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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 251 218
Rank change year-on-year -20 -33 +46
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 166 112 184
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.84% 0.83% 1.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.82% 7.09% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 74 119
10th Percentile £200 £216 £243
25th Percentile £295 £281 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £520 £516 £602
90th Percentile £638 £596 £675
England median daily rate £447 £400 £469
% change year-on-year +11.63% -14.71% +19.49%
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 1,534 1,579 2,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.74% 11.64% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,014 1,072 1,428
10th Percentile £206 £246 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.88%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 39 58
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.87 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.25 £20.13
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £26.25 £25.15 £28.78
90th Percentile £57.00 £51.60 £60.43
England median hourly rate £32.50 £22.78 £25.13
% change year-on-year +42.67% -9.33% -40.88%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 25 £503 +5.51% 12
West London -10 4 £190 -24.00% 4
East London +1 1 £145 - 1
South London -17 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 (4.82%) Confluence
1 8 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Notion
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (9.04%) Azure
3 14 (8.43%) GitHub
4 10 (6.02%) GCP
4 10 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (4.82%) AWS
6 7 (4.22%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.61%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.61%) SaaS
8 5 (3.01%) Figma
8 5 (3.01%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (3.01%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.41%) Sauce Labs
10 3 (1.81%) Slack
11 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.20%) Bitrise
11 2 (1.20%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.20%) Google Drive
11 2 (1.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.01%) TCP/IP
1 5 (3.01%) VPN
1 5 (3.01%) Wireless
2 3 (1.81%) VoIP
3 2 (1.20%) DHCP
3 2 (1.20%) DNS
3 2 (1.20%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) DSL
4 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.60%) Firewall
4 1 (0.60%) LAN
4 1 (0.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.60%) WebEx
4 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Db2
1 3 (1.81%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.81%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.81%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (6.63%) JIRA
1 11 (6.63%) XCUITest
2 10 (6.02%) Appium
2 10 (6.02%) Xcode
3 8 (4.82%) XCTest
4 6 (3.61%) CircleCI
5 4 (2.41%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.81%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (1.81%) Selenium
6 3 (1.81%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.20%) Git
7 2 (1.20%) GitLab
7 2 (1.20%) Postman
7 2 (1.20%) PyCharm
7 2 (1.20%) PyUnit
7 2 (1.20%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.20%) Selendroid
8 1 (0.60%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.87%) Finance
3 21 (12.65%) Banking
4 12 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.02%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.61%) Retail
7 4 (2.41%) Military
8 3 (1.81%) Billing
8 3 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.81%) Legal
8 3 (1.81%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.20%) Front Office
9 2 (1.20%) Games
9 2 (1.20%) Publishing
10 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.60%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.60%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (21.69%) Developer
2 30 (18.07%) iOS Developer
3 24 (14.46%) Senior
4 15 (9.04%) Analyst
5 14 (8.43%) IT Support
5 14 (8.43%) Mobile Engineer
6 11 (6.63%) Designer
6 11 (6.63%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.42%) Architect
7 9 (5.42%) Mobile Designer
8 8 (4.82%) Mobile Developer
9 7 (4.22%) Interaction Designer
9 7 (4.22%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.22%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (4.22%) Senior Designer
9 7 (4.22%) Senior Mobile Designer
10 6 (3.61%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.61%) Desktop Support
10 6 (3.61%) Mobile Architect
10 6 (3.61%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.45%) SwiftUI
2 14 (8.43%) RESTful
3 11 (6.63%) UIKit
4 10 (6.02%) React Native
5 8 (4.82%) Flutter
6 7 (4.22%) React
7 6 (3.61%) GraphQL
7 6 (3.61%) REST
8 5 (3.01%) Jetpack Compose
9 4 (2.41%) Android Jetpack
9 4 (2.41%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.81%) Backbone.js
10 3 (1.81%) Bootstrap
10 3 (1.81%) Ember.js
10 3 (1.81%) iOS SDK
10 3 (1.81%) jQuery
10 3 (1.81%) Keras
10 3 (1.81%) PyTorch
10 3 (1.81%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.81%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.69%) Mobile App
2 12 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.42%) Virtual Team
4 7 (4.22%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.22%) iPhone
5 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.61%) iPad
6 5 (3.01%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.81%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.81%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.20%) BYOD
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.20%) NHS
8 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 101 (60.84%) Android
2 49 (29.52%) Windows
3 37 (22.29%) Mac OS
4 9 (5.42%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.61%) Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.10%) iOS Development
2 36 (21.69%) Agile
3 27 (16.27%) CI/CD
4 25 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.25%) User Experience
6 20 (12.05%) AI
7 18 (10.84%) Customer Service
8 16 (9.64%) Test Automation
9 15 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (8.43%) Mobile Development
11 13 (7.83%) Data Protection
11 13 (7.83%) ITIL
11 13 (7.83%) Mobile Device Management
11 13 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (7.23%) DevOps
12 12 (7.23%) Interaction Design
12 12 (7.23%) Prototyping
13 11 (6.63%) ITSM
13 11 (6.63%) MVVM
13 11 (6.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (28.31%) Swift
2 20 (12.05%) Java
3 19 (11.45%) Objective-C
4 18 (10.84%) Kotlin
5 9 (5.42%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.82%) Python
7 6 (3.61%) C++
7 6 (3.61%) SQL
7 6 (3.61%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.01%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.01%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.81%) Ruby
10 1 (0.60%) C
10 1 (0.60%) Korn
10 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (8.43%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.23%) Degree
3 10 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.81%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.81%) PhD
6 2 (1.20%) ACSP
7 1 (0.60%) ACTC
7 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.06%) QA
2 20 (12.05%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.81%) WCAG
4 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (11.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.20%) Docker
4 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.02%) SCCM
3 6 (3.61%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.81%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 34 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.06%) Apple
3 13 (7.83%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.82%) Google
5 3 (1.81%) Checkmarx
5 3 (1.81%) New Relic
5 3 (1.81%) Splunk
5 3 (1.81%) VMware
6 2 (1.20%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.20%) Okta
7 1 (0.60%) Citrix
7 1 (0.60%) IBM
7 1 (0.60%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.60%) Snow
7 1 (0.60%) Spotify
7 1 (0.60%) Temenos
7 1 (0.60%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.60%) YouTube
7 1 (0.60%) Zscaler