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

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple
Rank 84 69 101
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +32
Permanent jobs citing Apple 3 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.259% 0.418% 0.094%
As % of the Vendors category 0.564% 0.860% 0.165%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
Average salary £35,000 £24,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -58.26%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +7.69%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
532 349 605
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.98% 48.68% 56.91%
Number of salaries quoted 457 317 539
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Apple
South East

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Apple Salary Trend

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 Kent 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
Aylesford - 2 £35,000 -
Tonbridge - 1 £45,000 -
Apple
South East

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 21 (95.45%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) Android
3 13 (59.09%) Apple iOS
3 13 (59.09%) Windows 8
3 13 (59.09%) Retail
4 11 (50.00%) Data Modelling
5 9 (40.91%) .NET
6 8 (36.36%) VB
6 8 (36.36%) OO
6 8 (36.36%) E-Commerce
7 7 (31.82%) OOP
7 7 (31.82%) PHP
7 7 (31.82%) HTML
7 7 (31.82%) MySQL
7 7 (31.82%) Linux
7 7 (31.82%) CSS
7 7 (31.82%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (27.27%) VB6
8 6 (27.27%) VB.NET
8 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
9 5 (22.73%) Apache
9 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
9 5 (22.73%) SOAP
9 5 (22.73%) UML
9 5 (22.73%) REST
9 5 (22.73%) Facebook
9 5 (22.73%) Smarty
9 5 (22.73%) Ajax
9 5 (22.73%) jQuery
9 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 9 (40.91%) .NET
2 7 (31.82%) HTML
2 7 (31.82%) CSS
3 5 (22.73%) SOAP
3 5 (22.73%) REST
3 5 (22.73%) Smarty
3 5 (22.73%) Ajax
3 5 (22.73%) jQuery
4 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
4 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Apache
2 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.091%) MS Exchange
3 2 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Internet
2 2 (9.091%) NAS
2 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.091%) SAN
3 1 (4.545%) LAN
3 1 (4.545%) SMS
3 1 (4.545%) WAN
3 1 (4.545%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) MySQL
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
1 3 (13.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 13 (59.09%) Retail
2 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.091%) Finance
4 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Web Developer
3 6 (27.27%) .NET Developer
4 5 (22.73%) VB.NET Developer
4 5 (22.73%) VB Developer
4 5 (22.73%) PHP Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Mobile Developer
4 5 (22.73%) VB6 Developer
4 5 (22.73%) PHP Web Developer
5 3 (13.64%) Software Developer
5 3 (13.64%) iOS Developer
5 3 (13.64%) Android Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Programmer
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Support
7 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.545%) Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Network Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 3 (13.64%) iPhone
3 2 (9.091%) iPad
3 2 (9.091%) Smartphone
4 1 (4.545%) EPoS
4 1 (4.545%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (95.45%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) Android
3 13 (59.09%) Apple iOS
3 13 (59.09%) Windows 8
4 7 (31.82%) Linux
5 4 (18.18%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (9.091%) Mac OS X Server
7 1 (4.545%) UNIX
7 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (36.36%) OO
2 8 (36.36%) E-Commerce
3 7 (31.82%) OOP
3 7 (31.82%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (22.73%) UML
4 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
5 3 (13.64%) MVC
5 3 (13.64%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (9.091%) Domain-Driven Design
6 2 (9.091%) Web Development
6 2 (9.091%) SOA
6 2 (9.091%) TDD
6 2 (9.091%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) VB
2 7 (31.82%) PHP
3 6 (27.27%) VB6
3 6 (27.27%) VB.NET
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 3 (13.64%) C#
5 3 (13.64%) SQL
6 1 (4.545%) Objective-C
6 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (4.545%) MCSE
1 1 (4.545%) MCSA
1 1 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.545%) Degree
1 1 (4.545%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Facebook
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 2 (9.091%) Kerio
4 2 (9.091%) ProCurve
4 2 (9.091%) Google
4 2 (9.091%) MobileIron
4 2 (9.091%) HP
4 2 (9.091%) Cisco
4 2 (9.091%) Red Hat