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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 256 219
Rank change year-on-year -24 -37 +45
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 165 116 177
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.85% 1.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.62% 7.41% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 77 113
10th Percentile £205 £217 £244
25th Percentile £295 £281 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £508 £500 £600
90th Percentile £638 £593 £675
England median daily rate £434 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +8.44% -15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £23.58 £26.82 £30.69
25th Percentile £28.19 £37.86 £40.75
Median hourly rate £37.25 £57.50 £55.47
Median % change year-on-year -35.22% +3.67% +145.10%
75th Percentile £46.19 £65.38 £66.92
90th Percentile £50.73 £69.35 £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 1,553 1,566 1,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.74% 11.51% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,072 1,393
10th Percentile £206 £246 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £725
England median daily rate £469 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +1.96% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 43 50
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.87 £16.21
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.13
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.36% -53.68%
75th Percentile £25.34 £27.00 £28.78
90th Percentile £54.40 £61.60 £60.14
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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -6 23 £459 +5.76% 8
West London -14 4 £190 -24.00% 3
East London +2 1 £145 - 1
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 10 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.85%) Confluence
3 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.21%) Notion
3 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.76%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (9.09%) GitHub
3 14 (8.48%) Azure
4 11 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (6.06%) GCP
6 8 (4.85%) AWS
7 7 (4.24%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.24%) OneDrive
7 7 (4.24%) SaaS
8 5 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (2.42%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.42%) Sauce Labs
10 3 (1.82%) Figma
11 2 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.21%) Bitrise
11 2 (1.21%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.21%) IaaS
11 2 (1.21%) PaaS
12 1 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) Wireless
2 3 (1.82%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.82%) VoIP
2 3 (1.82%) VPN
3 2 (1.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.61%) DHCP
4 1 (0.61%) DNS
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 (1.82%) Db2
1 3 (1.82%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.82%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.82%) Power BI
2 2 (1.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (7.88%) XCUITest
2 11 (6.67%) JIRA
3 10 (6.06%) Appium
3 10 (6.06%) Xcode
3 10 (6.06%) XCTest
4 7 (4.24%) CircleCI
5 4 (2.42%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.82%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.82%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (1.82%) Selenium
6 3 (1.82%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.21%) Git
7 2 (1.21%) GitLab
7 2 (1.21%) Postman
7 2 (1.21%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.21%) Selendroid
8 1 (0.61%) Charles Proxy
8 1 (0.61%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.61%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.79%) Finance
3 22 (13.33%) Banking
4 11 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.24%) Retail
7 6 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.42%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.42%) Legal
8 4 (2.42%) Military
8 4 (2.42%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.82%) Billing
9 3 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.21%) Front Office
10 2 (1.21%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.61%) Norwegian Language
11 1 (0.61%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.61%) Publishing
11 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (22.42%) Developer
2 32 (19.39%) iOS Developer
3 25 (15.15%) Senior
4 15 (9.09%) IT Support
5 14 (8.48%) Analyst
6 13 (7.88%) Mobile Engineer
7 12 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.67%) Designer
9 9 (5.45%) Mobile Designer
10 8 (4.85%) Architect
10 8 (4.85%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Mobile Developer
11 7 (4.24%) Interaction Designer
11 7 (4.24%) Senior Designer
11 7 (4.24%) Senior Mobile Designer
12 6 (3.64%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.64%) Desktop Support
12 6 (3.64%) Mobile Architect
12 6 (3.64%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.52%) SwiftUI
2 14 (8.48%) RESTful
3 11 (6.67%) UIKit
4 10 (6.06%) React Native
5 8 (4.85%) Flutter
5 8 (4.85%) REST
6 6 (3.64%) GraphQL
7 5 (3.03%) Jetpack Compose
7 5 (3.03%) React
8 4 (2.42%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.82%) Backbone.js
9 3 (1.82%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.82%) Ember.js
9 3 (1.82%) Hugging Face
9 3 (1.82%) iOS SDK
9 3 (1.82%) Keras
9 3 (1.82%) PyTorch
9 3 (1.82%) TensorFlow
9 3 (1.82%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.82%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.45%) Virtual Team
4 7 (4.24%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.24%) iPhone
5 6 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.64%) iPad
6 5 (3.03%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.82%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.21%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.21%) BYOD
8 2 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.21%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.21%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.21%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 98 (59.39%) Android
2 48 (29.09%) Windows
3 35 (21.21%) Mac OS
4 10 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.03%) Linux
6 2 (1.21%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.85%) iOS Development
2 35 (21.21%) Agile
3 29 (17.58%) CI/CD
4 25 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (12.73%) User Experience
6 18 (10.91%) AI
6 18 (10.91%) Customer Service
7 17 (10.30%) Test Automation
8 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (9.09%) Mobile Development
9 14 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (7.88%) Data Protection
10 13 (7.88%) Mobile Device Management
10 13 (7.88%) MVVM
11 12 (7.27%) DevOps
11 12 (7.27%) ITIL
12 11 (6.67%) Architectural Patterns
12 11 (6.67%) Prototyping
13 10 (6.06%) E-Commerce
13 10 (6.06%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 49 (29.70%) Swift
2 20 (12.12%) Objective-C
3 19 (11.52%) Java
4 18 (10.91%) Kotlin
5 10 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.24%) C++
7 5 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.03%) Python
7 5 (3.03%) SQL
8 4 (2.42%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.82%) Ruby
10 1 (0.61%) C
10 1 (0.61%) Korn
10 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (7.88%) Degree
1 13 (7.88%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.42%) A+ Certification
4 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.82%) PhD
6 2 (1.21%) ACSP
7 1 (0.61%) ACTC
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.15%) QA
2 20 (12.12%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.82%) WCAG
4 2 (1.21%) 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 19 (11.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.82%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.21%) Docker
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.06%) SCCM
3 6 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 34 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.55%) Apple
3 12 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.03%) Google
5 4 (2.42%) VMware
6 3 (1.82%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.82%) New Relic
6 3 (1.82%) Splunk
7 2 (1.21%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.21%) Okta
8 1 (0.61%) Brightcove
8 1 (0.61%) Citrix
8 1 (0.61%) IBM
8 1 (0.61%) Interwoven
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