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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 198 246
Rank change year-on-year -90 +48 +23
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 125 150 154
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.72% 1.19% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.77% 10.03% 6.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 96 119
10th Percentile £190 £219 £224
25th Percentile £263 £291 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £411 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% -17.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £750 £675
England median daily rate £375 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +12.50%
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 1,425 1,496 2,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.23% 11.83% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 1,045 1,566
10th Percentile £205 £250 £196
25th Percentile £357 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £629
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 73
10th Percentile £20.82 £17.85 £14.68
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +12.09% -32.31%
75th Percentile £35.63 £31.50 £36.84
90th Percentile £58.95 £52.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £25.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.67% +19.40% -27.59%

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 12 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 12 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 -20 16 £650 +136.36% 14
West London -18 6 - -
South London -15 3 £190 -24.15%
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 5 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) Confluence
3 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.80%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.60%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (13.60%) Azure
3 12 (9.60%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.40%) AWS
4 8 (6.40%) GitHub
5 7 (5.60%) GCP
6 6 (4.80%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.20%) BlazeMeter
7 4 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.20%) GitHub Copilot
7 4 (3.20%) SaaS
7 4 (3.20%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.40%) Bitrise
8 3 (2.40%) Figma
8 3 (2.40%) Google Analytics
8 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.40%) Slack
9 2 (1.60%) Firebase
9 2 (1.60%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.60%) DNS
2 6 (4.80%) DHCP
2 6 (4.80%) VPN
3 4 (3.20%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.40%) Wireless
5 2 (1.60%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (1.60%) Internet
5 2 (1.60%) LAN
5 2 (1.60%) VoIP
6 1 (0.80%) DSL
6 1 (0.80%) Firewall
6 1 (0.80%) HTTP
6 1 (0.80%) SSL
6 1 (0.80%) WAN
6 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.40%) DB2
1 3 (2.40%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.40%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.80%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Appium
2 7 (5.60%) JIRA
3 6 (4.80%) GitLab
3 6 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.80%) Xcode
4 5 (4.00%) Android Studio
4 5 (4.00%) PyCharm
4 5 (4.00%) PyUnit
5 4 (3.20%) Charles Proxy
5 4 (3.20%) Git
5 4 (3.20%) JMeter
5 4 (3.20%) XCUITest
6 3 (2.40%) JUnit
6 3 (2.40%) Postman
6 3 (2.40%) XCTest
7 2 (1.60%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.60%) fastlane
7 2 (1.60%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.60%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.60%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.80%) Banking
2 16 (12.80%) Finance
3 13 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.80%) Publishing
6 5 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.40%) Military
7 3 (2.40%) Retail
8 2 (1.60%) Billing
8 2 (1.60%) Electronics
8 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Automotive
9 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.80%) Front Office
9 1 (0.80%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.80%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.80%) Law
9 1 (0.80%) Legal
9 1 (0.80%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 22 (17.60%) Developer
2 19 (15.20%) Analyst
3 18 (14.40%) Senior
4 14 (11.20%) iOS Developer
5 13 (10.40%) IT Support
6 12 (9.60%) Mobile Engineer
7 9 (7.20%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (7.20%) Support Engineer
8 8 (6.40%) Architect
8 8 (6.40%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.80%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.00%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.00%) IT Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) Mobile Architect
10 5 (4.00%) Test Engineer
11 4 (3.20%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.80%) React Native
2 9 (7.20%) SwiftUI
3 8 (6.40%) React
4 7 (5.60%) UIKit
4 7 (5.60%) WebdriverIO
5 6 (4.80%) OAuth
6 5 (4.00%) Django
6 5 (4.00%) Flutter
6 5 (4.00%) iOS SDK
6 5 (4.00%) OAuth2
6 5 (4.00%) pytest
7 4 (3.20%) RESTful
8 3 (2.40%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.40%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.40%) Ember.js
8 3 (2.40%) Hugging Face
8 3 (2.40%) Jetpack Compose
8 3 (2.40%) jQuery
8 3 (2.40%) PyTorch
8 3 (2.40%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.60%) Mobile App
2 15 (12.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.80%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.80%) Mobile Banking
3 6 (4.80%) Smartphone
4 5 (4.00%) iPhone
4 5 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.40%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.40%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (2.40%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.40%) Web3
6 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.60%) Animation
6 2 (1.60%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.60%) iPad
7 1 (0.80%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.80%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (68.00%) Android
2 43 (34.40%) Windows
3 28 (22.40%) Mac OS
4 13 (10.40%) Windows 10
5 10 (8.00%) Linux
6 2 (1.60%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.60%) Agile
1 27 (21.60%) CI/CD
1 27 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.40%) iOS Development
3 19 (15.20%) Test Automation
4 15 (12.00%) Customer Service
4 15 (12.00%) User Experience
5 13 (10.40%) ITIL
6 12 (9.60%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (8.80%) Analytics
7 11 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.00%) Data Protection
9 9 (7.20%) MVVM
9 9 (7.20%) Software Engineering
10 8 (6.40%) AI
10 8 (6.40%) Observability
11 7 (5.60%) Asset Management
11 7 (5.60%) Design Patterns
11 7 (5.60%) ITSM
11 7 (5.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.20%) Swift
2 15 (12.00%) Java
2 15 (12.00%) JavaScript
3 14 (11.20%) Kotlin
4 12 (9.60%) Python
4 12 (9.60%) TypeScript
5 7 (5.60%) Objective-C
6 5 (4.00%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.20%) SQL
8 1 (0.80%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.80%) BrightScript
8 1 (0.80%) C++
8 1 (0.80%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (8.80%) SC Cleared
1 11 (8.80%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.60%) Degree
3 3 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.40%) PhD
4 2 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.80%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.80%) ACSP
5 1 (0.80%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.80%) QA
2 9 (7.20%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.60%) GDPR
4 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.80%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (16.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.60%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.80%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (4.00%) SCCM
4 2 (1.60%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (25.60%) Microsoft
2 27 (21.60%) Apple
3 17 (13.60%) Google
4 16 (12.80%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.40%) Adobe
5 3 (2.40%) Braze
5 3 (2.40%) Optimizely
5 3 (2.40%) Virgin Media
5 3 (2.40%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.60%) Okta
6 2 (1.60%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.60%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.60%) Tealium
7 1 (0.80%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.80%) Dell
7 1 (0.80%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.80%) Roku
7 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.80%) Splunk