The first table below looks at the demand for the iPad Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
iPad Developer
Rank 379 391 405
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +14
Contract jobs requiring an iPad Developer 6 15 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.028% 0.056% 0.102%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.060% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 24
Average daily rate £343 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £308 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate - £338 £270
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
iPad Developer
England

iPad Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London iPad Developer Jobs Demand Trend

iPad Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London iPad Developer Daily Rate Trend

iPad Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London iPad Developer Daily Rate Histogram

iPad Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited iPad Developer in their job title 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 with iPad Developer in their job title.

1 23 (100.00%) iPad
2 21 (91.30%) Apple iOS
3 20 (86.96%) Objective-C
4 14 (60.87%) iPhone
5 13 (56.52%) Xcode
6 9 (39.13%) Cocoa
7 7 (30.43%) JSON
8 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
8 6 (26.09%) RESTful
8 6 (26.09%) Mobile App
9 5 (21.74%) Git (software)
9 5 (21.74%) Memory Management
9 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (17.39%) Apple
10 4 (17.39%) Games
10 4 (17.39%) Scrum
10 4 (17.39%) C++
10 4 (17.39%) Social Media
10 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
10 4 (17.39%) iOS SDK
10 4 (17.39%) New Media
10 4 (17.39%) Facebook
10 4 (17.39%) Twitter
11 3 (13.04%) Web Services
12 2 (8.696%) XML
12 2 (8.696%) CSS
12 2 (8.696%) OO
12 2 (8.696%) OOD
12 2 (8.696%) C

iPad Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited iPad Developer in their job title 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 with iPad Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (39.13%) Cocoa
2 7 (30.43%) JSON
3 6 (26.09%) RESTful
4 4 (17.39%) iOS SDK
5 3 (13.04%) Web Services
6 2 (8.696%) XML
6 2 (8.696%) CSS
6 2 (8.696%) HTML5
6 2 (8.696%) UIKit
7 1 (4.348%) HTML
7 1 (4.348%) REST
7 1 (4.348%) CSS3
7 1 (4.348%) cocos2d
7 1 (4.348%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (4.348%) SOAP
Development Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Xcode
2 5 (21.74%) Git (software)
3 1 (4.348%) Mercurial
3 1 (4.348%) GitHub
3 1 (4.348%) Trac
3 1 (4.348%) Subversion
General
1 4 (17.39%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) iPad
2 14 (60.87%) iPhone
3 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
3 6 (26.09%) Mobile App
4 4 (17.39%) New Media
4 4 (17.39%) Social Media
5 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
5 1 (4.348%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (4.348%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.348%) Mac OS X
2 1 (4.348%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (21.74%) Memory Management
2 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
2 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (17.39%) Scrum
3 2 (8.696%) OO
3 2 (8.696%) OOD
3 2 (8.696%) TDD
4 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.348%) OpenUP
4 1 (4.348%) B2B
4 1 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.348%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) Objective-C
2 4 (17.39%) C++
3 2 (8.696%) C
4 1 (4.348%) Java
4 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.348%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Apple
1 4 (17.39%) Facebook
1 4 (17.39%) Twitter