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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 221 236
Rank change year-on-year -60 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 134 131 164
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 1.05% 0.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.77% 8.86% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 74 122
10th Percentile £185 £216 £250
25th Percentile £263 £263 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £525 £479 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
England median daily rate £401 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +0.13% -15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £24.26 £26.15
25th Percentile £51.25 £24.95 £30.69
Median hourly rate £52.50 £26.11 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.11% -33.91% +51.92%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.26 £53.75
90th Percentile - £27.95 £61.55
England median hourly rate £35.22 £18.82 £17.72
% change year-on-year +87.14% +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 1,372 1,478 2,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.63% 11.90% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,022 1,480
10th Percentile £206 £250 £206
25th Percentile £350 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £743 £750
England median daily rate £450 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 64
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.72 £14.79
25th Percentile £21.14 £21.88 £18.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.58 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.32% +11.73% -39.18%
75th Percentile £57.00 £28.85 £25.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £53.80 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £21.28 £22.00
% change year-on-year +123.21% -3.27% -41.33%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -18 17 £600 +118.18% 11
West London -20 7 £180 -50.55%
South London -10 3 £190 -24.15%
East London -6 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 6 (4.48%) Confluence
2 5 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.49%) Notion
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.39%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (14.93%) Azure
3 12 (8.96%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.72%) AWS
4 9 (6.72%) GCP
5 7 (5.22%) GitHub
5 7 (5.22%) Google Workspace
6 5 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.99%) Figma
7 4 (2.99%) GitHub Copilot
7 4 (2.99%) SaaS
7 4 (2.99%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.24%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.24%) Slack
9 2 (1.49%) Bitrise
9 2 (1.49%) BlazeMeter
9 2 (1.49%) BrowserStack
9 2 (1.49%) Google Drive
9 2 (1.49%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.22%) DNS
2 6 (4.48%) DHCP
2 6 (4.48%) VPN
3 5 (3.73%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.99%) Wireless
5 3 (2.24%) VoIP
6 2 (1.49%) Internet
6 2 (1.49%) LAN
7 1 (0.75%) DSL
7 1 (0.75%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.75%) Firewall
7 1 (0.75%) WAN
7 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.24%) DB2
1 3 (2.24%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.24%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.49%) Power BI
2 2 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.46%) JIRA
2 8 (5.97%) Appium
3 5 (3.73%) Android Studio
4 4 (2.99%) GitLab
4 4 (2.99%) PyCharm
4 4 (2.99%) PyUnit
4 4 (2.99%) Xcode
4 4 (2.99%) XCUITest
5 3 (2.24%) JMeter
5 3 (2.24%) JUnit
5 3 (2.24%) XCTest
5 3 (2.24%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.49%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.49%) Postman
6 2 (1.49%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.75%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.75%) fastlane
7 1 (0.75%) Gradle
7 1 (0.75%) Katalon Studio
General
1 44 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.43%) Banking
2 18 (13.43%) Finance
3 14 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.48%) Publishing
6 4 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.99%) Military
7 3 (2.24%) Retail
7 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.49%) Billing
8 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Automotive
9 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.75%) Front Office
9 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.75%) Law
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (17.16%) Developer
2 21 (15.67%) Analyst
3 20 (14.93%) Senior
4 17 (12.69%) Mobile Engineer
5 16 (11.94%) iOS Developer
6 12 (8.96%) IT Support
7 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.97%) Architect
8 7 (5.22%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.22%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.48%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Mobile Architect
10 5 (3.73%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Service Desk Analyst
11 4 (2.99%) IT Support Analyst
11 4 (2.99%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.19%) React Native
2 11 (8.21%) SwiftUI
3 8 (5.97%) React
4 7 (5.22%) OAuth
5 6 (4.48%) Flutter
5 6 (4.48%) GraphQL
5 6 (4.48%) OAuth2
5 6 (4.48%) UIKit
6 5 (3.73%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (2.99%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.99%) Django
7 4 (2.99%) iOS SDK
7 4 (2.99%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (2.99%) pytest
7 4 (2.99%) RESTful
8 3 (2.24%) Backbone.js
8 3 (2.24%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.24%) Ember.js
8 3 (2.24%) jQuery
8 3 (2.24%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.40%) Mobile App
2 14 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.22%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.22%) Smartphone
4 6 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.73%) iPhone
6 4 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.24%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.24%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.49%) iPad
9 1 (0.75%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.75%) Infotainment
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.75%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 92 (68.66%) Android
2 43 (32.09%) Windows
3 27 (20.15%) Mac OS
4 15 (11.19%) Windows 10
5 9 (6.72%) Linux
6 2 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.64%) Agile
2 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.16%) iOS Development
4 21 (15.67%) CI/CD
5 19 (14.18%) User Experience
6 16 (11.94%) Test Automation
7 15 (11.19%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.70%) ITIL
9 12 (8.96%) AI
9 12 (8.96%) Data Protection
10 11 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.21%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (7.46%) Analytics
12 9 (6.72%) E-Commerce
13 8 (5.97%) Mobile Development
13 8 (5.97%) MVVM
13 8 (5.97%) Observability
13 8 (5.97%) Software Engineering
13 8 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (5.22%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.39%) Swift
2 18 (13.43%) Java
3 17 (12.69%) Kotlin
4 11 (8.21%) Python
5 10 (7.46%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.72%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.97%) Objective-C
8 6 (4.48%) SQL
9 5 (3.73%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.99%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.24%) C++
12 1 (0.75%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.72%) Degree
4 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.24%) PhD
6 2 (1.49%) ACSP
6 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) ACTC
7 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.70%) QA
2 9 (6.72%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.49%) WCAG
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.75%) NCSC
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (15.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.24%) Docker
3 2 (1.49%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.22%) SCCM
3 5 (3.73%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.24%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.40%) Apple
3 15 (11.19%) Google
4 11 (8.21%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.24%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.49%) Braze
6 2 (1.49%) Okta
6 2 (1.49%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.75%) Adyen
7 1 (0.75%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.75%) Citrix
7 1 (0.75%) IBM
7 1 (0.75%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.75%) Roku
7 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.75%) Temenos
7 1 (0.75%) Zscaler