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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 202 239
Rank change year-on-year -95 +37 +18
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 121 149 160
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.69% 1.18% 0.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.57% 9.82% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 92 123
10th Percentile £186 £219 £243
25th Percentile £261 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £401 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% -19.80% +8.11%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £588
90th Percentile £650 £750 £675
England median daily rate £400 £400 £475
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £24.72 £40.85
25th Percentile £51.25 £26.11 £44.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.41 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.79% -45.89% +131.99%
75th Percentile £53.75 £31.71 £60.25
90th Percentile - £33.68 £64.15
England median hourly rate £55.00 £18.82 £17.72
% change year-on-year +192.24% +6.21% -4.22%

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 1,412 1,518 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.04% 11.98% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 1,056 1,517
10th Percentile £212 £250 £199
25th Percentile £363 £375 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -10.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 74
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.85 £15.65
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +12.09% -36.23%
75th Percentile £26.08 £31.50 £36.07
90th Percentile £62.20 £52.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.71 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +73.18% +12.09% -37.14%

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 26 April 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
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 26 April 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 -23 15 £650 +136.36% 6
West London -21 7 £200 -43.26% 1
South London -11 3 £190 -24.15%
East London -4 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 4 (3.31%) Confluence
1 4 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (23.97%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (14.05%) Azure
3 11 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.79%) AWS
4 7 (5.79%) GCP
4 7 (5.79%) GitHub
5 6 (4.96%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.31%) BlazeMeter
6 4 (3.31%) GitHub Copilot
6 4 (3.31%) SaaS
6 4 (3.31%) Sauce Labs
7 3 (2.48%) Figma
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.48%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.48%) Slack
8 2 (1.65%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.65%) IaaS
8 2 (1.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.79%) DNS
2 6 (4.96%) DHCP
2 6 (4.96%) VPN
3 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.48%) Wireless
5 2 (1.65%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (1.65%) Internet
5 2 (1.65%) LAN
5 2 (1.65%) VoIP
6 1 (0.83%) DSL
6 1 (0.83%) Firewall
6 1 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.48%) DB2
1 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.44%) Appium
2 7 (5.79%) JIRA
3 6 (4.96%) GitLab
4 4 (3.31%) Android Studio
4 4 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.31%) JMeter
4 4 (3.31%) PyCharm
4 4 (3.31%) PyUnit
4 4 (3.31%) XCUITest
5 3 (2.48%) JUnit
5 3 (2.48%) Xcode
5 3 (2.48%) XCTest
5 3 (2.48%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.65%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (1.65%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (1.65%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.83%) Git
7 1 (0.83%) Gradle
7 1 (0.83%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 44 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.05%) Banking
2 17 (14.05%) Finance
3 13 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.96%) Publishing
6 5 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.48%) Military
8 2 (1.65%) Billing
8 2 (1.65%) Electronics
8 2 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Retail
9 1 (0.83%) Automotive
9 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.83%) Front Office
9 1 (0.83%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.83%) Law
9 1 (0.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (15.70%) Analyst
2 18 (14.88%) Developer
3 17 (14.05%) Senior
4 14 (11.57%) IT Support
5 12 (9.92%) Mobile Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) iOS Developer
7 10 (8.26%) Support Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (6.61%) Architect
8 8 (6.61%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.96%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.96%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.13%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.13%) Mobile Architect
10 5 (4.13%) Test Engineer
11 4 (3.31%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.22%) React Native
2 9 (7.44%) SwiftUI
3 8 (6.61%) React
4 7 (5.79%) WebdriverIO
5 6 (4.96%) OAuth
5 6 (4.96%) UIKit
6 5 (4.13%) Flutter
6 5 (4.13%) iOS SDK
6 5 (4.13%) OAuth2
7 4 (3.31%) Django
7 4 (3.31%) pytest
8 3 (2.48%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.48%) Backbone.js
8 3 (2.48%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.48%) Ember.js
8 3 (2.48%) jQuery
8 3 (2.48%) Keras
8 3 (2.48%) RESTful
8 3 (2.48%) Smart Contracts
8 3 (2.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (24.79%) Mobile App
2 14 (11.57%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.79%) Mobile Banking
4 6 (4.96%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.96%) Smartphone
5 5 (4.13%) iPhone
5 5 (4.13%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.48%) Blockchain
7 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.48%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.48%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.48%) Web3
8 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.65%) iPad
9 1 (0.83%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.83%) PKI
9 1 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 82 (67.77%) Android
2 40 (33.06%) Windows
3 26 (21.49%) Mac OS
4 14 (11.57%) Windows 10
5 9 (7.44%) Linux
6 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.66%) CI/CD
1 25 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (19.83%) Agile
3 20 (16.53%) iOS Development
4 16 (13.22%) Customer Service
5 15 (12.40%) Test Automation
6 13 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (10.74%) User Experience
7 12 (9.92%) ITIL
8 11 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (8.26%) Analytics
9 10 (8.26%) Data Protection
10 9 (7.44%) AI
10 9 (7.44%) Software Engineering
11 8 (6.61%) Observability
12 7 (5.79%) Android Development
12 7 (5.79%) Case Management
12 7 (5.79%) E-Commerce
12 7 (5.79%) Migration
12 7 (5.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.36%) Swift
2 16 (13.22%) Java
3 15 (12.40%) JavaScript
4 14 (11.57%) Kotlin
5 12 (9.92%) TypeScript
6 11 (9.09%) Python
7 5 (4.13%) Objective-C
8 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.31%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.31%) SQL
9 2 (1.65%) C++
10 1 (0.83%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (8.26%) SC Cleared
1 10 (8.26%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.96%) Degree
3 3 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.48%) PhD
4 2 (1.65%) ACSP
4 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.83%) ACTC
5 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.26%) QA
2 6 (4.96%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.83%) NCSC
4 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.65%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.44%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (4.96%) SCCM
4 2 (1.65%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.66%) Apple
3 16 (13.22%) Google
4 13 (10.74%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.48%) Braze
5 3 (2.48%) Optimizely
5 3 (2.48%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.65%) Adobe
6 2 (1.65%) Okta
6 2 (1.65%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.65%) Tealium
7 1 (0.83%) Adyen
7 1 (0.83%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.83%) Citrix
7 1 (0.83%) Dell
7 1 (0.83%) IBM
7 1 (0.83%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.83%) Roku
7 1 (0.83%) Zscaler