Apple iOS Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the North West 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
Apple iOS
Rank 77 98 129
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +31
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 41 34 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.785% 1.074% 0.097%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.707% 4.836% 0.425%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 23 0
Average daily rate £400 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.58 £41.25 -
% change year-on-year
-40.41% -
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 532 703 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.16% 22.20% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 281 381
Average daily rate £295 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.08% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £458 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 67 72
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +32.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.18 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West Apple iOS Jobs Demand Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Apple iOS across the North West region.

North West Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple iOS across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the North West region.

North West Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire +10 16 £420 +29.07%
Manchester +9 13 £300 +9.09%
Lancashire - 5 £375 -
Merseyside +8 3 - -
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apple iOS 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 Apple iOS.

1 67 (70.53%) Android
2 40 (42.11%) Mobile App
3 35 (36.84%) Objective-C
4 30 (31.58%) iPhone
5 29 (30.53%) Java
5 29 (30.53%) Windows
6 26 (27.37%) HTML5
7 22 (23.16%) JavaScript
8 21 (22.11%) CSS
8 21 (22.11%) Blackberry
9 17 (17.89%) Apple
9 17 (17.89%) HTML
9 17 (17.89%) iPad
10 15 (15.79%) XML
11 14 (14.74%) .NET
11 14 (14.74%) Cocoa
12 13 (13.68%) Agile Software Development
13 12 (12.63%) JSON
13 12 (12.63%) C++
13 12 (12.63%) iOS SDK
14 11 (11.58%) jQuery
14 11 (11.58%) J2EE
15 10 (10.53%) C#
15 10 (10.53%) PHP
15 10 (10.53%) Web Services
15 10 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
15 10 (10.53%) TDD
15 10 (10.53%) Scrum
15 10 (10.53%) Windows 8
16 9 (9.474%) Continuous Integration

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apple iOS 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 Apple iOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (27.37%) HTML5
2 21 (22.11%) CSS
3 17 (17.89%) HTML
4 15 (15.79%) XML
5 14 (14.74%) .NET
5 14 (14.74%) Cocoa
6 12 (12.63%) iOS SDK
6 12 (12.63%) JSON
7 11 (11.58%) jQuery
7 11 (11.58%) J2EE
8 10 (10.53%) Web Services
9 9 (9.474%) iPhone SDK
10 8 (8.421%) Ajax
11 7 (7.368%) CSS3
12 6 (6.316%) RESTful
13 5 (5.263%) .NET Framework
13 5 (5.263%) LAMP
14 4 (4.211%) ASP
14 4 (4.211%) ASP.NET
14 4 (4.211%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.263%) MS Exchange
1 5 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (3.158%) Apache
3 1 (1.053%) CMS
3 1 (1.053%) Joomla!
3 1 (1.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (4.211%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.053%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.368%) HTTP
2 4 (4.211%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.211%) NFC
3 3 (3.158%) TELNET
3 3 (3.158%) SNMP
4 2 (2.105%) Internet
5 1 (1.053%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.158%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.105%) CouchDB
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.053%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (9.474%) Eclipse
2 6 (6.316%) Xcode
2 6 (6.316%) PhoneGap
3 4 (4.211%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.211%) Selenium
4 3 (3.158%) JUnit
4 3 (3.158%) Subversion
4 3 (3.158%) JIRA
4 3 (3.158%) Cucumber
4 3 (3.158%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 3 (3.158%) TestNG
4 3 (3.158%) QUnit
5 2 (2.105%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.105%) MyEclipse
5 2 (2.105%) Git (software)
5 2 (2.105%) Mercurial
5 2 (2.105%) PHPUnit
5 2 (2.105%) Ant
6 1 (1.053%) Firebug
6 1 (1.053%) Robotium
General
1 8 (8.421%) Finance
2 3 (3.158%) Banking
3 2 (2.105%) Music
3 2 (2.105%) Games
4 1 (1.053%) Music Industry
4 1 (1.053%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 60 (63.16%) Developer
2 24 (25.26%) iOS Developer
3 22 (23.16%) Mobile Developer
4 11 (11.58%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 10 (10.53%) Consultant
6 8 (8.421%) Web Developer
6 8 (8.421%) Android Developer
7 7 (7.368%) Test Engineer
7 7 (7.368%) Development Manager
8 5 (5.263%) Applications Developer
8 5 (5.263%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
8 5 (5.263%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.211%) Java Developer
9 4 (4.211%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.211%) iPhone Developer
10 3 (3.158%) Senior Developer
10 3 (3.158%) Exchange Consultant
11 2 (2.105%) Web Manager
11 2 (2.105%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (42.11%) Mobile App
2 30 (31.58%) iPhone
3 21 (22.11%) Blackberry
4 17 (17.89%) iPad
5 5 (5.263%) Cryptography
5 5 (5.263%) NHS
6 4 (4.211%) Client/Server
7 3 (3.158%) BBC
7 3 (3.158%) Handset
7 3 (3.158%) Semantic Web
7 3 (3.158%) Smartphone
8 2 (2.105%) PKI
8 2 (2.105%) EMV
8 2 (2.105%) Linked Data
8 2 (2.105%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.053%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (1.053%) Interactive TV
9 1 (1.053%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (1.053%) Open Source
9 1 (1.053%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 67 (70.53%) Android
2 29 (30.53%) Windows
3 10 (10.53%) Windows 8
3 10 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
4 9 (9.474%) Linux
5 4 (4.211%) Mac OS X
5 4 (4.211%) bada
5 4 (4.211%) Maemo
6 3 (3.158%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.68%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (10.53%) TDD
2 10 (10.53%) Scrum
3 9 (9.474%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (8.421%) Security Architecture
5 7 (7.368%) OOP
5 7 (7.368%) MVC
6 6 (6.316%) BDD
7 5 (5.263%) Web Development
7 5 (5.263%) Unit Testing
7 5 (5.263%) OO
7 5 (5.263%) Mobile Application Development
8 4 (4.211%) E-Commerce
9 3 (3.158%) Content Management
9 3 (3.158%) Network Design
9 3 (3.158%) Software Testing
9 3 (3.158%) Kanban
10 2 (2.105%) Test Automation
10 2 (2.105%) Time Management
10 2 (2.105%) Progressive Enhancement
Programming Languages
1 35 (36.84%) Objective-C
2 29 (30.53%) Java
3 22 (23.16%) JavaScript
4 12 (12.63%) C++
5 10 (10.53%) C#
5 10 (10.53%) PHP
6 6 (6.316%) C
7 5 (5.263%) PowerShell
7 5 (5.263%) SQL
8 4 (4.211%) VBScript
8 4 (4.211%) VB
9 1 (1.053%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.053%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.053%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (4.211%) ISEB
1 4 (4.211%) Sun Certification
1 4 (4.211%) ISTQB
2 3 (3.158%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.158%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.105%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.053%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (17.89%) Apple
2 6 (6.316%) Zend
3 5 (5.263%) IronPort
3 5 (5.263%) F5
4 4 (4.211%) Symbian
4 4 (4.211%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.158%) Adobe
5 3 (3.158%) Hyperion
5 3 (3.158%) Oracle
6 1 (1.053%) Nokia
6 1 (1.053%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.053%) Twitter
6 1 (1.053%) Xamarin
Senior Web Developer - potential for home base
Manchester, Lancashire
The organisation specialises in IT Solutions with particular emphasis on web, applicationa and iOS, Android development... The skillset required by the Senior Web Developer is strong C#, ASP...
David Bruce Recruitment
Rate: From £200 to £300 per day £200-300 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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