Apple iOS Contract Job Trends in London

Apple iOS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 260 221
Rank change year-on-year -11 -39 +35
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 164 111 178
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 0.82% 1.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.68% 7.10% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 74 114
10th Percentile £205 £216 £245
25th Percentile £300 £281 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £520 £497 £602
90th Percentile £639 £596 £675
England median daily rate £450 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £23.58 £23.14 £30.69
25th Percentile £28.19 £28.66 £40.75
Median hourly rate £37.25 £38.48 £55.47
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -30.62% +145.10%
75th Percentile £46.19 £48.93 £66.92
90th Percentile £50.73 £54.82 £74.97
England median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £26.25
% change year-on-year +72.69% -28.30% +34.62%

All Operating Systems
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,536 1,564 1,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.74% 11.50% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,068 1,396
10th Percentile £206 £241 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.47%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £735
England median daily rate £467 £460 £478
% change year-on-year +1.41% -3.66% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 52
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +10.23% -53.68%
75th Percentile £25.25 £25.23 £31.72
90th Percentile £55.05 £58.98 £61.29
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.30% -16.36% -35.29%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Apple iOS job vacancy trend in London

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in London

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple iOS in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple iOS in London

Apple iOS
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Central London -2 24 £480 +2.67% 8
West London -15 4 £190 -24.00% 3
East London +3 1 £145 - 2
Apple iOS
England

Apple iOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 9 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) Notion
3 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (9.15%) GitHub
3 13 (7.93%) Azure
4 11 (6.71%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (6.10%) GCP
6 8 (4.88%) AWS
7 7 (4.27%) OneDrive
7 7 (4.27%) SaaS
8 6 (3.66%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.44%) Figma
10 4 (2.44%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.44%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.44%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.22%) Bitrise
11 2 (1.22%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.22%) IaaS
11 2 (1.22%) PaaS
12 1 (0.61%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.05%) Wireless
2 3 (1.83%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.83%) VoIP
2 3 (1.83%) VPN
3 2 (1.22%) Internet
4 1 (0.61%) DSL
4 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.61%) Firewall
4 1 (0.61%) LAN
4 1 (0.61%) WAN
4 1 (0.61%) WebEx
4 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.83%) Db2
1 3 (1.83%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.83%) Power BI
2 2 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (7.93%) XCUITest
2 11 (6.71%) JIRA
3 10 (6.10%) Appium
3 10 (6.10%) Xcode
3 10 (6.10%) XCTest
4 7 (4.27%) CircleCI
5 4 (2.44%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.83%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.83%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (1.83%) Selenium
6 3 (1.83%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.22%) Git
7 2 (1.22%) GitLab
7 2 (1.22%) Postman
7 2 (1.22%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.22%) Selendroid
8 1 (0.61%) CMake
8 1 (0.61%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.61%) MonkeyTalk
8 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.29%) Finance
3 21 (12.80%) Banking
4 11 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.66%) Retail
7 4 (2.44%) Legal
7 4 (2.44%) Military
8 3 (1.83%) Billing
8 3 (1.83%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.83%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.22%) Front Office
9 2 (1.22%) Games
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.61%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.61%) Publishing
10 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (22.56%) Developer
2 32 (19.51%) iOS Developer
3 25 (15.24%) Senior
4 15 (9.15%) IT Support
5 14 (8.54%) Analyst
6 13 (7.93%) Mobile Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Designer
9 9 (5.49%) Mobile Designer
10 8 (4.88%) Architect
10 8 (4.88%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Mobile Developer
11 7 (4.27%) Interaction Designer
11 7 (4.27%) Senior Designer
11 7 (4.27%) Senior Mobile Designer
12 6 (3.66%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.66%) Desktop Support
12 6 (3.66%) Mobile Architect
12 6 (3.66%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.59%) SwiftUI
2 14 (8.54%) RESTful
3 11 (6.71%) UIKit
4 10 (6.10%) React Native
5 8 (4.88%) Flutter
5 8 (4.88%) REST
6 6 (3.66%) GraphQL
6 6 (3.66%) React
7 5 (3.05%) Jetpack Compose
8 4 (2.44%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (2.44%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.83%) Backbone.js
9 3 (1.83%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.83%) Ember.js
9 3 (1.83%) iOS SDK
9 3 (1.83%) jQuery
9 3 (1.83%) Keras
9 3 (1.83%) PyTorch
9 3 (1.83%) TensorFlow
9 3 (1.83%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.95%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.49%) Virtual Team
4 7 (4.27%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.27%) iPhone
5 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.66%) iPad
6 5 (3.05%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.83%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.22%) BYOD
8 2 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.22%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.22%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.22%) NHS
8 2 (1.22%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 97 (59.15%) Android
2 47 (28.66%) Windows
3 34 (20.73%) Mac OS
4 9 (5.49%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.05%) Linux
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.00%) iOS Development
2 35 (21.34%) Agile
3 29 (17.68%) CI/CD
4 24 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.41%) User Experience
6 19 (11.59%) AI
7 18 (10.98%) Customer Service
8 17 (10.37%) Test Automation
9 15 (9.15%) Mobile Development
10 14 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.93%) Data Protection
11 13 (7.93%) MVVM
11 13 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (7.32%) DevOps
12 12 (7.32%) ITIL
12 12 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (7.32%) Prototyping
13 11 (6.71%) Architectural Patterns
13 11 (6.71%) Interaction Design
14 10 (6.10%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 49 (29.88%) Swift
2 20 (12.20%) Objective-C
3 19 (11.59%) Java
4 18 (10.98%) Kotlin
5 9 (5.49%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.27%) C++
7 6 (3.66%) Python
8 5 (3.05%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.05%) SQL
8 5 (3.05%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.83%) Ruby
11 1 (0.61%) C
11 1 (0.61%) Korn
11 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (7.93%) Degree
1 13 (7.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.44%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.83%) PhD
6 2 (1.22%) ACSP
7 1 (0.61%) ACTC
7 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.24%) QA
2 20 (12.20%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.83%) WCAG
4 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (10.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.83%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.22%) Docker
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.10%) SCCM
3 6 (3.66%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.63%) Apple
3 12 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.05%) Google
5 4 (2.44%) VMware
6 3 (1.83%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.83%) New Relic
6 3 (1.83%) Splunk
7 2 (1.22%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.22%) Okta
8 1 (0.61%) Brightcove
8 1 (0.61%) Citrix
8 1 (0.61%) IBM
8 1 (0.61%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.61%) Snow
8 1 (0.61%) Spotify
8 1 (0.61%) Temenos
8 1 (0.61%) YouTube
8 1 (0.61%) Zscaler