The first table below looks at the demand for the Mobile Applications Developer role 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 Mobile Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mobile Application Developer
Rank 214 234 251
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Applications Developer 6 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.076% 0.108% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.117% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
Average daily rate £343 £320 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.03% -17.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £320 £313
% change year-on-year
-2.34% +2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7336 9394 9506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.60% 92.47% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3629 4201 4116
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 724 798
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Mobile Applications Developer
England

Mobile Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Mobile Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Mobile Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Mobile Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Mobile Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Mobile Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +7 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £425 -
Hampshire -15 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £260 -
Mobile Applications Developer
England

Mobile Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Mobile Applications Developer in their job title 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 with Mobile Applications Developer in their job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Android
1 12 (92.31%) Mobile App
2 11 (84.62%) Apple iOS
3 7 (53.85%) OO
4 6 (46.15%) JSON
4 6 (46.15%) Objective-C
5 5 (38.46%) Ajax
5 5 (38.46%) Windows
5 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
5 5 (38.46%) REST
6 4 (30.77%) Web Services
6 4 (30.77%) Java
6 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
6 4 (30.77%) CSS
7 3 (23.08%) SOAP
7 3 (23.08%) CMS
7 3 (23.08%) OpenGL
7 3 (23.08%) HTTP
7 3 (23.08%) Smartphone
7 3 (23.08%) Content Management
7 3 (23.08%) Spring
7 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (23.08%) Multithreading
7 3 (23.08%) HTML5
7 3 (23.08%) CSS3
7 3 (23.08%) Memory Management
7 3 (23.08%) OpenGL ES
8 2 (15.38%) Cocoa Touch
8 2 (15.38%) Windows 8
8 2 (15.38%) Sencha Touch

Mobile Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Mobile Applications Developer in their job title 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 with Mobile Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) JSON
2 5 (38.46%) Ajax
2 5 (38.46%) REST
3 4 (30.77%) Web Services
3 4 (30.77%) CSS
4 3 (23.08%) SOAP
4 3 (23.08%) OpenGL
4 3 (23.08%) Spring
4 3 (23.08%) HTML5
4 3 (23.08%) CSS3
4 3 (23.08%) OpenGL ES
5 2 (15.38%) Cocoa Touch
5 2 (15.38%) Sencha Touch
5 2 (15.38%) Struts2
5 2 (15.38%) jQuery
5 2 (15.38%) HTML
5 2 (15.38%) Cocoa
5 2 (15.38%) Struts
5 2 (15.38%) XML
6 1 (7.692%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
2 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe CQ
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Subversion
1 2 (15.38%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.692%) PhoneGap
General
1 2 (15.38%) Publishing
1 2 (15.38%) Games
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Mobile App
2 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
3 3 (23.08%) Smartphone
4 2 (15.38%) iPad
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) iPhone
5 1 (7.692%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Android
2 11 (84.62%) Apple iOS
3 5 (38.46%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 8
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) OO
2 3 (23.08%) Content Management
2 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Multithreading
2 3 (23.08%) Memory Management
3 2 (15.38%) Web Application Development
3 2 (15.38%) User Stories
3 2 (15.38%) Game Development
3 2 (15.38%) MVC
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
4 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.692%) OOD
4 1 (7.692%) Web Development
4 1 (7.692%) TDD
4 1 (7.692%) Data Management
4 1 (7.692%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Time Management
4 1 (7.692%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Objective-C
2 4 (30.77%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) Python
4 1 (7.692%) C#
4 1 (7.692%) C++
4 1 (7.692%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Sencha
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe
2 1 (7.692%) Xamarin