The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 for the West Midlands 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 Objective-C
Rank 87 78 92
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +14
Contract jobs citing Objective-C 8 25 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.485% 1.121% 0.106%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.572% 3.324% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 1
Average daily rate £325 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £309 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £42.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-46.68% +165.62%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
509 752 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.83% 33.71% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 383 318
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 32
Average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.50 £13.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £32.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Objective-C Daily Rate Trend

Objective-C
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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +13 6 £325 +18.18%
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England

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 18 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 17 (70.83%) iPhone
3 11 (45.83%) Java
3 11 (45.83%) Mobile App
4 10 (41.67%) Android
5 9 (37.50%) iOS SDK
5 9 (37.50%) JSON
5 9 (37.50%) Xcode
6 8 (33.33%) E-Commerce
6 8 (33.33%) Cocoa
7 7 (29.17%) HTML5
7 7 (29.17%) iPad
7 7 (29.17%) Eclipse
7 7 (29.17%) CSS
8 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 6 (25.00%) XML
9 5 (20.83%) OOP
9 5 (20.83%) HTML
10 4 (16.67%) Web Services
10 4 (16.67%) SQL
10 4 (16.67%) ActionScript
10 4 (16.67%) Flash
10 4 (16.67%) Games
10 4 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
11 3 (12.50%) CSS3
12 2 (8.333%) PhoneGap
12 2 (8.333%) UIKit
12 2 (8.333%) AngularJS
12 2 (8.333%) jQuery
12 2 (8.333%) Graphic Design

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 9 (37.50%) JSON
1 9 (37.50%) iOS SDK
2 8 (33.33%) Cocoa
3 7 (29.17%) CSS
3 7 (29.17%) HTML5
4 6 (25.00%) XML
5 5 (20.83%) HTML
6 4 (16.67%) Flash
6 4 (16.67%) Web Services
7 3 (12.50%) CSS3
8 2 (8.333%) UIKit
8 2 (8.333%) AngularJS
8 2 (8.333%) jQuery
8 2 (8.333%) Core Animation
9 1 (4.167%) OpenGL
9 1 (4.167%) Cocoa Touch
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Xcode
2 7 (29.17%) Eclipse
3 2 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (8.333%) PhoneGap
4 1 (4.167%) Subversion
General
1 4 (16.67%) Games
2 2 (8.333%) Back Office
3 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) iOS Developer
3 8 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Flash ActionScript Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Flash Developer
4 4 (16.67%) ActionScript Developer
5 2 (8.333%) iPhone Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (70.83%) iPhone
2 11 (45.83%) Mobile App
3 7 (29.17%) iPad
4 2 (8.333%) Graphic Design
4 2 (8.333%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 18 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 10 (41.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 5 (20.83%) OOP
3 1 (4.167%) OO
3 1 (4.167%) MVC
3 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
3 1 (4.167%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) Java
2 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) ActionScript
3 4 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (4.167%) GLSL
4 1 (4.167%) HLSL
4 1 (4.167%) C
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Apple
Birmingham, West Midlands
Mobile Applications Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce applications Essentials: - Objective C (iPhone) - Android Desirable: - Blackberry - Windows Mobile This is an excellent opportunity...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
URGENT REQUIREMENT: iOS TEAM LEAD - WEST MIDLANDS. I am currently recruiting for an iOS Team Lead position for a Music Technology company in the West Midlands... My client...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013