Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApple
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank126141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.075 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£224
% change on same period last year+21.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.25£14.03
% change on same period last year+37.20 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
North West
Matching contract IT job ads13391761
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.151 %1.891 %
Daily rates quoted268350
Average minimum daily rate£325£318
Average daily rate£342£334
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted190183
Average minimum hourly rate£20.63£18.72
Average hourly rate£21.69£20.28
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£21.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Apple EnglandApple
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Apple Inc.

Apple
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Apple Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Apple Daily Rate Trend

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apple 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.

11 (50.00 %)FrontPage
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
11 (50.00 %)Ethernet
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Adobe
11 (50.00 %)Acrobat
11 (50.00 %)W3C
11 (50.00 %)Fireworks
11 (50.00 %)Internet

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apple 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Apache
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Acrobat
11 (50.00 %)Fireworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Ethernet
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (50.00 %)FrontPage
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Web Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)W3C
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Adobe