Apple iOS Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Apple iOS
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 66 72
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 9 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.67% 0.41% 0.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.92% 2.94% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £323 £210
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +53.57% -34.38%
South West median daily rate £300 £323 £225
% change year-on-year -6.98% +43.33% -33.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £22.80 - -
75th Percentile £24.28 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £22.80 - -

All Operating Systems
Bristol

Apple iOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 130 102 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 9.67% 13.88% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 38 59
10th Percentile £213 £69 £140
25th Percentile £300 £325 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +12.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £533
90th Percentile £691 £786 £645
South West median daily rate £546 £425 £509
% change year-on-year +28.53% -16.46% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 48 51
10th Percentile £15.76 £18.51 £65.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £66.25
Median hourly rate £25.75 £28.83 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -58.82% +36.59%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.25 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 -
South West median hourly rate £36.36 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +44.55% -64.07% +7.69%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apple iOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Apple iOS job vacancy trend in Bristol

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Apple iOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Apple iOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
1 4 (44.44%) Xcode
1 4 (44.44%) XCTest
1 4 (44.44%) XCUITest
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) iOS Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Security Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile App
1 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Application Security
2 4 (44.44%) Async-Await
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (44.44%) Cryptography
2 4 (44.44%) Design Patterns
2 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
2 4 (44.44%) iOS Development
2 4 (44.44%) MVVM
2 4 (44.44%) Pair Programming
2 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (44.44%) TDD
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Debt
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Mobile Development
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Apple
1 1 (11.11%) HP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft