Objective-C Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C 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 Objective-C 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 Programming Languages 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 Objective-C
Rank 201 234 233
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -1
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 22 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.282% 0.128% 0.182%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.843% 0.424% 0.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 10
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £290 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £349 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £309 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +165.62%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 2610 3067 3552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.40% 30.19% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1281 1505 1528
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 295
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.13 £21.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Objective-C Daily Rate Histogram

Objective-C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Objective-C Hourly Rate Trend

Objective-C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C 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
Berkshire +16 7 £350 +7.69%
Surrey +26 6 £425 +13.33%
Hampshire 0 6 £263 -
Middlesex - 3 £450 -
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 41 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 22 (53.66%) Android
3 21 (51.22%) JSON
4 19 (46.34%) iPhone
5 16 (39.02%) Mobile App
6 15 (36.59%) iPad
6 15 (36.59%) Web Services
6 15 (36.59%) XML
7 14 (34.15%) Xcode
8 12 (29.27%) OO
9 11 (26.83%) iOS SDK
9 11 (26.83%) Java
10 10 (24.39%) Cocoa
10 10 (24.39%) Cocoa Touch
11 9 (21.95%) Memory Management
12 8 (19.51%) HTTP
13 7 (17.07%) C
13 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (17.07%) TDD
13 7 (17.07%) Ajax
13 7 (17.07%) HTML5
13 7 (17.07%) REST
14 6 (14.63%) Multithreading
14 6 (14.63%) RESTful
14 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
15 5 (12.20%) C++
15 5 (12.20%) Windows
15 5 (12.20%) OpenGL
15 5 (12.20%) Blackberry
15 5 (12.20%) OOP

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 21 (51.22%) JSON
2 15 (36.59%) Web Services
2 15 (36.59%) XML
3 11 (26.83%) iOS SDK
4 10 (24.39%) Cocoa
4 10 (24.39%) Cocoa Touch
5 7 (17.07%) Ajax
5 7 (17.07%) REST
5 7 (17.07%) HTML5
6 6 (14.63%) RESTful
7 5 (12.20%) OpenGL ES
7 5 (12.20%) OpenGL
8 4 (9.756%) J2EE
8 4 (9.756%) SOAP
9 3 (7.317%) CSS
9 3 (7.317%) HTML
10 2 (4.878%) .NET
10 2 (4.878%) Middleware
10 2 (4.878%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) CMS
2 2 (4.878%) Adobe CQ
2 2 (4.878%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) HTTP
2 2 (4.878%) Wireshark
2 2 (4.878%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) MySQL
1 4 (9.756%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (34.15%) Xcode
2 3 (7.317%) Selenium
3 2 (4.878%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.439%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.439%) Subversion
4 1 (2.439%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (9.756%) Publishing
2 3 (7.317%) Games
3 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.439%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (92.68%) Developer
2 27 (65.85%) iOS Developer
3 12 (29.27%) Mobile Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Android Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Developer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior iOS Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Senior Tester
7 1 (2.439%) QA Test Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Test Leader
7 1 (2.439%) Tester
7 1 (2.439%) Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (46.34%) iPhone
2 16 (39.02%) Mobile App
3 15 (36.59%) iPad
4 5 (12.20%) Digital Media
4 5 (12.20%) Blackberry
5 3 (7.317%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.878%) Replication
7 1 (2.439%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.439%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (2.439%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.439%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 41 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 22 (53.66%) Android
3 5 (12.20%) Windows
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) OO
2 9 (21.95%) Memory Management
3 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (17.07%) TDD
4 6 (14.63%) Multithreading
5 5 (12.20%) OOP
5 5 (12.20%) MVC
6 4 (9.756%) Web Design
7 3 (7.317%) Scrum
7 3 (7.317%) Stress Testing
7 3 (7.317%) Workflow
7 3 (7.317%) UML
7 3 (7.317%) Data Modelling
8 2 (4.878%) OOD
8 2 (4.878%) B2B
8 2 (4.878%) Migration
8 2 (4.878%) Content Management
8 2 (4.878%) Game Development
8 2 (4.878%) Test Strategy
8 2 (4.878%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Java
2 7 (17.07%) C
3 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.20%) C++
5 3 (7.317%) C#
6 2 (4.878%) SQL
6 2 (4.878%) VB
7 1 (2.439%) Python
7 1 (2.439%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.756%) Apple
2 3 (7.317%) Facebook
2 3 (7.317%) Twitter
3 2 (4.878%) Oracle
3 2 (4.878%) Adobe
Mobile Developer- IOS
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
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