The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPhone 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 iPhone 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPhone
Rank 102 114 116
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +2
Contract jobs citing iPhone 15 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.653% 0.568% 0.520%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.830% 2.752% 2.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 5
Average daily rate £263 £320 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.96% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £229 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £325 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.07% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £21.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year
-25.58% -1.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
530 654 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.07% 20.65% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 324 327
Average daily rate £300 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 56 66
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.35 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
iPhone
England

iPhone
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West iPhone Jobs Demand Trend

iPhone
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West iPhone Daily Rate Trend

iPhone
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West iPhone Daily Rate Histogram

iPhone
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West iPhone Hourly Rate Trend

iPhone
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPhone 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 +14 10 £260 -3.70%
Cheshire +3 4 £275 -15.38%
Merseyside +8 1 £200 -23.80%
iPhone
England

iPhone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 30 (88.24%) Apple iOS
2 21 (61.76%) Android
3 18 (52.94%) iPad
3 18 (52.94%) Objective-C
4 17 (50.00%) Mobile App
5 13 (38.24%) Cocoa
5 13 (38.24%) Windows
6 11 (32.35%) iOS SDK
7 9 (26.47%) iPhone SDK
7 9 (26.47%) HTML5
8 8 (23.53%) CSS
9 7 (20.59%) XML
9 7 (20.59%) Blackberry
9 7 (20.59%) Apple
10 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
10 6 (17.65%) Ajax
10 6 (17.65%) Windows Mobile
11 5 (14.71%) LAMP
11 5 (14.71%) Java
11 5 (14.71%) Linux
12 4 (11.76%) bada
12 4 (11.76%) Maemo
12 4 (11.76%) PhoneGap
12 4 (11.76%) Mobile Application Development
12 4 (11.76%) Symbian
12 4 (11.76%) ISEB
12 4 (11.76%) Mac OS X
12 4 (11.76%) ISTQB
13 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
13 3 (8.824%) TDD

iPhone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (38.24%) Cocoa
2 11 (32.35%) iOS SDK
3 9 (26.47%) iPhone SDK
3 9 (26.47%) HTML5
4 8 (23.53%) CSS
5 7 (20.59%) XML
6 6 (17.65%) Ajax
7 5 (14.71%) LAMP
8 3 (8.824%) J2EE
8 3 (8.824%) Web Services
8 3 (8.824%) Cocoa Touch
9 2 (5.882%) JSON
9 2 (5.882%) Series 60
9 2 (5.882%) J2SE
10 1 (2.941%) HTML
10 1 (2.941%) .NET
10 1 (2.941%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.941%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) PhoneGap
2 3 (8.824%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.882%) Xcode
4 1 (2.941%) JIRA
4 1 (2.941%) Selenium
4 1 (2.941%) Firebug
4 1 (2.941%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (2.941%) Robotium
General
1 2 (5.882%) Music
2 1 (2.941%) Music Industry
2 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.941%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Developer
2 14 (41.18%) iOS Developer
3 12 (35.29%) Mobile Developer
4 7 (20.59%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 5 (14.71%) iPhone Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) IT Support
7 2 (5.882%) Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) Architect
7 2 (5.882%) Applications Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Junior Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Tester
8 1 (2.941%) Junior
8 1 (2.941%) Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Designer
8 1 (2.941%) Web Engineer
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (52.94%) iPad
2 17 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 7 (20.59%) Blackberry
4 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.882%) Fat Client
4 2 (5.882%) Thin Client
5 1 (2.941%) Semantic Web
5 1 (2.941%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (2.941%) Handset
5 1 (2.941%) Interactive TV
5 1 (2.941%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 30 (88.24%) Apple iOS
2 21 (61.76%) Android
3 13 (38.24%) Windows
4 6 (17.65%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (14.71%) Linux
6 4 (11.76%) bada
6 4 (11.76%) Maemo
6 4 (11.76%) Mac OS X
7 2 (5.882%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.882%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (8.824%) TDD
2 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
3 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (5.882%) Web Development
3 2 (5.882%) Scrum
3 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (5.882%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.941%) Security Architecture
4 1 (2.941%) Graceful Degradation
4 1 (2.941%) Automation Testing
4 1 (2.941%) Project Management
4 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.941%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.941%) Time Management
4 1 (2.941%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) Objective-C
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.71%) Java
4 1 (2.941%) PHP
4 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) ISEB
1 4 (11.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.882%) Terminal Services
1 2 (5.882%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Apple
2 4 (11.76%) Symbian
3 2 (5.882%) Citrix
3 2 (5.882%) Lotus
4 1 (2.941%) Hyperion
Liverpool, North West
Job Title: Android/Iphone Application DeveloperLocation: LiverpoolRate: £150 - £250 per dayA Client of ours is looking for an Android/Iphone Developer to join their team of 8 on...
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013