The first table below looks at the demand for Objective-C skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Objective-C 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 of the Programming Languages category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Objective-C
Rank 179 184 174
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 65 63 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.905% 0.888% 0.874%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.506% 1.452% 1.689%
Number of salaries quoted 62 54 57
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,950 £42,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Objective-C Salary Trend

Objective-C
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 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 -36 40 £30,000 -7.69%
Cheshire +12 11 £32,500 -23.52%
Merseyside +30 10 £26,500 -47.00%
Lancashire - 2 £29,500 -
Objective-C
England

Objective-C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 100 (81.30%) Apple iOS
2 72 (58.54%) Android
3 63 (51.22%) Java
4 56 (45.53%) C++
5 54 (43.90%) JavaScript
6 52 (42.28%) Mobile App
7 47 (38.21%) CSS
8 45 (36.59%) HTML
9 42 (34.15%) C
10 39 (31.71%) HTML5
11 33 (26.83%) Xcode
12 30 (24.39%) C#
13 29 (23.58%) iPhone
14 28 (22.76%) PHP
15 27 (21.95%) Cocoa
16 26 (21.14%) Apple
17 23 (18.70%) iPad
18 22 (17.89%) Computer Science
19 21 (17.07%) CSS3
19 21 (17.07%) OOP
19 21 (17.07%) OO
20 20 (16.26%) Games
21 18 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
22 17 (13.82%) .NET
23 16 (13.01%) JSON
23 16 (13.01%) jQuery
24 15 (12.20%) Game Development
24 15 (12.20%) cocos2d
24 15 (12.20%) ASP
24 15 (12.20%) Web Services

Objective-C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 47 (38.21%) CSS
2 45 (36.59%) HTML
3 39 (31.71%) HTML5
4 27 (21.95%) Cocoa
5 21 (17.07%) CSS3
6 17 (13.82%) .NET
7 16 (13.01%) JSON
7 16 (13.01%) jQuery
8 15 (12.20%) cocos2d
8 15 (12.20%) ASP
8 15 (12.20%) Web Services
8 15 (12.20%) XHTML
9 13 (10.57%) iOS SDK
10 12 (9.756%) Cocoa Touch
10 12 (9.756%) XML
11 10 (8.130%) Ajax
11 10 (8.130%) ASP.NET
11 10 (8.130%) J2EE
12 7 (5.691%) Qt
12 7 (5.691%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.252%) CMS
1 4 (3.252%) Umbraco
1 4 (3.252%) WordPress
1 4 (3.252%) Drupal
1 4 (3.252%) Joomla!
1 4 (3.252%) Kentico
1 4 (3.252%) Magento
2 3 (2.439%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (7.317%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.626%) Maya
3 1 (0.813%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) HTTP
2 4 (3.252%) Internet
3 1 (0.813%) NFC
3 1 (0.813%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.813%) Wireless
3 1 (0.813%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.065%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (4.065%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (3.252%) MySQL
3 4 (3.252%) SQLite
4 2 (1.626%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (1.626%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.626%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 33 (26.83%) Xcode
2 8 (6.504%) Subversion
3 7 (5.691%) Eclipse
4 5 (4.065%) PhoneGap
5 3 (2.439%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.626%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.626%) Hudson
6 2 (1.626%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.813%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.813%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.813%) JIRA
7 1 (0.813%) MyEclipse
7 1 (0.813%) Oracle Forms
General
1 20 (16.26%) Games
2 6 (4.878%) Music
3 5 (4.065%) Finance
4 2 (1.626%) Music Industry
4 2 (1.626%) Marketing
4 2 (1.626%) Vietnamese Language
5 1 (0.813%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 104 (84.55%) Developer
2 48 (39.02%) iOS Developer
3 26 (21.14%) Mobile Developer
4 15 (12.20%) Games Developer
5 13 (10.57%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 12 (9.756%) Applications Developer
7 8 (6.504%) Senior Developer
7 8 (6.504%) Software Developer
7 8 (6.504%) .NET Developer
7 8 (6.504%) Senior iOS Developer
8 7 (5.691%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (5.691%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (5.691%) C# Developer
8 7 (5.691%) ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (4.878%) Technical Manager
10 5 (4.065%) C# Software Developer
10 5 (4.065%) .NET Software Developer
10 5 (4.065%) PHP Developer
10 5 (4.065%) Lead Developer
10 5 (4.065%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 52 (42.28%) Mobile App
2 29 (23.58%) iPhone
3 23 (18.70%) iPad
4 22 (17.89%) Computer Science
5 15 (12.20%) Animation
6 14 (11.38%) Blackberry
7 10 (8.130%) Handset
8 6 (4.878%) BBC
8 6 (4.878%) Management Information System
8 6 (4.878%) Social Media
9 5 (4.065%) Mobile Payment
10 4 (3.252%) E-Learning
10 4 (3.252%) Social Network
11 3 (2.439%) Cryptography
12 2 (1.626%) Augmented Reality
13 1 (0.813%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.813%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 100 (81.30%) Apple iOS
2 72 (58.54%) Android
3 13 (10.57%) Windows
4 7 (5.691%) Windows Phone
5 3 (2.439%) UNIX
5 3 (2.439%) Linux
6 1 (0.813%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.813%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.813%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (17.07%) OOP
1 21 (17.07%) OO
2 18 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (12.20%) Game Development
4 10 (8.130%) Web Development
4 10 (8.130%) Mobile Application Development
5 8 (6.504%) Web Application Development
6 7 (5.691%) Scrum
7 6 (4.878%) Software Testing
7 6 (4.878%) TDD
7 6 (4.878%) Multithreading
8 5 (4.065%) UML
8 5 (4.065%) E-Commerce
8 5 (4.065%) OOD
9 4 (3.252%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (3.252%) Time Management
9 4 (3.252%) Memory Management
10 3 (2.439%) Refactoring
10 3 (2.439%) MVC
11 2 (1.626%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (51.22%) Java
2 56 (45.53%) C++
3 54 (43.90%) JavaScript
4 42 (34.15%) C
5 30 (24.39%) C#
6 28 (22.76%) PHP
7 10 (8.130%) Python
8 9 (7.317%) SQL
9 8 (6.504%) ActionScript
9 8 (6.504%) ActionScript 3.0
10 4 (3.252%) VB
10 4 (3.252%) Ruby
11 3 (2.439%) PowerShell
11 3 (2.439%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.626%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.626%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.813%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.813%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 11 (8.943%) Degree
2 1 (0.813%) ISTQB
2 1 (0.813%) ISEB
2 1 (0.813%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.626%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.439%) Nagios
Vendors
1 26 (21.14%) Apple
2 9 (7.317%) Symbian
3 6 (4.878%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.252%) Nokia
4 4 (3.252%) Adobe
5 3 (2.439%) Zend
6 2 (1.626%) Oracle
7 1 (0.813%) Twitter
Warrington, Cheshire
To succeed in this tough market they require the services of an experienced Mobile Developer with a portfolio of native apps to show off your knowledge of iOS...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
My client require the following skills: Skills - Objective-C - iOS SDK using Xcode - Web services integration - HTML5 - CSS - Fundamentals for OO design patterns, data structures & algorithms - Understanding of...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum + pension, flexi-time
Posted: 21 May 2013
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: 20 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
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: 23 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, 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, Lancashire
TDD?... Extreme Programming?... We want you to bring your experience of developing in Objective-C for iOS devices to help lead the change. You will be working in...
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
TDD?... Extreme Programming?... We want you to bring your experience of developing in Java for Android devices to help lead the change... Extensive experience of Java, Android development...
Laterooms Ltd
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
TDD?... Extreme Programming?... You will be working in a team of cross skilled Java/Objective-C developers across both platforms, with a view to helping introduce developers from...
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Objective-C and iOS SDK. Client Server communication (eg. XML, JSON, Ajax, HTTP, SOAP, Rest, sockets) Sound understanding of design patterns & Object Oriented Design. MVC... Experience with unit...
TEP Events International limited
Salary: Unspecified Dependent upon experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will be working in a team of cross skilled Java/Objective-C developers across both platforms, with a view to helping introduce other teams to testing Android...
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Mobile/ Cloud Solution Architect (Security, Android, iOS, SSO) will have: Extensive knowledge and experience with Mobile/ Cloud architecture (Objective-C, Java, Apple, Android, C, C++, HTML)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £65,000 to £75,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Mobile Solution Architect (Cloud, Security, Java, iOS, SSO) will have: Extensive knowledge and experience with Mobile/ Cloud architecture (Objective-C, Java, Apple, Android, C, C++, HTML)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
You will be involved in many different projects using different skills and languages, so this will offer an excellent opportunity for development as our client use Java, C# ...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, North West
This is an outstanding opportunity for a strong graduate in in Computer Science or Computing (or related degree) or somebody who has strong commercial experience.For the Graduate /...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based in Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled ASP.NET Software Developer... The resolution of ad hoc technical issues on a variety of web,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 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: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Required Skills: ASP.NET (4.0) using C# / Entity Framework SQL Server 2000 or later, HTML5 / CSS 3 /JavaScript AJAX / Web Services / JQuery Highly Desired Skills: Any experience...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013