Apple iOS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Apple iOS
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 121 113
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 +26
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 21 17 21
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.82% 0.82% 0.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.42% 6.64% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 13
10th Percentile £248 £228 £188
25th Percentile £400 £275 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% -27.27% +48.65%
75th Percentile £485 £500 £600
90th Percentile £618 £591 £675
London median daily rate £401 £400 £544
% change year-on-year +0.13% -26.44% +27.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.13
Median hourly rate - - £26.25
75th Percentile - - £29.38
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £37.25 £57.00 £55.47
% change year-on-year -34.65% +2.77% +157.59%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 223 256 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.69% 12.42% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 178 214
10th Percentile £180 £253 £215
25th Percentile £285 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £496 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £636 £663 £638
90th Percentile £675 £725 £725
London median daily rate £475 £484 £500
% change year-on-year -1.81% -3.25% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £19.28 £20.82 £23.90
25th Percentile £19.31 £23.75 £25.06
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +1.85% -46.00%
75th Percentile £21.81 £30.25 £28.19
90th Percentile £22.23 £124.60 £28.90
London median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year -16.50% +14.32% -49.81%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Apple iOS job vacancy trend in Central London

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in Central London over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in Central London

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. 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
City of London -3 20 £401 -7.67% 7
City of Westminster - 1 £175 - 6
Apple iOS
London

Apple iOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) Confluence
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (4.76%) Google Play
3 1 (4.76%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) Appium
2 2 (9.52%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) Xcode
2 2 (9.52%) XCUITest
3 1 (4.76%) CircleCI
3 1 (4.76%) CocoaPods
3 1 (4.76%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.76%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (4.76%) MonkeyTalk
3 1 (4.76%) Selendroid
3 1 (4.76%) Selenium
3 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (4.76%) WebDriver
3 1 (4.76%) XCTest
General
1 6 (28.57%) Banking
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Developer
2 9 (42.86%) iOS Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Junior
5 1 (4.76%) Mac Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.76%) UI Designer
5 1 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) SwiftUI
1 4 (19.05%) UIKit
2 2 (9.52%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (9.52%) React Native
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (4.76%) Android SDK
3 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
3 1 (4.76%) iOS SDK
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (4.76%) React
3 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
2 3 (14.29%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Android
2 6 (28.57%) Mac OS
3 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 9 (42.86%) iOS Development
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) AI
4 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
5 4 (19.05%) Mobile Development
5 4 (19.05%) Unit Testing
6 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 3 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) Scrum
6 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
7 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.52%) Test Strategy
7 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Swift
2 3 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) Kotlin
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) Korn
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Guidewire