The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apple 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 Vendors for the West Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Apple 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £266 £319 £250
% change year-on-year
-16.63% +27.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 £11.36
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +45.24%
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
203 275 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 52.59% 43.44% 49.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 94
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £230 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 23
Average hourly rate £26.00 £17.53 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.35% -12.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £32.50 £21.83
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 West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Apple Hourly Rate Trend

Apple
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) iPhone
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL