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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cocoa skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cocoa over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 of the Application Development category.

LinkApple Cocoa
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank619635958
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+323
Matching permanent IT job ads57356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.066 %0.041 %0.003 %
As % of the Application Development category0.182 %0.119 %0.009 %
Salaries quoted45331
Average salary£40,000£40,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--15.78 %
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,750£47,500
% change year-on-year
+3.220 %-18.42 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

Cocoa
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cocoa within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cocoa Demand Trend

Cocoa
Salary Trend

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

Cocoa Salary Trend

Cocoa
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cocoa over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Cocoa Salary Histogram

Cocoa
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cocoa within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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+952£40,000-
LondonDown-2929£45,000-10.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1213£40,000+6.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+513£40,000+6.66 %
CambridgeUp+411£40,000+6.66 %
City of LondonNew entry-10£43,750-
South EastDown-45£38,750-3.12 %
ScotlandNew entry-5£45,000-
GlasgowNew entry-5£45,000-
North WestNew entry-3£35,000-
BrightonNew entry-2£38,750-
BerkshireNew entry-2£45,000-
East SussexNew entry-2£38,750-
East MidlandsUp+41£23,500-6.00 %
YorkshireNew entry-1£35,000-
HampshireNew entry-1£27,500-
DerbyshireNew entry-1£23,500-
CheshireNew entry-1£30,000-
ReadingNew entry-1£45,000-
ManchesterNew entry-1£35,000-

Cocoa
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa.

1105 (91.30 %)Objective-C
291 (79.13 %)iPhone
358 (50.43 %)C++
446 (40.00 %)Java
538 (33.04 %)Android
633 (28.70 %)Xcode
633 (28.70 %)Mac OS X
726 (22.61 %)J2ME
825 (21.74 %)Degree
918 (15.65 %)Windows
1017 (14.78 %)Pensions
1116 (13.91 %)iPhone SDK
1215 (13.04 %)Windows Mobile
1215 (13.04 %)Games
1314 (12.17 %)Symbian
1413 (11.30 %)Health
1413 (11.30 %)AJAX
1512 (10.43 %)OpenGL
1611 (9.565 %)Apple
1611 (9.565 %)Telecoms
1710 (8.696 %)Mac OS
1710 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
189 (7.826 %)Software Engineering
189 (7.826 %)Scrum
189 (7.826 %)Blackberry
189 (7.826 %)XHTML
198 (6.957 %)HTML
198 (6.957 %)Subversion
198 (6.957 %)Computer Science
207 (6.087 %)Animation

Cocoa
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Cocoa 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 Cocoa. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
126 (22.61 %)J2ME
216 (13.91 %)iPhone SDK
313 (11.30 %)AJAX
412 (10.43 %)OpenGL
59 (7.826 %)XHTML
68 (6.957 %)HTML
76 (5.217 %).NET
76 (5.217 %)J2EE
76 (5.217 %)LAMP
76 (5.217 %)Ruby on Rails
76 (5.217 %)Core Animation
85 (4.348 %)OAuth
85 (4.348 %)XML
94 (3.478 %)Haml
103 (2.609 %)Boost C++ Libraries
103 (2.609 %)Flash
103 (2.609 %)CSS
112 (1.739 %)Web Services
112 (1.739 %)ASP.NET
112 (1.739 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.739 %)Photoshop
12 (1.739 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.739 %)Internet
21 (0.870 %)3G
21 (0.870 %)GPRS
21 (0.870 %)GSM
21 (0.870 %)UMTS
21 (0.870 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (5.217 %)GIS
22 (1.739 %)SQL Server
31 (0.870 %)MySQL
31 (0.870 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
133 (28.70 %)Xcode
28 (6.957 %)Subversion
35 (4.348 %)Git (software)
35 (4.348 %)RSpec
43 (2.609 %)Visual Studio
52 (1.739 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (14.78 %)Pensions
215 (13.04 %)Games
313 (11.30 %)Health
411 (9.565 %)Telecoms
57 (6.087 %)Animation
65 (4.348 %)Music
65 (4.348 %)Finance
65 (4.348 %)Social Media
74 (3.478 %)Marketing
74 (3.478 %)3D Graphics
83 (2.609 %)Mobile Games
83 (2.609 %)Banking
83 (2.609 %)Construction
92 (1.739 %)Publishing
92 (1.739 %)Retail
92 (1.739 %)Online Banking
92 (1.739 %)Online Games
101 (0.870 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.870 %)Advertising
101 (0.870 %)Education
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
195 (82.61 %)Developer
262 (53.91 %)iPhone Developer
318 (15.65 %)Software Engineer
415 (13.04 %)Mac Developer
514 (12.17 %)Senior Developer
612 (10.43 %)Applications Developer
711 (9.565 %)iPhone Applications Developer
88 (6.957 %)Software Developer
97 (6.087 %)Mac Engineer
105 (4.348 %)Mobile Developer
114 (3.478 %)Senior Mac Developer
123 (2.609 %)Project Manager
123 (2.609 %)Games Developer
132 (1.739 %)Mobile Applications Developer
132 (1.739 %)Web Project Manager
132 (1.739 %)Web Manager
132 (1.739 %)Online Project Manager
132 (1.739 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
141 (0.870 %)Technical Project Manager
141 (0.870 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
191 (79.13 %)iPhone
29 (7.826 %)Blackberry
38 (6.957 %)Computer Science
42 (1.739 %)Handset
42 (1.739 %)Augmented Reality
51 (0.870 %)Open Source
51 (0.870 %)Client/Server
51 (0.870 %)RIA
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (33.04 %)Android
233 (28.70 %)Mac OS X
318 (15.65 %)Windows
415 (13.04 %)Windows Mobile
510 (8.696 %)Mac OS
66 (5.217 %)Linux
73 (2.609 %)Windows XP
73 (2.609 %)Windows Vista
82 (1.739 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
29 (7.826 %)Scrum
29 (7.826 %)Software Engineering
36 (5.217 %)OO
42 (1.739 %)E-Commerce
42 (1.739 %)OOD
42 (1.739 %)Project Management
51 (0.870 %)Service Delivery
51 (0.870 %)PRINCE2
51 (0.870 %)UML
51 (0.870 %)PRINCE
51 (0.870 %)Configuration Management
51 (0.870 %)Web Development
51 (0.870 %)Integration Testing
51 (0.870 %)Online Marketing
51 (0.870 %)TDD
51 (0.870 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1105 (91.30 %)Objective-C
258 (50.43 %)C++
346 (40.00 %)Java
47 (6.087 %)C
56 (5.217 %)C#
56 (5.217 %)Ruby
56 (5.217 %)Python
65 (4.348 %)AppleScript
65 (4.348 %)JavaScript
73 (2.609 %)PHP
73 (2.609 %)VC++
82 (1.739 %)SQL
82 (1.739 %)Delphi
91 (0.870 %)T-SQL
91 (0.870 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (21.74 %)Degree
21 (0.870 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.870 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (12.17 %)Symbian
211 (9.565 %)Apple
32 (1.739 %)Adobe
41 (0.870 %)Google