The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad 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 iPad over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPad
Rank 193 222 227
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +5
Contract jobs citing iPad 36 24 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.454% 0.232% 0.146%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.267% 1.223% 0.777%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 6
Average daily rate £400 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £128 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £515 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £301 £278
% change year-on-year
+6.48% +8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.25 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £10.00 -
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1588 1963 1930
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.98% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 833 795
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 181 177
Average hourly rate £22.69 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.49% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
iPad
England

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iPad across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East iPad Daily Rate Histogram

iPad
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East iPad Hourly Rate Trend

iPad
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Surrey +26 13 £400 +185.71%
Berkshire +18 9 £300 -7.69%
Middlesex - 6 £438 -
Hampshire -1 3 £338 +22.72%
Buckinghamshire -3 2 £325 -31.57%
West Sussex - 2 - -
iPad
England

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing iPad 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 iPad.

1 41 (62.12%) iPhone
2 30 (45.45%) Apple iOS
3 26 (39.39%) Android
4 19 (28.79%) Mobile App
4 19 (28.79%) MVC
5 17 (25.76%) JavaScript
6 16 (24.24%) Blackberry
7 15 (22.73%) Objective-C
8 14 (21.21%) jQuery
8 14 (21.21%) Windows
8 14 (21.21%) HTML5
9 12 (18.18%) .NET
10 11 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 11 (16.67%) CSS
11 10 (15.15%) HTML
11 10 (15.15%) Xcode
11 10 (15.15%) Digital Media
12 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (13.64%) Windows XP
13 8 (12.12%) iOS SDK
14 7 (10.61%) CSS3
14 7 (10.61%) Linux
15 6 (9.091%) XHTML
15 6 (9.091%) C#
15 6 (9.091%) MySQL
15 6 (9.091%) Photoshop
15 6 (9.091%) Adobe
15 6 (9.091%) Active Directory
15 6 (9.091%) Cocoa Touch
16 5 (7.576%) Windows 7

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing iPad 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 iPad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (21.21%) jQuery
1 14 (21.21%) HTML5
2 12 (18.18%) .NET
3 11 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 11 (16.67%) CSS
4 10 (15.15%) HTML
5 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (12.12%) iOS SDK
7 7 (10.61%) CSS3
8 6 (9.091%) XHTML
8 6 (9.091%) Cocoa Touch
9 5 (7.576%) XML
9 5 (7.576%) Cocoa
9 5 (7.576%) Zend Framework
9 5 (7.576%) JSON
10 2 (3.030%) Ajax
10 2 (3.030%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (3.030%) .NET Framework
10 2 (3.030%) Sinatra
10 2 (3.030%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.061%) MS Exchange
1 4 (6.061%) Facebook Platform
2 3 (4.545%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.515%) IIS
4 1 (1.515%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (9.091%) Photoshop
2 5 (7.576%) MS Office
3 2 (3.030%) MS Project
4 1 (1.515%) Office 365
4 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.515%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.030%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.030%) Wireless
1 2 (3.030%) WAN
1 2 (3.030%) DHCP
1 2 (3.030%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.030%) DNS
2 1 (1.515%) LAN
2 1 (1.515%) Internet
2 1 (1.515%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.091%) MySQL
2 2 (3.030%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.030%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (3.030%) Redis
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.515%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Xcode
2 1 (1.515%) PhoneGap
2 1 (1.515%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 1 (1.515%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.515%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.515%) Hudson
2 1 (1.515%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.515%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 4 (6.061%) Games
2 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.545%) Finance
3 1 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.515%) Advertising
3 1 (1.515%) Publishing
3 1 (1.515%) Banking
3 1 (1.515%) Retail
3 1 (1.515%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Developer
2 16 (24.24%) iOS Developer
3 9 (13.64%) Analyst
4 6 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
5 5 (7.576%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.576%) PHP Developer
6 3 (4.545%) Mobile Developer
6 3 (4.545%) Business Process Analyst
6 3 (4.545%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.545%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.545%) Process Analyst
6 3 (4.545%) .NET Developer
6 3 (4.545%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.545%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (3.030%) QA Engineer
7 2 (3.030%) Web Tester
7 2 (3.030%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.030%) Tester
7 2 (3.030%) Desktop Support
7 2 (3.030%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 41 (62.12%) iPhone
2 19 (28.79%) Mobile App
3 16 (24.24%) Blackberry
4 10 (15.15%) Digital Media
5 4 (6.061%) Social Network
6 3 (4.545%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (3.030%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.515%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.515%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (1.515%) Handset
8 1 (1.515%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 30 (45.45%) Apple iOS
2 26 (39.39%) Android
3 14 (21.21%) Windows
4 9 (13.64%) Windows XP
5 7 (10.61%) Linux
6 5 (7.576%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.030%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) MVC
2 5 (7.576%) ITIL
3 3 (4.545%) Automation Testing
3 3 (4.545%) Project Management
3 3 (4.545%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (4.545%) Automated Testing
4 2 (3.030%) Load Testing
4 2 (3.030%) Migration
4 2 (3.030%) Scrum
4 2 (3.030%) Game Development
4 2 (3.030%) User Stories
5 1 (1.515%) Web Application Development
5 1 (1.515%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (1.515%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (1.515%) Test Automation
5 1 (1.515%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.515%) PRINCE2
5 1 (1.515%) Regression Testing
5 1 (1.515%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) JavaScript
2 15 (22.73%) Objective-C
3 6 (9.091%) C#
4 5 (7.576%) PHP
5 4 (6.061%) SQL
6 2 (3.030%) Ruby
7 1 (1.515%) C
7 1 (1.515%) VBScript
7 1 (1.515%) VB
7 1 (1.515%) C++
7 1 (1.515%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (3.030%) Degree
2 1 (1.515%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.515%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.515%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.576%) QA
2 2 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) WSUS
2 1 (1.515%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (9.091%) Adobe
2 5 (7.576%) Zend
3 4 (6.061%) Apple
3 4 (6.061%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.061%) Facebook
3 4 (6.061%) Twitter
4 3 (4.545%) Citrix
4 3 (4.545%) Remedy
5 2 (3.030%) SAP
5 2 (3.030%) HP
5 2 (3.030%) Dell
6 1 (1.515%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.515%) LANDesk
6 1 (1.515%) Sencha
Oxfordshire
iOS Developer | iOS, iPhone, iPad, Xcode, Obj-C | Contract | Oxford... Key Skills: iOS SDK Objective-C JSON, REST, XML UX/UI design Strong software background Portfolio of commercial...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013