The first table below looks at the demand for the iPhone Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPhone 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 Manchester 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
iPhone Developer
Rank 70 81 65
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -16
Contract jobs requiring an iPhone Developer 3 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.328% 0.231% 0.579%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.350% 0.252% 0.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £358 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.08% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £305 £350
% change year-on-year
-26.22% -12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- +165.62%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
858 1192 978
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.87% 91.62% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 587 427
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 74 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.10% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.98 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
iPhone Developer
North West

iPhone Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester iPhone Developer Jobs Demand Trend

iPhone Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester iPhone Developer Daily Rate Trend

iPhone Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester iPhone Developer Hourly Rate Trend

iPhone Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) iPhone
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
2 1 (33.33%) Music

iPhone Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
1 1 (33.33%) Cocoa Touch
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Objective-C