The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cocoa over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Cocoa
Rank 176 159 125
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -34
Permanent jobs citing Cocoa 11 17 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.262% 0.452% 1.000%
As % of the Application Development category 0.512% 0.910% 2.401%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 39
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% +2.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £33,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £67,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2149 1868 1666
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 51.11% 49.71% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1945 1716 1546
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Cocoa
North West

Cocoa
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Cocoa Salary Trend

Cocoa
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cocoa across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Salford +1 3 £28,000 -20.00%
Cocoa
North West

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 20 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 20 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 14 (70.00%) Android
3 13 (65.00%) Cocoa Touch
4 12 (60.00%) Xcode
4 12 (60.00%) Java
5 11 (55.00%) Mobile App
6 10 (50.00%) iPhone
6 10 (50.00%) iPad
6 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
7 9 (45.00%) C
7 9 (45.00%) C++
7 9 (45.00%) CSS
8 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
9 6 (30.00%) Web Development
9 6 (30.00%) HTML
9 6 (30.00%) OOP
9 6 (30.00%) Software Testing
10 5 (25.00%) Degree
10 5 (25.00%) iOS SDK
11 4 (20.00%) HTML5
11 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (20.00%) Eclipse
11 4 (20.00%) J2EE
12 3 (15.00%) Handset
12 3 (15.00%) CSS3
13 2 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
13 2 (10.00%) JSON
13 2 (10.00%) Java EE
13 2 (10.00%) J2SE

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 13 (65.00%) Cocoa Touch
2 9 (45.00%) CSS
3 6 (30.00%) HTML
4 5 (25.00%) iOS SDK
5 4 (20.00%) HTML5
5 4 (20.00%) J2EE
6 3 (15.00%) CSS3
7 2 (10.00%) JSON
7 2 (10.00%) Java EE
7 2 (10.00%) J2SE
7 2 (10.00%) Web Services
7 2 (10.00%) XML
8 1 (5.000%) J2ME
8 1 (5.000%) SOAP
8 1 (5.000%) Ajax
8 1 (5.000%) jQuery
8 1 (5.000%) UIKit
8 1 (5.000%) REST
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) MySQL
1 1 (5.000%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (60.00%) Xcode
2 4 (20.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 2 (10.00%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (90.00%) iOS Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Lead Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior iOS Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Junior iOS Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Junior Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.000%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Junior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Applications Developer
5 1 (5.000%) iPhone Developer
5 1 (5.000%) iPad Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Mobile Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Mobile App
2 10 (50.00%) iPhone
2 10 (50.00%) iPad
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.00%) Handset
5 1 (5.000%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 14 (70.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Web Development
1 6 (30.00%) OOP
1 6 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (5.000%) TDD
4 1 (5.000%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 12 (60.00%) Java
3 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 9 (45.00%) C
4 9 (45.00%) C++
5 2 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) Apple
Manchester, Lancashire
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: - Proven iPhone development experience - Excellent understanding of iOS (iPhone/iPad) - Handset Experience including Objective C, Cocoa & UI Kit - Strong knowledge of software libraries and protocols - Advanced...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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