The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK 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 Application Development 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 SDK
Rank 115 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 2 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% 0.189% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.319% 0.638% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £235 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
iOS SDK
England

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West iOS SDK Jobs Demand Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS SDK 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
Manchester +10 2 £235 -14.54%
iOS SDK
England

iOS SDK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 11 (91.67%) iPhone
3 9 (75.00%) iPhone SDK
4 8 (66.67%) HTML5
4 8 (66.67%) Mobile App
4 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 8 (66.67%) Apple
5 7 (58.33%) XML
5 7 (58.33%) Cocoa
5 7 (58.33%) iPad
5 7 (58.33%) Objective-C
6 6 (50.00%) Windows
7 5 (41.67%) LAMP
7 5 (41.67%) Ajax
8 4 (33.33%) bada
8 4 (33.33%) Maemo
8 4 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
8 4 (33.33%) Linux
8 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
8 4 (33.33%) Symbian
8 4 (33.33%) ISEB
8 4 (33.33%) Mac OS X
9 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
9 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (25.00%) TDD
9 3 (25.00%) Cucumber
9 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
10 2 (16.67%) Series 60

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (75.00%) iPhone SDK
2 8 (66.67%) HTML5
2 8 (66.67%) CSS
3 7 (58.33%) XML
3 7 (58.33%) Cocoa
4 5 (41.67%) Ajax
4 5 (41.67%) LAMP
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) Series 60
6 1 (8.333%) JSON
6 1 (8.333%) HTML
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (16.67%) PhoneGap
3 1 (8.333%) Robotium
3 1 (8.333%) Xcode
3 1 (8.333%) JIRA
3 1 (8.333%) Selenium
3 1 (8.333%) Firebug
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Mobile Developer
3 5 (41.67%) iOS Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Web Tester
5 1 (8.333%) Web Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) iPhone
2 8 (66.67%) Mobile App
3 7 (58.33%) iPad
4 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
5 1 (8.333%) Interactive TV
5 1 (8.333%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Linux
3 4 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (33.33%) bada
3 4 (33.33%) Maemo
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (25.00%) TDD
1 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) OOP
3 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
3 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.333%) BDD
3 1 (8.333%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Objective-C
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
1 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Apple
2 4 (33.33%) Symbian