The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPad
Rank 65 - 79
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing iPad 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.602% - 0.095%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.591% - 0.429%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £278
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £12.25 -
% change year-on-year
+30.61% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
193 175 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.25% 16.45% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 75 107
Average daily rate £375 £345 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% +1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 6
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% +4.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.88 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
iPad
Berkshire

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 11 (84.62%) MVC
2 10 (76.92%) Android
2 10 (76.92%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
3 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
4 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET MVC
4 8 (61.54%) HTML5
4 8 (61.54%) Digital Media
5 7 (53.85%) CSS
5 7 (53.85%) HTML
5 7 (53.85%) jQuery
6 6 (46.15%) Photoshop
6 6 (46.15%) XHTML
6 6 (46.15%) Adobe
6 6 (46.15%) CSS3
7 4 (30.77%) Apple iOS
7 4 (30.77%) Mobile App
7 4 (30.77%) C#
7 4 (30.77%) iPhone
8 3 (23.08%) Xcode
8 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
9 2 (15.38%) iOS SDK
9 2 (15.38%) Ajax
10 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
10 1 (7.692%) JSON
10 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
10 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (7.692%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
10 1 (7.692%) Ext JS

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 10 (76.92%) .NET
1 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
2 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET MVC
2 8 (61.54%) HTML5
3 7 (53.85%) jQuery
3 7 (53.85%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) CSS
4 6 (46.15%) XHTML
4 6 (46.15%) CSS3
5 2 (15.38%) iOS SDK
5 2 (15.38%) Ajax
6 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
6 1 (7.692%) JSON
6 1 (7.692%) Web Services
6 1 (7.692%) XML
6 1 (7.692%) Sass
6 1 (7.692%) LESS
6 1 (7.692%) Ext JS
6 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Xcode
2 1 (7.692%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.692%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (23.08%) iOS Developer
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Digital Media
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 4 (30.77%) iPhone
3 1 (7.692%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Android
2 4 (30.77%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) MVC
2 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
2 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Adobe
2 1 (7.692%) Appcelerator