The first table below looks at the demand for the iOS Developer role 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 iOS 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
iOS Developer
Rank 112 133 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Developer 5 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.240% 0.276% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.255% 0.297% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £325 £273 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 -
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-43.35% -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1964 3033 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 92.89% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1174 1821 1288
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £228 £200
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 145 190 241
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +5.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £37.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
iOS Developer
England

iOS Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West iOS Developer Jobs Demand Trend

iOS Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West iOS Developer Daily Rate Trend

iOS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West iOS Developer Daily Rate Histogram

iOS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West iOS Developer Hourly Rate Trend

iOS Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Developer within the South West 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
Bristol +11 3 £325 -
Somerset +3 1 £200 -32.20%
Devon 0 1 £375 +36.36%
iOS Developer
England

iOS Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited iOS 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 iOS Developer in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 12 (92.31%) Objective-C
3 7 (53.85%) iOS SDK
3 7 (53.85%) iPhone
3 7 (53.85%) iPad
4 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
4 5 (38.46%) Cocoa
4 5 (38.46%) JSON
4 5 (38.46%) XML
5 4 (30.77%) TDD
5 4 (30.77%) HTML5
6 3 (23.08%) Cocoa Touch
6 3 (23.08%) Memory Management
6 3 (23.08%) Xcode
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) RESTful
6 3 (23.08%) Web Services
6 3 (23.08%) C
6 3 (23.08%) C++
6 3 (23.08%) Java
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) OO
7 2 (15.38%) CSS
7 2 (15.38%) Android
8 1 (7.692%) jQuery
8 1 (7.692%) iPhone SDK
8 1 (7.692%) Ajax
8 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (7.692%) Linux

iOS Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) iOS SDK
2 5 (38.46%) Cocoa
2 5 (38.46%) JSON
2 5 (38.46%) XML
3 4 (30.77%) HTML5
4 3 (23.08%) Cocoa Touch
4 3 (23.08%) RESTful
4 3 (23.08%) Web Services
5 2 (15.38%) CSS
6 1 (7.692%) jQuery
6 1 (7.692%) iPhone SDK
6 1 (7.692%) Ajax
6 1 (7.692%) Flash
6 1 (7.692%) REST
6 1 (7.692%) CSS3
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Xcode
2 1 (7.692%) Git (software)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) iPhone
1 7 (53.85%) iPad
2 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (15.38%) Android
3 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) TDD
2 3 (23.08%) Memory Management
2 3 (23.08%) OO
3 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Objective-C
2 3 (23.08%) C
2 3 (23.08%) C++
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.692%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Apple