{"id":7320,"date":"2018-08-07T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T16:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainstation.io\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2021-01-29T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:23:38","slug":"why-an-ios-development-certification-is-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/why-an-ios-development-certification-is-worth-it","title":{"rendered":"Why an iOS Development Certificate is Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BrainStation is now offering a part-time <\/span>iOS Development course<\/span><\/a> online and at our campuses in New York, Toronto, and Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With instruction by experienced leaders in the development field, the course is designed to help graduates gain iOS development experience to accelerate their movement through a rapidly growing field.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re uncertain how a certification in iOS development could benefit you, read on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies Need iOS Developers Desperately<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a shortage of talent across many sectors of tech, and that skill scarcity is particularly disparate among app developers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recruiting firm Randstad Technologies <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> a 104 percent year-over-year demand increase between 2014 and 2016 for mobile app developers. CIO\u2019s <\/span>2018 State of the CIO survey<\/span><\/a>, meanwhile, found that 59 percent of CIOs reported problems with skills shortage, with 15 percent specifically reporting a shortage related to mobile development talent. The U.S. Department of Labor also <\/span>predicts<\/span><\/a> \u201cmuch faster than average\u201d 24 percent growth in the field by 2026, with an estimate of 302,500 new jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even such exponential gains could be considered a rather conservative expectation, given just how many companies have been slow to truly embrace mobile.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a lot of companies that haven\u2019t adopted a mobile-first mindset yet,\u201d said <\/span>Andrew Carlson<\/span><\/a>, Digital Talent Recruiter at <\/span>Planet4iT<\/span><\/a> in Toronto. \u201cSo in that field, there\u2019s still room for a lot of growth in terms of new roles and in terms of people getting better skills in that area.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a ton of companies that don\u2019t have an app or a mobile presence at all, so that skillset is definitely very much in demand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple Still a Powerhouse<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Android\u2019s growth, iOS continues to be massively popular around the world \u2013 with promising indications in some key markets.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple sold <\/span>216.76 million iPhones in its 2017 fiscal year<\/span><\/a>, a 2.3 percent increase over the prior year. A <\/span>recent report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech<\/span><\/a> revealed that iOS share in the U.S. is at roughly 40 percent and 49.4 percent in Great Britain, while a three-month gain of 4.6 percentage points in late 2017 in urban China gave iOS its best-ever market share there, at nearly 25 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple continues to dominate in the tablet sphere as well, with iPad shipments growing to 43.8 million in 2017, good for a 26.8 percent share of the tablet market worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, the demand for iOS-tailored apps simply isn\u2019t going to go away.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, although Android might have a broader overall reach, Apple\u2019s iOS has always been significantly more lucrative for app developers. In 2016, iOS generated twice as much revenue through its App Store as Google Play did \u2013 $34 billion to $17 billion \u2013 and it\u2019s projected by <\/span>App Annie<\/span><\/a> that in 2021, iOS total revenue will reach $60 billion while Google Play will reach $42 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Supply of iOS Developers Dwindling, Salaries Are on the Rise<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming proficient in iOS development pays off.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an analysis from the career website <\/span>Dice<\/span><\/a>, iOS Developers in New York and San Francisco take home an average salary north of $125,000, while the <\/span>average iOS developer salary in Canada<\/span><\/a> is $114,526, with intermediate developers averaging $139,219, according to the job site Neuvoo.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent Tech Salary Guide from <\/span>Mondo<\/span><\/a> cited mobile app developer as the most lucrative title among developers, with salaries ranging from $100,000 at the low end to $175,000 at the high end. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a direct correlation between skill set and salary, the Dice study notes. Specifically, knowing both Swift and the slightly older programming language Objective-C \u201clooks really, really good on any resume.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

iOS Development is Not Easy<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no sugar-coating it \u2013 although anyone properly motivated can learn how to develop in iOS, there is a steep learning curve.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many struggle at first to learn how to comfortably use Swift to program iOS apps. Others \u2013 especially those who aren\u2019t intimately familiar with the Mac operating system \u2013 will need time to learn to use macOS to build the iOS binaries. Uploading the binaries in Xcode is another common stumbling block.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where a certification course in iOS development can help aspiring developers understand the unique challenges \u2013 and opportunities \u2013 involved with developing in iOS. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In BrainStation\u2019s course, for instance, students begin with learning the fundamentals of programming with Swift \u2013 including types, objects, functions and control flow \u2013 before gaining <\/span>experience building iOS applications from scratch, using Swift libraries to add functionality. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the course, students develop a sleek and user-friendly iOS application and learn how to deploy it to the App Store.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready to get started? You can enroll in BrainStation\u2019s <\/span><\/i>iOS Development course<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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