The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 28 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 0.588% 1.765% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.724% 9.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £200 £304 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.15% -
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
58 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 34.12% 19.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 23
Average daily rate £232 £280 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £245 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £350 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
Average hourly rate £16.20 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.24% -18.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Apple iOS
South West

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset 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
Bath +1 1 £200 -34.15%
Apple iOS
South West

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (75.00%) iPhone
1 3 (75.00%) iPad
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 2 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (50.00%) HTML5
2 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (50.00%) Ajax
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) IIS
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Cocoa
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) Ext JS
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (50.00%) iOS SDK
1 2 (50.00%) HTML5
1 2 (50.00%) Ajax
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Cocoa
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) Ext JS
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone SDK
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Sass
2 1 (25.00%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) iOS Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) iPhone Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Android Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Android Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) iPhone
1 3 (75.00%) iPad
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
1 1 (25.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Apple