The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Apple, Inc.

Apple
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank421458499
Rank change year-on-year
Up+37Up+41
Matching permanent IT job ads588479266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.485 %0.393 %0.279 %
As % of the Vendors category1.019 %0.837 %0.629 %
Number of salaries quoted508426244
Average salary£36,000£32,500£27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76 %+19.26 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,469£18,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£52,500£51,250
UK excluding London average salary£32,528£32,500£27,500
% change year-on-year
+0.08 %+18.18 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
577175724842267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.62 %46.92 %44.39 %
Number of salaries quoted486384748333833
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Apple
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Apple within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Apple Demand Trend

Apple
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Apple within the UK.

Apple Salary Trend

Apple
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apple over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Apple Salary Histogram

Apple
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+44556£36,750+13.07 %
LondonUp+52363£38,750+19.23 %
South EastDown-1771£36,250+11.53 %
East of EnglandUp+938£30,000+11.11 %
North WestDown-334£33,514-2.85 %
City of LondonDown-1333£32,500-
ManchesterUp+1226£35,000+1.44 %
SurreyUp+922£27,500-9.09 %
HampshireUp+720£45,000+9.75 %
YorkshireUp+115£33,750+27.35 %
West YorkshireDown-1615£32,500+22.64 %
South WestDown-4414£37,500+7.14 %
BedfordshireNew entry-14£30,000-
West MidlandsUp+113£35,000+16.66 %
OxfordUp+1710£24,000-21.31 %
OxfordshireUp+610£24,000-21.31 %
HertfordshireUp+110£29,000-35.55 %
ScotlandUp+48£21,000-32.25 %
BasingstokeNew entry-8£46,250-
East MidlandsDown-47£30,000-
BristolDown-367£37,500-6.25 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-7£40,000-
BirminghamDown-66£26,000-9.56 %
EssexDown-96£40,000+53.84 %
BedfordNew entry-6£30,000-
WeybridgeNew entry-6£27,500-
NorwichDown-105£36,500+43.13 %
East SussexDown-105£33,000+65.00 %
NorfolkDown-135£36,500+43.13 %
LeedsDown-195£35,000+32.07 %

Apple
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1474 (40.55 %)Windows
2400 (34.22 %)iPhone
3365 (31.22 %)Apple iOS
4327 (27.97 %)Android
5309 (26.43 %)Microsoft
6266 (22.75 %)iPad
7262 (22.41 %)Active Directory
8244 (20.87 %)Objective-C
9211 (18.05 %)Java
10204 (17.45 %)CSS
11188 (16.08 %)MS Excel
12184 (15.74 %)Blackberry
12184 (15.74 %)Mac OS X
13180 (15.40 %)MS Office
14177 (15.14 %)JavaScript
15172 (14.71 %)Windows XP
16163 (13.94 %)HTML5
17158 (13.52 %)HTML
18148 (12.66 %)MS Exchange
19143 (12.23 %)Web Services
20139 (11.89 %)ITIL
21136 (11.63 %).NET
22135 (11.55 %)Microsoft Certification
23129 (11.04 %)SQL
24128 (10.95 %)Cocoa
25122 (10.44 %)Windows Server 2008
26115 (9.837 %)Ruby
27109 (9.324 %)C#
27109 (9.324 %)Windows 7
28108 (9.239 %)TCP/IP

Apple
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1204 (17.45 %)CSS
2163 (13.94 %)HTML5
3158 (13.52 %)HTML
4143 (12.23 %)Web Services
5136 (11.63 %).NET
6128 (10.95 %)Cocoa
796 (8.212 %)iOS SDK
889 (7.613 %)Ruby on Rails
889 (7.613 %)XML
967 (5.731 %)jQuery
1061 (5.218 %)REST
1153 (4.534 %)ASP.NET
1252 (4.448 %)Ajax
1350 (4.277 %)JSON
1443 (3.678 %)CSS3
1542 (3.593 %)Flash
1640 (3.422 %)XHTML
1734 (2.908 %)J2SE
1833 (2.823 %)JSP
1833 (2.823 %)RESTful
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1148 (12.66 %)MS Exchange
255 (4.705 %)Exchange Server 2007
350 (4.277 %)Exchange Server 2003
444 (3.764 %)Exchange Server 2010
540 (3.422 %)SharePoint
638 (3.251 %)Apache
735 (2.994 %)IIS
825 (2.139 %)Lotus Notes
924 (2.053 %)CMS
1022 (1.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1115 (1.283 %)BizTalk Server
128 (0.684 %)Exchange Server 2000
137 (0.599 %)Facebook Platform
137 (0.599 %)Lync
145 (0.428 %)SAS
145 (0.428 %)Lotus Domino
145 (0.428 %)Telligent Community
145 (0.428 %)Adobe CQ
154 (0.342 %)Umbraco
163 (0.257 %)Drupal
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1188 (16.08 %)MS Excel
2180 (15.40 %)MS Office
359 (5.047 %)Photoshop
438 (3.251 %)MS Visio
526 (2.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
613 (1.112 %)MS PowerPoint
613 (1.112 %)Final Cut Pro
710 (0.855 %)Fireworks
86 (0.513 %)Acrobat
95 (0.428 %)MS Project
95 (0.428 %)AutoCAD
95 (0.428 %)Vectorworks
95 (0.428 %)Office 365
104 (0.342 %)Google Apps
104 (0.342 %)MicroStation
104 (0.342 %)SketchUp
104 (0.342 %)Adobe Director
113 (0.257 %)Adobe After Effects
113 (0.257 %)Doxygen
122 (0.171 %)OmniGraffle
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.513 %)Google Analytics
23 (0.257 %)Dynamics NAV
32 (0.171 %)Remedy ITSM
32 (0.171 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.086 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1108 (9.239 %)TCP/IP
293 (7.956 %)DNS
390 (7.699 %)Firewall
473 (6.245 %)DHCP
567 (5.731 %)LAN
567 (5.731 %)VPN
665 (5.560 %)Wireless
755 (4.705 %)WAN
755 (4.705 %)Internet
840 (3.422 %)VoIP
928 (2.395 %)HTTP
1024 (2.053 %)SAN
1120 (1.711 %)ADSL
1217 (1.454 %)Wi-Fi
1316 (1.369 %)NAS
1414 (1.198 %)Cisco IOS
1414 (1.198 %)SSL
1414 (1.198 %)Broadband
1513 (1.112 %)WLAN
1612 (1.027 %)PBX
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
190 (7.699 %)SQL Server
262 (5.304 %)MySQL
321 (1.796 %)NoSQL
419 (1.625 %)SQLite
516 (1.369 %)SQL Server Integration Services
615 (1.283 %)SQL Server 2008
712 (1.027 %)Oracle 11g
811 (0.941 %)RDBMS
910 (0.855 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
108 (0.684 %)FileMaker
116 (0.513 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
116 (0.513 %)Data Mining
116 (0.513 %)ETL
116 (0.513 %)Data Warehouse
116 (0.513 %)DTS
125 (0.428 %)PostgreSQL
125 (0.428 %)MS Access
125 (0.428 %)MongoDB
134 (0.342 %)SQL Server 2005
143 (0.257 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
179 (6.758 %)Git (software)
273 (6.245 %)Xcode
347 (4.021 %)Subversion
432 (2.737 %)Selenium
522 (1.882 %)PHPUnit
522 (1.882 %)Eclipse
621 (1.796 %)Mercurial
714 (1.198 %)JIRA
812 (1.027 %)Hudson
911 (0.941 %)Visual Studio
1010 (0.855 %)WebDriver
118 (0.684 %)Behat
127 (0.599 %)JMeter
127 (0.599 %)JUnit
136 (0.513 %)PhoneGap
145 (0.428 %)Bugzilla
145 (0.428 %)Ant
145 (0.428 %)Team Foundation Server
154 (0.342 %)Appcelerator Titanium
154 (0.342 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
196 (8.212 %)Finance
279 (6.758 %)Games
356 (4.790 %)Marketing
455 (4.705 %)Retail
545 (3.849 %)Telecoms
634 (2.908 %)Publishing
728 (2.395 %)Banking
822 (1.882 %)French Language
921 (1.796 %)Advertising
1015 (1.283 %)Law
1015 (1.283 %)German Language
1114 (1.198 %)Spanish Language
1211 (0.941 %)Italian Language
1211 (0.941 %)Arabic Language
139 (0.770 %)Manufacturing
148 (0.684 %)Retail Banking
156 (0.513 %)Pharmaceutical
156 (0.513 %)Billing
165 (0.428 %)Front Office
165 (0.428 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1475 (40.63 %)Developer
2174 (14.88 %)iOS Developer
3144 (12.32 %)Analyst
4118 (10.09 %)Support Engineer
5110 (9.410 %)Senior Developer
6101 (8.640 %)iPhone Developer
792 (7.870 %)Mobile Developer
865 (5.560 %)Support Analyst
954 (4.619 %)Desktop Support
1053 (4.534 %)Lead Developer
1148 (4.106 %)Service Desk Analyst
1247 (4.021 %)Service Analyst
1346 (3.935 %)IT Support
1443 (3.678 %)Senior iOS Developer
1443 (3.678 %)Administrator
1542 (3.593 %)iPhone Applications Developer
1641 (3.507 %)Architect
1737 (3.165 %)Technical Support
1836 (3.080 %)2nd Line Support
1933 (2.823 %).NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1400 (34.22 %)iPhone
2266 (22.75 %)iPad
3184 (15.74 %)Blackberry
457 (4.876 %)Computer Science
556 (4.790 %)Social Media
642 (3.593 %)Digital Media
728 (2.395 %)Social Network
827 (2.310 %)Open Source
923 (1.967 %)Animation
1022 (1.882 %)Web 2.0
1022 (1.882 %)Smartphone
1119 (1.625 %)New Media
1217 (1.454 %)Video Conferencing
1316 (1.369 %)Mathematics
1414 (1.198 %)Online Games
1414 (1.198 %)Mainframe
1414 (1.198 %)Handset
1414 (1.198 %)PDA
159 (0.770 %)Streaming Media
159 (0.770 %)Client/Server
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1474 (40.55 %)Windows
2365 (31.22 %)Apple iOS
3327 (27.97 %)Android
4184 (15.74 %)Mac OS X
5172 (14.71 %)Windows XP
6122 (10.44 %)Windows Server 2008
7109 (9.324 %)Windows 7
8101 (8.640 %)Windows Server 2003
9100 (8.554 %)Linux
1061 (5.218 %)Windows Vista
1149 (4.192 %)Mac OS
1149 (4.192 %)UNIX
1237 (3.165 %)Windows Mobile
1323 (1.967 %)Mac OS X Server
1415 (1.283 %)webOS
156 (0.513 %)Solaris
165 (0.428 %)MeeGo
174 (0.342 %)BlackBerry OS
183 (0.257 %)NetWare
183 (0.257 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1139 (11.89 %)ITIL
2102 (8.725 %)OO
372 (6.159 %)E-Commerce
465 (5.560 %)Agile Software Development
564 (5.475 %)Unit Testing
655 (4.705 %)Incident Management
748 (4.106 %)MVC
847 (4.021 %)Time Management
945 (3.849 %)Web Development
1040 (3.422 %)Scrum
1138 (3.251 %)Project Management
1232 (2.737 %)TDD
1329 (2.481 %)OOP
1428 (2.395 %)Waterfall
1428 (2.395 %)Continuous Integration
1428 (2.395 %)Software Engineering
1525 (2.139 %)Stakeholder Management
1525 (2.139 %)Service Delivery
1624 (2.053 %)Capacity Planning
1624 (2.053 %)SOA
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1244 (20.87 %)Objective-C
2211 (18.05 %)Java
3177 (15.14 %)JavaScript
4129 (11.04 %)SQL
5115 (9.837 %)Ruby
6109 (9.324 %)C#
796 (8.212 %)C++
886 (7.357 %)PHP
976 (6.501 %)C
1060 (5.133 %)Python
1138 (3.251 %)Perl
1219 (1.625 %)VB.NET
1318 (1.540 %)ActionScript
1417 (1.454 %)ActionScript 3.0
1516 (1.369 %)XPath
1614 (1.198 %)VB
1713 (1.112 %)T-SQL
1812 (1.027 %)Bash shell
1910 (0.855 %)ActionScript 2.0
207 (0.599 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1135 (11.55 %)Microsoft Certification
2104 (8.896 %)Degree
379 (6.758 %)MCSE
474 (6.330 %)MCITP
567 (5.731 %)MCP
652 (4.448 %)Cisco Certification
751 (4.363 %)CCNA
845 (3.849 %)MCSA
933 (2.823 %)ACSP
1026 (2.224 %)ACTC
1119 (1.625 %)ACSA
1218 (1.540 %)Security Cleared
1315 (1.283 %)JNCIA
1414 (1.198 %)CCNP
1513 (1.112 %)ACMT
1611 (0.941 %)MCTS
178 (0.684 %)ITIL Certification
187 (0.599 %)MCDST
196 (0.513 %)Citrix Certification
205 (0.428 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (3.422 %)SLA
238 (3.251 %)QA
38 (0.684 %)ISO 9001
42 (0.171 %)WCAG
42 (0.171 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.171 %)ISO 14001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1262 (22.41 %)Active Directory
272 (6.159 %)VMware Infrastructure
346 (3.935 %)Hyper-V
427 (2.310 %)Terminal Services
520 (1.711 %)XenApp
611 (0.941 %)Kerio MailServer
611 (0.941 %)UAG
710 (0.855 %)Xsan
87 (0.599 %)Terminal Server
87 (0.599 %)vSphere
96 (0.513 %)NFS
105 (0.428 %)Squid
105 (0.428 %)VMware Workstation
105 (0.428 %)XenDesktop
105 (0.428 %)FreeRADIUS
113 (0.257 %)ISA Server
113 (0.257 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
113 (0.257 %)XenServer
122 (0.171 %)VMware ESXi
122 (0.171 %)Postfix
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
133 (2.823 %)Backup Exec
213 (1.112 %)Nagios
38 (0.684 %)Cacti
47 (0.599 %)WSUS
56 (0.513 %)ARCserve
64 (0.342 %)OpenNMS
64 (0.342 %)SCCM
73 (0.257 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.257 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.171 %)Puppet
82 (0.171 %)vCenter
82 (0.171 %)Munin
82 (0.171 %)ZABBIX
82 (0.171 %)ServiceCenter
82 (0.171 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
82 (0.171 %)WMI
91 (0.086 %)Tivoli
91 (0.086 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1309 (26.43 %)Microsoft
2107 (9.153 %)Adobe
3103 (8.811 %)VMware
4100 (8.554 %)Google
590 (7.699 %)Cisco
661 (5.218 %)Citrix
747 (4.021 %)Facebook
842 (3.593 %)Symantec
939 (3.336 %)Oracle
1030 (2.566 %)Lotus
1127 (2.310 %)HP
1127 (2.310 %)Avaya
1127 (2.310 %)Twitter
1224 (2.053 %)Symbian
1321 (1.796 %)ATG
1321 (1.796 %)SAP
1420 (1.711 %)Nokia
1420 (1.711 %)CheckPoint
1518 (1.540 %)Zend
1518 (1.540 %)Juniper