Swift Contract Job Trends in England

Apple Swift
UK > England

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 452 459
Rank change year-on-year -127 +7 +62
Contract jobs citing Swift 63 49 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.53% 0.54% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 49
10th Percentile - £368 £323
25th Percentile £370 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £588
90th Percentile £528 £550 £604
UK median daily rate £438 £406 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -22.62% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £57.43 £49.57
25th Percentile - £59.19 £51.55
Median hourly rate £77.00 £63.75 £55.47
Median % change year-on-year +20.78% +14.94% -23.50%
75th Percentile - £68.69 £58.76
90th Percentile - £70.68 £60.36
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £63.75 £55.47
% change year-on-year +20.78% +14.94% -23.50%

All Programming Languages
England

Swift falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,959 9,070 10,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.94% 32.67% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,738 6,143 7,288
10th Percentile £363 £345 £353
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 501 260 304
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.25 £30.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £50.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +0.78%
75th Percentile £70.50 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £79.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Swift relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Swift job vacancy trend in England

Swift
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift

Swift
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Swift in England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Swift in England

Swift
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift

Swift
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swift within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
London -66 45 £430 -14.00% 130
North of England -90 10 £450 +15.68% 25
North West -46 6 £400 +6.67% 20
South West - 5 £525 - 1
North East -36 4 £450 - 2
South East -68 3 £359 -37.61% 9
Swift
UK

Swift
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) GitHub
2 13 (20.63%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (11.11%) Firebase
4 5 (7.94%) Azure
4 5 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.59%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.59%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (26.98%) XCUITest
2 16 (25.40%) Xcode
3 15 (23.81%) XCTest
4 9 (14.29%) CircleCI
5 8 (12.70%) fastlane
6 7 (11.11%) Git
7 6 (9.52%) Jenkins
8 3 (4.76%) CocoaPods
8 3 (4.76%) JIRA
9 2 (3.17%) Appium
9 2 (3.17%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (1.59%) Charles Proxy
10 1 (1.59%) Selendroid
General
1 15 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Banking
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Aviation
5 1 (1.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (60.32%) Developer
2 35 (55.56%) iOS Developer
3 12 (19.05%) Mobile Developer
4 10 (15.87%) Mobile Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Senior
5 9 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 9 (14.29%) Senior iOS Developer
6 2 (3.17%) Java Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Lead
6 2 (3.17%) QA Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Android Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Applications Developer
7 1 (1.59%) Architect
7 1 (1.59%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (1.59%) iOS Software Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 1 (1.59%) Software Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Technical Architect
7 1 (1.59%) Technical Leader
7 1 (1.59%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (34.92%) RESTful
1 22 (34.92%) SwiftUI
2 15 (23.81%) UIKit
3 13 (20.63%) REST
4 6 (9.52%) GraphQL
4 6 (9.52%) iOS SDK
5 5 (7.94%) Core Data
6 4 (6.35%) Flutter
7 1 (1.59%) Android Jetpack
7 1 (1.59%) Android SDK
7 1 (1.59%) Jetpack Compose
7 1 (1.59%) JSON
7 1 (1.59%) RAML
7 1 (1.59%) React Native
7 1 (1.59%) RxSwift
7 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 35 (55.56%) Mobile App
2 7 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) IoT
3 3 (4.76%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.17%) Legacy Code
4 2 (3.17%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.59%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Music Streaming
Operating Systems
1 63 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 14 (22.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (80.95%) iOS Development
2 25 (39.68%) MVVM
3 24 (38.10%) Agile
3 24 (38.10%) CI/CD
4 18 (28.57%) Mobile Development
5 17 (26.98%) Architectural Patterns
5 17 (26.98%) DevOps
6 16 (25.40%) User Experience
7 15 (23.81%) Test Automation
8 12 (19.05%) TDD
9 9 (14.29%) API Integration
9 9 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.70%) Clean Code
10 8 (12.70%) Design Patterns
11 7 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
11 7 (11.11%) Scrum
11 7 (11.11%) Secure Coding
11 7 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 6 (9.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 25 (39.68%) Objective-C
2 14 (22.22%) Kotlin
3 6 (9.52%) Java
4 3 (4.76%) Ruby
4 3 (4.76%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.17%) Python
6 1 (1.59%) C++
6 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (31.75%) QA
2 13 (20.63%) Accessibility
3 5 (7.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Apple
2 5 (7.94%) Dynatrace
3 3 (4.76%) Checkmarx
3 3 (4.76%) New Relic
3 3 (4.76%) Splunk
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.59%) Google
5 1 (1.59%) Sparx