Rating: Dice report suggest it’s because they’re more iPhone app professionals
A recent report from Dice (the high tech job specialist) found that less than one-in-five (17 per cent) technology professionals have published a mobile app.[ Dice surveyed over 3,200 respondents of whom around 500 reported having developed a mobile app.] What’s interesting is that Dice has broken those figures down into the amount of time tech professionals spent working on apps by mobile OS. it found here that more spent is spent working full-time on iPhone apps by high tech professional than other OS. iPhone developers also made nine times more than their rivals on Android. however, Android is the OS on which they work most part-time. Surprisingly Windows Mobile comes third – above iPad; BlackBerry; and Symbian. that suggest the survey is definitely US centric.The survey showed that over one third (35 per cent) of tech professionals who have dived in and developed an app have made $1 or more.
Significantly, those who prefer developing on iPhone reported nine times more income from apps, than those working on Android.
As an explanation for this discrepancy, Dice suggested that more focus full-time on iPhone development. The company also observed that as app advertising revenue grows so too should Android income.
The gap between Android and iPhone job postings on Dice is widening. For every request in search of iPhone experience, there’s now 1.4 requests for Android – which was more even in March [2011] when Android took a very slight lead.
Presently, of the 17 per cent of professionals who have worked on a mobile app, just over one quarter (27 per cent) work on mobile initiatives full-time.
Dice ‘s md, Alice Hill, concludes that the the bottom line is that publishing a popular app can be the ticket to a better job whether you are working for an employer or not.
Talking of mobile apps, Dice itself has an app for both iPhone and Android which are free and available via their associated app stores.
Curiously, the Android Market reported that the app – Dice Job Search from Dice Career Solutions – isn’t compatible with any of our Android handsets.
It requires Android 2.1 (Éclair) or above and we’ve got two of those. Normally if the app is North America only, Android Market tells you that fact. Curious.
Incidentally, for the record, downloads of the Dice iPhone app are exceeding those of Android, the company says. maybe that’s because others are having the same trouble as us?
