Cocoa Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 334 339 351
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +12
Contract jobs citing Cocoa 51 67 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.236% 0.250% 0.275%
As % of the Application Development category 0.814% 0.897% 0.900%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 49 52
Average daily rate £405 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 6267 7466 9557
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.02% 27.88% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4542 4907 6404
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 103 140
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.20 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Cocoa
England

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

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

London Cocoa Daily Rate Histogram

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Cocoa Hourly Rate Trend

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 London 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
City of London +18 22 £405 +37.87%
Hounslow - 1 - -
Cocoa
England

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 117 (98.32%) Objective-C
2 111 (93.28%) Apple iOS
3 77 (64.71%) iPhone
4 74 (62.18%) Xcode
5 72 (60.50%) Cocoa Touch
6 63 (52.94%) Mobile App
7 47 (39.50%) iPad
7 47 (39.50%) iOS SDK
8 44 (36.97%) Android
9 42 (35.29%) Scrum
10 37 (31.09%) Mobile Application Development
11 32 (26.89%) Agile Software Development
12 27 (22.69%) Windows
13 25 (21.01%) Blackberry
13 25 (21.01%) TDD
13 25 (21.01%) JSON
14 18 (15.13%) OO
14 18 (15.13%) C++
14 18 (15.13%) Web Services
15 17 (14.29%) Finance
15 17 (14.29%) Games
16 16 (13.45%) Computer Science
16 16 (13.45%) JavaScript
17 15 (12.61%) XML
17 15 (12.61%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (11.76%) Windows Phone
18 14 (11.76%) Facebook
18 14 (11.76%) SOA
19 12 (10.08%) SOAP
19 12 (10.08%) HTML

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 72 (60.50%) Cocoa Touch
2 47 (39.50%) iOS SDK
3 25 (21.01%) JSON
4 18 (15.13%) Web Services
5 15 (12.61%) XML
6 12 (10.08%) HTML
6 12 (10.08%) SOAP
6 12 (10.08%) OpenGL
6 12 (10.08%) RESTful
7 11 (9.244%) MonoTouch
8 8 (6.723%) OpenGL ES
8 8 (6.723%) cocos2d
9 7 (5.882%) HTML5
9 7 (5.882%) CSS
10 6 (5.042%) Sencha Touch
11 5 (4.202%) Core Animation
12 4 (3.361%) UIKit
13 3 (2.521%) REST
13 3 (2.521%) CSS3
13 3 (2.521%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.840%) CMS
1 1 (0.840%) CoreMedia CMS
1 1 (0.840%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 1 (0.840%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.840%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.840%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.840%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.403%) NFC
2 3 (2.521%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.681%) RTP
3 2 (1.681%) Internet
4 1 (0.840%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.521%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 74 (62.18%) Xcode
2 12 (10.08%) Subversion
3 9 (7.563%) Git (software)
4 6 (5.042%) Cucumber
4 6 (5.042%) JIRA
4 6 (5.042%) Selenium
5 2 (1.681%) PhoneGap
5 2 (1.681%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.840%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.840%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 17 (14.29%) Finance
1 17 (14.29%) Games
2 6 (5.042%) Banking
3 4 (3.361%) Publishing
4 2 (1.681%) Marketing
4 2 (1.681%) Retail
5 1 (0.840%) Music
5 1 (0.840%) Music Industry
5 1 (0.840%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.840%) Automotive
5 1 (0.840%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.840%) Advertising
5 1 (0.840%) Electronics
5 1 (0.840%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (93.28%) Developer
2 96 (80.67%) iOS Developer
3 36 (30.25%) Senior iOS Developer
3 36 (30.25%) Senior Developer
4 12 (10.08%) Mobile Developer
5 10 (8.403%) Android Developer
6 9 (7.563%) iPad Developer
7 8 (6.723%) iPhone Developer
8 5 (4.202%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 5 (4.202%) Senior Tester
8 5 (4.202%) Tester
9 3 (2.521%) Applications Developer
10 2 (1.681%) Games Developer
10 2 (1.681%) Architect
10 2 (1.681%) Senior iPhone Developer
10 2 (1.681%) Senior Games Developer
11 1 (0.840%) Consultant
11 1 (0.840%) Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.840%) Lead Developer
11 1 (0.840%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 77 (64.71%) iPhone
2 63 (52.94%) Mobile App
3 47 (39.50%) iPad
4 25 (21.01%) Blackberry
5 16 (13.45%) Computer Science
6 15 (12.61%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (10.08%) Social Media
8 11 (9.244%) N-Tier
9 9 (7.563%) Java Card
9 9 (7.563%) Video on Demand
10 8 (6.723%) New Media
10 8 (6.723%) 3D Graphics
11 6 (5.042%) Animation
12 5 (4.202%) IPTV
13 3 (2.521%) Physics
13 3 (2.521%) STB
13 3 (2.521%) Digital Media
14 2 (1.681%) Open Source
14 2 (1.681%) Mobile Games
14 2 (1.681%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 111 (93.28%) Apple iOS
2 44 (36.97%) Android
3 27 (22.69%) Windows
4 14 (11.76%) Windows Phone
5 3 (2.521%) Mac OS X
5 3 (2.521%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (1.681%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.840%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.29%) Scrum
2 37 (31.09%) Mobile Application Development
3 32 (26.89%) Agile Software Development
4 25 (21.01%) TDD
5 18 (15.13%) OO
6 14 (11.76%) SOA
7 10 (8.403%) Memory Management
8 8 (6.723%) Test Automation
8 8 (6.723%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (5.882%) User Stories
9 7 (5.882%) OOP
10 6 (5.042%) OOD
10 6 (5.042%) Regression Testing
10 6 (5.042%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (5.042%) MVC
10 6 (5.042%) Test Scripting
11 4 (3.361%) Analytics
11 4 (3.361%) BDD
11 4 (3.361%) DRM
12 3 (2.521%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 117 (98.32%) Objective-C
2 18 (15.13%) C++
3 16 (13.45%) JavaScript
4 12 (10.08%) Java
5 9 (7.563%) C
6 8 (6.723%) SQL
7 4 (3.361%) Python
8 3 (2.521%) Ruby
8 3 (2.521%) Perl
8 3 (2.521%) C#
9 2 (1.681%) PHP
10 1 (0.840%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.840%) Groovy
10 1 (0.840%) Scala
10 1 (0.840%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 7 (5.882%) Degree
2 6 (5.042%) ISEB
2 6 (5.042%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.681%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (11.76%) Facebook
2 11 (9.244%) Apple
3 9 (7.563%) Twitter
4 8 (6.723%) Sencha
4 8 (6.723%) Symbian
5 3 (2.521%) Adobe
6 2 (1.681%) Google
7 1 (0.840%) SAP
7 1 (0.840%) ATG
7 1 (0.840%) Omniture
7 1 (0.840%) Interwoven
7 1 (0.840%) IBM
7 1 (0.840%) Demandware
iOS developer
London
You will be working in a high paced but rewarding environment with one of the UK's top names, involved in the development and review of the iOS...
Vertex Solutions
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
iOS Developer - iOS SDK, Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa, Cocos2d
London, Central London, South East England
In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: max £350 per day dep on exp
Posted: 16 May 2013
Mac OS X Developer - Objective-C, Xcode, Cocoa, Cocos2d
London, City of
In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: max £350 per day dep on exp
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior iOS Developer (Contract) - iPhone, iOS SDK, Objective C
City, London
Requirements: *Solid commercial experience working specifically with iOS SDK... Objective C, Xcode, Senecha Touch etc... Desirable: *Experience with NFC or Javacard is highly desirable... *Experience of developing N-...
Parallel Consulting
Posted: 13 May 2013
iOS Developer / iPhone Developer / Mobile Developer / Mobile Programme
London
SOAP, XML, JSON etc... - Strong experience with object-oriented programming - software development experience in Objective-C C/C++, Java, HTML/CSS - Knowledge of layered systems architectures and layered...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Freelance Mobile App Developer
West London
Skills required - Object Oriented Programming with .NET, PHP or Java. - CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript experience. - iOS / Android mobile experience. - Experience working with OS X, Cocoa framework or Objective-C.
Wallace HCL
Posted: 2 May 2013
About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 17 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.