iPhone Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPhone in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited iPhone over the 3 months to 23 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Apple iPhone UK
Location	3 months to 23 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	458	494	436
Rank change year-on-year	+36	-58
Contract jobs citing iPhone	123	156	199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.27%	0.29%	0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.83%	0.89%	1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	83	101	110
Median daily rate	£375	£375	£375
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£128	£158	£130
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£550	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£338	£190
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	+77.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted	16	15	19
Median hourly rate	£15.15	£15.00	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.00%	-3.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.20	£9.85	£13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£56.20	£18.20	£32.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.15	£15.00	£15.75
% change year-on-year	+1.00%	-4.76%

iPhone is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	14860	17624	17518
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	33.15%	32.96%	31.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	9653	11527	10749
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£415
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£267	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£613	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£388	£375
% change year-on-year	+3.22%	+3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	459	563	680
Median hourly rate	£27.00	£22.54	£18.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+19.78%	+21.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.31	£12.50	£11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.33	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.50	£23.00	£18.50
% change year-on-year	+28.26%	+24.32%

iPhone
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing iPhone as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Miscellaneous category.

iPhone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing iPhone.

Contractor daily rate trend for iPhone in the UK

iPhone
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing iPhone over the 3 months to 23 May 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for iPhone in the UK

iPhone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPhone.

Contractor hourly rate trend for iPhone in the UK

iPhone
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing iPhone over the 3 months to 23 May 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for iPhone in the UK

iPhone
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPhone within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+3	101	£395	+1.93%	42
London	+15	66	£400	-11.11%	18
Scotland	+55	18	£378	+43.80%	1
City of London	+4	17	£406	+103.12%
Glasgow	+16	15	£378	+43.80%	1
East of England	+8	10	£275	-11.29%	3
Essex	-	9	£275	-
West Yorkshire	+7	8	£400	+2.56%	1
Yorkshire	+1	8	£400	+2.56%	1
South East	+18	7	£270	-1.81%	2
Leeds	-2	7	£400	+2.56%
North West	+24	5	£175	-	10
West End of London	-	5	£445	-
Hampshire	+22	3	-	-
Cheshire	+34	2	-	-	7
Surrey	+8	2	£495	+65.00%	1
Bristol	+1	2	-	-	1
South West	0	2	-	-	3
Oxford	0	2	£100	-
Portsmouth	0	2	-	-
Oxfordshire	-1	2	£100	-
East Midlands	-9	2	-	-	2
Wales	-	2	£138	-
Edinburgh	-	2	-	-
Merseyside	-	2	£245	-	1
Nottinghamshire	-	2	-	-	1
Liverpool	-	2	£245	-	1
South Wales	-	2	£138	-
Newport	-	2	£138	-
Docklands, London	-	2	£150	-

iPhone
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2017, IT contractor jobs citing iPhone also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for iPhone.

1	131 (53.69%)	Apple iOS
2	122 (50.00%)	iPad
3	103 (42.21%)	iOS Development
4	96 (39.34%)	Windows
5	84 (34.43%)	Apple Swift
6	79 (32.38%)	Android
7	75 (30.74%)	Objective-C
8	59 (24.18%)	Agile Software Development
9	56 (22.95%)	Blackberry
9	56 (22.95%)	Windows 7
10	54 (22.13%)	Active Directory
11	49 (20.08%)	Microsoft
12	47 (19.26%)	TDD
13	44 (18.03%)	Mobile App
14	41 (16.80%)	Finance

15	39 (15.98%)	Cocoa
15	39 (15.98%)	Continuous Integration
16	37 (15.16%)	Test Automation
17	36 (14.75%)	RESTful
17	36 (14.75%)	JSON
18	34 (13.93%)	JavaScript
19	33 (13.52%)	Microsoft Office
20	31 (12.70%)	OO
21	30 (12.30%)	ITIL
22	29 (11.89%)	Scrum
22	29 (11.89%)	Core Data
23	28 (11.48%)	User Experience
23	28 (11.48%)	XML
23	28 (11.48%)	Apple
24	27 (11.07%)	Git (software)

iPhone
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	15 (6.15%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
2	13 (5.33%)	MS Exchange
3	7 (2.87%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	6 (2.46%)	SharePoint
4	6 (2.46%)	Skype for Business
5	5 (2.05%)	IBM Notes
6	3 (1.23%)	CMS
7	2 (0.82%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	2 (0.82%)	Umbraco
8	1 (0.41%)	Apache

Applications
1	33 (13.52%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (1.64%)	Microsoft Excel
2	4 (1.64%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	3 (1.23%)	InfoPath
3	3 (1.23%)	Photoshop
4	2 (0.82%)	Adobe Creative Suite
5	1 (0.41%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	1 (0.41%)	OmniGraffle
5	1 (0.41%)	Shockwave

Business Applications
1	5 (2.05%)	Eikon
2	3 (1.23%)	thinkFolio
3	2 (0.82%)	Teamcenter
4	1 (0.41%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	15 (6.15%)	Office 365
2	9 (3.69%)	GitHub
3	8 (3.28%)	iTunes
4	3 (1.23%)	TestFlight
5	2 (0.82%)	Amazon AWS
5	2 (0.82%)	Google Analytics
6	1 (0.41%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.41%)	Microsoft Azure

Communications & Networking
1	13 (5.33%)	Network Security
2	11 (4.51%)	LAN
2	11 (4.51%)	VoIP
3	9 (3.69%)	DNS
3	9 (3.69%)	VPN
4	8 (3.28%)	TCP/IP
5	6 (2.46%)	DHCP
6	5 (2.05%)	Skype
6	5 (2.05%)	Wireless
7	4 (1.64%)	HTTP
8	3 (1.23%)	ADSL
8	3 (1.23%)	NAS
8	3 (1.23%)	SAN
8	3 (1.23%)	WAN
8	3 (1.23%)	WebEx
8	3 (1.23%)	Wi-Fi
9	2 (0.82%)	4G
9	2 (0.82%)	Firewall
10	1 (0.41%)	Cisco IOS
10	1 (0.41%)	VLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	5 (2.05%)	SQLite
2	4 (1.64%)	SQL Server
3	3 (1.23%)	Relational Database
4	2 (0.82%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	1 (0.41%)	MySQL
5	1 (0.41%)	PostgreSQL
5	1 (0.41%)	SQL Server 2008
5	1 (0.41%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	27 (11.07%)	Git (software)
2	22 (9.02%)	Jenkins
2	22 (9.02%)	Xcode
3	17 (6.97%)	JIRA
4	10 (4.10%)	git-flow
4	10 (4.10%)	Subversion
5	9 (3.69%)	JUnit
6	3 (1.23%)	Android Studio
6	3 (1.23%)	CocoaPods
7	2 (0.82%)	Team Foundation Server
8	1 (0.41%)	Axure RP
8	1 (0.41%)	Grunt
8	1 (0.41%)	Jasmine
8	1 (0.41%)	JIRA Agile
8	1 (0.41%)	Karma Test Runner
8	1 (0.41%)	SoapUI
8	1 (0.41%)	TeamCity
8	1 (0.41%)	Zephyr

General
1	41 (16.80%)	Finance
2	25 (10.25%)	Banking
3	15 (6.15%)	Retail
4	14 (5.74%)	Legal
5	8 (3.28%)	Automotive
5	8 (3.28%)	Manufacturing
6	5 (2.05%)	Retail Banking
6	5 (2.05%)	Telecoms
7	4 (1.64%)	Law
8	3 (1.23%)	Marketing
8	3 (1.23%)	Spanish Language
9	2 (0.82%)	Publishing
10	1 (0.41%)	Corporate Banking
10	1 (0.41%)	Electronics
10	1 (0.41%)	Front Office
10	1 (0.41%)	Games
10	1 (0.41%)	Investment Banking

Job Titles
1	110 (45.08%)	Developer
2	89 (36.48%)	iOS Developer
3	39 (15.98%)	Analyst
4	23 (9.43%)	Support Engineer
5	22 (9.02%)	Desktop Support
6	20 (8.20%)	Support Analyst
7	18 (7.38%)	IT Support
8	17 (6.97%)	Designer
9	16 (6.56%)	1st Line Support
9	16 (6.56%)	UI Designer
10	15 (6.15%)	Service Analyst
10	15 (6.15%)	Service Desk Analyst
11	12 (4.92%)	Applications Developer
11	12 (4.92%)	Desktop Engineer
11	12 (4.92%)	Desktop Support Engineer
11	12 (4.92%)	Mobile Developer
12	11 (4.51%)	Mobile Applications Developer
13	10 (4.10%)	IT Analyst
13	10 (4.10%)	Mobile Engineer
13	10 (4.10%)	Senior iOS Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	39 (15.98%)	Cocoa
2	36 (14.75%)	JSON
2	36 (14.75%)	RESTful
3	29 (11.89%)	Core Data
4	28 (11.48%)	XML
5	25 (10.25%)	HTML
6	17 (6.97%)	Cocoa Touch
7	14 (5.74%)	Core Animation
8	13 (5.33%)	CSS
9	12 (4.92%)	iOS SDK
9	12 (4.92%)	Web Services
10	11 (4.51%)	HTML5
10	11 (4.51%)	UIKit
11	9 (3.69%)	CSS3
11	9 (3.69%)	iPhone SDK
12	8 (3.28%)	REST
13	6 (2.46%)	.NET
13	6 (2.46%)	AngularJS
14	5 (2.05%)	Flash
15	4 (1.64%)	jQuery

Miscellaneous
1	122 (50.00%)	iPad
2	56 (22.95%)	Blackberry
3	44 (18.03%)	Mobile App
4	28 (11.48%)	User Experience
5	19 (7.79%)	Algorithms
6	16 (6.56%)	Data Structures
7	14 (5.74%)	Animation
8	12 (4.92%)	Smartphone
9	8 (3.28%)	Mobile Banking
10	7 (2.87%)	Enterprise Software
10	7 (2.87%)	Video Conferencing
11	6 (2.46%)	Analytical Skills
12	4 (1.64%)	Computer Science
12	4 (1.64%)	Greenfield Project
13	3 (1.23%)	CMDB
13	3 (1.23%)	Embedded Systems
13	3 (1.23%)	Graphic Design
13	3 (1.23%)	HTC Vive
13	3 (1.23%)	Linux Command Line
13	3 (1.23%)	Management Information System

Operating Systems
1	131 (53.69%)	Apple iOS
2	96 (39.34%)	Windows
3	79 (32.38%)	Android
4	56 (22.95%)	Windows 7
5	23 (9.43%)	Windows XP
6	18 (7.38%)	Windows 10
6	18 (7.38%)	Windows 8
7	15 (6.15%)	Windows Server
8	14 (5.74%)	Mac OS X
9	8 (3.28%)	Windows Server 2003
9	8 (3.28%)	Windows Server 2012
10	5 (2.05%)	Linux
10	5 (2.05%)	Windows Mobile
11	4 (1.64%)	Mac OS
12	3 (1.23%)	Windows Server 2008
13	2 (0.82%)	Windows Phone
14	1 (0.41%)	Solaris
14	1 (0.41%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	103 (42.21%)	iOS Development
2	59 (24.18%)	Agile Software Development
3	47 (19.26%)	TDD
4	39 (15.98%)	Continuous Integration
5	37 (15.16%)	Test Automation
6	31 (12.70%)	OO
7	30 (12.30%)	ITIL
8	29 (11.89%)	Scrum
9	26 (10.66%)	MVC
10	25 (10.25%)	Android Development
11	22 (9.02%)	Software Engineering
12	20 (8.20%)	OOD
13	19 (7.79%)	High Availability
14	18 (7.38%)	Memory Management
14	18 (7.38%)	Migration
15	16 (6.56%)	Code Optimisation
15	16 (6.56%)	Multithreading
15	16 (6.56%)	Pair Programming
16	14 (5.74%)	Data Protection
16	14 (5.74%)	Systems Analysis

Programming Languages
1	84 (34.43%)	Apple Swift
2	75 (30.74%)	Objective-C
3	34 (13.93%)	JavaScript
4	17 (6.97%)	C++
5	15 (6.15%)	Java
6	10 (4.10%)	C#
7	6 (2.46%)	SQL
8	5 (2.05%)	Python
9	3 (1.23%)	ActionScript
9	3 (1.23%)	Ruby
10	2 (0.82%)	C
10	2 (0.82%)	T-SQL
11	1 (0.41%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	10 (4.10%)	Microsoft Certification
2	6 (2.46%)	Degree
3	5 (2.05%)	MCP
4	3 (1.23%)	BPSS Clearance
4	3 (1.23%)	MOS
5	1 (0.41%)	ITIL Certification
5	1 (0.41%)	SC Cleared
5	1 (0.41%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (3.69%)	SLA
2	5 (2.05%)	QA

System Software
1	54 (22.13%)	Active Directory
2	9 (3.69%)	Virtual Desktop
3	8 (3.28%)	XenApp
4	7 (2.87%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	4 (1.64%)	Hyper-V
5	4 (1.64%)	Terminal Services
5	4 (1.64%)	XenDesktop
6	1 (0.41%)	BitLocker
6	1 (0.41%)	Virtual Machines
6	1 (0.41%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	15 (6.15%)	SCCM
2	6 (2.46%)	AirWatch
3	5 (2.05%)	SCOM
4	2 (0.82%)	DameWare
5	1 (0.41%)	Cisco CME
5	1 (0.41%)	McAfee ePO
5	1 (0.41%)	Microsoft Intune
5	1 (0.41%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.41%)	Norton AntiVirus
5	1 (0.41%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	49 (20.08%)	Microsoft
2	28 (11.48%)	Apple
3	24 (9.84%)	Citrix
4	12 (4.92%)	Cisco
5	11 (4.51%)	Google
5	11 (4.51%)	VMware
6	8 (3.28%)	MobileIron
7	7 (2.87%)	Bloomberg
7	7 (2.87%)	Samsung
8	6 (2.46%)	Adobe
8	6 (2.46%)	Reuters
9	5 (2.05%)	Lotus
10	4 (1.64%)	Autodesk
10	4 (1.64%)	Avaya
10	4 (1.64%)	HP
10	4 (1.64%)	McAfee
11	3 (1.23%)	Canon
11	3 (1.23%)	Mitel
11	3 (1.23%)	Remedy
11	3 (1.23%)	ServiceNow