The first table below looks at the demand for iOS SDK skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iOS SDK over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Development category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iOS SDK
Rank 432 528 527
Rank change year-on-year
+96 -1
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 97 56 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.209% 0.096% 0.093%
As % of the Application Development category 0.766% 0.378% 0.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 39 31
Average daily rate £390 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £255 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £455 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+15.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 388 570
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

iOS SDK
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing iOS SDK within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

iOS SDK Jobs Demand Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing iOS SDK within the UK.

iOS SDK Daily Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iOS SDK within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

iOS SDK Daily Rate Histogram

iOS SDK
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing iOS SDK within the UK.

iOS SDK Hourly Rate Trend

iOS SDK
Top 25 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS SDK within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +88 95 £390 +19.08%
London +78 72 £400 +4.91%
City of London +46 34 £350 +1.81%
South East +24 11 £369 -
East of England +19 4 £350 +22.80%
South West +30 3 £200 -
Berkshire +17 3 £363 -
Cambridgeshire +13 3 £360 -
Hampshire -7 3 £328 -
West Midlands - 3 £325 -
Southampton - 3 £328 -
Bristol +15 2 - -
North West +10 2 £235 -14.54%
Manchester +7 2 £235 -14.54%
Surrey - 2 £400 -
Reading - 2 £356 -
Birmingham - 2 £325 -
Cambridge +11 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £345 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £200 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £375 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £213 -
Oxford - 1 £375 -
Bath - 1 £200 -

iOS SDK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK.

1 190 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 155 (81.58%) Objective-C
3 108 (56.84%) iPhone
4 105 (55.26%) Xcode
5 97 (51.05%) Android
6 82 (43.16%) Mobile App
7 73 (38.42%) iPad
8 61 (32.11%) Cocoa
9 54 (28.42%) Java
9 54 (28.42%) JSON
10 44 (23.16%) Web Services
11 43 (22.63%) OO
12 42 (22.11%) C++
13 40 (21.05%) Cocoa Touch
14 38 (20.00%) XML
15 37 (19.47%) Scrum
16 33 (17.37%) CSS
16 33 (17.37%) Mobile Application Development
17 32 (16.84%) HTML5
18 29 (15.26%) Digital Media
18 29 (15.26%) JavaScript
19 27 (14.21%) Apple
19 27 (14.21%) TDD
20 26 (13.68%) RESTful
21 25 (13.16%) Windows
22 24 (12.63%) REST
23 23 (12.11%) Blackberry
24 21 (11.05%) C
25 20 (10.53%) OOP
25 20 (10.53%) Git (software)

iOS SDK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing iOS SDK 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 iOS SDK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 61 (32.11%) Cocoa
2 54 (28.42%) JSON
3 44 (23.16%) Web Services
4 40 (21.05%) Cocoa Touch
5 38 (20.00%) XML
6 33 (17.37%) CSS
7 32 (16.84%) HTML5
8 26 (13.68%) RESTful
9 24 (12.63%) REST
10 16 (8.421%) HTML
11 13 (6.842%) Ajax
12 12 (6.316%) CSS3
13 11 (5.789%) iPhone SDK
13 11 (5.789%) MonoTouch
14 8 (4.211%) jQuery
15 7 (3.684%) Google Maps API
15 7 (3.684%) Sencha Touch
16 6 (3.158%) Semantic HTML
16 6 (3.158%) OpenGL
16 6 (3.158%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.053%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (0.526%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (7.895%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.789%) NFC
2 7 (3.684%) Internet
3 3 (1.579%) HTTP
3 3 (1.579%) RTP
4 1 (0.526%) VPN
4 1 (0.526%) DNS
4 1 (0.526%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.105%) SQLite
2 3 (1.579%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 105 (55.26%) Xcode
2 20 (10.53%) Git (software)
3 16 (8.421%) Subversion
4 15 (7.895%) GitHub
5 14 (7.368%) Mercurial
5 14 (7.368%) Eclipse
6 11 (5.789%) Trac
7 8 (4.211%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 8 (4.211%) PhoneGap
8 3 (1.579%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.579%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 1 (0.526%) Robotium
9 1 (0.526%) EasyMock
9 1 (0.526%) Firebug
9 1 (0.526%) Selenium
9 1 (0.526%) JIRA
9 1 (0.526%) JUnit
General
1 14 (7.368%) Finance
2 8 (4.211%) Games
3 5 (2.632%) Music
3 5 (2.632%) Banking
3 5 (2.632%) Publishing
4 3 (1.579%) Automotive
5 2 (1.053%) Marketing
6 1 (0.526%) Retail
6 1 (0.526%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.526%) Music Industry
6 1 (0.526%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 178 (93.68%) Developer
2 131 (68.95%) iOS Developer
3 36 (18.95%) Senior Developer
4 32 (16.84%) Senior iOS Developer
4 32 (16.84%) Mobile Developer
5 20 (10.53%) Android Developer
6 13 (6.842%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 10 (5.263%) iPhone Developer
8 7 (3.684%) Test Engineer
9 6 (3.158%) Applications Developer
9 6 (3.158%) PHP Developer
10 4 (2.105%) Senior PHP Developer
10 4 (2.105%) iPad Developer
11 3 (1.579%) Tester
11 3 (1.579%) Software Engineer
12 2 (1.053%) Programmer
12 2 (1.053%) Lead Developer
12 2 (1.053%) QA Engineer
12 2 (1.053%) QA Tester
12 2 (1.053%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 108 (56.84%) iPhone
2 82 (43.16%) Mobile App
3 73 (38.42%) iPad
4 29 (15.26%) Digital Media
5 23 (12.11%) Blackberry
6 19 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 13 (6.842%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (6.316%) N-Tier
9 11 (5.789%) Java Card
10 10 (5.263%) Graphic Design
11 9 (4.737%) Open Source
12 6 (3.158%) Handset
13 4 (2.105%) Social Media
14 3 (1.579%) Video on Demand
15 2 (1.053%) Social Network
15 2 (1.053%) Animation
15 2 (1.053%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (1.053%) Social Gaming
15 2 (1.053%) Augmented Reality
16 1 (0.526%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 190 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 97 (51.05%) Android
3 25 (13.16%) Windows
4 13 (6.842%) Linux
4 13 (6.842%) Windows Phone
5 9 (4.737%) Mac OS X
6 7 (3.684%) Windows Mobile
7 6 (3.158%) UNIX
8 4 (2.105%) bada
8 4 (2.105%) Maemo
9 3 (1.579%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.579%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.63%) OO
2 37 (19.47%) Scrum
3 33 (17.37%) Mobile Application Development
4 27 (14.21%) TDD
5 20 (10.53%) OOP
6 19 (10.00%) Multithreading
7 16 (8.421%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (8.421%) OOD
8 15 (7.895%) MVC
9 12 (6.316%) SOA
10 10 (5.263%) Memory Management
11 8 (4.211%) Time Management
12 7 (3.684%) Unit Testing
13 6 (3.158%) E-Commerce
13 6 (3.158%) Software Testing
14 4 (2.105%) Software Engineering
14 4 (2.105%) Test Automation
15 3 (1.579%) Regression Testing
16 2 (1.053%) Resource Management
16 2 (1.053%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 155 (81.58%) Objective-C
2 54 (28.42%) Java
3 42 (22.11%) C++
4 29 (15.26%) JavaScript
5 21 (11.05%) C
6 13 (6.842%) Python
7 8 (4.211%) PHP
8 7 (3.684%) SQL
9 4 (2.105%) C#
10 1 (0.526%) Scala
10 1 (0.526%) Ruby
10 1 (0.526%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 18 (9.474%) Degree
2 4 (2.105%) ISEB
2 4 (2.105%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.579%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.526%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 27 (14.21%) Apple
2 15 (7.895%) Google
3 14 (7.368%) Facebook
4 8 (4.211%) Twitter
5 7 (3.684%) Sencha
6 5 (2.632%) Adobe
7 4 (2.105%) Symbian
8 1 (0.526%) Citrix
London, Central London, South East England
In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: max £350 per day dep on exp
Posted: 16 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
I have an urgent requirement for: Senior Android Developer - Nottingham - £300per day / 3 months + strong chance of extension Senior Android Developer / IOS / Software Development / Eclipse IDE / Java / SDK /...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
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Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | London... The digital agency are looking for a developer to join the existing iOS development team...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Requirements: *Design, develop & maintain code primarily written in Objective C, Cocoa, iPhone / iPad SDK, X-Code 4 Interface Builder & related instruments... *Knowledge of Android & Blackberry device families & iOS...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
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Austin Fraser
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London, City of
In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: max £350 per day dep on exp
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hertfordshire
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | Hertfordshire... The iOS Developer will be building applications for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Key Skills:...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | St Albans... The iOS Developer will be building applications for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Key...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
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Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
A Mobile Applications developer experienced with either Android or IoS required by this International Music giant... To be considered for this role you will need to be confident...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
A Mobile Applications developer experienced with either Android or IoS required by this International Music giant... To be considered for this role you will need to be confident...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
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