The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cocoa over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Cocoa
Rank 100 - 106
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cocoa 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.258% - 0.054%
As % of the Application Development category 0.868% - 0.190%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £278
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
461 437 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.78% 27.26% 28.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 194 216
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 49 71
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Cocoa
South East

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire Cocoa Daily 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Southampton - 4 £200 -
Cocoa
South East

Cocoa
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Apple
1 4 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 3 (75.00%) Memory Management
2 3 (75.00%) Facebook
2 3 (75.00%) Twitter
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) JSON
2 3 (75.00%) iPhone
3 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
1 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) iOS Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (75.00%) C
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Apple
2 3 (75.00%) Facebook
2 3 (75.00%) Twitter
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: 13 May 2013