The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS 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 Operating Systems category for the Leeds 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 iOS
Rank 75 66 57
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -9
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 3 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.379% 0.692% 0.736%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.115% 3.182% 3.817%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 4
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +9.67%
All Operating Systems
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
269 220 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 33.96% 21.76% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 114 43
Average daily rate £308 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £188 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 24
Average hourly rate £32.00 £11.40 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+180.70% -24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £8.80 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Apple iOS
West Yorkshire

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) iPhone
1 3 (50.00%) iPad
1 3 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) REST
2 2 (33.33%) Xcode
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
3 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
3 1 (16.67%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (16.67%) UIKit
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
3 1 (16.67%) CouchDB
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (16.67%) UIKit
2 1 (16.67%) Cocoa
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) CouchDB
1 1 (16.67%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Xcode
2 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
2 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) iOS Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) iPhone
1 3 (50.00%) iPad
2 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
3 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) Assembly Language
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VBScript
3 1 (16.67%) XPath
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Xen
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Wyse
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix
1 1 (16.67%) Apple
1 1 (16.67%) VMware