The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 62 - 75
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 9 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.045% - 0.194%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.369% - 0.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.87 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.58 £41.25 -
% change year-on-year
-40.41% -
All Operating Systems
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
206 266 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.93% 23.37% 30.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 94 114
Average daily rate £335 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 12
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.13 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.61% +23.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £20.00 £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Apple iOS
Berkshire

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 13 (72.22%) Android
2 9 (50.00%) HTML5
3 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
3 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
4 7 (38.89%) CSS
4 7 (38.89%) XML
4 7 (38.89%) Windows
5 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
5 6 (33.33%) Java
5 6 (33.33%) Ajax
6 5 (27.78%) Xcode
6 5 (27.78%) Objective-C
6 5 (27.78%) JSON
6 5 (27.78%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
7 4 (22.22%) iPad
7 4 (22.22%) Web Services
7 4 (22.22%) iOS SDK
7 4 (22.22%) OO
7 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
7 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 4 (22.22%) iPhone
7 4 (22.22%) MVC
8 3 (16.67%) Finance
8 3 (16.67%) C#
8 3 (16.67%) .NET
8 3 (16.67%) jQuery
9 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (11.11%) Struts2
9 2 (11.11%) REST

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 9 (50.00%) HTML5
2 7 (38.89%) CSS
2 7 (38.89%) XML
3 6 (33.33%) Ajax
4 5 (27.78%) JSON
4 5 (27.78%) HTML
5 4 (22.22%) Web Services
5 4 (22.22%) iOS SDK
6 3 (16.67%) .NET
6 3 (16.67%) jQuery
7 2 (11.11%) Struts2
7 2 (11.11%) REST
7 2 (11.11%) CSS3
7 2 (11.11%) Sencha Touch
7 2 (11.11%) SOAP
7 2 (11.11%) Struts
7 2 (11.11%) Spring
8 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
8 1 (5.556%) Ext JS
8 1 (5.556%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Xcode
2 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
3 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (11.11%) Subversion
4 1 (5.556%) Selenium
4 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Publishing
2 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Automotive
3 1 (5.556%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 5 (27.78%) iOS Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Android Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Author
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Author
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Web Applications Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
3 4 (22.22%) iPad
3 4 (22.22%) iPhone
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (11.11%) Client/Server
4 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.11%) Smartphone
5 1 (5.556%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Android
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) OO
1 4 (22.22%) MVC
2 2 (11.11%) Web Application Development
2 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
2 2 (11.11%) Service Management
2 2 (11.11%) Content Management
2 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
2 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 1 (5.556%) Web Development
3 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) Automation Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 6 (33.33%) Java
3 5 (27.78%) Objective-C
4 3 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (5.556%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Sencha
2 2 (11.11%) Vignette
3 1 (5.556%) Google