Developer
7 37 (7.430%) iPhone Developer
8 29 (5.823%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 17 (3.414%) Applications Developer
10 15 (3.012%) Development Manager
11 12 (2.410%) iPad Developer
12 10 (2.008%) PHP Developer
12 10 (2.008%) Consultant
13 9 (1.807%) Tester
14 8 (1.606%) Test Engineer
14 8 (1.606%) Analyst
15 7 (1.406%) Web Developer
15 7 (1.406%) Software Engineer
15 7 (1.406%) Security Consultant
16 6 (1.205%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 240 (48.19%) iPhone
2 203 (40.76%) iPad
3 162 (32.53%) Mobile App
4 41 (8.233%) Digital Media
5 40 (8.032%) Computer Science
6 39 (7.831%) Blackberry
7 23 (4.618%) Open Source
8 21 (4.217%) Graphic Design
9 17 (3.414%) N-Tier
10 16 (3.213%) Social Media
11 14 (2.811%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (2.610%) Smartphone
13 11 (2.209%) Video on Demand
13 11 (2.209%) 3D Graphics
13 11 (2.209%) Animation
14 9 (1.807%) Java Card
15 7 (1.406%) New Media
15 7 (1.406%) Mobile Games
16 6 (1.205%) Augmented Reality
17 5 (1.004%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 439 (88.15%) Apple iOS
2 188 (37.75%) Android
3 52 (10.44%) Windows
4 20 (4.016%) Linux
5 19 (3.815%) Windows Mobile
6 17 (3.414%) Windows Phone
7 13 (2.610%) Mac OS X
8 10 (2.008%) UNIX
9 6 (1.205%) Windows XP
9 6 (1.205%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.402%) Windows Phone 7
10 2 (0.402%) Windows Phone 8
11 1 (0.201%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.201%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (22.09%) OO
2 79 (15.86%) Agile Software Development
3 60 (12.05%) OOP
4 58 (11.65%) Scrum
5 51 (10.24%) TDD
6 43 (8.635%) Mobile Application Development
7 42 (8.434%) Multithreading
7 42 (8.434%) MVC
8 37 (7.430%) Memory Management
9 24 (4.819%) OOD
10 22 (4.418%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (3.012%) Time Management
12 14 (2.811%) BDD
13 13 (2.610%) Analytics
13 13 (2.610%) SOA
13 13 (2.610%) Web Development
14 12 (2.410%) Regression Testing
14 12 (2.410%) User Stories
15 11 (2.209%) Software Engineering
15 11 (2.209%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 137 (27.51%) Java
2 111 (22.29%) C++
3 106 (21.29%) JavaScript
4 56 (11.24%) C
5 37 (7.430%) C#
6 36 (7.229%) PHP
6 36 (7.229%) SQL
7 33 (6.627%) Python
8 15 (3.012%) ActionScript
9 10 (2.008%) Ruby
10 8 (1.606%) ActionScript 3.0
11 4 (0.803%) VB
11 4 (0.803%) Perl
12 3 (0.602%) Scala
12 3 (0.602%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.402%) PHP5
13 2 (0.402%) HLSL
13 2 (0.402%) GLSL
13 2 (0.402%) ActionScript 2.0
14 1 (0.201%) F#
Qualifications
1 33 (6.627%) Degree
2 7 (1.406%) Sun Certification
3 6 (1.205%) ISTQB
3 6 (1.205%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.016%) QA
2 1 (0.201%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.201%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 61 (12.25%) Apple
2 33 (6.627%) Facebook
3 25 (5.020%) Twitter
4 23 (4.618%) Google
5 11 (2.209%) Sencha
5 11 (2.209%) Adobe
6 8 (1.606%) Symbian
7 7 (1.406%) Zend
8 4 (0.803%) Appcelerator
9 3 (0.602%) Oracle
10 1 (0.201%) Demandware
10 1 (0.201%) Perforce
10 1 (0.201%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.201%) ATG
10 1 (0.201%) Interwoven
10 1 (0.201%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.201%) IBM
10 1 (0.201%) Citrix
10 1 (0.201%) Omniture
England
iOS, iPad, iPhone, X-Code, Objective-C, CoreData, Wireframes, Build Automation. My client requires an iOS Developer with iPad/iPhone experience and strong X-Code, Objective-C and...
iKonnect
Rate: £280 - £360 per day + work from home
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
An iOS developer with a strong background in an Agile/Scrum environment is required to join a new and exciting project in a company with a great start-...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
An iOS developer with a strong background in an Agile/Scrum environment is required to join a new and exciting project in a company with a great start-...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | London... The digital agency are looking for a developer to join the existing iOS development team...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £220 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
iOS Developer, CONTRACT, LONDON, ASAP, 3+ months, £400-450My client is looking to rapidly expand their iOS team ASAP.
Mint
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
West Midlands
Opilio Recruitment
Rate: £150 - 250 Per Annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
clearedgeconsulting
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Testing Circle Ltd
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £320 - £335 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Richmond, Surrey
Touchpoint Resource
Rate: From £400 to £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
England
Argyll Scott International
Posted: 19 June 2013
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