The first table below looks at the demand for Xcode 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 Xcode over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development Applications 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Xcode
Rank 290 371 376
Rank change year-on-year
+81 +5
Contract jobs citing Xcode 102 42 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.442% 0.158% 0.251%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.666% 1.527% 2.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 28 69
Average daily rate £394 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.62% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £254 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.08% +0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2782 2751 3667
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.06% 10.33% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2064 1883 2550
Average daily rate £405 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 25
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.75 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% +13.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.57 £22.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.00 £44.50 £69.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Xcode
England

Xcode
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Xcode Jobs Demand Trend

Xcode
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Xcode Daily Rate Trend

Xcode
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Xcode across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Xcode Daily Rate Histogram

Xcode
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Xcode Hourly Rate Trend

Xcode
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xcode within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +37 33 £388 +3.33% 5
Hackney - - - -
Xcode
England

Xcode
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Xcode 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 Xcode.

1 184 (98.40%) Apple iOS
2 172 (91.98%) Objective-C
3 96 (51.34%) iPhone
4 94 (50.27%) iPad
5 89 (47.59%) iOS SDK
6 70 (37.43%) Cocoa
7 60 (32.09%) Cocoa Touch
8 57 (30.48%) Android
9 53 (28.34%) Mobile App
9 53 (28.34%) JSON
10 47 (25.13%) OO
11 40 (21.39%) C++
12 34 (18.18%) Web Services
12 34 (18.18%) Scrum
13 32 (17.11%) Subversion
14 31 (16.58%) XML
14 31 (16.58%) REST
15 30 (16.04%) Java
15 30 (16.04%) Agile Software Development
16 29 (15.51%) UIKit
17 28 (14.97%) Multithreading
18 27 (14.44%) GitHub
19 24 (12.83%) Digital Media
19 24 (12.83%) Git (software)
19 24 (12.83%) OOP
20 22 (11.76%) Finance
21 21 (11.23%) Apple
21 21 (11.23%) OOD
21 21 (11.23%) Mercurial
22 20 (10.70%) Mobile Application Development

Xcode
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Xcode 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 Xcode. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 89 (47.59%) iOS SDK
2 70 (37.43%) Cocoa
3 60 (32.09%) Cocoa Touch
4 53 (28.34%) JSON
5 34 (18.18%) Web Services
6 31 (16.58%) XML
6 31 (16.58%) REST
7 29 (15.51%) UIKit
8 20 (10.70%) CSS
9 14 (7.487%) HTML5
10 12 (6.417%) RESTful
10 12 (6.417%) HTML
11 11 (5.882%) MonoTouch
12 9 (4.813%) Core Animation
12 9 (4.813%) SOAP
13 5 (2.674%) OpenGL
13 5 (2.674%) .NET
13 5 (2.674%) jQuery
14 4 (2.139%) cocos2d
14 4 (2.139%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.743%) CMS
1 7 (3.743%) Drupal
2 2 (1.070%) WordPress
2 2 (1.070%) Magento
3 1 (0.535%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.535%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 15 (8.021%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.535%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.535%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.535%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.348%) NFC
2 3 (1.604%) RTP
3 2 (1.070%) Internet
4 1 (0.535%) 3G
4 1 (0.535%) DVB
4 1 (0.535%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.535%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.139%) MySQL
2 3 (1.604%) SQLite
3 2 (1.070%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (17.11%) Subversion
2 27 (14.44%) GitHub
3 24 (12.83%) Git (software)
4 21 (11.23%) Mercurial
5 17 (9.091%) Trac
6 14 (7.487%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 7 (3.743%) PhoneGap
8 6 (3.209%) JIRA
9 2 (1.070%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.070%) Hudson
9 2 (1.070%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 2 (1.070%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.535%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.535%) Robotium
10 1 (0.535%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.535%) Selenium
10 1 (0.535%) HtmlUnit
General
1 22 (11.76%) Finance
2 13 (6.952%) Publishing
3 11 (5.882%) Banking
4 10 (5.348%) Marketing
5 9 (4.813%) Games
6 2 (1.070%) Music Industry
6 2 (1.070%) Retail
6 2 (1.070%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.070%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.535%) Advertising
7 1 (0.535%) Electronics
7 1 (0.535%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.535%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 173 (92.51%) Developer
2 160 (85.56%) iOS Developer
3 35 (18.72%) Senior iOS Developer
3 35 (18.72%) Senior Developer
4 16 (8.556%) iPhone Developer
5 8 (4.278%) Mobile Developer
5 8 (4.278%) iPad Developer
6 7 (3.743%) Tester
7 5 (2.674%) Applications Developer
7 5 (2.674%) Android Developer
8 3 (1.604%) Senior iPhone Developer
8 3 (1.604%) Games Developer
8 3 (1.604%) Architect
8 3 (1.604%) Senior Games Developer
9 2 (1.070%) Web Applications Developer
9 2 (1.070%) Manual Tester
9 2 (1.070%) Development Manager
9 2 (1.070%) Lead Developer
9 2 (1.070%) Web Developer
9 2 (1.070%) PHP Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 96 (51.34%) iPhone
2 94 (50.27%) iPad
3 53 (28.34%) Mobile App
4 24 (12.83%) Digital Media
5 17 (9.091%) Computer Science
6 16 (8.556%) Blackberry
6 16 (8.556%) Open Source
7 14 (7.487%) Graphic Design
8 12 (6.417%) N-Tier
9 9 (4.813%) Java Card
9 9 (4.813%) Social Media
10 8 (4.278%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (3.743%) Animation
12 4 (2.139%) Physics
12 4 (2.139%) New Media
13 3 (1.604%) Video on Demand
13 3 (1.604%) Mobile Games
14 2 (1.070%) Social Gaming
14 2 (1.070%) Mobile Banking
15 1 (0.535%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 184 (98.40%) Apple iOS
2 57 (30.48%) Android
3 14 (7.487%) Windows
4 11 (5.882%) Windows Phone
5 4 (2.139%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.070%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.535%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.13%) OO
2 34 (18.18%) Scrum
3 30 (16.04%) Agile Software Development
4 28 (14.97%) Multithreading
5 24 (12.83%) OOP
6 21 (11.23%) OOD
7 20 (10.70%) Mobile Application Development
8 19 (10.16%) TDD
9 17 (9.091%) Memory Management
10 14 (7.487%) SOA
11 13 (6.952%) MVC
12 11 (5.882%) Time Management
13 6 (3.209%) Software Engineering
13 6 (3.209%) Continuous Integration
13 6 (3.209%) Mobile Marketing
13 6 (3.209%) Analytics
14 5 (2.674%) Test Automation
14 5 (2.674%) E-Commerce
15 4 (2.139%) Asset Management
15 4 (2.139%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 172 (91.98%) Objective-C
2 40 (21.39%) C++
3 30 (16.04%) Java
4 20 (10.70%) JavaScript
5 17 (9.091%) Python
6 11 (5.882%) C
7 6 (3.209%) SQL
8 3 (1.604%) ActionScript
8 3 (1.604%) C#
9 2 (1.070%) PHP
9 2 (1.070%) Ruby
10 1 (0.535%) Groovy
10 1 (0.535%) Scala
10 1 (0.535%) ActionScript 3.0
10 1 (0.535%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.278%) QA
2 1 (0.535%) WCAG
Vendors
1 21 (11.23%) Apple
2 8 (4.278%) Facebook
3 4 (2.139%) Twitter
3 4 (2.139%) Adobe
4 3 (1.604%) Google
4 3 (1.604%) Sencha
5 2 (1.070%) Omniture
6 1 (0.535%) Demandware
6 1 (0.535%) ATG
6 1 (0.535%) Perforce
6 1 (0.535%) Interwoven
6 1 (0.535%) SAP
6 1 (0.535%) Symbian
6 1 (0.535%) IBM
City, London
An iOS developer with a strong background in an Agile/Scrum environment is required to join a new and exciting project in a company with a great start-...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | London... The digital agency are looking for a developer to join the existing iOS development team...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £220 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
iOS Developer, CONTRACT, LONDON, ASAP, 3+ months, £400-450My client is looking to rapidly expand their iOS team ASAP.
Mint
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, iPhone, iPad | Contract | London... Key Skills: * Experience with the iOS SDK (UIKit, Cocoa Touch, Core Data, Core Location) * Expert in Objective-...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Are you an iOS Mobile Developer?... For this contract iOS Developer role you will need the following skills:2+ years of iOS development experienceExpert with iOS SDK (UIKit,...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Creative Personnel
Rate: £300 to £450 per day - Rates Negotiable
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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