The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 17 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 159 117 128
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +11
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 35 58 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.862% 1.600% 1.140%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.374% 2.663% 2.266%
Number of salaries quoted 34 49 43
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -5.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £40,000 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2547 2178 1986
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.76% 60.07% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2276 1978 1857
Average salary £34,500 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.98% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Objective-C
North West

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Objective-C Salary Trend

Objective-C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Objective-C across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Objective-C Salary Histogram

Objective-C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Salford - 3 £28,000 -
Altrincham - 2 £40,000 -
Objective-C
North West

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 51 (86.44%) Apple iOS
2 39 (66.10%) Java
2 39 (66.10%) Android
3 36 (61.02%) Mobile App
4 25 (42.37%) C++
5 24 (40.68%) iPhone
6 21 (35.59%) JavaScript
7 20 (33.90%) HTML
7 20 (33.90%) C
7 20 (33.90%) Xcode
8 19 (32.20%) OOP
9 17 (28.81%) iPad
9 17 (28.81%) CSS
10 16 (27.12%) Cocoa
11 14 (23.73%) Computer Science
12 13 (22.03%) iOS SDK
13 10 (16.95%) OO
14 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (15.25%) Handset
14 9 (15.25%) Cocoa Touch
14 9 (15.25%) Degree
15 8 (13.56%) Web Development
15 8 (13.56%) Subversion
15 8 (13.56%) C#
15 8 (13.56%) PHP
16 7 (11.86%) J2EE
16 7 (11.86%) Web Services
16 7 (11.86%) BBC
16 7 (11.86%) UIKit
17 6 (10.17%) Web Application Development

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 20 (33.90%) HTML
2 17 (28.81%) CSS
3 16 (27.12%) Cocoa
4 13 (22.03%) iOS SDK
5 9 (15.25%) Cocoa Touch
6 7 (11.86%) UIKit
6 7 (11.86%) J2EE
6 7 (11.86%) Web Services
7 6 (10.17%) jQuery
8 4 (6.780%) HTML5
8 4 (6.780%) REST
8 4 (6.780%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (6.780%) XSLT
8 4 (6.780%) .NET
9 3 (5.085%) XML
9 3 (5.085%) J2SE
9 3 (5.085%) Java EE
9 3 (5.085%) JSON
10 2 (3.390%) Symfony
10 2 (3.390%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.780%) CMS
1 4 (6.780%) Joomla!
1 4 (6.780%) Drupal
1 4 (6.780%) Umbraco
1 4 (6.780%) WordPress
1 4 (6.780%) Magento
1 4 (6.780%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (3.390%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) HTTP
2 1 (1.695%) Wireless
2 1 (1.695%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) MySQL
1 3 (5.085%) SQLite
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (33.90%) Xcode
2 8 (13.56%) Subversion
3 4 (6.780%) Eclipse
4 3 (5.085%) Hudson
5 2 (3.390%) JIRA
5 2 (3.390%) Git (software)
5 2 (3.390%) Cucumber
General
1 6 (10.17%) Music
2 2 (3.390%) Music Industry
2 2 (3.390%) Marketing
2 2 (3.390%) Vietnamese Language
3 1 (1.695%) Finance
3 1 (1.695%) Publishing
3 1 (1.695%) Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (83.05%) Developer
2 29 (49.15%) iOS Developer
3 19 (32.20%) Mobile Developer
4 6 (10.17%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 5 (8.475%) Senior iOS Developer
5 5 (8.475%) Senior Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Applications Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Graduate
6 4 (6.780%) Lead Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Head of Development
6 4 (6.780%) Graduate Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Junior Developer
8 2 (3.390%) PHP Developer
8 2 (3.390%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.390%) Junior
8 2 (3.390%) Programmer
8 2 (3.390%) PHP Programmer
8 2 (3.390%) iPhone Developer
8 2 (3.390%) iPad Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (61.02%) Mobile App
2 24 (40.68%) iPhone
3 17 (28.81%) iPad
4 14 (23.73%) Computer Science
5 9 (15.25%) Handset
6 7 (11.86%) BBC
7 6 (10.17%) Mobile Payment
8 5 (8.475%) Blackberry
9 4 (6.780%) E-Learning
10 2 (3.390%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (3.390%) Social Media
11 1 (1.695%) Cryptography
11 1 (1.695%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 51 (86.44%) Apple iOS
2 39 (66.10%) Android
3 1 (1.695%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.695%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) OOP
2 10 (16.95%) OO
3 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (13.56%) Web Development
5 6 (10.17%) Scrum
5 6 (10.17%) Web Application Development
5 6 (10.17%) Software Testing
6 5 (8.475%) TDD
6 5 (8.475%) UML
6 5 (8.475%) E-Commerce
7 4 (6.780%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (3.390%) Configuration Management
8 2 (3.390%) Automated Testing
8 2 (3.390%) Unit Testing
8 2 (3.390%) Test Scripting
8 2 (3.390%) Information Architecture
8 2 (3.390%) BDD
9 1 (1.695%) Security Architecture
9 1 (1.695%) Refactoring
9 1 (1.695%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 39 (66.10%) Java
2 25 (42.37%) C++
3 21 (35.59%) JavaScript
4 20 (33.90%) C
5 8 (13.56%) C#
5 8 (13.56%) PHP
6 4 (6.780%) SQL
7 2 (3.390%) Python
7 2 (3.390%) Ruby
8 1 (1.695%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (1.695%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (1.695%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 2 (3.390%) ISEB
2 2 (3.390%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (5.085%) Apple
2 2 (3.390%) Zend
3 1 (1.695%) Twitter
3 1 (1.695%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
As an IOS Developer / Mobile Software Engineer the essential skills that will be required are: - Excellent knowledge/experience of C/C++ - Web Application Development experience (HTML/CSS/Javascript)...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The role involves developing against specifications outlining Customer requirements, which can have tight deadlines.You should be strong in mobile development technologies, particularly with knowledge and experience of...
Hudson
Salary: £34000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits, flexi-time
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
My client has a requirement for an iOS Developer to join their lively and young startup organisation. For the iOS Developer to be successful some experience in Objective-...
Square One Resources
Salary: From £22,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Quay House, Manchester, United Kingdom
MUSIC GROUP is currently looking for an iOS Developer... Responsibilities: - As a mobile application developer, you will have a customer focus and deliver cool apps for a world...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 18 May 2013
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: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Skills: iOS / Objective-C / X-Code / UI Kit / Agile I am currently working with one of the countries pioneering mobile development and mobile payment companies to recruit...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be developing iPhone / iOS applications for some major UK and global Blue-chip organisations... Technical Attributes: Essential: * 5+ years iOS handset development experience - Objective -C & X-...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be developing iPhone / iOS applications for some major UK and global Blue-chip organisations... Technical Attributes: Essential: * iOS handset development experience - Objective -C & X-Code * OO...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, North West
As well as this, you will be adding to the development team using your technical development skills and knowledge in:.NET technologies (C#, SQL, XSLT, Razor, HTML, CSS)...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Roc Search, PHP Developer, Symfony, Programmer, Cake, Zend, Cheshire, £45,000) Roc Search are working with their client, a leading technology company to source a highly skilled PHP...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013