The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 19 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 Programming Languages category for the Middlesex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.24% -3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +9.67%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
60 52 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 30.15% 17.99% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 18 35
Average daily rate £313 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £240 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Objective-C
South East

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Middlesex Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C.

1 3 (100.00%) iPad
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) iPhone
2 2 (66.67%) Cocoa Touch
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Xcode
3 1 (33.33%) JSON
3 1 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) XML

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Xcode
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) iPad
2 2 (66.67%) iPhone
3 1 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C