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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 254 212
Rank change year-on-year -17 -42 +47
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 163 119 186
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.88% 1.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.46% 7.47% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 77 122
10th Percentile £201 £214 £243
25th Percentile £302 £263 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £534 £500 £602
90th Percentile £639 £593 £675
England median daily rate £447 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +11.63% -15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £23.58 - £30.69
25th Percentile £28.19 - £40.75
Median hourly rate £37.25 £19.46 £55.47
Median % change year-on-year +91.42% -64.91% +128.11%
75th Percentile £46.19 - £66.92
90th Percentile £50.73 - £74.97
England median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £26.25
% change year-on-year +72.69% -28.30% +34.62%

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 1,558 1,593 2,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 11.78% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 1,081 1,475
10th Percentile £200 £244 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -10.45%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £460 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 40 65
10th Percentile £19.30 £18.87 £14.89
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.21 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £27.00 £25.18 £27.00
90th Percentile £58.95 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £24.86
% change year-on-year +44.44% -9.47% -41.52%

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 11 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple iOS in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple iOS in London

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 11 July 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 -6 23 £480 +10.66% 11
West London -15 4 £190 -24.00%
East London +1 1 £145 -
South London -12 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 8 (4.91%) Confluence
2 7 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Notion
3 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.56%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (8.59%) Azure
3 13 (7.98%) GitHub
4 10 (6.13%) GCP
5 9 (5.52%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (4.91%) AWS
7 7 (4.29%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.68%) SaaS
9 5 (3.07%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.45%) Figma
10 4 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.45%) Sauce Labs
11 3 (1.84%) Slack
12 2 (1.23%) Bitrise
12 2 (1.23%) BrowserStack
12 2 (1.23%) Google Drive
12 2 (1.23%) IaaS
12 2 (1.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.07%) TCP/IP
1 5 (3.07%) Wireless
2 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 3 (1.84%) DNS
3 3 (1.84%) VoIP
4 2 (1.23%) DHCP
4 2 (1.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.61%) DSL
5 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.61%) Firewall
5 1 (0.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.61%) WAN
5 1 (0.61%) WebEx
5 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) Db2
1 3 (1.84%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.84%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.84%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (6.13%) JIRA
1 10 (6.13%) Xcode
1 10 (6.13%) XCUITest
2 8 (4.91%) Appium
3 7 (4.29%) XCTest
4 5 (3.07%) Android Studio
4 5 (3.07%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.84%) Katalon Studio
5 3 (1.84%) PyCharm
5 3 (1.84%) PyUnit
5 3 (1.84%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.23%) Git
6 2 (1.23%) GitLab
6 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.23%) Postman
6 2 (1.23%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.23%) Selendroid
7 1 (0.61%) CMake
7 1 (0.61%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.61%) Gradle
General
1 48 (29.45%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.95%) Finance
3 21 (12.88%) Banking
4 14 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.07%) Retail
7 4 (2.45%) Military
8 3 (1.84%) Billing
8 3 (1.84%) Publishing
9 2 (1.23%) Front Office
9 2 (1.23%) Games
9 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.23%) Legal
9 2 (1.23%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.61%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (24.54%) Developer
2 31 (19.02%) iOS Developer
3 26 (15.95%) Senior
4 15 (9.20%) Analyst
4 15 (9.20%) Mobile Engineer
5 11 (6.75%) Architect
5 11 (6.75%) IT Support
6 9 (5.52%) Designer
6 9 (5.52%) Mobile Designer
6 9 (5.52%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.91%) Mobile Developer
8 7 (4.29%) Interaction Designer
8 7 (4.29%) Senior Designer
8 7 (4.29%) Senior Mobile Designer
9 6 (3.68%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.68%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) Mobile Architect
9 6 (3.68%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 5 (3.07%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.27%) SwiftUI
2 13 (7.98%) RESTful
3 11 (6.75%) React Native
3 11 (6.75%) UIKit
4 8 (4.91%) Flutter
5 7 (4.29%) React
6 6 (3.68%) GraphQL
7 5 (3.07%) Jetpack Compose
7 5 (3.07%) REST
8 4 (2.45%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (2.45%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.45%) iOS SDK
8 4 (2.45%) OAuth
9 3 (1.84%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.84%) Ember.js
9 3 (1.84%) Keras
9 3 (1.84%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.84%) pytest
9 3 (1.84%) PyTorch
9 3 (1.84%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.86%) Mobile App
2 12 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.29%) iPhone
4 6 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.68%) iPad
4 6 (3.68%) Mobile Banking
4 6 (3.68%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.84%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.84%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.84%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.23%) BYOD
6 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.23%) Mobile Games
6 2 (1.23%) NHS
6 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 100 (61.35%) Android
2 49 (30.06%) Windows
3 36 (22.09%) Mac OS
4 9 (5.52%) Windows 10
5 8 (4.91%) Linux
6 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.15%) iOS Development
2 32 (19.63%) Agile
3 25 (15.34%) CI/CD
4 23 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (12.27%) User Experience
6 17 (10.43%) AI
7 16 (9.82%) Test Automation
8 14 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (8.59%) Mobile Development
9 13 (7.98%) Customer Service
9 13 (7.98%) ITIL
10 12 (7.36%) Data Protection
10 12 (7.36%) Mobile Device Management
10 12 (7.36%) Prototyping
11 11 (6.75%) Interaction Design
11 11 (6.75%) MVVM
11 11 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (6.13%) DevOps
12 10 (6.13%) E-Commerce
12 10 (6.13%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.06%) Swift
2 19 (11.66%) Java
2 19 (11.66%) Kotlin
2 19 (11.66%) Objective-C
3 9 (5.52%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.52%) Python
4 7 (4.29%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.68%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.68%) SQL
6 5 (3.07%) C++
7 3 (1.84%) Ruby
8 1 (0.61%) BrightScript
8 1 (0.61%) C
8 1 (0.61%) Korn
8 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.36%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.75%) Degree
4 5 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.84%) PhD
6 2 (1.23%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.23%) ACSP
7 1 (0.61%) ACTC
7 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.50%) QA
2 18 (11.04%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.84%) WCAG
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.84%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.84%) Docker
3 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.52%) SCCM
3 6 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.84%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.72%) Apple
3 13 (7.98%) ServiceNow
4 11 (6.75%) Google
5 3 (1.84%) Checkmarx
5 3 (1.84%) New Relic
5 3 (1.84%) Splunk
5 3 (1.84%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.23%) Okta
6 2 (1.23%) VMware
7 1 (0.61%) Adyen
7 1 (0.61%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.61%) Citrix
7 1 (0.61%) IBM
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) Snow
7 1 (0.61%) Spotify
7 1 (0.61%) Temenos
7 1 (0.61%) YouTube
7 1 (0.61%) Zscaler