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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApple
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank72-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.399 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£158-
Average daily rate£179-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£256£129
% change on same period last year+98.48 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.83£14.25
% change on same period last year+18.12 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads429409
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.580 %0.403 %
Daily rates quoted9391
Average minimum daily rate£316£347
Average daily rate£339£371
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted2831
Average minimum hourly rate£18.16£24.69
Average hourly rate£19.50£25.98
% change on same period last year-24.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.85£27.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Apple West YorkshireApple
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Apple Inc.

Apple
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Leeds Apple Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Apple Daily Rate Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Leeds Apple Daily Rate Histogram

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Apple 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.

16 (54.55 %)Windows
24 (36.36 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (27.27 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (27.27 %)X-Windows
33 (27.27 %)ITIL
33 (27.27 %)Mac OS X
33 (27.27 %)MS Exchange
33 (27.27 %)WAN
33 (27.27 %)SQL
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server
42 (18.18 %)Datawarehouse
42 (18.18 %)Windows XP
42 (18.18 %)Microsoft
42 (18.18 %)Active Directory
42 (18.18 %)Finance
42 (18.18 %)Degree
42 (18.18 %)QA
42 (18.18 %)Sony
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (9.091 %)Spring
51 (9.091 %)Firewall
51 (9.091 %)Time Management
51 (9.091 %)Data Migration
51 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
51 (9.091 %)Subversion
51 (9.091 %)RHCT
51 (9.091 %)Education
51 (9.091 %)Government
51 (9.091 %)Migration

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Apple 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (27.27 %)X-Windows
21 (9.091 %)Hibernate
21 (9.091 %)Spring
21 (9.091 %)J2EE
21 (9.091 %)JSP
21 (9.091 %)Struts
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (27.27 %)MS Exchange
13 (27.27 %)Exchange Server 2003
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (27.27 %)WAN
21 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
21 (9.091 %)Intranet
21 (9.091 %)Internet
21 (9.091 %)Firewall
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
12 (18.18 %)Datawarehouse
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (9.091 %)MySQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Subversion
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Education
21 (9.091 %)Government
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Systems Administrator
14 (36.36 %)Administrator
23 (27.27 %)Developer
23 (27.27 %)Analyst
32 (18.18 %)Test Analyst
32 (18.18 %)Desktop Support
32 (18.18 %)SQL Developer
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (9.091 %)Desktop Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Linux Systems Administrator
41 (9.091 %)Linux Administrator
41 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Tester
41 (9.091 %)Desktop Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Java Developer
41 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (54.55 %)Windows
24 (36.36 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (27.27 %)Mac OS X
42 (18.18 %)Windows XP
51 (9.091 %)Linux
51 (9.091 %)SUSE
51 (9.091 %)Debian
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)ITIL
21 (9.091 %)Migration
21 (9.091 %)Time Management
21 (9.091 %)Data Migration
21 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)SQL
21 (9.091 %)Java
21 (9.091 %)JavaScript
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)Degree
21 (9.091 %)RHCT
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (18.18 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (18.18 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft
12 (18.18 %)Sony
21 (9.091 %)VMware
21 (9.091 %)Nokia
21 (9.091 %)IBM