Apple iOS Contracts

Apple iOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Apple iOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Apple iOS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 269 266
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 -57
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 446 587 959
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 0.98% 1.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.72% 6.04% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 407 669
10th Percentile £213 £163 £185
25th Percentile £313 £214 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £575
90th Percentile £825 £655 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £370 £401
% change year-on-year +14.80% -7.74% +8.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 30
10th Percentile £12.25 £17.13 £14.96
25th Percentile £14.36 £18.25 £16.24
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.73
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +10.61% -61.77%
75th Percentile - £26.31 £20.00
90th Percentile £36.16 £82.50 £61.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.29 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -6.57% +12.12% +13.01%

All Operating Systems
UK

Apple iOS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,775 9,719 13,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 16.25% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,885 6,848 9,128
10th Percentile £184 £189 £175
25th Percentile £300 £326 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £717 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 422 633
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%
75th Percentile £59.88 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.80% +56.25% +17.65%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Apple iOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Apple iOS in the UK

Apple iOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple iOS.

Daily rate trend for Apple iOS in the UK

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in the UK

Apple iOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple iOS.

Hourly rate trend for Apple iOS in the UK

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple iOS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple iOS in the UK

Apple iOS
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +53 394 £475 +13.10% 225
UK excluding London +58 258 £425 +14.80% 145
London +13 159 £500 +12.36% 95
Work from Home +23 104 £481 +8.15% 104
North of England +61 101 £495 -5.71% 39
North West +45 73 £800 +68.42% 21
South East -4 61 £450 +125.00% 36
Midlands +46 43 £400 +1.27% 21
Yorkshire +21 28 £300 -42.86% 14
Scotland +27 26 £400 +60.00% 13
West Midlands +47 25 £450 -14.29% 14
East Midlands +24 18 £150 -62.03% 7
South West +4 14 £375 -6.25% 24
Northern Ireland +13 7 £190 -36.67%
East of England +9 5 £265 -44.21% 10
Wales +13 2 £450 +5.88% 6

Apple iOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.91%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Drupal
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (10.31%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.24%) Sketch
4 3 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.67%) InDesign
4 3 (0.67%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.45%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) InVision
6 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 128 (28.70%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (12.11%) Azure
3 36 (8.07%) AWS
4 20 (4.48%) Figma
5 15 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.47%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.24%) SaaS
8 8 (1.79%) GitHub
9 4 (0.90%) Apigee
9 4 (0.90%) GCP
9 4 (0.90%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.90%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.67%) Miro
10 3 (0.67%) PaaS
10 3 (0.67%) Sentry
10 3 (0.67%) Slack
11 2 (0.45%) Asana
11 2 (0.45%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 53 (11.88%) VPN
2 51 (11.43%) Firewall
3 13 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (2.91%) Network Security
3 13 (2.91%) Skype
4 12 (2.69%) VoIP
5 9 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.57%) Wireless
7 4 (0.90%) DHCP
7 4 (0.90%) LAN
8 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.67%) SSL
8 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.67%) VLAN
9 2 (0.45%) 4G
9 2 (0.45%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.45%) HTTP
9 2 (0.45%) WAN
10 1 (0.22%) MQTT
10 1 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.91%) Big Data
2 10 (2.24%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.35%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.90%) Power BI
6 3 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.67%) MySQL
7 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.22%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.22%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (5.16%) Git
2 21 (4.71%) Xcode
3 20 (4.48%) XCUITest
4 17 (3.81%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.69%) JIRA
6 11 (2.47%) Appium
7 6 (1.35%) Postman
7 6 (1.35%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.35%) XCTest
8 5 (1.12%) Maven
9 4 (0.90%) Hudson
10 3 (0.67%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.67%) gulp
10 3 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.45%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.45%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.45%) git-flow
11 2 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.45%) UI Automator
General
1 90 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.11%) Finance
3 37 (8.30%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.71%) Retail
7 19 (4.26%) Legal
8 18 (4.04%) Banking
9 7 (1.57%) French Language
10 6 (1.35%) Billing
10 6 (1.35%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.12%) Front Office
11 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.90%) Arabic Language
12 4 (0.90%) German Language
12 4 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.90%) Publishing
13 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 100 (22.42%) Developer
2 62 (13.90%) Architect
2 62 (13.90%) Lead
3 55 (12.33%) iOS Developer
4 47 (10.54%) Technical Architect
5 44 (9.87%) Senior
6 42 (9.42%) Analyst
7 41 (9.19%) Technical Leader
8 40 (8.97%) IT Support
9 35 (7.85%) Lead Architect
10 27 (6.05%) Support Engineer
11 25 (5.61%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.93%) Designer
13 20 (4.48%) IT Analyst
14 18 (4.04%) IT Engineer
15 17 (3.81%) IT Support Analyst
15 17 (3.81%) React Developer
16 16 (3.59%) Desktop Support
17 14 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
18 13 (2.91%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (14.13%) Node.js
2 30 (6.73%) React Native
3 27 (6.05%) REST
4 21 (4.71%) React
5 20 (4.48%) iOS SDK
6 18 (4.04%) SwiftUI
7 17 (3.81%) CSS
8 16 (3.59%) HTML
8 16 (3.59%) Web Services
9 15 (3.36%) RESTful
10 13 (2.91%) Apache NiFi
11 11 (2.47%) Flutter
12 10 (2.24%) UIKit
13 9 (2.02%) .NET
14 8 (1.79%) GraphQL
15 7 (1.57%) CSS3
15 7 (1.57%) HTML5
16 6 (1.35%) Ajax
16 6 (1.35%) Spring
16 6 (1.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.71%) Mobile App
2 41 (9.19%) Product Ownership
3 34 (7.62%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.50%) iPhone
5 17 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.36%) CMDB
7 13 (2.91%) Cyber Defence
7 13 (2.91%) Distributed Applications
7 13 (2.91%) iPad
7 13 (2.91%) Smartphone
8 10 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.24%) Video Editing
9 7 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.35%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.12%) Hedge funds
12 4 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 253 (56.73%) Android
2 198 (44.39%) Windows
3 89 (19.96%) Windows 10
4 56 (12.56%) Windows Server
5 35 (7.85%) Mac OS
6 28 (6.28%) Linux
7 17 (3.81%) Unix
8 10 (2.24%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.90%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.45%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.22%) tvOS
11 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (19.28%) Agile
2 81 (18.16%) iOS Development
3 66 (14.80%) CI/CD
4 60 (13.45%) Security Architecture
5 59 (13.23%) Mobile Device Management
6 56 (12.56%) Customer Service
7 54 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (11.66%) DevOps
9 45 (10.09%) User Experience
10 44 (9.87%) Risk Management
10 44 (9.87%) Zero Trust
11 41 (9.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 41 (9.19%) Roadmaps
11 41 (9.19%) Threat Intelligence
12 38 (8.52%) Design Patterns
13 30 (6.73%) ITSM
14 29 (6.50%) Mobile Development
15 27 (6.05%) Asset Management
15 27 (6.05%) Information Security
16 26 (5.83%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 90 (20.18%) Swift
2 34 (7.62%) JavaScript
3 29 (6.50%) Objective-C
4 22 (4.93%) Python
5 20 (4.48%) Java
6 18 (4.04%) Kotlin
7 13 (2.91%) SQL
8 9 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.57%) C++
9 7 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.35%) C
10 6 (1.35%) C#
11 5 (1.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.67%) PHP
13 1 (0.22%) Bash
13 1 (0.22%) Go
13 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 64 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 48 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.38%) Degree
4 19 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.45%) MCSA
8 2 (0.45%) MCSE
9 1 (0.22%) ACMT
9 1 (0.22%) CISSP
9 1 (0.22%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.16%) SLA
2 21 (4.71%) QA
3 13 (2.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 100 (22.42%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.79%) Docker
3 6 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.90%) vSphere
5 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) iptables
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (10.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (8.52%) SCCM
3 24 (5.38%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (2.47%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (1.79%) Ansible
7 3 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.67%) Rancher
7 3 (0.67%) Terraform
7 3 (0.67%) WSUS
8 2 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) AppManager
9 1 (0.22%) Bugsnag
9 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (23.99%) Apple
2 87 (19.51%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.52%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.26%) Citrix
5 14 (3.14%) Google
6 12 (2.69%) Okta
7 11 (2.47%) Adobe
8 9 (2.02%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.57%) VMware
10 6 (1.35%) Avaya
11 5 (1.12%) Dell
12 4 (0.90%) Ivanti
12 4 (0.90%) Sophos
12 4 (0.90%) Sun
13 3 (0.67%) HP
14 2 (0.45%) Intel
14 2 (0.45%) Mitel
14 2 (0.45%) SAP
14 2 (0.45%) Splunk
14 2 (0.45%) Xamarin