The first table below looks at the demand for Maemo skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Maemo over the 3 months to 22 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 Operating Systems 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia Maemo
Rank - - 584
Contract jobs citing Maemo 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - 0.003%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £36.00
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10144 12048 12518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.52% 20.32% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5444 5992 6127
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 1202 1233
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%

Maemo
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Maemo within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Maemo Jobs Demand Trend

Maemo
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maemo Daily Rate Trend

Maemo
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maemo Hourly Rate Trend

Maemo
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Maemo 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 Maemo.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Symbian
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 4 (100.00%) bada
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 3 (75.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Series 60
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Xcode
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) JSON
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Selenium
4 1 (25.00%) Firebug
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Interactive TV
4 1 (25.00%) Semantic Web

Maemo
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Maemo 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 Maemo. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 4 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 2 (50.00%) Series 60
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) Xcode
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Firebug
2 1 (25.00%) Robotium
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Interactive TV
2 1 (25.00%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) bada
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Symbian