The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior iOS 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 Senior iOS Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior iOS Developer
Rank 353 380 432
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Senior iOS Developer 28 22 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.129% 0.082% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.140% 0.089% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 1
Average daily rate £405 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £325 -
% change year-on-year
+26.92% -
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
20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
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 449 607 669
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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior iOS Developer
England

Senior iOS Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior iOS Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior iOS Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior iOS Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior iOS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior iOS Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Senior iOS Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior iOS Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior iOS Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +34 22 £405 +35.00%
Senior iOS Developer
England

Senior iOS Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior iOS 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 Senior iOS Developer in their job title.

1 67 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 53 (79.10%) Objective-C
3 48 (71.64%) iPhone
4 45 (67.16%) Xcode
5 36 (53.73%) Cocoa
6 35 (52.24%) iOS SDK
7 30 (44.78%) Cocoa Touch
8 29 (43.28%) Scrum
9 28 (41.79%) Mobile App
10 26 (38.81%) Mobile Application Development
11 19 (28.36%) iPad
12 18 (26.87%) Android
13 17 (25.37%) Finance
14 14 (20.90%) Blackberry
14 14 (20.90%) TDD
14 14 (20.90%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (19.40%) Windows
16 12 (17.91%) N-Tier
16 12 (17.91%) SOA
16 12 (17.91%) Windows Phone
17 11 (16.42%) MonoTouch
18 9 (13.43%) NFC
18 9 (13.43%) Java Card
19 7 (10.45%) C++
20 6 (8.955%) Agile Software Development
21 4 (5.970%) Memory Management
21 4 (5.970%) UIKit
21 4 (5.970%) Multithreading
21 4 (5.970%) Banking
21 4 (5.970%) Software Engineering

Senior iOS Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 36 (53.73%) Cocoa
2 35 (52.24%) iOS SDK
3 30 (44.78%) Cocoa Touch
4 11 (16.42%) MonoTouch
5 4 (5.970%) UIKit
5 4 (5.970%) XML
6 3 (4.478%) RESTful
6 3 (4.478%) Sencha Touch
7 2 (2.985%) HTML5
7 2 (2.985%) JSON
7 2 (2.985%) HTML
7 2 (2.985%) CSS
8 1 (1.493%) SOAP
8 1 (1.493%) J2ME
8 1 (1.493%) OpenGL
8 1 (1.493%) OpenCV
8 1 (1.493%) OpenGL ES
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.493%) CoreMedia CMS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) NFC
2 2 (2.985%) HTTP
3 1 (1.493%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.493%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 45 (67.16%) Xcode
2 3 (4.478%) Subversion
3 2 (2.985%) Hudson
3 2 (2.985%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (25.37%) Finance
2 4 (5.970%) Publishing
2 4 (5.970%) Banking
3 3 (4.478%) Games
4 1 (1.493%) Automotive
4 1 (1.493%) Advertising
4 1 (1.493%) Retail
4 1 (1.493%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.493%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 48 (71.64%) iPhone
2 28 (41.79%) Mobile App
3 19 (28.36%) iPad
4 14 (20.90%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (20.90%) Blackberry
5 12 (17.91%) N-Tier
6 9 (13.43%) Java Card
7 3 (4.478%) Physics
8 2 (2.985%) Mobile Games
8 2 (2.985%) Social Media
8 2 (2.985%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (1.493%) Social Gaming
9 1 (1.493%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.493%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.493%) Social Network
9 1 (1.493%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 67 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 18 (26.87%) Android
3 13 (19.40%) Windows
4 12 (17.91%) Windows Phone
5 1 (1.493%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.28%) Scrum
2 26 (38.81%) Mobile Application Development
3 14 (20.90%) TDD
4 12 (17.91%) SOA
5 6 (8.955%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (5.970%) Multithreading
6 4 (5.970%) Memory Management
6 4 (5.970%) Software Engineering
7 3 (4.478%) MVC
7 3 (4.478%) OO
7 3 (4.478%) Analytics
8 2 (2.985%) OOP
8 2 (2.985%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.493%) Web Design
9 1 (1.493%) User Experience Design
9 1 (1.493%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 53 (79.10%) Objective-C
2 7 (10.45%) C++
3 3 (4.478%) C
4 2 (2.985%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.985%) SQL
5 1 (1.493%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (1.493%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (4.478%) Apple
1 3 (4.478%) Sencha
2 1 (1.493%) Symbian