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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 60 69
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 14 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.70% 1.13% 1.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.29% 5.80% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 9
10th Percentile £289 £271 £169
25th Percentile £325 £361 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £525 £320
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +64.06% +82.86%
75th Percentile £438 £578 £340
90th Percentile £528 £603 -
South West median daily rate £380 £616 £250
% change year-on-year -38.34% +146.50% -37.50%

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 124 138 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 15.07% 19.49% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 66 72
10th Percentile £68 £140 £170
25th Percentile £222 £213 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £440 £463
Median % change year-on-year -14.20% -4.86% +2.78%
75th Percentile £541 £562 £626
90th Percentile £635 £725 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 12
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £47.88
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.75 £61.25
Median hourly rate £51.57 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% -3.57% +7.28%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.60 -
South West median hourly rate £38.94 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -42.31% +8.00% -3.85%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in Bristol

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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Firebase
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) VoIP
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Crashlytics
2 1 (7.14%) fastlane
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) Xcode
2 1 (7.14%) XCTest
2 1 (7.14%) XCUITest
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) iOS Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Mobile Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Test Leader
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Flutter Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) SwiftUI
2 3 (21.43%) JSON
3 1 (7.14%) Core Data
3 1 (7.14%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Android
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) iOS Development
2 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 4 (28.57%) Application Security
3 4 (28.57%) Mobile Development
3 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
4 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
4 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Smoke Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 2 (14.29%) Use Case
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Manual Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Security Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Swift
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Kotlin
2 1 (7.14%) Objective-C
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (7.14%) GIAC
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) QA