The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa 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 Cocoa 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 of the Application Development 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Cocoa
Rank 216 242 243
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +1
Contract jobs citing Cocoa 7 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.090% 0.049% 0.086%
As % of the Application Development category 0.360% 0.215% 0.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 3
Average daily rate £370 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £240 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £278
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +8.10%
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 Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1945 2328 2759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.89% 22.92% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1162 1249
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 106 194
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Cocoa
England

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Cocoa Jobs Demand Trend

Cocoa
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Cocoa Daily Rate Trend

Cocoa
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cocoa across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Cocoa Daily Rate Histogram

Cocoa
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Cocoa Hourly Rate Trend

Cocoa
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cocoa within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 4 £200 -
Berkshire +16 2 £395 +21.53%
Middlesex - 1 £400 -
Cocoa
England

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa.

1 10 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 10 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (80.00%) iPhone
3 7 (70.00%) Cocoa Touch
4 5 (50.00%) iPad
4 5 (50.00%) JSON
4 5 (50.00%) XML
5 4 (40.00%) C
5 4 (40.00%) Apple
5 4 (40.00%) Web Services
5 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
6 3 (30.00%) Facebook
6 3 (30.00%) Twitter
6 3 (30.00%) Xcode
6 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (30.00%) Memory Management
6 3 (30.00%) Android
6 3 (30.00%) OO
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) SQL
7 2 (20.00%) SOAP
7 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
7 2 (20.00%) Games
7 2 (20.00%) Scrum
7 2 (20.00%) MVC
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Game Development
7 2 (20.00%) User Stories
8 1 (10.00%) iOS SDK
8 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (70.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) JSON
3 4 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (20.00%) SOAP
5 1 (10.00%) RESTful
5 1 (10.00%) iOS SDK
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Xcode
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
2 1 (10.00%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (70.00%) iOS Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) iPhone
2 5 (50.00%) iPad
3 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (30.00%) Android
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) OO
1 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (30.00%) Memory Management
2 2 (20.00%) Game Development
2 2 (20.00%) User Stories
2 2 (20.00%) MVC
2 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 4 (40.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Java
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Apple
2 3 (30.00%) Facebook
2 3 (30.00%) Twitter
Southampton, Hampshire
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: 13 May 2013