The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 167 204 222
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +18
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 53 43 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.662% 0.430% 0.226%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.794% 2.140% 0.976%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 21 6
Average daily rate £350 £288 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -10.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £140 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £36.00 £20.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.49% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +9.67%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1897 2009 2460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 23.69% 20.10% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 792 924
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £160 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 330 360
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apple iOS across the South East region.

South East Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple iOS across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Apple iOS Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +27 21 £350 +14.28% 4
Hampshire +5 13 £245 - 5
Surrey +27 11 £400 +263.63% 3
Oxfordshire -1 3 £318 -29.44% 3
West Sussex - 2 £425 -
Buckinghamshire -5 1 £288 +8.49% 1
Kent - 1 £350 - 2
Middlesex - - - - 1
East Sussex - - - -
Isle of Wight - - - -
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 79 (71.82%) Android
2 46 (41.82%) Mobile App
3 34 (30.91%) iPhone
3 34 (30.91%) Objective-C
4 28 (25.45%) JavaScript
4 28 (25.45%) CSS
5 27 (24.55%) HTML5
5 27 (24.55%) iPad
6 22 (20.00%) XML
7 20 (18.18%) Windows
7 20 (18.18%) JSON
8 18 (16.36%) HTML
9 17 (15.45%) Xcode
10 16 (14.55%) Agile Software Development
11 15 (13.64%) Web Services
12 13 (11.82%) iOS SDK
12 13 (11.82%) CSS3
12 13 (11.82%) C#
12 13 (11.82%) OO
12 13 (11.82%) Blackberry
13 12 (10.91%) Java
14 11 (10.00%) .NET
14 11 (10.00%) C
14 11 (10.00%) Apple
14 11 (10.00%) Cocoa
14 11 (10.00%) MVC
14 11 (10.00%) Telecoms
14 11 (10.00%) Cocoa Touch
15 10 (9.091%) REST
15 10 (9.091%) C++

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 28 (25.45%) CSS
2 27 (24.55%) HTML5
3 22 (20.00%) XML
4 20 (18.18%) JSON
5 18 (16.36%) HTML
6 15 (13.64%) Web Services
7 13 (11.82%) iOS SDK
7 13 (11.82%) CSS3
8 11 (10.00%) .NET
8 11 (10.00%) Cocoa
8 11 (10.00%) Cocoa Touch
9 10 (9.091%) REST
10 9 (8.182%) Ajax
11 8 (7.273%) SOAP
12 7 (6.364%) jQuery
13 6 (5.455%) RESTful
14 5 (4.545%) Sencha Touch
15 4 (3.636%) Backbone.js
15 4 (3.636%) ASP.NET
16 3 (2.727%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.455%) CMS
2 4 (3.636%) Facebook Platform
3 2 (1.818%) MODX
3 2 (1.818%) Adobe CQ
3 2 (1.818%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.909%) IIS
4 1 (0.909%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.909%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (3.636%) MS Office
2 3 (2.727%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.818%) InDesign
3 2 (1.818%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.909%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.909%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.545%) HTTP
2 4 (3.636%) 4G
2 4 (3.636%) LTE
2 4 (3.636%) UMTS
2 4 (3.636%) VoIP
3 2 (1.818%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.818%) DNS
3 2 (1.818%) DHCP
4 1 (0.909%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.909%) Broadband
4 1 (0.909%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.455%) MySQL
2 3 (2.727%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.818%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.818%) Redis
3 2 (1.818%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.909%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 17 (15.45%) Xcode
2 7 (6.364%) Selenium
3 5 (4.545%) PhoneGap
4 4 (3.636%) Subversion
4 4 (3.636%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.727%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (2.727%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 2 (1.818%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 2 (1.818%) GitHub
6 2 (1.818%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.818%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.909%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.909%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.909%) JIRA
7 1 (0.909%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.909%) Axure RP
General
1 11 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (6.364%) Finance
3 5 (4.545%) Marketing
4 4 (3.636%) Games
5 2 (1.818%) Electronics
5 2 (1.818%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.818%) Publishing
6 1 (0.909%) Retail
6 1 (0.909%) Automotive
6 1 (0.909%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.909%) Advertising
6 1 (0.909%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (62.73%) Developer
2 32 (29.09%) iOS Developer
3 14 (12.73%) Mobile Developer
4 9 (8.182%) Android Developer
5 8 (7.273%) Analyst
6 7 (6.364%) Senior Developer
6 7 (6.364%) Test Engineer
6 7 (6.364%) Front-End Developer
6 7 (6.364%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 5 (4.545%) Test Analyst
7 5 (4.545%) Senior iOS Developer
8 4 (3.636%) Facebook Developer
8 4 (3.636%) Web Developer
8 4 (3.636%) Software Engineer
9 3 (2.727%) .NET Developer
9 3 (2.727%) Tester
9 3 (2.727%) Designer
9 3 (2.727%) Radio Engineer
10 2 (1.818%) User Experience Developer
10 2 (1.818%) PHP MySQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (41.82%) Mobile App
2 34 (30.91%) iPhone
3 27 (24.55%) iPad
4 13 (11.82%) Blackberry
5 6 (5.455%) Digital Media
6 5 (4.545%) Client/Server
6 5 (4.545%) Computer Science
7 4 (3.636%) Social Network
7 4 (3.636%) Handset
8 3 (2.727%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.818%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (1.818%) Visualisation
9 2 (1.818%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.818%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (1.818%) Replication
10 1 (0.909%) DTV
10 1 (0.909%) Mobile Games
10 1 (0.909%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.909%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.909%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 79 (71.82%) Android
2 20 (18.18%) Windows
3 6 (5.455%) Windows 8
4 4 (3.636%) Windows Mobile
4 4 (3.636%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.818%) Windows CE
5 2 (1.818%) Linux
6 1 (0.909%) UNIX
6 1 (0.909%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.55%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (11.82%) OO
3 11 (10.00%) MVC
4 9 (8.182%) Scrum
4 9 (8.182%) TDD
5 7 (6.364%) Web Development
6 5 (4.545%) Memory Management
7 4 (3.636%) Test Strategy
7 4 (3.636%) Analytics
7 4 (3.636%) Automation Testing
7 4 (3.636%) Content Management
7 4 (3.636%) Load Testing
8 3 (2.727%) UML
8 3 (2.727%) Data Modelling
8 3 (2.727%) Stress Testing
8 3 (2.727%) Unit Testing
8 3 (2.727%) Multithreading
8 3 (2.727%) Automated Testing
8 3 (2.727%) Mobile Application Development
9 2 (1.818%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (30.91%) Objective-C
2 28 (25.45%) JavaScript
3 13 (11.82%) C#
4 12 (10.91%) Java
5 11 (10.00%) C
6 10 (9.091%) C++
7 5 (4.545%) PHP
8 4 (3.636%) SQL
9 2 (1.818%) ActionScript 3.0
9 2 (1.818%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (1.818%) Ruby
9 2 (1.818%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.818%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.818%) VB
9 2 (1.818%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 4 (3.636%) Degree
2 2 (1.818%) ISEB
3 1 (0.909%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.182%) QA
2 1 (0.909%) SLA
2 1 (0.909%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (1.818%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.909%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (10.00%) Apple
2 9 (8.182%) Facebook
3 7 (6.364%) Twitter
4 5 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.545%) Adobe
4 5 (4.545%) Sencha
5 3 (2.727%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.818%) Appcelerator
6 2 (1.818%) Oracle
6 2 (1.818%) Vignette
7 1 (0.909%) SAP
7 1 (0.909%) Google
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Sencha Touch Developer | iOS, Android, JavaScript | Contract | Slough... The Sencha Touch Developer will be using JavaScript to build applications for the iPhone and Android devices for a 3rd...
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Rate: £0.00 per day + Market Rates
Posted: 18 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
C# .Net Developer (with Xamarin), Buckinghamshire, £275-310pd... They are currently using Xamarin to convert C# to Android and iOS apps... Key skills - Experienced .Net Developer working across...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £275 - £310 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Essential skills required: Excellent track record in development using the following : iOS development with Objective-C, Cocoa Touch framework and key libraries Apple iOS platform best Practices and...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Regression testing & bug writing ... 1 -2 years of experience with mobile application testing & debugging on iOS and Android ... Proficiency in, at least, 2 programming language such as Objective-...
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Rate: From £400 to £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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