The first table below looks at the demand for Xcode 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 Xcode over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Xcode
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Xcode 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.356% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 14.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £328 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £293
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-46.68% -
All Development Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
27 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 9.153% 6.114% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
Average daily rate £355 £394 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.84% -26.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £295 £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £435 £558
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +6.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Xcode
Hampshire

Xcode
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Xcode across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Southampton Xcode Jobs Demand Trend

Xcode
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Xcode across the Southampton region.

Southampton Xcode Daily Rate Trend

Xcode
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Xcode 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 Xcode.

1 5 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (60.00%) iOS SDK
2 3 (60.00%) Android
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) CSS
3 2 (40.00%) iPhone
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (40.00%) iPad
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (20.00%) HTML5
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) PHP
4 1 (20.00%) MySQL
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Games
4 1 (20.00%) Games

Xcode
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Xcode 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 Xcode. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) iOS SDK
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) JSON
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) iOS Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (60.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (20.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Southampton, Hampshire
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Posted: 14 May 2013