The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 21 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 Bedfordshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Apple, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 91 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -
Permanent jobs citing Apple 6 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.547% 1.431% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.909% 2.612% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 0
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.69%
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
660 536 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 60.22% 54.81% 36.42%
Number of salaries quoted 589 436 293
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Apple
East of England

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Apple across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bedfordshire Apple Jobs Demand Trend

Apple
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Apple across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Apple Salary Trend

Apple
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apple across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Apple Salary Histogram

Apple
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -1 4 £35,000 +32.07%
Bedford -10 2 £70,000 +133.33%
Apple
East of England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Apple.

1 7 (70.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (50.00%) iPhone
2 5 (50.00%) iPad
3 4 (40.00%) iOS SDK
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Media
3 4 (40.00%) Cocoa
3 4 (40.00%) Xcode
3 4 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (40.00%) TDD
3 4 (40.00%) OOP
3 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (30.00%) BT
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 3 (30.00%) EMC
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (30.00%) NetApp
4 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
4 3 (30.00%) Local Government
4 3 (30.00%) Marketing
4 3 (30.00%) Business Development
5 2 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X
6 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
6 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Android

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Apple. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) iOS SDK
1 4 (40.00%) Cocoa
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Xcode
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Local Government
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) iOS Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Development Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Head of Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) Head of IT
4 1 (10.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) Deskside Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) iPhone
1 5 (50.00%) iPad
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (10.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (40.00%) TDD
1 4 (40.00%) OOP
2 3 (30.00%) Business Development
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) BT
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) EMC
1 3 (30.00%) NetApp
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft