The first table below looks at the demand for Apple iOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple iOS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Southampton 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 2.102% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.865% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.36% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +9.67%
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
89 51 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 26.73% 20.32% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 21 18
Average daily rate £263 £300 £199
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +50.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £360 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 15
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.25 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -9.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £9.95 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £41.50 £37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Apple iOS
Hampshire

Apple iOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Apple iOS Daily Rate Trend

Apple iOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 7 (77.78%) Objective-C
2 5 (55.56%) Cocoa Touch
2 5 (55.56%) iPhone
2 5 (55.56%) Apple
2 5 (55.56%) Cocoa
2 5 (55.56%) Web Services
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) C
3 4 (44.44%) Xcode
3 4 (44.44%) JSON
4 3 (33.33%) OO
4 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
4 3 (33.33%) Memory Management
4 3 (33.33%) iOS SDK
4 3 (33.33%) Facebook
4 3 (33.33%) Twitter
5 2 (22.22%) iPad
5 2 (22.22%) RESTful
5 2 (22.22%) Git (software)
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Android
5 2 (22.22%) HTTP
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) SOAP
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) TDD
5 2 (22.22%) Subversion
6 1 (11.11%) Selenium
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing

Apple iOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 5 (55.56%) Web Services
1 5 (55.56%) Cocoa
1 5 (55.56%) Cocoa Touch
2 4 (44.44%) JSON
2 4 (44.44%) XML
3 3 (33.33%) iOS SDK
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) SOAP
4 2 (22.22%) RESTful
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5
5 1 (11.11%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Xcode
2 2 (22.22%) Subversion
2 2 (22.22%) Git (software)
3 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 7 (77.78%) iOS Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) iPhone
2 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (22.22%) iPad
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) OO
1 3 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Load Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Objective-C
2 4 (44.44%) C
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) C++
4 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Apple
2 3 (33.33%) Facebook
2 3 (33.33%) Twitter