The first table below looks at the demand for Xcode 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 Xcode over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Xcode
Rank 395 488 452
Rank change year-on-year
+93 -36
Contract jobs citing Xcode 128 71 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.292% 0.134% 0.194%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.641% 1.396% 1.790%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 46 85
Average daily rate £375 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £259 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £306
% change year-on-year
-0.08% -1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
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 Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4846 5087 6088
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.06% 9.588% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3081 3071 3626
Average daily rate £388 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £558 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 210 266
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.25 £23.88 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Xcode
UK

Xcode
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Xcode Daily Rate Trend

Xcode
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Xcode across the England region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

England Xcode Daily Rate Histogram

Xcode
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +86 100 £400 +10.34% 12
East of England +19 10 £228 -18.75% 4
South East +12 8 £375 +15.38%
West Midlands +17 5 £375 +7.14% 1
North West +4 4 £313 -0.07% 6
South West +19 1 £300 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire - - - - 3
East Midlands - - - - 3
Xcode
UK

Xcode
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 240 (98.77%) Apple iOS
2 219 (90.12%) Objective-C
3 133 (54.73%) iPhone
4 129 (53.09%) iPad
5 108 (44.44%) iOS SDK
6 100 (41.15%) Cocoa
7 79 (32.51%) Android
7 79 (32.51%) JSON
8 77 (31.69%) Cocoa Touch
9 64 (26.34%) Mobile App
10 59 (24.28%) OO
11 51 (20.99%) XML
12 44 (18.11%) Web Services
13 43 (17.70%) C++
14 38 (15.64%) UIKit
14 38 (15.64%) REST
15 37 (15.23%) Scrum
15 37 (15.23%) Agile Software Development
15 37 (15.23%) Subversion
15 37 (15.23%) Java
16 35 (14.40%) Multithreading
17 30 (12.35%) Digital Media
18 29 (11.93%) GitHub
18 29 (11.93%) Apple
19 28 (11.52%) JavaScript
20 27 (11.11%) OOP
21 26 (10.70%) CSS
22 25 (10.29%) Git (software)
23 23 (9.465%) OOD
23 23 (9.465%) TDD

Xcode
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1 108 (44.44%) iOS SDK
2 100 (41.15%) Cocoa
3 79 (32.51%) JSON
4 77 (31.69%) Cocoa Touch
5 51 (20.99%) XML
6 44 (18.11%) Web Services
7 38 (15.64%) REST
7 38 (15.64%) UIKit
8 26 (10.70%) CSS
9 17 (6.996%) HTML
9 17 (6.996%) HTML5
10 14 (5.761%) SOAP
11 13 (5.350%) RESTful
12 12 (4.938%) Core Animation
13 11 (4.527%) MonoTouch
14 7 (2.881%) OpenGL
15 6 (2.469%) .NET
15 6 (2.469%) jQuery
16 4 (1.646%) cocos2d
16 4 (1.646%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.115%) CMS
2 7 (2.881%) Drupal
3 5 (2.058%) Facebook Platform
4 3 (1.235%) Adobe CQ
5 2 (0.823%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.823%) WordPress
5 2 (0.823%) Magento
6 1 (0.412%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 17 (6.996%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.412%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.412%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.412%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.115%) NFC
2 4 (1.646%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.235%) RTP
4 2 (0.823%) Wireless
4 2 (0.823%) HTTP
4 2 (0.823%) Internet
4 2 (0.823%) 3G
5 1 (0.412%) DVB
5 1 (0.412%) GSM
5 1 (0.412%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.469%) MySQL
2 4 (1.646%) SQLite
3 2 (0.823%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (15.23%) Subversion
2 29 (11.93%) GitHub
3 25 (10.29%) Git (software)
4 21 (8.642%) Mercurial
5 17 (6.996%) Trac
6 14 (5.761%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 8 (3.292%) JIRA
8 7 (2.881%) PhoneGap
9 5 (2.058%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.646%) Selenium
10 4 (1.646%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.646%) Hudson
11 3 (1.235%) Appcelerator Titanium
11 3 (1.235%) Robotium
12 2 (0.823%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.823%) Firebug
13 1 (0.412%) HtmlUnit
13 1 (0.412%) Jasmine
General
1 23 (9.465%) Finance
2 16 (6.584%) Publishing
3 12 (4.938%) Games
4 11 (4.527%) Banking
5 10 (4.115%) Marketing
6 3 (1.235%) Retail
6 3 (1.235%) Multimedia
6 3 (1.235%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.823%) Electronics
7 2 (0.823%) Music Industry
7 2 (0.823%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.823%) Advertising
8 1 (0.412%) Automotive
8 1 (0.412%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 223 (91.77%) Developer
2 207 (85.19%) iOS Developer
3 38 (15.64%) Senior iOS Developer
3 38 (15.64%) Senior Developer
4 17 (6.996%) iPhone Developer
5 10 (4.115%) Android Developer
6 9 (3.704%) Mobile Developer
7 8 (3.292%) Tester
8 7 (2.881%) iPad Developer
9 6 (2.469%) Analyst
10 4 (1.646%) Applications Developer
10 4 (1.646%) Test Engineer
10 4 (1.646%) Developer Analyst
11 3 (1.235%) Architect
11 3 (1.235%) Lead Developer
11 3 (1.235%) Games Developer
11 3 (1.235%) Senior Games Developer
11 3 (1.235%) Senior iPhone Developer
12 2 (0.823%) Mobile Tester
12 2 (0.823%) Senior Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 133 (54.73%) iPhone
2 129 (53.09%) iPad
3 64 (26.34%) Mobile App
4 30 (12.35%) Digital Media
5 22 (9.053%) Blackberry
6 18 (7.407%) Computer Science
7 16 (6.584%) Open Source
8 14 (5.761%) Graphic Design
9 12 (4.938%) N-Tier
10 11 (4.527%) Social Media
11 10 (4.115%) Animation
12 9 (3.704%) Java Card
13 7 (2.881%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (1.646%) New Media
14 4 (1.646%) Physics
14 4 (1.646%) Mobile Games
15 3 (1.235%) Video on Demand
15 3 (1.235%) Client/Server
16 2 (0.823%) Augmented Reality
16 2 (0.823%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 240 (98.77%) Apple iOS
2 79 (32.51%) Android
3 21 (8.642%) Windows
4 12 (4.938%) Windows Phone
5 7 (2.881%) Mac OS X
6 6 (2.469%) Windows Mobile
7 3 (1.235%) Linux
8 2 (0.823%) bada
8 2 (0.823%) Maemo
9 1 (0.412%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.412%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.28%) OO
2 37 (15.23%) Scrum
2 37 (15.23%) Agile Software Development
3 35 (14.40%) Multithreading
4 27 (11.11%) OOP
5 23 (9.465%) OOD
5 23 (9.465%) TDD
6 21 (8.642%) Mobile Application Development
7 18 (7.407%) Memory Management
8 17 (6.996%) MVC
9 14 (5.761%) SOA
10 12 (4.938%) Time Management
11 8 (3.292%) Test Automation
12 7 (2.881%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (2.881%) Software Engineering
13 6 (2.469%) Automated Testing
13 6 (2.469%) E-Commerce
13 6 (2.469%) Mobile Marketing
13 6 (2.469%) Analytics
14 5 (2.058%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 219 (90.12%) Objective-C
2 43 (17.70%) C++
3 37 (15.23%) Java
4 28 (11.52%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.996%) Python
6 16 (6.584%) C
7 10 (4.115%) PHP
8 8 (3.292%) SQL
9 4 (1.646%) C#
10 3 (1.235%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.823%) Ruby
11 2 (0.823%) GLSL
11 2 (0.823%) HLSL
12 1 (0.412%) Groovy
12 1 (0.412%) Scala
12 1 (0.412%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.412%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.412%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (4.115%) Degree
2 3 (1.235%) ISEB
3 2 (0.823%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.115%) QA
2 1 (0.412%) WCAG
Vendors
1 29 (11.93%) Apple
2 13 (5.350%) Facebook
3 10 (4.115%) Twitter
4 6 (2.469%) Adobe
5 4 (1.646%) Google
6 3 (1.235%) Sencha
6 3 (1.235%) Symbian
7 2 (0.823%) Oracle
7 2 (0.823%) Omniture
8 1 (0.412%) Demandware
8 1 (0.412%) Interwoven
8 1 (0.412%) SAP
8 1 (0.412%) IBM
8 1 (0.412%) BT
8 1 (0.412%) ATG
8 1 (0.412%) Perforce
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 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
London
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, iPhone, iPad | Contract | London... Key Skills: * Experience with the iOS SDK (UIKit, Cocoa Touch, Core Data, Core Location) * Expert in Objective-...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 11 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
iOS Mobile developer - Urgently required to join a top social gaming company! An outstanding opportunity has arisen with one of the world`s leading Social gaming studio for...
Creative Personnel
Rate: £300 to £450 per day - Rates Negotiable
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
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