The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS SDK
Rank 305 383 389
Rank change year-on-year
+78 +6
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 72 32 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.332% 0.119% 0.171%
As % of the Application Development category 1.138% 0.424% 0.558%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 24 31
Average daily rate £400 £381 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.91% +17.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £257 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6329 7546 9494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.22% 28.01% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4552 4974 6394
Average daily rate £401 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.12% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £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 91 107 136
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.95 £17.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
iOS SDK
England

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London iOS SDK Jobs Demand Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend

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

London iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iOS SDK across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London iOS SDK Daily Rate Histogram

iOS SDK
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS SDK within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +46 34 £350 +1.81%
iOS SDK
England

iOS SDK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK.

1 135 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 115 (85.19%) Objective-C
3 86 (63.70%) Xcode
4 75 (55.56%) iPhone
5 59 (43.70%) Android
6 55 (40.74%) Mobile App
7 52 (38.52%) iPad
8 46 (34.07%) Cocoa
9 37 (27.41%) Cocoa Touch
10 36 (26.67%) Java
10 36 (26.67%) OO
11 33 (24.44%) Web Services
11 33 (24.44%) JSON
12 32 (23.70%) C++
13 31 (22.96%) Scrum
14 28 (20.74%) Mobile Application Development
15 22 (16.30%) RESTful
16 21 (15.56%) Digital Media
17 20 (14.81%) Git (software)
17 20 (14.81%) TDD
18 19 (14.07%) REST
19 18 (13.33%) OOP
19 18 (13.33%) Apple
20 17 (12.59%) XML
20 17 (12.59%) Blackberry
21 16 (11.85%) OOD
21 16 (11.85%) Multithreading
22 15 (11.11%) CSS
22 15 (11.11%) JavaScript
22 15 (11.11%) Subversion

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (34.07%) Cocoa
2 37 (27.41%) Cocoa Touch
3 33 (24.44%) Web Services
3 33 (24.44%) JSON
4 22 (16.30%) RESTful
5 19 (14.07%) REST
6 17 (12.59%) XML
7 15 (11.11%) CSS
8 14 (10.37%) HTML5
9 11 (8.148%) MonoTouch
9 11 (8.148%) HTML
10 8 (5.926%) CSS3
11 7 (5.185%) Google Maps API
12 6 (4.444%) CodeIgniter
12 6 (4.444%) CakePHP
12 6 (4.444%) Semantic HTML
13 5 (3.704%) Sencha Touch
13 5 (3.704%) jQuery
13 5 (3.704%) OpenGL
14 4 (2.963%) Ajax
Applications
1 14 (10.37%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.667%) NFC
2 7 (5.185%) Internet
3 3 (2.222%) RTP
3 3 (2.222%) HTTP
4 1 (0.741%) VPN
4 1 (0.741%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.481%) SQLite
2 1 (0.741%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 86 (63.70%) Xcode
2 20 (14.81%) Git (software)
3 15 (11.11%) Subversion
4 14 (10.37%) Mercurial
5 13 (9.630%) GitHub
6 11 (8.148%) Trac
7 8 (5.926%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 4 (2.963%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.481%) PhoneGap
10 1 (0.741%) EasyMock
10 1 (0.741%) Appcelerator Titanium
10 1 (0.741%) JUnit
General
1 13 (9.630%) Finance
2 5 (3.704%) Music
2 5 (3.704%) Publishing
3 4 (2.963%) Games
3 4 (2.963%) Banking
4 2 (1.481%) Marketing
5 1 (0.741%) Music Industry
5 1 (0.741%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 130 (96.30%) Developer
2 101 (74.81%) iOS Developer
3 35 (25.93%) Senior Developer
4 31 (22.96%) Senior iOS Developer
5 15 (11.11%) Mobile Developer
6 12 (8.889%) Android Developer
7 7 (5.185%) iPhone Developer
8 6 (4.444%) PHP Developer
8 6 (4.444%) Applications Developer
8 6 (4.444%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 4 (2.963%) Senior PHP Developer
9 4 (2.963%) iPad Developer
10 2 (1.481%) Lead Developer
10 2 (1.481%) Senior iPhone Developer
11 1 (0.741%) Mac Developer
11 1 (0.741%) Senior Software Engineer
11 1 (0.741%) Blackberry Developer
11 1 (0.741%) Project Manager
11 1 (0.741%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 75 (55.56%) iPhone
2 55 (40.74%) Mobile App
3 52 (38.52%) iPad
4 21 (15.56%) Digital Media
5 17 (12.59%) Blackberry
6 13 (9.630%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (8.889%) N-Tier
8 10 (7.407%) Computer Science
9 9 (6.667%) Graphic Design
9 9 (6.667%) Java Card
9 9 (6.667%) Open Source
10 6 (4.444%) Handset
11 3 (2.222%) Social Media
11 3 (2.222%) Video on Demand
12 2 (1.481%) Social Gaming
12 2 (1.481%) Animation
13 1 (0.741%) Mobile Banking
13 1 (0.741%) Mobile Payment
13 1 (0.741%) Online Games
13 1 (0.741%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 135 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 59 (43.70%) Android
3 12 (8.889%) Windows
4 11 (8.148%) Windows Phone
5 5 (3.704%) Linux
5 5 (3.704%) UNIX
6 2 (1.481%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.67%) OO
2 31 (22.96%) Scrum
3 28 (20.74%) Mobile Application Development
4 20 (14.81%) TDD
5 18 (13.33%) OOP
6 16 (11.85%) OOD
6 16 (11.85%) Multithreading
7 13 (9.630%) MVC
8 12 (8.889%) Agile Software Development
8 12 (8.889%) SOA
9 8 (5.926%) Time Management
10 7 (5.185%) Unit Testing
11 6 (4.444%) Memory Management
12 4 (2.963%) Software Engineering
13 2 (1.481%) Pair Programming
13 2 (1.481%) Parallel Programming
13 2 (1.481%) Waterfall
14 1 (0.741%) Analytics
14 1 (0.741%) Mobile Device Management
14 1 (0.741%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 115 (85.19%) Objective-C
2 36 (26.67%) Java
3 32 (23.70%) C++
4 15 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 13 (9.630%) C
6 10 (7.407%) Python
7 6 (4.444%) PHP
7 6 (4.444%) SQL
8 1 (0.741%) Scala
8 1 (0.741%) Ruby
8 1 (0.741%) C#
8 1 (0.741%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 10 (7.407%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (0.741%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (13.33%) Apple
2 13 (9.630%) Google
3 12 (8.889%) Facebook
4 6 (4.444%) Twitter
5 5 (3.704%) Sencha
5 5 (3.704%) Adobe
6 1 (0.741%) Citrix
London, Central London, South East England
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Rate: £300 - £325 per day
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