The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS 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 Operating Systems category for the Hertfordshire 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
Rank 53 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 10 16 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.570% 1.648% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.525% 7.407% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 0
Average daily rate £425 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
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 Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
181 216 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.41% 22.25% 25.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 79 74
Average daily rate £350 £350 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £163 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.25 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Apple iOS
East of England

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire Apple iOS Jobs Demand Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford +4 2 £275 -21.42%
Apple iOS
East of England

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (83.33%) Android
2 8 (44.44%) iPhone
3 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) Web Services
3 7 (38.89%) iPad
3 7 (38.89%) HTML5
4 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 6 (33.33%) CSS
4 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (27.78%) HTML
5 5 (27.78%) Java
5 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
5 5 (27.78%) CSS3
6 4 (22.22%) Windows
6 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 4 (22.22%) Photoshop
6 4 (22.22%) Adobe
6 4 (22.22%) JSON
6 4 (22.22%) jQuery
7 3 (16.67%) Qt
7 3 (16.67%) RESTful
7 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 3 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 3 (16.67%) Spring
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
7 3 (16.67%) Retail
7 3 (16.67%) Symbian
7 3 (16.67%) OO
7 3 (16.67%) OpenGL

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (38.89%) Web Services
1 7 (38.89%) HTML5
2 6 (33.33%) CSS
3 5 (27.78%) HTML
3 5 (27.78%) CSS3
4 4 (22.22%) JSON
4 4 (22.22%) jQuery
5 3 (16.67%) Qt
5 3 (16.67%) RESTful
5 3 (16.67%) Spring
5 3 (16.67%) OpenGL
5 3 (16.67%) Hibernate
6 1 (5.556%) Django
6 1 (5.556%) .NET
6 1 (5.556%) SOAP
6 1 (5.556%) XML
6 1 (5.556%) iOS SDK
6 1 (5.556%) REST
6 1 (5.556%) Backbone.js
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.556%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (5.556%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (5.556%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.556%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.556%) Xcode
2 1 (5.556%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
1 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (11.11%) iOS Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Tester
4 2 (11.11%) Android Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Tester
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Designer
5 1 (5.556%) UI Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate
5 1 (5.556%) Junior
5 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) iPhone
2 7 (38.89%) iPad
3 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
5 3 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.556%) FMCG
6 1 (5.556%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Android
2 4 (22.22%) Windows
3 3 (16.67%) bada
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Phone
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
3 3 (16.67%) TDD
3 3 (16.67%) OO
3 3 (16.67%) Scrum
3 3 (16.67%) Web Application Development
4 1 (5.556%) Usability Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.556%) Web Development
4 1 (5.556%) Data Management
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
4 1 (5.556%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.556%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
2 5 (27.78%) Java
3 2 (11.11%) Objective-C
4 1 (5.556%) Python
4 1 (5.556%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Adobe
2 3 (16.67%) Symbian
3 1 (5.556%) Google
3 1 (5.556%) HP
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