The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 152 256 227
Rank change year-on-year
+104 -29
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 186 67 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.595% 0.513% 0.681%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.968% 0.961% 1.250%
Number of salaries quoted 169 66 94
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6266 6970 8398
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 53.72% 53.35% 54.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5543 6523 7549
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Objective-C
London

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Objective-C Jobs Demand Trend

Objective-C
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Objective-C across the City of London region.

City of London Objective-C Salary Trend

Objective-C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Objective-C across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Objective-C Salary Histogram

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Objective-C.

1 254 (87.89%) Apple iOS
2 126 (43.60%) Android
3 124 (42.91%) iPhone
4 100 (34.60%) Java
5 92 (31.83%) Mobile App
6 89 (30.80%) CSS
6 89 (30.80%) Cocoa
7 80 (27.68%) HTML
8 76 (26.30%) Xcode
9 75 (25.95%) OO
10 74 (25.61%) iOS SDK
11 68 (23.53%) JavaScript
12 64 (22.15%) iPad
13 62 (21.45%) Git (software)
14 55 (19.03%) HTML5
14 55 (19.03%) Games
15 54 (18.69%) C++
16 47 (16.26%) Continuous Integration
16 47 (16.26%) Google
16 47 (16.26%) Degree
17 46 (15.92%) Facebook
17 46 (15.92%) XML
18 43 (14.88%) HTTP
18 43 (14.88%) MVC
18 43 (14.88%) Computer Science
19 42 (14.53%) Cocoa Touch
20 41 (14.19%) Google Maps API
20 41 (14.19%) Apple
21 39 (13.49%) Blackberry
21 39 (13.49%) C#

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Objective-C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 89 (30.80%) CSS
1 89 (30.80%) Cocoa
2 80 (27.68%) HTML
3 74 (25.61%) iOS SDK
4 55 (19.03%) HTML5
5 46 (15.92%) XML
6 42 (14.53%) Cocoa Touch
7 41 (14.19%) Google Maps API
8 35 (12.11%) Web Services
8 35 (12.11%) JSON
8 35 (12.11%) jQuery
9 33 (11.42%) CSS3
10 25 (8.651%) REST
11 24 (8.304%) CodeIgniter
11 24 (8.304%) CakePHP
11 24 (8.304%) Semantic HTML
12 19 (6.574%) RESTful
13 16 (5.536%) OpenGL
13 16 (5.536%) UIKit
14 12 (4.152%) Sencha Touch
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.076%) Windows Azure
2 4 (1.384%) CMS
3 3 (1.038%) IIS
4 2 (0.692%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.692%) ColdFusion MX
Applications
1 29 (10.03%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.692%) Maya
3 1 (0.346%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.346%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.346%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (14.88%) HTTP
2 26 (8.997%) Internet
3 19 (6.574%) NFC
4 12 (4.152%) RTP
5 9 (3.114%) VoIP
6 5 (1.730%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.692%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.692%) SMS
8 1 (0.346%) IMAP
8 1 (0.346%) Wireless
8 1 (0.346%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.460%) SQLite
2 4 (1.384%) MySQL
2 4 (1.384%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.346%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 76 (26.30%) Xcode
2 62 (21.45%) Git (software)
3 39 (13.49%) Jenkins
4 34 (11.76%) Subversion
5 23 (7.958%) Mercurial
6 13 (4.498%) Eclipse
7 12 (4.152%) Hudson
8 8 (2.768%) JUnit
8 8 (2.768%) Robotium
9 7 (2.422%) Gerrit
9 7 (2.422%) Maven
9 7 (2.422%) Ant
9 7 (2.422%) MonkeyTalk
10 6 (2.076%) PhoneGap
11 5 (1.730%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.730%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.692%) Selenium
12 2 (0.692%) JIRA
13 1 (0.346%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (19.03%) Games
2 11 (3.806%) Finance
3 7 (2.422%) Marketing
3 7 (2.422%) Banking
4 5 (1.730%) Retail
5 4 (1.384%) Legal
5 4 (1.384%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.384%) Multimedia
6 2 (0.692%) Advertising
6 2 (0.692%) Publishing
7 1 (0.346%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.346%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 227 (78.55%) Developer
2 160 (55.36%) iOS Developer
3 75 (25.95%) Senior Developer
4 57 (19.72%) Senior iOS Developer
5 24 (8.304%) Mobile Developer
6 13 (4.498%) Software Engineer
6 13 (4.498%) Lead Developer
7 12 (4.152%) Architect
8 10 (3.460%) Programmer
8 10 (3.460%) PHP Developer
9 9 (3.114%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.768%) iPhone Developer
11 7 (2.422%) Junior
11 7 (2.422%) Team Leader
12 5 (1.730%) Testing Specialist
12 5 (1.730%) Senior PHP Developer
12 5 (1.730%) Junior Developer
12 5 (1.730%) Applications Developer
13 4 (1.384%) Mobile Software Engineer
13 4 (1.384%) iPad Developer
Miscellaneous
1 124 (42.91%) iPhone
2 92 (31.83%) Mobile App
3 64 (22.15%) iPad
4 43 (14.88%) Computer Science
5 39 (13.49%) Blackberry
6 16 (5.536%) Java Card
7 14 (4.844%) Social Gaming
8 13 (4.498%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (4.152%) Social Network
10 11 (3.806%) Social Media
11 10 (3.460%) N-Tier
11 10 (3.460%) Cryptography
12 8 (2.768%) Client/Server
13 7 (2.422%) Statistics
13 7 (2.422%) Mobile Games
14 6 (2.076%) Animation
14 6 (2.076%) Smartphone
14 6 (2.076%) Open Source
14 6 (2.076%) Augmented Reality
15 5 (1.730%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 254 (87.89%) Apple iOS
2 126 (43.60%) Android
3 33 (11.42%) Windows
4 30 (10.38%) UNIX
5 28 (9.689%) Windows Phone
6 26 (8.997%) Linux
7 10 (3.460%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.384%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (0.692%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.346%) Windows Phone 7
10 1 (0.346%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (25.95%) OO
2 47 (16.26%) Continuous Integration
3 43 (14.88%) MVC
4 38 (13.15%) Scrum
5 33 (11.42%) Agile Software Development
6 29 (10.03%) Mobile Application Development
7 26 (8.997%) Unit Testing
8 24 (8.304%) Multithreading
9 23 (7.958%) OOP
10 22 (7.612%) TDD
11 19 (6.574%) Project Management
12 16 (5.536%) OOD
13 13 (4.498%) Game Development
14 12 (4.152%) SOA
15 11 (3.806%) Memory Management
15 11 (3.806%) E-Commerce
16 9 (3.114%) Time Management
16 9 (3.114%) Analytics
17 8 (2.768%) Business Intelligence
17 8 (2.768%) UML
Programming Languages
1 100 (34.60%) Java
2 68 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 54 (18.69%) C++
4 39 (13.49%) C#
5 37 (12.80%) PHP
6 34 (11.76%) SQL
7 29 (10.03%) C
8 17 (5.882%) Python
9 6 (2.076%) ActionScript
9 6 (2.076%) Ruby
10 3 (1.038%) GLSL
10 3 (1.038%) HLSL
11 1 (0.346%) ActionScript 3.0
11 1 (0.346%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.346%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.346%) PHP5
11 1 (0.346%) Perl
11 1 (0.346%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.346%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.346%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 47 (16.26%) Degree
2 7 (2.422%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.304%) QA
Vendors
1 47 (16.26%) Google
2 46 (15.92%) Facebook
3 41 (14.19%) Apple
4 34 (11.76%) Twitter
5 27 (9.343%) Adobe
6 12 (4.152%) Sencha
7 3 (1.038%) Symbian
8 2 (0.692%) Perforce
8 2 (0.692%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.346%) hybris
9 1 (0.346%) Omniture
9 1 (0.346%) Endeca
9 1 (0.346%) Oracle
9 1 (0.346%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.346%) SAP
9 1 (0.346%) Progress
9 1 (0.346%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.346%) Cadence
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £70k to £85k + bonus + benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
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City, London
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
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Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
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Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus, benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
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Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits, bonus, perks
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City, London
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Salary: Unspecified - Based on Experience
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City of London
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
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City, London
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Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 2 May 2013
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