iPad 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 prevalence of the term iPad 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 iPad over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPad
Rank 107 120 127
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +7
Contract jobs citing iPad 12 16 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.518% 0.504% 0.166%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.239% 2.446% 0.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 4
Average daily rate £266 £315 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.47% +11.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £233 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £12.25 -
% change year-on-year
+30.61% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 536 654 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.13% 20.60% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 322 317
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £200 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 55 65
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £22.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -10.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.25 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
iPad
England

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West iPad Daily Rate Histogram

iPad
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West iPad Hourly Rate Trend

iPad
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 7 £235 -12.96%
Cheshire +6 5 £283 -13.07%
iPad
England

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing iPad 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 iPad.

1 18 (50.00%) Android
1 18 (50.00%) iPhone
2 17 (47.22%) Apple iOS
3 15 (41.67%) Objective-C
4 12 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 12 (33.33%) Cocoa
4 12 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 11 (30.56%) .NET
5 11 (30.56%) CSS
5 11 (30.56%) Windows
6 10 (27.78%) HTML5
7 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 8 (22.22%) Photoshop
8 8 (22.22%) MS Office
8 8 (22.22%) SQL
8 8 (22.22%) VB.NET
8 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
8 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
8 8 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (22.22%) .NET Framework
9 7 (19.44%) iOS SDK
9 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
9 7 (19.44%) Apple
9 7 (19.44%) Windows XP
9 7 (19.44%) Web Services
10 6 (16.67%) XML
10 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 6 (16.67%) Citrix
10 6 (16.67%) VPN
10 6 (16.67%) Blackberry

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (33.33%) Cocoa
2 11 (30.56%) .NET
2 11 (30.56%) CSS
3 10 (27.78%) HTML5
4 8 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 7 (19.44%) Web Services
5 7 (19.44%) iOS SDK
6 6 (16.67%) XML
6 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
7 5 (13.89%) Ajax
7 5 (13.89%) LAMP
7 5 (13.89%) jQuery
7 5 (13.89%) iPhone SDK
8 4 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 4 (11.11%) LINQ
9 2 (5.556%) Cocoa Touch
9 2 (5.556%) HTML
10 1 (2.778%) Raphaël
10 1 (2.778%) CSS3
10 1 (2.778%) WebSockets
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.556%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Photoshop
1 8 (22.22%) MS Office
2 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) VPN
2 4 (11.11%) SMS
2 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.333%) Wireless
4 1 (2.778%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) PhoneGap
2 3 (8.333%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.778%) Xcode
3 1 (2.778%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 4 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (2.778%) Music
2 1 (2.778%) Music Industry
2 1 (2.778%) Games
2 1 (2.778%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) iOS Developer
3 8 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
4 6 (16.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (8.333%) Designer
6 3 (8.333%) Desktop Support
7 2 (5.556%) IT Support
7 2 (5.556%) UI Designer
7 2 (5.556%) iPad Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Web Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Interface Designer
8 1 (2.778%) C# Developer
8 1 (2.778%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (50.00%) iPhone
2 12 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 6 (16.67%) Blackberry
5 4 (11.11%) Handset
6 2 (5.556%) Fat Client
6 2 (5.556%) Thin Client
6 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.778%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (2.778%) NHS
7 1 (2.778%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (2.778%) Statistics
7 1 (2.778%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 18 (50.00%) Android
2 17 (47.22%) Apple iOS
3 11 (30.56%) Windows
4 7 (19.44%) Windows XP
5 5 (13.89%) Windows Vista
5 5 (13.89%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.778%) Linux
6 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.11%) Contact Management
1 4 (11.11%) ITIL
2 3 (8.333%) Service Management
2 3 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (2.778%) Change Management
4 1 (2.778%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (2.778%) TDD
4 1 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.778%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.778%) Security Architecture
4 1 (2.778%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.778%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) Objective-C
2 12 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (22.22%) VB.NET
3 8 (22.22%) SQL
4 4 (11.11%) T-SQL
4 4 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (2.778%) C
5 1 (2.778%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) QA
2 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.556%) Terminal Services
2 2 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.778%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
1 7 (19.44%) Apple
2 6 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (5.556%) Lotus
4 1 (2.778%) Avaya
4 1 (2.778%) McAfee
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