The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Apple, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 85 136 123
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -13
Contract jobs citing Apple 26 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.294% 0.154% 0.139%
As % of the Vendors category 2.985% 0.364% 0.313%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £503 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £239 £315 £250
% change year-on-year
-24.20% +26.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 £10.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +13.79%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
871 1375 1276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.33% 42.37% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 790 586
Average daily rate £375 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 100 113
Average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.00% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £48.00 £35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Apple
England

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 23 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
Gloucestershire +44 12 - -
Somerset +13 12 - -
Bristol +14 2 £503 -
Apple
England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 31 (79.49%) Windows
2 26 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 24 (61.54%) Windows XP
4 23 (58.97%) MS Office
5 22 (56.41%) Blackberry
6 20 (51.28%) Microsoft
7 19 (48.72%) Active Directory
7 19 (48.72%) Kaspersky
7 19 (48.72%) SCCM
8 16 (41.03%) MS Excel
9 12 (30.77%) Cisco
9 12 (30.77%) VMware
9 12 (30.77%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (25.64%) Apple iOS
10 10 (25.64%) Mac OS X
11 7 (17.95%) iPad
11 7 (17.95%) McAfee
12 6 (15.38%) Internet
12 6 (15.38%) Oracle
12 6 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
13 5 (12.82%) MS Exchange
13 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (12.82%) Mac OS X Server
13 5 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2003
13 5 (12.82%) Windows Vista
14 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (10.26%) Adobe
14 4 (10.26%) ITIL
15 3 (7.692%) MCP

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.564%) CSS
1 1 (2.564%) XML
1 1 (2.564%) Cocoa
1 1 (2.564%) Ajax
1 1 (2.564%) iOS SDK
1 1 (2.564%) iPhone SDK
1 1 (2.564%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.82%) MS Exchange
1 5 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 23 (58.97%) MS Office
2 16 (41.03%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.564%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.128%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (30.77%) Support Technician
2 12 (30.77%) Support Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Help Desk Support
4 10 (25.64%) Desktop Support
5 9 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 9 (23.08%) Service Desk Technician
5 9 (23.08%) Helpdesk Technician
5 9 (23.08%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 8 (20.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (15.38%) Architect
7 6 (15.38%) Technical Architect
8 4 (10.26%) Mac Engineer
9 3 (7.692%) Desktop Technician
9 3 (7.692%) Desktop Support Technician
10 1 (2.564%) Support Analyst
10 1 (2.564%) Developer
10 1 (2.564%) Analyst
10 1 (2.564%) PC Support
10 1 (2.564%) PC Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (56.41%) Blackberry
2 12 (30.77%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (17.95%) iPad
4 3 (7.692%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.564%) NHS
5 1 (2.564%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 31 (79.49%) Windows
2 26 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 24 (61.54%) Windows XP
4 10 (25.64%) Apple iOS
4 10 (25.64%) Mac OS X
5 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (12.82%) Mac OS X Server
5 5 (12.82%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL
3 3 (7.692%) Change Management
3 3 (7.692%) Problem Management
3 3 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 3 (7.692%) ITIL V3
3 3 (7.692%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.564%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (7.692%) MCP
1 3 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (7.692%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (48.72%) Active Directory
2 12 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (48.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (51.28%) Microsoft
2 19 (48.72%) Kaspersky
3 12 (30.77%) Cisco
3 12 (30.77%) VMware
4 7 (17.95%) McAfee
5 6 (15.38%) Oracle
6 4 (10.26%) Adobe
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