The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 21 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 63 71 64
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 3 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.435% 0.343% 0.566%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.857% 0.767% 1.070%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 4
Average salary £24,250 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.67% +13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
350 391 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 50.80% 44.69% 52.90%
Number of salaries quoted 314 310 306
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £22,450 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Objective-C Salary Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tyne and Wear -7 3 £24,250 -28.67%
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (91.67%) OO
2 11 (91.67%) ActionScript
2 11 (91.67%) Java
2 11 (91.67%) ActionScript 3.0
3 10 (83.33%) C++
4 9 (75.00%) Games
5 7 (58.33%) Flash
6 6 (50.00%) XML
6 6 (50.00%) JSON
6 6 (50.00%) HTML5
7 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
7 5 (41.67%) Game Development
7 5 (41.67%) Android
7 5 (41.67%) Mobile Games
7 5 (41.67%) OOP
7 5 (41.67%) OOD
7 5 (41.67%) Adobe
7 5 (41.67%) C#
7 5 (41.67%) PHP
7 5 (41.67%) ActionScript 2.0
8 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (16.67%) PureMVC
9 2 (16.67%) MVC
9 2 (16.67%) Robotlegs
10 1 (8.333%) Backbone.js
10 1 (8.333%) Ember.js
10 1 (8.333%) CSS
10 1 (8.333%) HTML
10 1 (8.333%) Open Source

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 7 (58.33%) Flash
2 6 (50.00%) XML
2 6 (50.00%) JSON
2 6 (50.00%) HTML5
3 2 (16.67%) PureMVC
3 2 (16.67%) Robotlegs
4 1 (8.333%) Backbone.js
4 1 (8.333%) Ember.js
4 1 (8.333%) CSS
4 1 (8.333%) HTML
4 1 (8.333%) Node.js
4 1 (8.333%) CSS3
4 1 (8.333%) jQuery
General
1 9 (75.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Games Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Flash Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Mobile Games
2 1 (8.333%) Open Source
2 1 (8.333%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
1 5 (41.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) OO
2 5 (41.67%) Game Development
2 5 (41.67%) OOP
2 5 (41.67%) OOD
3 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (91.67%) ActionScript
2 11 (91.67%) Java
2 11 (91.67%) ActionScript 3.0
3 10 (83.33%) C++
4 5 (41.67%) C#
4 5 (41.67%) PHP
4 5 (41.67%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Adobe