The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 - - -
Permanent jobs citing Apple 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +7.69%
All Vendors
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19 20 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 23.46% 43.48% 67.80%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 73
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £29,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £38,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Apple
Kent

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Apple Salary Trend

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Android
2 5 (83.33%) Apple iOS
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 8
3 4 (66.67%) REST
3 4 (66.67%) Facebook
3 4 (66.67%) Smarty
3 4 (66.67%) jQuery
3 4 (66.67%) UML
3 4 (66.67%) OOP
3 4 (66.67%) OO
3 4 (66.67%) Apache
3 4 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 4 (66.67%) HTML
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (66.67%) PHP
3 4 (66.67%) MySQL
3 4 (66.67%) CSS
3 4 (66.67%) SOAP
3 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (66.67%) Ajax
4 2 (33.33%) JIRA
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (16.67%) VB6
5 1 (16.67%) MS Office

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 (66.67%) REST
1 4 (66.67%) Smarty
1 4 (66.67%) jQuery
1 4 (66.67%) HTML
1 4 (66.67%) CSS
1 4 (66.67%) SOAP
1 4 (66.67%) Ajax
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Web Developer
3 3 (50.00%) PHP Web Developer
3 3 (50.00%) PHP Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Web Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (16.67%) PHP Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Web Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Android
2 5 (83.33%) Apple iOS
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 8
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) UML
2 4 (66.67%) OOP
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) VB6
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft