The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 181 213 208
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -5
Permanent jobs citing Apple 62 34 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.863% 0.479% 0.379%
As % of the Vendors category 1.877% 1.030% 0.752%
Number of salaries quoted 56 29 24
Average salary £35,000 £33,514 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.43% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,800 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,500 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +7.69%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3304 3301 3456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.98% 46.51% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2739 2834 3022
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Apple
England

Apple
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Apple Salary Trend

Apple
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apple across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Apple Salary Histogram

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 North West 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
Manchester -9 37 £45,000 +28.57%
Merseyside +29 12 £26,500 -18.53%
Cheshire +14 12 £45,000 +114.28%
Lancashire - 1 £40,000 -
Apple
England

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 62 (48.44%) Google
2 60 (46.88%) E-Commerce
3 54 (42.19%) Java
4 49 (38.28%) PHP
5 46 (35.94%) Linux
6 44 (34.38%) MySQL
6 44 (34.38%) CSS
7 39 (30.47%) HTML
8 34 (26.56%) JavaScript
8 34 (26.56%) Spring
8 34 (26.56%) Hibernate
9 30 (23.44%) Struts
10 29 (22.66%) Apple iOS
11 27 (21.09%) Android
12 26 (20.31%) Objective-C
13 23 (17.97%) Microsoft
13 23 (17.97%) HTML5
14 21 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
15 20 (15.63%) C++
16 19 (14.84%) ASP
16 19 (14.84%) HTTP
17 18 (14.06%) Windows
18 16 (12.50%) Scrum
18 16 (12.50%) C
18 16 (12.50%) CSS3
19 15 (11.72%) cocos2d
19 15 (11.72%) Game Development
19 15 (11.72%) .NET
19 15 (11.72%) XHTML
19 15 (11.72%) Games

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 44 (34.38%) CSS
2 39 (30.47%) HTML
3 34 (26.56%) Spring
3 34 (26.56%) Hibernate
4 30 (23.44%) Struts
5 23 (17.97%) HTML5
6 19 (14.84%) ASP
7 16 (12.50%) CSS3
8 15 (11.72%) cocos2d
8 15 (11.72%) .NET
8 15 (11.72%) XHTML
9 8 (6.250%) COM
10 6 (4.688%) jQuery
11 5 (3.906%) ASP.NET
11 5 (3.906%) Symfony
11 5 (3.906%) Ruby on Rails
12 4 (3.125%) XML
12 4 (3.125%) J2EE
13 3 (2.344%) iOS SDK
13 3 (2.344%) REST
Application Platforms
1 13 (10.16%) MS Exchange
2 5 (3.906%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.344%) IIS
3 3 (2.344%) Apache
3 3 (2.344%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.344%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (1.563%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.781%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.781%) CMS
5 1 (0.781%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.031%) MS Office
2 7 (5.469%) Photoshop
2 7 (5.469%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.563%) Fireworks
3 2 (1.563%) Google Apps
3 2 (1.563%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.84%) HTTP
2 7 (5.469%) DNS
3 6 (4.688%) DHCP
4 5 (3.906%) VPN
5 4 (3.125%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.344%) SMTP
6 3 (2.344%) DSL
6 3 (2.344%) Internet
7 2 (1.563%) VLAN
7 2 (1.563%) Network Security
7 2 (1.563%) IMAP
7 2 (1.563%) DMZ
7 2 (1.563%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.563%) Firewall
7 2 (1.563%) WAN
7 2 (1.563%) Broadband
7 2 (1.563%) LAN
8 1 (0.781%) VoIP
8 1 (0.781%) Wireless
8 1 (0.781%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (34.38%) MySQL
2 10 (7.813%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.563%) MS Access
3 2 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.563%) OLAP
3 2 (1.563%) Big Data
4 1 (0.781%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.781%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (3.125%) Git (software)
2 3 (2.344%) RSpec
3 2 (1.563%) Xcode
4 1 (0.781%) MyEclipse
4 1 (0.781%) Subversion
General
1 15 (11.72%) Games
2 5 (3.906%) Finance
3 2 (1.563%) Music
3 2 (1.563%) Music Industry
4 1 (0.781%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (58.59%) Developer
2 38 (29.69%) Web Developer
3 30 (23.44%) Java Developer
3 30 (23.44%) Java Web Developer
4 17 (13.28%) Web Designer
4 17 (13.28%) Designer
5 15 (11.72%) Games Developer
6 9 (7.031%) .NET Developer
7 7 (5.469%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.469%) Agile .NET Developer
7 7 (5.469%) PHP Developer
8 6 (4.688%) Software Engineer
9 4 (3.125%) Senior PHP Developer
10 3 (2.344%) Support Analyst
10 3 (2.344%) Support Engineer
10 3 (2.344%) Field Engineer
10 3 (2.344%) Analyst
10 3 (2.344%) Ruby on Rails Developer
10 3 (2.344%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (2.344%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.72%) Animation
2 7 (5.469%) Blackberry
3 6 (4.688%) iPad
3 6 (4.688%) Computer Science
3 6 (4.688%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.125%) iPhone
4 4 (3.125%) Social Network
4 4 (3.125%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.125%) Social Media
5 3 (2.344%) EPoS
6 2 (1.563%) Replication
6 2 (1.563%) Open Source
7 1 (0.781%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 46 (35.94%) Linux
2 29 (22.66%) Apple iOS
3 27 (21.09%) Android
4 18 (14.06%) Windows
5 11 (8.594%) Windows XP
6 10 (7.813%) Mac OS X
7 6 (4.688%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (4.688%) Windows 7
8 5 (3.906%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (3.906%) Windows Vista
9 4 (3.125%) Mac OS X Server
10 2 (1.563%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (1.563%) Windows 2000
10 2 (1.563%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.781%) UNIX
11 1 (0.781%) AIX
11 1 (0.781%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.781%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (46.88%) E-Commerce
2 21 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (12.50%) Scrum
4 15 (11.72%) Game Development
4 15 (11.72%) Web Design
5 14 (10.94%) TDD
6 13 (10.16%) MVC
6 13 (10.16%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (9.375%) OO
8 9 (7.031%) Pair Programming
9 8 (6.250%) Time Management
9 8 (6.250%) ITIL
10 6 (4.688%) SEO
11 4 (3.125%) Memory Management
11 4 (3.125%) Project Management
11 4 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (2.344%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (2.344%) Mobile Application Development
12 3 (2.344%) PRINCE2
12 3 (2.344%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 54 (42.19%) Java
2 49 (38.28%) PHP
3 34 (26.56%) JavaScript
4 26 (20.31%) Objective-C
5 20 (15.63%) C++
6 16 (12.50%) C
7 14 (10.94%) C#
8 9 (7.031%) SQL
9 7 (5.469%) PHP5
10 5 (3.906%) Ruby
11 4 (3.125%) Python
12 2 (1.563%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.781%) VB
13 1 (0.781%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.781%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.781%) ActionScript 3.0
13 1 (0.781%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.781%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (5.469%) MCITP
2 4 (3.125%) Degree
2 4 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.344%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.344%) CCNA
3 3 (2.344%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.344%) MCTS
4 2 (1.563%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.563%) MCSE
4 2 (1.563%) MCSA
5 1 (0.781%) CCNP
5 1 (0.781%) ACSP
5 1 (0.781%) ACTC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.563%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.031%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.906%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.781%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.781%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.344%) SCCM
2 2 (1.563%) WSUS
3 1 (0.781%) ARCserve
3 1 (0.781%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 62 (48.44%) Google
2 23 (17.97%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.031%) hybris
4 6 (4.688%) Zend
4 6 (4.688%) Cisco
4 6 (4.688%) Oracle
5 5 (3.906%) VMware
6 4 (3.125%) HP
6 4 (3.125%) Adobe
7 3 (2.344%) Draytek
8 2 (1.563%) Kaseya
8 2 (1.563%) NETGEAR
8 2 (1.563%) Citrix
9 1 (0.781%) IBM
9 1 (0.781%) Dell
9 1 (0.781%) Siemens
9 1 (0.781%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.781%) SonicWALL
Cheshire
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