The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 20 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 Surrey 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 74 98 91
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -7
Contract jobs citing Apple 5 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.439% 0.062% 0.542%
As % of the Vendors category 0.870% 0.128% 1.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
Average daily rate £205 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.44% +28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £319 £250
% change year-on-year
-20.15% +27.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £16.50 £11.36
% change year-on-year
- +45.24%
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
575 783 915
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 50.44% 48.24% 49.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 429 431
Average daily rate £338 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £146 £155 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 42 48
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.70 £30.90 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Apple
South East

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 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
Camberley - 1 £130 -
Apple
South East

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 5 (55.56%) MS Office
4 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
4 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) Symantec
5 3 (33.33%) DHCP
5 3 (33.33%) FTP
5 3 (33.33%) DNS
5 3 (33.33%) Adobe
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) Sysprep
5 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 3 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (33.33%) Advertising
5 3 (33.33%) Publishing
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (33.33%) Android
6 2 (22.22%) iPhone
6 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (11.11%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) FTP
3 1 (11.11%) VoIP
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
1 3 (33.33%) Publishing
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) iPhone Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Rollout Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
2 1 (11.11%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 2 (22.22%) iPhone
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) iPad
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
2 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 3 (33.33%) Android
3 3 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Project Management
1 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
1 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (11.11%) Logistics
1 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Adobe
2 3 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (11.11%) NETGEAR
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Nortel