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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 244 232
Rank change year-on-year -24 -12 +24
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 152 107 181
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 0.87% 1.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.52% 7.33% 8.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 68 123
10th Percentile £197 £214 £250
25th Percentile £303 £258 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -23.81% +28.05%
75th Percentile £538 £477 £600
90th Percentile £638 £591 £675
England median daily rate £438 £400 £468
% change year-on-year +9.38% -14.53% +18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £29.18
25th Percentile £51.25 - £38.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.46 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +169.78% -60.69% +103.58%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £61.43
90th Percentile - - £73.28
England median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £21.99
% change year-on-year +72.69% -14.40% +15.71%

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 1,445 1,460 2,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.64% 11.84% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 1,008 1,472
10th Percentile £202 £245 £210
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £456 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -1.94% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 67
10th Percentile £20.67 £19.62 £15.09
25th Percentile £22.53 £22.50 £18.13
Median hourly rate £26.08 £24.34 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.13% +10.64% -54.87%
75th Percentile £58.63 £29.31 £26.14
90th Percentile £72.88 £49.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £19.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year +69.85% -16.80% -48.95%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -11 21 £481 +33.87% 9
West London -18 6 £190 -24.00%
South London -8 3 £190 -15.56%
East London -3 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 7 (4.61%) Confluence
2 5 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.32%) Notion
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (11.84%) Azure
3 11 (7.24%) GitHub
4 10 (6.58%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.92%) GCP
6 8 (5.26%) AWS
7 7 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.61%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.95%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.63%) Figma
9 4 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (2.63%) Sauce Labs
10 3 (1.97%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.97%) SaaS
10 3 (1.97%) Slack
11 2 (1.32%) Bitrise
11 2 (1.32%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.32%) Google Drive
11 2 (1.32%) IaaS
11 2 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) VPN
2 5 (3.29%) DNS
2 5 (3.29%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.63%) DHCP
3 4 (2.63%) Wireless
4 3 (1.97%) VoIP
5 2 (1.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.66%) DSL
6 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.66%) Firewall
6 1 (0.66%) LAN
6 1 (0.66%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.97%) Db2
1 3 (1.97%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.97%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.97%) Power BI
2 2 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.92%) JIRA
1 9 (5.92%) XCUITest
2 8 (5.26%) Appium
2 8 (5.26%) Xcode
3 6 (3.95%) XCTest
4 5 (3.29%) Android Studio
5 4 (2.63%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.97%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (1.97%) PyCharm
6 3 (1.97%) PyUnit
6 3 (1.97%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.32%) GitLab
7 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.32%) JUnit
7 2 (1.32%) Postman
7 2 (1.32%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.32%) Selendroid
8 1 (0.66%) Charles Proxy
8 1 (0.66%) fastlane
8 1 (0.66%) JMeter
General
1 45 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.13%) Banking
3 22 (14.47%) Finance
4 11 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.24%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.95%) Publishing
6 5 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.63%) Military
7 4 (2.63%) Retail
8 2 (1.32%) Billing
8 2 (1.32%) Front Office
8 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.66%) Games
9 1 (0.66%) Norwegian Language
9 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (23.68%) Developer
2 28 (18.42%) iOS Developer
3 27 (17.76%) Senior
4 18 (11.84%) Analyst
4 18 (11.84%) Mobile Engineer
5 11 (7.24%) Architect
6 10 (6.58%) IT Support
7 8 (5.26%) Designer
7 8 (5.26%) Mobile Designer
8 7 (4.61%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.61%) Mobile Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Interaction Designer
9 6 (3.95%) Mobile Architect
9 6 (3.95%) Senior Designer
9 6 (3.95%) Senior Mobile Designer
9 6 (3.95%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.29%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.29%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.53%) SwiftUI
2 12 (7.89%) React Native
2 12 (7.89%) RESTful
3 8 (5.26%) UIKit
4 7 (4.61%) Flutter
4 7 (4.61%) OAuth
4 7 (4.61%) React
5 6 (3.95%) GraphQL
5 6 (3.95%) OAuth2
6 5 (3.29%) iOS SDK
6 5 (3.29%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (2.63%) Android Jetpack
7 4 (2.63%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.63%) REST
8 3 (1.97%) Android SDK
8 3 (1.97%) Backbone.js
8 3 (1.97%) Bootstrap
8 3 (1.97%) Django
8 3 (1.97%) Ember.js
8 3 (1.97%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 29 (19.08%) Mobile App
2 11 (7.24%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.26%) Mobile Banking
4 6 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (3.95%) iPhone
5 5 (3.29%) Smartphone
5 5 (3.29%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.63%) iPad
7 3 (1.97%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.32%) BYOD
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.32%) NHS
8 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.66%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.66%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 97 (63.82%) Android
2 46 (30.26%) Windows
3 31 (20.39%) Mac OS
4 13 (8.55%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.26%) Linux
6 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.68%) iOS Development
2 31 (20.39%) Agile
3 24 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 23 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (11.18%) Test Automation
5 17 (11.18%) User Experience
6 14 (9.21%) AI
6 14 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (8.55%) ITIL
8 12 (7.89%) Mobile Development
8 12 (7.89%) Mobile Device Management
9 11 (7.24%) Prototyping
10 10 (6.58%) Customer Service
10 10 (6.58%) Interaction Design
10 10 (6.58%) Software Engineering
11 9 (5.92%) Analytics
11 9 (5.92%) DevOps
11 9 (5.92%) E-Commerce
11 9 (5.92%) MVVM
11 9 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.95%) Swift
2 20 (13.16%) Java
3 19 (12.50%) Kotlin
4 16 (10.53%) Objective-C
5 9 (5.92%) Python
6 6 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.95%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.95%) SQL
6 6 (3.95%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.29%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.63%) C++
9 2 (1.32%) Ruby
10 1 (0.66%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.66%) Korn
10 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (8.55%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.58%) Degree
4 5 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.97%) PhD
6 2 (1.32%) ACSP
7 1 (0.66%) ACTC
7 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.50%) QA
2 15 (9.87%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.97%) WCAG
4 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) NCSC
5 1 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.97%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.97%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.61%) SCCM
3 6 (3.95%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.11%) Apple
3 13 (8.55%) Google
4 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.97%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.32%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.32%) New Relic
6 2 (1.32%) Okta
6 2 (1.32%) Splunk
7 1 (0.66%) Adyen
7 1 (0.66%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.66%) Citrix
7 1 (0.66%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.66%) Roku
7 1 (0.66%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.66%) Snow
7 1 (0.66%) Spotify
7 1 (0.66%) Temenos
7 1 (0.66%) YouTube
7 1 (0.66%) Zscaler