Objective-C Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Objective-C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Objective-C over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in 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 Objective-C UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	413	417	363
Rank change year-on-year	+4	-54
Contract jobs citing Objective-C	192	236	307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.41%	0.44%	0.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category	0.98%	1.13%	1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted	136	170	202
Median daily rate	£408	£450	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-9.44%	+9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£310	£275	£327
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£538	£525	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	-6.25%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	1	1
Median hourly rate	£41.50	£28.50	£42.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+45.61%	-32.94%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£41.50	£28.50	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+45.61%	-32.94%

Objective-C is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	19649	20853	21330
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	41.97%	38.75%	37.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	13427	14322	14249
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£318	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£575	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	388	450	435
Median hourly rate	£42.00	£37.50	£36.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+12.00%	+4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£21.43	£15.00	£19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£51.00	£50.00	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£37.50	£36.50
% change year-on-year	+13.33%	+2.73%

Objective-C
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Objective-C as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

Job vacancy trend for Objective-C in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Objective-C in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Objective-C over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Objective-C in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Objective-C in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Objective-C over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Objective-C in the UK

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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 Objective-C within the UK over the 3 months to 23 June 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	-21	163	£425	-5.55%	112
London	-38	101	£450	-5.26%	62
Scotland	+55	28	£375	+42.85%	2
Glasgow	+24	24	£375	+47.05%
City of London	-6	24	£463	-5.12%	15
Yorkshire	+33	17	£420	-1.17%	4
South East	-6	16	£388	-11.93%	10
West Yorkshire	+29	15	£420	-1.17%	2
Leeds	+19	14	£420	-1.17%	1
Buckinghamshire	-6	9	£388	-11.93%	1
Surrey	+13	7	£350	+27.27%
East of England	0	7	£375	+66.66%	8
Milton Keynes	-	7	£388	-
East Midlands	-2	6	£375	+33.33%	3
Tyne and Wear	+81	5	£400	+28.00%
Newcastle upon Tyne	+81	5	£400	+28.00%
North East	+70	5	£400	+28.00%
North West	+16	5	£450	+11.11%	10
South West	-6	4	£369	-10.60%	5
Nottingham	-	4	£413	-	2
Nottinghamshire	-	4	£413	-	2
Cheshire	+24	3	£450	-5.26%
Edinburgh	+14	2	£225	-46.42%	2
West Midlands	+14	2	£344	+22.22%	10
Manchester	+6	2	-	-	8
Wiltshire	0	2	£338	-10.00%
Bristol	-5	2	£381	-8.95%	4
Essex	-12	2	-	-
Cambridgeshire	-	2	£400	-	3
Bedfordshire	-	2	£350	-

Objective-C
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Objective-C 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 Objective-C.

1	350 (86.21%)	Apple iOS
2	310 (76.35%)	iOS Development
3	297 (73.15%)	Apple Swift
4	208 (51.23%)	Agile Software Development
5	126 (31.03%)	TDD
6	121 (29.80%)	Mobile App
7	118 (29.06%)	Android
8	107 (26.35%)	Cocoa
8	107 (26.35%)	Java
9	105 (25.86%)	RESTful
10	101 (24.88%)	Mobile Development
11	91 (22.41%)	Scrum
12	89 (21.92%)	Xcode
13	85 (20.94%)	Git (software)
14	84 (20.69%)	Apple

15	77 (18.97%)	OO
16	75 (18.47%)	iPhone
17	74 (18.23%)	JSON
18	73 (17.98%)	Web Services
18	73 (17.98%)	User Experience
19	69 (17.00%)	iPad
19	69 (17.00%)	Core Data
20	68 (16.75%)	JavaScript
21	67 (16.50%)	HTML
22	66 (16.26%)	Android Development
23	63 (15.52%)	REST
24	62 (15.27%)	Test Automation
25	60 (14.78%)	XML
25	60 (14.78%)	Cocoa Touch
26	59 (14.53%)	iOS SDK

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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
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	14 (3.45%)	Confluence
2	3 (0.74%)	Documentum
3	2 (0.49%)	Apache Pig
3	2 (0.49%)	Apache Spark
3	2 (0.49%)	CMS
3	2 (0.49%)	JBoss
3	2 (0.49%)	WebLogic
4	1 (0.25%)	Apache
4	1 (0.25%)	nginx
4	1 (0.25%)	WebSphere

Business Applications
1	1 (0.25%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	17 (4.19%)	Amazon AWS
1	17 (4.19%)	GitHub
2	8 (1.97%)	Microsoft Azure
3	6 (1.48%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	6 (1.48%)	iTunes
3	6 (1.48%)	TestFlight
4	3 (0.74%)	Firebase
5	1 (0.25%)	Amazon SQS
5	1 (0.25%)	Google Play
5	1 (0.25%)	Heroku

Communications & Networking
1	16 (3.94%)	Network Security
2	12 (2.96%)	LTE
3	11 (2.71%)	GSM
3	11 (2.71%)	HSPA
3	11 (2.71%)	HTTP
3	11 (2.71%)	WCDMA
4	6 (1.48%)	SSL
5	4 (0.99%)	Bluetooth
5	4 (0.99%)	VoIP
5	4 (0.99%)	Wi-Fi
5	4 (0.99%)	Wireshark
6	3 (0.74%)	NFC
7	2 (0.49%)	4G
7	2 (0.49%)	Internet
8	1 (0.25%)	3GPP
8	1 (0.25%)	DNS
8	1 (0.25%)	Firewall
8	1 (0.25%)	Skype
8	1 (0.25%)	TCP/IP
8	1 (0.25%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (3.94%)	MongoDB
2	13 (3.20%)	SQLite
3	11 (2.71%)	CouchDB
4	7 (1.72%)	MySQL
5	6 (1.48%)	Apache Cassandra
6	5 (1.23%)	NoSQL
7	4 (0.99%)	Azure SQL Database
8	3 (0.74%)	Relational Database
9	2 (0.49%)	Apache Hive
9	2 (0.49%)	Big Data
9	2 (0.49%)	Hadoop
9	2 (0.49%)	Mixpanel
9	2 (0.49%)	SQL Server
10	1 (0.25%)	Couchbase
10	1 (0.25%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	89 (21.92%)	Xcode
2	85 (20.94%)	Git (software)
3	39 (9.61%)	Jenkins
4	38 (9.36%)	JIRA
5	33 (8.13%)	Subversion
6	25 (6.16%)	git-flow
7	16 (3.94%)	JUnit
8	14 (3.45%)	Android Studio
9	11 (2.71%)	Bitbucket
9	11 (2.71%)	CocoaPods
9	11 (2.71%)	Cucumber
10	9 (2.22%)	Selenium
11	5 (1.23%)	Eclipse
12	4 (0.99%)	Calabash
12	4 (0.99%)	CircleCI
12	4 (0.99%)	Travis CI
12	4 (0.99%)	WebDriver
13	3 (0.74%)	Appium
13	3 (0.74%)	Capybara
13	3 (0.74%)	Trac

General
1	54 (13.30%)	Finance
2	25 (6.16%)	Retail
3	23 (5.67%)	Banking
4	20 (4.93%)	Games
5	15 (3.69%)	Publishing
6	8 (1.97%)	Automotive
7	7 (1.72%)	Back Office
7	7 (1.72%)	Telecoms
8	6 (1.48%)	Manufacturing
9	5 (1.23%)	Advertising
10	3 (0.74%)	Electronics
11	2 (0.49%)	Corporate Banking
11	2 (0.49%)	Polish Language
12	1 (0.25%)	Marketing

Job Titles
1	355 (87.44%)	Developer
2	293 (72.17%)	iOS Developer
3	42 (10.34%)	Senior Developer
4	41 (10.10%)	Android Developer
5	40 (9.85%)	Objective-C Developer
6	36 (8.87%)	iOS Android Developer
6	36 (8.87%)	Mobile Developer
6	36 (8.87%)	Senior iOS Developer
7	29 (7.14%)	Applications Developer
8	26 (6.40%)	Architect
9	17 (4.19%)	Mobile Applications Developer
10	15 (3.69%)	Agile Developer
11	13 (3.20%)	C# Developer
11	13 (3.20%)	Software Developer
12	10 (2.46%)	C++ Developer
13	9 (2.22%)	.NET Developer
13	9 (2.22%)	Java Developer
13	9 (2.22%)	Xamarin Developer
14	8 (1.97%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14	8 (1.97%)	Technical Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	107 (26.35%)	Cocoa
2	105 (25.86%)	RESTful
3	74 (18.23%)	JSON
4	73 (17.98%)	Web Services
5	69 (17.00%)	Core Data
6	67 (16.50%)	HTML
7	63 (15.52%)	REST
8	60 (14.78%)	Cocoa Touch
8	60 (14.78%)	XML
9	59 (14.53%)	iOS SDK
10	51 (12.56%)	HTML5
11	37 (9.11%)	CSS
12	31 (7.64%)	UIKit
13	30 (7.39%)	SOAP
14	24 (5.91%)	.NET
14	24 (5.91%)	AngularJS
14	24 (5.91%)	CSS3
15	23 (5.67%)	Core Animation
16	21 (5.17%)	React
17	20 (4.93%)	Unity (Game Engine)

Miscellaneous
1	121 (29.80%)	Mobile App
2	75 (18.47%)	iPhone
3	73 (17.98%)	User Experience
4	69 (17.00%)	iPad
5	23 (5.67%)	Greenfield Project
6	20 (4.93%)	Animation
7	14 (3.45%)	Computer Science
8	11 (2.71%)	Analytical Skills
8	11 (2.71%)	Enterprise Software
9	8 (1.97%)	Fintech
10	6 (1.48%)	Algorithms
10	6 (1.48%)	Data Structures
10	6 (1.48%)	Social Media
11	5 (1.23%)	Apple TV
11	5 (1.23%)	Blackberry
11	5 (1.23%)	Embedded Systems
11	5 (1.23%)	PKI
12	4 (0.99%)	Augmented Reality
12	4 (0.99%)	Motion Graphics
12	4 (0.99%)	Streaming Video

Operating Systems
1	350 (86.21%)	Apple iOS
2	118 (29.06%)	Android
3	12 (2.96%)	Windows
4	8 (1.97%)	Mac OS X
5	5 (1.23%)	Linux
5	5 (1.23%)	Windows 10
6	4 (0.99%)	Mac OS
6	4 (0.99%)	Windows 7
6	4 (0.99%)	Windows 8
7	2 (0.49%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	310 (76.35%)	iOS Development
2	208 (51.23%)	Agile Software Development
3	126 (31.03%)	TDD
4	101 (24.88%)	Mobile Development
5	91 (22.41%)	Scrum
6	77 (18.97%)	OO
7	66 (16.26%)	Android Development
8	62 (15.27%)	Test Automation
9	48 (11.82%)	Continuous Integration
10	45 (11.08%)	Unit Testing
11	40 (9.85%)	Software Engineering
12	38 (9.36%)	OOD
13	37 (9.11%)	Pair Programming
14	36 (8.87%)	MVC
15	34 (8.37%)	BDD
16	27 (6.65%)	OOP
17	25 (6.16%)	Mobile Application Development
18	21 (5.17%)	E-Commerce
19	19 (4.68%)	Data Protection
20	18 (4.43%)	Project Management

Programming Languages
1	297 (73.15%)	Apple Swift
2	107 (26.35%)	Java
3	68 (16.75%)	JavaScript
4	51 (12.56%)	C#
5	47 (11.58%)	C++
6	19 (4.68%)	C
6	19 (4.68%)	SQL
7	15 (3.69%)	Python
8	14 (3.45%)	Ruby
9	8 (1.97%)	ActionScript
9	8 (1.97%)	Scala
10	4 (0.99%)	PHP
11	3 (0.74%)	ES6
12	2 (0.49%)	Embedded C
12	2 (0.49%)	Erlang
12	2 (0.49%)	GraphQL
12	2 (0.49%)	Kotlin
12	2 (0.49%)	MATLAB
12	2 (0.49%)	SPARQL
12	2 (0.49%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	25 (6.16%)	Degree
2	15 (3.69%)	Security Cleared
3	11 (2.71%)	Computer Science Degree
4	10 (2.46%)	Numerate Degree
5	5 (1.23%)	DV Cleared
6	4 (0.99%)	SC Cleared
7	1 (0.25%)	BPSS Clearance
7	1 (0.25%)	CEH
7	1 (0.25%)	Master's Degree
7	1 (0.25%)	SANS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	29 (7.14%)	QA

System Software
1	1 (0.25%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	7 (1.72%)	AirWatch
2	3 (0.74%)	HockeyApp
3	1 (0.25%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	84 (20.69%)	Apple
2	27 (6.65%)	Xamarin
3	16 (3.94%)	Google
4	5 (1.23%)	Telerik
5	4 (0.99%)	Microsoft
6	3 (0.74%)	SAP
7	2 (0.49%)	Atlassian
7	2 (0.49%)	Coremetrics
7	2 (0.49%)	Optimizely
7	2 (0.49%)	Perforce
8	1 (0.25%)	Appcelerator
8	1 (0.25%)	Facebook
8	1 (0.25%)	Kony
8	1 (0.25%)	Oracle
8	1 (0.25%)	Palo Alto
8	1 (0.25%)	Sencha