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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 52 73
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 +14
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 16 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.48% 1.51% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.32% 6.96% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile - £353 £167
25th Percentile £350 £413 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +27.27% +126.03%
75th Percentile £513 £578 £475
90th Percentile £538 £603 £565
South West median daily rate £550 £620 £375
% change year-on-year -11.29% +65.33% -6.25%

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 155 115 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.31% 21.74% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 66 50
10th Percentile £116 £140 £170
25th Percentile £276 £203 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £356 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -10.94% -15.34%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £500
90th Percentile £579 £656 £586
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -9.52% +6.06% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 19 27
10th Percentile £17.69 £62.40 £50.70
25th Percentile £19.64 £65.75 £56.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +6.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £72.53
South West median hourly rate £51.25 £67.50 £52.05
% change year-on-year -24.07% +29.70% -19.93%

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 9 March 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) GitHub
2 4 (25.00%) Figma
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (6.25%) Firebase
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Xcode
1 6 (37.50%) XCTest
1 6 (37.50%) XCUITest
2 5 (31.25%) Git
3 2 (12.50%) fastlane
4 1 (6.25%) Crashlytics
4 1 (6.25%) GitLab
4 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
1 10 (62.50%) iOS Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) SwiftUI
2 3 (18.75%) JSON
3 1 (6.25%) Core Data
3 1 (6.25%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 5 (31.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) iOS Development
2 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
3 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 6 (37.50%) MVVM
4 5 (31.25%) Async-Await
5 4 (25.00%) Application Security
5 4 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (18.75%) Cryptography
6 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
6 3 (18.75%) Mobile Development
6 3 (18.75%) Pair Programming
6 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) TDD
6 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
8 1 (6.25%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 1 (6.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 1 (6.25%) Technical Debt
8 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Swift
2 1 (6.25%) C
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.25%) Objective-C
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA