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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 181 222
Rank change year-on-year -77 +41 +30
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 123 193 176
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.42% 0.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.25% 11.72% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 120 125
10th Percentile £206 £249 £216
25th Percentile £313 £323 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +3.33% -8.86%
75th Percentile £556 £675 £575
90th Percentile £650 £750 £648
England median daily rate £358 £425 £429
% change year-on-year -15.76% -0.82% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £25.18 £33.45
25th Percentile £61.25 £27.26 £45.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £31.71 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.13% -51.60% +175.04%
75th Percentile £63.75 £44.00 £70.25
90th Percentile - £60.20 £72.35
England median hourly rate £51.54 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +113.15% +36.46% -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 1,491 1,647 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.77% 12.13% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,086 1,743
10th Percentile £204 £223 £200
25th Percentile £356 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £747 £750
England median daily rate £445 £475 £457
% change year-on-year -6.32% +3.94% -12.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 22 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £16.89 £15.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.66 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -1.07% -1.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £46.06 £49.13
90th Percentile £41.75 £70.23 £63.25
England median hourly rate £22.50 £34.50 £25.22
% change year-on-year -34.78% +36.82% -3.02%

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 February 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 February 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 -14 16 £588 +67.86% 7
West London -17 8 £243 -31.21% 4
South London -9 3 £190 - 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 5 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.63%) CMS
3 2 (1.63%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.81%) InDesign
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.89%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (15.45%) Azure
3 11 (8.94%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.32%) GitHub
5 7 (5.69%) AWS
5 7 (5.69%) GCP
6 6 (4.88%) Figma
6 6 (4.88%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.07%) Firebase
7 5 (4.07%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.25%) BlazeMeter
8 4 (3.25%) Sentry
9 3 (2.44%) Bitrise
9 3 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.44%) Google Analytics
9 3 (2.44%) Google Drive
9 3 (2.44%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.44%) SaaS
9 3 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) DNS
2 7 (5.69%) DHCP
3 6 (4.88%) VPN
4 4 (3.25%) HTTP
5 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.63%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (1.63%) VoIP
7 1 (0.81%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.81%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.81%) LAN
7 1 (0.81%) SSL
7 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.44%) DB2
2 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.63%) SQLite
4 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Xcode
2 11 (8.94%) Git
3 9 (7.32%) Appium
4 8 (6.50%) Charles Proxy
4 8 (6.50%) Jenkins
5 7 (5.69%) JIRA
6 6 (4.88%) GitLab
6 6 (4.88%) Postman
7 5 (4.07%) Android Studio
7 5 (4.07%) PyCharm
7 5 (4.07%) PyUnit
8 4 (3.25%) fastlane
8 4 (3.25%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (3.25%) XCUITest
9 3 (2.44%) IntelliJ
9 3 (2.44%) JMeter
9 3 (2.44%) Selenium
9 3 (2.44%) XCTest
10 2 (1.63%) Fiddler
10 2 (1.63%) JUnit
General
1 40 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.63%) Finance
3 12 (9.76%) Banking
4 11 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.07%) Publishing
7 4 (3.25%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.44%) Retail
9 2 (1.63%) Electronics
9 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Military
10 1 (0.81%) Automotive
10 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.81%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.81%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 32 (26.02%) Developer
2 22 (17.89%) Senior
3 19 (15.45%) iOS Developer
4 14 (11.38%) Analyst
5 12 (9.76%) IT Support
6 11 (8.94%) Mobile Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.69%) Lead
8 7 (5.69%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.69%) Support Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Tester
9 6 (4.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) IT Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) IT Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.38%) React Native
1 14 (11.38%) SwiftUI
2 11 (8.94%) React
3 10 (8.13%) UIKit
4 9 (7.32%) RESTful
5 6 (4.88%) OAuth
5 6 (4.88%) WebdriverIO
6 5 (4.07%) Django
6 5 (4.07%) OAuth2
6 5 (4.07%) pytest
6 5 (4.07%) Web Services
7 4 (3.25%) Core Animation
7 4 (3.25%) Core Data
7 4 (3.25%) iOS SDK
8 3 (2.44%) Ember.js
8 3 (2.44%) Keras
8 3 (2.44%) PyTorch
8 3 (2.44%) RxSwift
8 3 (2.44%) Smart Contracts
8 3 (2.44%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (37.40%) Mobile App
2 15 (12.20%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.69%) Smartphone
4 5 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.07%) Mobile Banking
4 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.25%) Animation
5 4 (3.25%) Blockchain
6 3 (2.44%) Web3
7 2 (1.63%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.81%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) EMV
8 1 (0.81%) Music Streaming
8 1 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 80 (65.04%) Android
2 34 (27.64%) Windows
3 20 (16.26%) Mac OS
4 10 (8.13%) Linux
4 10 (8.13%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.27%) CI/CD
2 33 (26.83%) Agile
2 33 (26.83%) iOS Development
3 27 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (20.33%) User Experience
5 21 (17.07%) Test Automation
6 19 (15.45%) Analytics
7 17 (13.82%) Customer Service
8 15 (12.20%) MVVM
9 12 (9.76%) ITIL
10 11 (8.94%) AI
10 11 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.94%) Design Patterns
11 10 (8.13%) DevOps
11 10 (8.13%) Mobile Development
12 9 (7.32%) Android Development
12 9 (7.32%) Architectural Patterns
12 9 (7.32%) Computer Science
12 9 (7.32%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.27%) Swift
2 18 (14.63%) JavaScript
3 15 (12.20%) Python
4 14 (11.38%) Kotlin
4 14 (11.38%) TypeScript
5 12 (9.76%) Java
6 9 (7.32%) Objective-C
7 7 (5.69%) Shell Script
7 7 (5.69%) SQL
8 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.81%) Bash
9 1 (0.81%) BrightScript
9 1 (0.81%) C#
9 1 (0.81%) C++
9 1 (0.81%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (8.13%) Degree
1 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
1 10 (8.13%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.44%) PhD
4 2 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.81%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.81%) ACSP
5 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.82%) Accessibility
2 16 (13.01%) QA
3 4 (3.25%) SLA
4 2 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.63%) GDPR
4 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (13.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.32%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (3.25%) SCCM
4 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Apple
2 28 (22.76%) Microsoft
3 21 (17.07%) Google
4 14 (11.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.07%) Adobe
6 4 (3.25%) Splunk
7 3 (2.44%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.44%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.44%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.63%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.63%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.63%) Oracle
8 2 (1.63%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.63%) Tealium
9 1 (0.81%) Brightcove
9 1 (0.81%) Dell
9 1 (0.81%) IBM
9 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.81%) Xamarin