iOS Development Contracts

iOS Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for iOS Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited iOS Development over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 627 574
Rank change year-on-year +117 -53 -140
Contract jobs citing iOS Development 81 89 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.16% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 61 219
10th Percentile £300 £313 £400
25th Percentile £321 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £575 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -29.47% -7.32% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.75
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.50
% change year-on-year - - +31.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

iOS Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,777 54,764 81,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 89.85% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,469 37,878 57,177
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,408 1,780 1,951
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.90 £24.82
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +44.64% -0.72%
75th Percentile £57.87 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.55 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £35.00 £19.91
% change year-on-year -1.13% +75.79% -8.42%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Development over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Development within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +140 75 £450 -10.00% 52
UK excluding London +72 39 £335 -29.47% 35
London +96 34 £550 +7.32% 22
Work from Home +102 29 £468 -6.40% 30
North of England +44 23 £300 -29.41% 9
Yorkshire - 14 £300 - 1
North West +28 9 £450 -5.26% 7
South West +33 5 £375 -34.78% 6
South East +24 4 - - 6
Midlands +43 3 £400 -18.99% 5
West Midlands +37 3 £400 -21.95% 3
East of England +13 2 £305 -35.79% 2
Northern Ireland +3 2 - -

iOS Development
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 1 (1.23%) CMS
1 1 (1.23%) Drupal
1 1 (1.23%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.17%) Azure
2 3 (3.70%) AWS
2 3 (3.70%) GitHub
3 2 (2.47%) Bitrise
4 1 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.23%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (20.99%) Xcode
2 15 (18.52%) Git
3 9 (11.11%) XCUITest
4 4 (4.94%) XCTest
5 2 (2.47%) Appium
5 2 (2.47%) CocoaPods
5 2 (2.47%) git-flow
6 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.94%) Finance
3 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.70%) Banking
3 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.70%) Publishing
3 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.23%) Games
4 1 (1.23%) Marketing
4 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (85.19%) Developer
2 53 (65.43%) iOS Developer
3 9 (11.11%) Mobile Developer
4 8 (9.88%) React Developer
5 6 (7.41%) E-Commerce Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Android Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Applications Developer
6 5 (6.17%) iOS Android Developer
6 5 (6.17%) JavaScript Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Senior
7 3 (3.70%) Full Stack Developer
7 3 (3.70%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 3 (3.70%) Senior Developer
8 2 (2.47%) Architect
8 2 (2.47%) Senior iOS Developer
9 1 (1.23%) Applications Architect
9 1 (1.23%) Lead Architect
9 1 (1.23%) PHP Developer
9 1 (1.23%) Python Developer
9 1 (1.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.22%) REST
2 14 (17.28%) SwiftUI
3 12 (14.81%) CSS
3 12 (14.81%) HTML
4 11 (13.58%) React Native
4 11 (13.58%) Web Services
5 10 (12.35%) Node.js
6 9 (11.11%) iOS SDK
6 9 (11.11%) UIKit
7 8 (9.88%) React
7 8 (9.88%) RESTful
8 6 (7.41%) Ajax
8 6 (7.41%) CSS3
8 6 (7.41%) GraphQL
8 6 (7.41%) HTML5
9 4 (4.94%) .NET
9 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET
9 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (4.94%) JSON
9 4 (4.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (34.57%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.17%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.23%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.23%) Animation
4 1 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.23%) Mobile Games
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 79 (97.53%) Apple iOS
2 28 (34.57%) Android
3 1 (1.23%) Linux
3 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Android Development
2 15 (18.52%) Mobile Development
3 10 (12.35%) Web Development
4 9 (11.11%) MVVM
5 8 (9.88%) Agile
5 8 (9.88%) Full Stack Development
5 8 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (8.64%) Software Engineering
7 6 (7.41%) Design Patterns
7 6 (7.41%) E-Commerce
7 6 (7.41%) MVC
8 5 (6.17%) CI/CD
8 5 (6.17%) Fintech
8 5 (6.17%) Responsive Web Design
9 4 (4.94%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.94%) OO
9 4 (4.94%) OOP
9 4 (4.94%) SOLID
10 3 (3.70%) Computer Science
10 3 (3.70%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (55.56%) Swift
2 17 (20.99%) Objective-C
3 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.17%) C#
5 2 (2.47%) C++
5 2 (2.47%) Java
5 2 (2.47%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.47%) PHP
5 2 (2.47%) Python
6 1 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (4.94%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.70%) Degree
3 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.47%) Apple
2 1 (1.23%) Adobe
2 1 (1.23%) Databricks
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle