The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Apple, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 203 219 209
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -10
Contract jobs citing Apple 22 28 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.281% 0.277% 0.340%
As % of the Vendors category 0.561% 0.555% 0.693%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 18
Average daily rate £205 £400 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.75% +40.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £259 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £420 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £319 £250
% change year-on-year
-20.15% +27.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 4
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.50 £11.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.14% +54.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £16.50 £11.36
% change year-on-year
- +45.24%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3919 5045 5053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.11% 49.88% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1903 2199 1982
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 384 410
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Apple
England

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Apple Jobs Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Apple Daily Rate Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Apple Daily Rate Histogram

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apple across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Apple Hourly Rate Histogram

Apple
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hampshire -7 7 £200 -27.27%
Surrey +24 5 £205 -54.44%
Oxfordshire +2 5 £170 -
Berkshire +17 4 £424 -
Apple
England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Apple 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.

1 22 (61.11%) Windows
2 14 (38.89%) Active Directory
3 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 12 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 11 (30.56%) MS Office
5 10 (27.78%) Windows XP
5 10 (27.78%) Apple iOS
6 9 (25.00%) iPhone
7 7 (19.44%) Android
7 7 (19.44%) VPN
7 7 (19.44%) Cisco
7 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (19.44%) MS Exchange
8 6 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (13.89%) Mac OS X
9 5 (13.89%) HP
9 5 (13.89%) OO
9 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
10 4 (11.11%) SQL
10 4 (11.11%) Web Services
10 4 (11.11%) Blackberry
10 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
10 4 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (11.11%) Marketing
10 4 (11.11%) Toshiba
10 4 (11.11%) Cocoa
10 4 (11.11%) Objective-C
10 4 (11.11%) Product Management

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Apple 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (11.11%) Web Services
1 4 (11.11%) Cocoa
1 4 (11.11%) Cocoa Touch
2 3 (8.333%) JSON
2 3 (8.333%) XML
3 2 (5.556%) .NET
3 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.778%) CSS
4 1 (2.778%) SOAP
4 1 (2.778%) OpenGL
4 1 (2.778%) X-Windows
4 1 (2.778%) Dojo
4 1 (2.778%) jQuery
4 1 (2.778%) RESTful
4 1 (2.778%) HTML5
4 1 (2.778%) Gherkin
4 1 (2.778%) Direct3D
4 1 (2.778%) Worklight
Application Platforms
1 7 (19.44%) MS Exchange
2 6 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.556%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.778%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 11 (30.56%) MS Office
2 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) VPN
2 3 (8.333%) DNS
2 3 (8.333%) WAN
2 3 (8.333%) DHCP
2 3 (8.333%) FTP
2 3 (8.333%) IP Telephony
2 3 (8.333%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.556%) LAN
3 2 (5.556%) IPv4
4 1 (2.778%) MPLS
4 1 (2.778%) NetScreen
4 1 (2.778%) Firewall
4 1 (2.778%) IPsec
4 1 (2.778%) HTTP
4 1 (2.778%) VoIP
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security
4 1 (2.778%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.778%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.778%) Subversion
2 1 (2.778%) Selenium
2 1 (2.778%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (11.11%) Marketing
2 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.333%) Advertising
2 3 (8.333%) Publishing
3 1 (2.778%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Developer
2 6 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
3 4 (11.11%) iOS Developer
4 3 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (8.333%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.556%) Support Technician
5 2 (5.556%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.556%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (5.556%) .NET Developer
5 2 (5.556%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (5.556%) iPhone Developer
5 2 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) iPhone
2 4 (11.11%) iPad
2 4 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 4 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.778%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.778%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.778%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.778%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (61.11%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 10 (27.78%) Apple iOS
3 10 (27.78%) Windows XP
4 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (19.44%) Android
5 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (13.89%) Mac OS X
7 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
8 3 (8.333%) Mac OS
9 2 (5.556%) HPUX
9 2 (5.556%) Solaris
9 2 (5.556%) Linux
10 1 (2.778%) UNIX
10 1 (2.778%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (2.778%) Windows 8
10 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.89%) OO
2 4 (11.11%) Product Management
3 3 (8.333%) Memory Management
3 3 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (5.556%) TDD
4 2 (5.556%) MVC
4 2 (5.556%) Network Architecture
5 1 (2.778%) Project Management
5 1 (2.778%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.778%) ITIL
5 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.778%) Scrum
5 1 (2.778%) Logistics
5 1 (2.778%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Web Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
1 4 (11.11%) Objective-C
2 3 (8.333%) C
2 3 (8.333%) C#
3 1 (2.778%) C++
3 1 (2.778%) Python
3 1 (2.778%) Korn
3 1 (2.778%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.778%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) Degree
3 1 (2.778%) MCSE
3 1 (2.778%) MCSA
3 1 (2.778%) CCNP
3 1 (2.778%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.778%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) Sysprep
2 2 (5.556%) WSUS
3 1 (2.778%) SCCM
3 1 (2.778%) Splunk
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Cisco
3 5 (13.89%) HP
4 4 (11.11%) Toshiba
5 3 (8.333%) VMware
5 3 (8.333%) Adobe
5 3 (8.333%) Symantec
5 3 (8.333%) Facebook
5 3 (8.333%) Twitter
6 2 (5.556%) Sophos
6 2 (5.556%) Oracle
7 1 (2.778%) SAP
7 1 (2.778%) Nortel
7 1 (2.778%) Juniper
7 1 (2.778%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (2.778%) Sourcefire
7 1 (2.778%) Google
7 1 (2.778%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.778%) LANDesk
7 1 (2.778%) NETGEAR
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