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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 60 74
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 8 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.59% 0.44% 0.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.44% 3.16% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £333 £296 £223
25th Percentile £381 £301 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £323 £293
Median % change year-on-year +47.29% +10.26% -13.97%
75th Percentile £506 £356 £362
90th Percentile £518 £367 £392
South West median daily rate £475 £350 £300
% change year-on-year +35.71% +16.67% -29.41%
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 147 95 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 10.84% 13.91% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 37 59
10th Percentile £213 £208 £183
25th Percentile £325 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £533
90th Percentile £663 £790 £638
South West median daily rate £513 £435 £525
% change year-on-year +17.82% -17.14% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 42 58
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.17 £64.63
25th Percentile £19.33 - £65.31
Median hourly rate £26.00 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% -73.04% +6.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £68.00 -
South West median hourly rate £36.93 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year +95.69% -73.04% +7.19%

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 5 September 2026.

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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Skype
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Git
1 5 (62.50%) Xcode
1 5 (62.50%) XCTest
1 5 (62.50%) XCUITest
2 1 (12.50%) fastlane
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) iOS Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Senior iOS Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (62.50%) Design Patterns
2 5 (62.50%) iOS Development
2 5 (62.50%) MVVM
3 4 (50.00%) Async-Await
3 4 (50.00%) Pair Programming
3 4 (50.00%) TDD
3 4 (50.00%) Technical Debt
4 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Application Security
5 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Apple
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft