The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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 iPad
Rank 55 66 63
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing iPad 8 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.256% 0.412% 0.113%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.970% 2.010% 0.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 0
Average daily rate £288 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.24% +7.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £10.00 £8.92
% change year-on-year
+62.50% +12.10%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
134 199 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 21.04% 20.49% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 77 66
Average daily rate £388 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £246 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 9
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.93% -36.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £10.27 £25.49
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
iPad
East of England

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire iPad Daily Rate Histogram

iPad
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad 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 - 2 £275 -
iPad
East of England

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (87.50%) iPhone
1 7 (87.50%) Apple iOS
2 6 (75.00%) Android
3 5 (62.50%) Blackberry
4 4 (50.00%) HTML
4 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (50.00%) CSS
5 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
5 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (37.50%) TDD
5 3 (37.50%) Photoshop
5 3 (37.50%) Adobe
5 3 (37.50%) Windows
5 3 (37.50%) OO
5 3 (37.50%) HTML5
5 3 (37.50%) jQuery
5 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Phone 8
5 3 (37.50%) CSS3
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Phone
6 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
6 2 (25.00%) QA
7 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (12.50%) Retail
7 1 (12.50%) Marketing
7 1 (12.50%) Web Development
7 1 (12.50%) JSON
7 1 (12.50%) Direct Marketing
7 1 (12.50%) Xcode
7 1 (12.50%) Objective-C

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) HTML
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) HTML5
2 3 (37.50%) jQuery
2 3 (37.50%) CSS3
3 1 (12.50%) JSON
3 1 (12.50%) SOAP
3 1 (12.50%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) iOS SDK
3 1 (12.50%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Photoshop
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Xcode
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Front-End Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAS Insight Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAS Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Graduate
4 1 (12.50%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) iPhone
2 5 (62.50%) Blackberry
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Apple iOS
2 6 (75.00%) Android
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Phone 8
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (37.50%) TDD
1 3 (37.50%) OO
1 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
2 1 (12.50%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Direct Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) CHAID
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Insight
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
Hertfordshire
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