The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cocoa 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 Application Development category for the Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Cocoa
Rank 167 152 165
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cocoa 14 25 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.406% 0.652% 0.110%
As % of the Application Development category 1.061% 1.693% 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 4
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +3.65%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1320 1477 1507
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 38.24% 38.49% 41.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1169 1360 1334
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Cocoa
South East

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cocoa across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hampshire Cocoa Jobs Demand Trend

Cocoa
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Cocoa Salary Trend

Cocoa
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cocoa across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Cocoa Salary Histogram

Cocoa
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cocoa within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton +10 8 £31,250 -21.87%
Fareham +3 5 £25,000 -16.66%
Cocoa
South East

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa.

1 22 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 22 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 16 (72.73%) iPhone
3 15 (68.18%) JSON
4 14 (63.64%) XML
5 13 (59.09%) C#
6 12 (54.55%) Degree
6 12 (54.55%) Memory Management
7 10 (45.45%) Xcode
8 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
9 8 (36.36%) Unit Testing
9 8 (36.36%) iPad
9 8 (36.36%) Cocoa Touch
9 8 (36.36%) Java
10 6 (27.27%) SQL
10 6 (27.27%) C
10 6 (27.27%) Web Services
10 6 (27.27%) Apple
10 6 (27.27%) Retail
10 6 (27.27%) SQLite
10 6 (27.27%) Facebook
10 6 (27.27%) Twitter
11 5 (22.73%) OO
11 5 (22.73%) .NET
11 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
12 4 (18.18%) Multithreading
13 3 (13.64%) Music
13 3 (13.64%) Music Industry
14 2 (9.091%) Client/Server
14 2 (9.091%) CSS

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (68.18%) JSON
2 14 (63.64%) XML
3 8 (36.36%) Cocoa Touch
4 6 (27.27%) Web Services
5 5 (22.73%) .NET
5 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
6 2 (9.091%) CSS
6 2 (9.091%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) SQLite
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Xcode
2 2 (9.091%) JIRA
General
1 6 (27.27%) Retail
2 3 (13.64%) Music
2 3 (13.64%) Music Industry
3 2 (9.091%) Finance
3 2 (9.091%) Publishing
3 2 (9.091%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (100.00%) Developer
2 21 (95.45%) iOS Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Applications Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.545%) iPhone Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate Software Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 16 (72.73%) iPhone
2 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
3 8 (36.36%) iPad
4 2 (9.091%) Client/Server
4 2 (9.091%) Social Network
4 2 (9.091%) Digital Media
5 1 (4.545%) Kindle
5 1 (4.545%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.545%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Memory Management
2 8 (36.36%) Unit Testing
3 5 (22.73%) OO
4 4 (18.18%) Multithreading
5 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (9.091%) HOOD
5 2 (9.091%) Migration
5 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
5 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.545%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 13 (59.09%) C#
3 8 (36.36%) Java
4 6 (27.27%) SQL
4 6 (27.27%) C
5 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Apple
1 6 (27.27%) Facebook
1 6 (27.27%) Twitter
Southampton, South East
You will have a good knowledge of the following skills iOS/Objective-C/C/x-code/Cocoa touch Server side/API integration experience Web Services/JSON/XML iPhone...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013