The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the South West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 80 120 117
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -3
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 37 20 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.800% 0.608% 0.073%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.227% 2.762% 0.358%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 0
Average daily rate £350 £303 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.70% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £21.75 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £41.25 -
% change year-on-year
-35.75% -
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
512 724 558
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.91% 22.02% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 357 235
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 92
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.80 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Apple iOS Jobs Demand Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West Apple iOS Daily Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Apple iOS Hourly Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South West Apple iOS Hourly Rate Histogram

Apple iOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the South West 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
Wiltshire +23 20 £283 -
Bristol +19 10 £470 +44.61%
Gloucestershire +28 2 - -
Devon +1 1 £375 +36.36%
Somerset 0 1 £200 -34.15%
Dorset - 1 - -
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 39 (65.00%) Android
2 21 (35.00%) Mobile App
3 20 (33.33%) C
3 20 (33.33%) C++
3 20 (33.33%) HTML5
4 19 (31.67%) iPad
4 19 (31.67%) Linux
5 17 (28.33%) Embedded Systems
6 16 (26.67%) JTAG
6 16 (26.67%) Computer Science
6 16 (26.67%) Degree
7 15 (25.00%) Objective-C
7 15 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 14 (23.33%) Oracle
9 12 (20.00%) iPhone
9 12 (20.00%) Windows
10 11 (18.33%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (16.67%) Web Services
12 9 (15.00%) Apple
12 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
12 9 (15.00%) Windows Phone
13 8 (13.33%) iOS SDK
13 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
13 8 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
13 8 (13.33%) Blackberry
14 7 (11.67%) Internet
14 7 (11.67%) CSS
14 7 (11.67%) OO
14 7 (11.67%) HTML
14 7 (11.67%) jQuery

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (33.33%) HTML5
2 10 (16.67%) Web Services
3 8 (13.33%) iOS SDK
4 7 (11.67%) CSS
4 7 (11.67%) jQuery
4 7 (11.67%) HTML
5 6 (10.00%) .NET
5 6 (10.00%) JSON
6 5 (8.333%) Cocoa
6 5 (8.333%) XML
7 4 (6.667%) ASP.NET
7 4 (6.667%) OpenGL
7 4 (6.667%) Ajax
7 4 (6.667%) Qt
7 4 (6.667%) Sencha Touch
8 3 (5.000%) Sass
8 3 (5.000%) LESS
8 3 (5.000%) Cocoa Touch
8 3 (5.000%) CSS3
8 3 (5.000%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.000%) IIS
2 2 (3.333%) CMS
2 2 (3.333%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (3.333%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Internet
2 2 (3.333%) Wireless
2 2 (3.333%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 3 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.000%) Xcode
2 3 (5.000%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.667%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.667%) PhoneGap
General
1 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.667%) Banking
2 1 (1.667%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 33 (55.00%) Developer
2 17 (28.33%) Software Engineer
3 13 (21.67%) iOS Developer
4 11 (18.33%) Architect
5 9 (15.00%) Mobile Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Technical Architect
7 4 (6.667%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.667%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 3 (5.000%) GUI Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Programmer
8 3 (5.000%) Applications Developer
8 3 (5.000%) .NET Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Senior Applications Developer
8 3 (5.000%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
9 2 (3.333%) UI Programmer
9 2 (3.333%) PHP Developer
9 2 (3.333%) Applications Architect
9 2 (3.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.333%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (35.00%) Mobile App
2 19 (31.67%) iPad
3 17 (28.33%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 12 (20.00%) iPhone
6 8 (13.33%) Blackberry
7 6 (10.00%) Digital Media
8 4 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (3.333%) New Media
9 2 (3.333%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (1.667%) NHS
10 1 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.667%) Handset
10 1 (1.667%) E-Learning
10 1 (1.667%) SCORM
10 1 (1.667%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 39 (65.00%) Android
2 19 (31.67%) Linux
3 12 (20.00%) Windows
4 9 (15.00%) Windows Phone
5 2 (3.333%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.333%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.333%) BlackBerry OS
5 2 (3.333%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 8 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (11.67%) OO
4 5 (8.333%) TDD
4 5 (8.333%) MVC
4 5 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (6.667%) OOD
6 3 (5.000%) Memory Management
7 2 (3.333%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (3.333%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.667%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.667%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.667%) B2B
8 1 (1.667%) Project Management
8 1 (1.667%) Web Development
8 1 (1.667%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.33%) C
1 20 (33.33%) C++
2 15 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 4 (6.667%) Java
3 4 (6.667%) C#
4 2 (3.333%) PHP
4 2 (3.333%) SQL
4 2 (3.333%) Python
5 1 (1.667%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 16 (26.67%) Degree
2 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (26.67%) JTAG
2 1 (1.667%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Oracle
2 9 (15.00%) Apple
3 5 (8.333%) Sencha
3 5 (8.333%) Appcelerator
4 2 (3.333%) Adobe
4 2 (3.333%) Google
5 1 (1.667%) Progress
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