Objective-C Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Objective-C 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 Programming Languages 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 296 360 372
Rank change year-on-year
+64 +12
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 260 225 227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.560% 0.386% 0.370%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.498% 1.118% 0.987%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 156 147
Average daily rate £390 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £309 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +165.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +165.62%
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 17354 20123 22996
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.40% 34.53% 37.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10695 11930 13290
Average daily rate £380 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £560 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 707 934
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.72 £17.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Objective-C within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Objective-C Daily Rate Histogram

Objective-C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Objective-C Hourly Rate Trend

Objective-C
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Objective-C within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Objective-C Hourly Rate Histogram

Objective-C
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +59 248 £400 +23.07%
London +82 182 £400 +10.34%
City of London +52 59 £375 +25.00%
South East +33 22 £350 +7.69%
North West +4 16 £300 -4.76%
Scotland -10 11 £250 -9.09%
East of England +14 10 £350 +27.27%
Manchester +12 9 £300 +9.09%
West Midlands -9 8 £325 +8.33%
South West +19 7 £325 +7.43%
Berkshire +16 7 £350 +7.69%
Surrey +26 6 £425 +13.33%
Birmingham +13 6 £325 +18.18%
Cambridgeshire +13 6 £350 +21.73%
Hampshire 0 6 £263 -
Glasgow -18 6 £250 -
Southampton - 6 £263 -
Cheshire -1 5 £275 -15.38%
Bristol +13 4 £325 -
Cambridge +8 4 £350 +55.55%
Reading - 4 £370 -
Essex 0 3 - -
Middlesex - 3 £450 -
Staines - 3 - -
Brentwood - 3 - -
Edinburgh +9 2 - -
Warrington -6 2 £275 -14.72%
West Yorkshire -9 2 £320 -1.53%
Yorkshire -13 2 £320 -1.53%
Leeds -13 2 £320 -1.53%

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C.

1 487 (87.91%) Apple iOS
2 272 (49.10%) iPhone
3 247 (44.58%) Xcode
4 214 (38.63%) Mobile App
5 213 (38.45%) iPad
6 211 (38.09%) Android
7 187 (33.75%) Cocoa
8 175 (31.59%) iOS SDK
9 157 (28.34%) JSON
10 152 (27.44%) Java
11 132 (23.83%) XML
12 121 (21.84%) Cocoa Touch
13 113 (20.40%) Web Services
14 111 (20.04%) C++
15 105 (18.95%) OO
16 102 (18.41%) JavaScript
17 97 (17.51%) Agile Software Development
18 88 (15.88%) HTML5
19 79 (14.26%) Scrum
20 78 (14.08%) CSS
21 63 (11.37%) Windows
21 63 (11.37%) C
22 62 (11.19%) OOP
23 61 (11.01%) Mobile Application Development
24 58 (10.47%) HTML
24 58 (10.47%) TDD
25 57 (10.29%) RESTful
26 54 (9.747%) Subversion
27 50 (9.025%) Apple
28 47 (8.484%) Memory Management

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 187 (33.75%) Cocoa
2 175 (31.59%) iOS SDK
3 157 (28.34%) JSON
4 132 (23.83%) XML
5 121 (21.84%) Cocoa Touch
6 113 (20.40%) Web Services
7 88 (15.88%) HTML5
8 78 (14.08%) CSS
9 58 (10.47%) HTML
10 57 (10.29%) RESTful
11 46 (8.303%) REST
12 41 (7.401%) UIKit
13 36 (6.498%) SOAP
14 33 (5.957%) .NET
15 30 (5.415%) OpenGL
16 28 (5.054%) CSS3
17 25 (4.513%) jQuery
18 23 (4.152%) Ajax
19 18 (3.249%) OpenGL ES
20 16 (2.888%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (1.444%) Apache
1 8 (1.444%) CMS
2 5 (0.903%) Drupal
3 4 (0.722%) Facebook Platform
3 4 (0.722%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.542%) Adobe CQ
4 3 (0.542%) WordPress
5 2 (0.361%) nginx
5 2 (0.361%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.181%) IIS
6 1 (0.181%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.181%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.181%) ESB
6 1 (0.181%) CoreMedia CMS
6 1 (0.181%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.181%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.181%) Mule
Applications
1 23 (4.152%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.181%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (0.361%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.361%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.054%) HTTP
2 19 (3.430%) Internet
3 13 (2.347%) NFC
4 5 (0.903%) Wireshark
5 4 (0.722%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.722%) Wireless
6 3 (0.542%) DNS
7 2 (0.361%) VoIP
7 2 (0.361%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.361%) RTP
8 1 (0.181%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.805%) MySQL
2 8 (1.444%) SQLite
3 6 (1.083%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.361%) CouchDB
4 2 (0.361%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (0.361%) SSDT
5 1 (0.181%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.181%) GIS
5 1 (0.181%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 247 (44.58%) Xcode
2 54 (9.747%) Subversion
3 36 (6.498%) Git (software)
4 25 (4.513%) GitHub
5 18 (3.249%) PhoneGap
6 17 (3.069%) Mercurial
7 14 (2.527%) Trac
8 12 (2.166%) Eclipse
8 12 (2.166%) Balsamiq Mockups
9 11 (1.986%) Selenium
9 11 (1.986%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 11 (1.986%) Hudson
10 8 (1.444%) JIRA
10 8 (1.444%) Jenkins
11 6 (1.083%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.722%) Maven
13 3 (0.542%) Ant
13 3 (0.542%) QUnit
14 2 (0.361%) GDB
14 2 (0.361%) PHPUnit
General
1 45 (8.123%) Finance
1 45 (8.123%) Games
2 27 (4.874%) Publishing
3 14 (2.527%) Banking
4 10 (1.805%) Marketing
5 9 (1.625%) Music
6 5 (0.903%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.542%) Music Industry
7 3 (0.542%) Retail
8 2 (0.361%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.361%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (0.361%) Legal
8 2 (0.361%) Advertising
8 2 (0.361%) Back Office
9 1 (0.181%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.181%) Automotive
9 1 (0.181%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 496 (89.53%) Developer
2 365 (65.88%) iOS Developer
3 84 (15.16%) Mobile Developer
4 72 (13.00%) Senior Developer
5 62 (11.19%) Senior iOS Developer
6 47 (8.484%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 43 (7.762%) Android Developer
8 34 (6.137%) iPhone Developer
9 23 (4.152%) iPad Developer
10 21 (3.791%) Applications Developer
11 13 (2.347%) Development Manager
12 10 (1.805%) Consultant
13 8 (1.444%) Software Engineer
13 8 (1.444%) Tester
13 8 (1.444%) PHP Developer
14 7 (1.264%) Web Developer
14 7 (1.264%) Programmer
14 7 (1.264%) Test Engineer
14 7 (1.264%) Security Consultant
15 6 (1.083%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 272 (49.10%) iPhone
2 214 (38.63%) Mobile App
3 213 (38.45%) iPad
4 42 (7.581%) Computer Science
5 41 (7.401%) Blackberry
6 39 (7.040%) Digital Media
7 24 (4.332%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (3.069%) Social Media
8 17 (3.069%) Graphic Design
8 17 (3.069%) Open Source
9 16 (2.888%) N-Tier
9 16 (2.888%) Smartphone
10 14 (2.527%) Animation
11 12 (2.166%) New Media
12 11 (1.986%) Java Card
12 11 (1.986%) 3D Graphics
13 9 (1.625%) Video on Demand
14 7 (1.264%) Mobile Games
15 5 (0.903%) Augmented Reality
15 5 (0.903%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 487 (87.91%) Apple iOS
2 211 (38.09%) Android
3 63 (11.37%) Windows
4 22 (3.971%) Windows Mobile
5 20 (3.610%) Windows Phone
6 18 (3.249%) Linux
7 10 (1.805%) Mac OS X
8 8 (1.444%) UNIX
9 7 (1.264%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.903%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.722%) Windows Phone 7
12 2 (0.361%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.361%) Windows Phone 8
13 1 (0.181%) Debian
13 1 (0.181%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.181%) CentOS
13 1 (0.181%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (18.95%) OO
2 97 (17.51%) Agile Software Development
3 79 (14.26%) Scrum
4 62 (11.19%) OOP
5 61 (11.01%) Mobile Application Development
6 58 (10.47%) TDD
7 47 (8.484%) Memory Management
8 45 (8.123%) Multithreading
9 42 (7.581%) MVC
10 29 (5.235%) Continuous Integration
11 24 (4.332%) E-Commerce
12 20 (3.610%) OOD
13 15 (2.708%) SOA
13 15 (2.708%) Software Engineering
14 13 (2.347%) Web Development
14 13 (2.347%) Time Management
14 13 (2.347%) Test Automation
14 13 (2.347%) User Stories
15 12 (2.166%) Game Development
15 12 (2.166%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 152 (27.44%) Java
2 111 (20.04%) C++
3 102 (18.41%) JavaScript
4 63 (11.37%) C
5 43 (7.762%) C#
6 36 (6.498%) SQL
7 34 (6.137%) PHP
8 26 (4.693%) Python
9 11 (1.986%) ActionScript
10 10 (1.805%) Ruby
11 6 (1.083%) ActionScript 3.0
12 4 (0.722%) VB
13 3 (0.542%) Perl
13 3 (0.542%) Scala
14 2 (0.361%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.361%) GLSL
14 2 (0.361%) HLSL
14 2 (0.361%) XPath
14 2 (0.361%) Groovy
15 1 (0.181%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (5.235%) Degree
2 7 (1.264%) Sun Certification
3 6 (1.083%) ISTQB
3 6 (1.083%) ISEB
4 1 (0.181%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.888%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.181%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.181%) Nagios
1 1 (0.181%) ZABBIX
1 1 (0.181%) Cacti
1 1 (0.181%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (9.025%) Apple
2 34 (6.137%) Facebook
3 25 (4.513%) Twitter
4 17 (3.069%) Sencha
5 14 (2.527%) Google
6 10 (1.805%) Adobe
7 8 (1.444%) Symbian
8 5 (0.903%) Zend
9 4 (0.722%) Oracle
10 3 (0.542%) Salesforce.com
10 3 (0.542%) Appcelerator
11 2 (0.361%) Sage
11 2 (0.361%) Siebel
11 2 (0.361%) Microsoft
12 1 (0.181%) Citrix
12 1 (0.181%) Interwoven
12 1 (0.181%) JBoss
12 1 (0.181%) IBM
12 1 (0.181%) Mapinfo
12 1 (0.181%) ATG
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