Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApple
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank144169
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.166 %0.088 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£223£216
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£24.00-
Average hourly rate£24.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£14.43
% change on same period last year+7.39 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South West
Matching contract IT job ads18042285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.571 %2.363 %
Daily rates quoted460498
Average minimum daily rate£344£310
Average daily rate£366£327
% change on same period last year+11.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted220273
Average minimum hourly rate£24.25£22.93
Average hourly rate£25.94£24.54
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.63£26.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.37£24.17
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
Apple EnglandApple
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Apple Inc.

Apple
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West Apple Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Apple Daily Rate Trend

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+71--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
SomersetNew entry-1--
Apple EnglandApple
England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Apple 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.

116 (80.00 %)Mac OS X
212 (60.00 %)Migration
212 (60.00 %)Active Directory
311 (55.00 %)Client/Server
311 (55.00 %)Windows
311 (55.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
311 (55.00 %)Publishing
410 (50.00 %)ACSA
56 (30.00 %)Government
65 (25.00 %)Microsoft
65 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
74 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
74 (20.00 %)ITIL
83 (15.00 %)Service Management
83 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (15.00 %)assyst
92 (10.00 %)UNIX
101 (5.000 %)Management Information System
101 (5.000 %)Blackberry
101 (5.000 %)ACCA
101 (5.000 %)Project Management
101 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
101 (5.000 %)Windows 2000
101 (5.000 %)SharePoint
101 (5.000 %)Java
101 (5.000 %)PHP
101 (5.000 %)ActionScript
101 (5.000 %)MS Project
101 (5.000 %)MS Office
101 (5.000 %)SAP

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Apple 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Project
11 (5.000 %)MS Office
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (15.00 %)assyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)Broadband
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)FrontPage
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (55.00 %)Publishing
26 (30.00 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (20.00 %)Rollout Engineer
14 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (5.000 %)Technical Engineer
21 (5.000 %)Technical Manager
21 (5.000 %)Desktop Analyst
21 (5.000 %)Technical Lead
21 (5.000 %)Lead Project Manager
21 (5.000 %)Project Manager
21 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
21 (5.000 %)Analyst
21 (5.000 %)Technical Project Manager
21 (5.000 %)Support Analyst
21 (5.000 %)Technical Support
21 (5.000 %)Support Engineer
21 (5.000 %)Desktop Support Analyst
21 (5.000 %)Technical Support Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (55.00 %)Client/Server
21 (5.000 %)Blackberry
21 (5.000 %)Management Information System
21 (5.000 %)PDA
21 (5.000 %)Computer Science
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (80.00 %)Mac OS X
211 (55.00 %)Windows
33 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (10.00 %)UNIX
51 (5.000 %)Windows 2000
51 (5.000 %)Windows XP
51 (5.000 %)VMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (60.00 %)Migration
211 (55.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
44 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
44 (20.00 %)ITIL
53 (15.00 %)Service Management
61 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
61 (5.000 %)SOA
61 (5.000 %)Project Management
61 (5.000 %)TOGAF
61 (5.000 %)Information Management
61 (5.000 %)Business Analysis
61 (5.000 %)Web Development
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.000 %)Java
11 (5.000 %)PHP
11 (5.000 %)ActionScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (50.00 %)ACSA
21 (5.000 %)Degree
21 (5.000 %)ACCA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)COBIT
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (60.00 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Sun
21 (5.000 %)HP
21 (5.000 %)Citrix
21 (5.000 %)SAP