The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 96 99 106
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 22 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.902% 0.414% 0.181%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.971% 2.259% 0.992%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 0
Average daily rate £250 £263 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
554 487 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 22.71% 18.31% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 192 170
Average daily rate £363 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £120 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.75 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.46% +33.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.55 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £31.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple iOS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow -11 8 £250 -
Stirling - 5 £238 -
Edinburgh +6 4 £350 +33.33%
West Lothian - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £350 -
Dundee - 1 - -
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 16 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 13 (40.63%) Cocoa
2 13 (40.63%) XML
3 11 (34.38%) JSON
3 11 (34.38%) HTML5
4 10 (31.25%) Android
4 10 (31.25%) Xcode
4 10 (31.25%) JavaScript
5 9 (28.13%) CSS
5 9 (28.13%) UIKit
6 8 (25.00%) Mobile App
6 8 (25.00%) HTML
7 7 (21.88%) ActionScript
7 7 (21.88%) Flash
7 7 (21.88%) jQuery
7 7 (21.88%) ActionScript 3.0
8 6 (18.75%) OO
8 6 (18.75%) W3C
9 5 (15.63%) Adobe
9 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
9 5 (15.63%) Finance
9 5 (15.63%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (15.63%) Content Management
9 5 (15.63%) Animation
9 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Content Management
9 5 (15.63%) Mobile Application Development
10 4 (12.50%) Cocoa Touch
10 4 (12.50%) iPhone
10 4 (12.50%) iPad
10 4 (12.50%) Degree

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (40.63%) Cocoa
1 13 (40.63%) XML
2 11 (34.38%) JSON
2 11 (34.38%) HTML5
3 9 (28.13%) CSS
3 9 (28.13%) UIKit
4 8 (25.00%) HTML
5 7 (21.88%) Flash
5 7 (21.88%) jQuery
6 4 (12.50%) Cocoa Touch
7 3 (9.375%) Web Services
7 3 (9.375%) iOS SDK
8 2 (6.250%) REST
8 2 (6.250%) CSS3
9 1 (3.125%) SAX
9 1 (3.125%) DOM
9 1 (3.125%) XSLT
9 1 (3.125%) SOAP
9 1 (3.125%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) TeamSite
1 1 (3.125%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
1 5 (15.63%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) NFC
2 1 (3.125%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Xcode
2 2 (6.250%) Git (software)
2 2 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (3.125%) Subversion
3 1 (3.125%) JIRA
3 1 (3.125%) FogBugz
3 1 (3.125%) PhoneGap
3 1 (3.125%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Marketing
3 3 (9.375%) Banking
4 2 (6.250%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (78.13%) Developer
2 16 (50.00%) iOS Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Designer
4 4 (12.50%) Web Designer
5 2 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Games Developer
6 1 (3.125%) PHP Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.125%) iPhone Developer
6 1 (3.125%) iPad Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (18.75%) W3C
3 5 (15.63%) Animation
4 4 (12.50%) iPhone
4 4 (12.50%) iPad
5 2 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (6.250%) PDA
5 2 (6.250%) Java Card
5 2 (6.250%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.125%) PKI
6 1 (3.125%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (31.25%) Android
2 2 (6.250%) Windows
3 1 (3.125%) Linux
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) OO
2 5 (15.63%) Content Management
2 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Content Management
2 5 (15.63%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (9.375%) Web Design
4 3 (9.375%) Scrum
4 3 (9.375%) Web Development
5 2 (6.250%) Bug Management
5 2 (6.250%) Game Development
5 2 (6.250%) Multithreading
5 2 (6.250%) MVC
6 1 (3.125%) Project Management
6 1 (3.125%) OOP
6 1 (3.125%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.125%) Kanban
6 1 (3.125%) Memory Management
6 1 (3.125%) BDD
6 1 (3.125%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 10 (31.25%) JavaScript
3 7 (21.88%) ActionScript
3 7 (21.88%) ActionScript 3.0
4 4 (12.50%) Java
5 3 (9.375%) C++
6 2 (6.250%) C#
6 2 (6.250%) PHP
7 1 (3.125%) Python
7 1 (3.125%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) WAI
1 1 (3.125%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (3.125%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Adobe
2 1 (3.125%) HP
2 1 (3.125%) Citrix
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