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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 240 215
Rank change year-on-year -47 -25 +20
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 166 132 186
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.98% 1.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.57% 8.54% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 86 110
10th Percentile £181 £237 £249
25th Percentile £228 £316 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% -23.81% +17.98%
75th Percentile £500 £524 £599
90th Percentile £638 £603 £675
England median daily rate £400 £400 £455
% change year-on-year - -12.09% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £32.38 £35.69
25th Percentile £20.50 £51.75 £51.55
Median hourly rate £22.00 £57.50 £64.47
Median % change year-on-year -61.74% -10.80% +143.26%
75th Percentile £23.50 £63.75 £70.44
90th Percentile - £68.70 £76.09
England median hourly rate £25.00 £18.82 £53.50
% change year-on-year +32.84% -64.82% +101.89%

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 1,734 1,545 2,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.52% 11.47% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 999 1,327
10th Percentile £208 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £600
90th Percentile £715 £738 £725
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 51 30
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.87 £20.79
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% -22.02% -26.43%
75th Percentile £42.13 £26.25 £61.07
90th Percentile £55.13 £59.00 £83.06
England median hourly rate £35.22 £25.15 £59.25
% change year-on-year +40.04% -57.55% +24.73%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -25 21 £401 -15.91% 18
West London -22 4 £190 -24.00% 11
East London - 1 £145 -
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 21 (12.65%) SharePoint
2 15 (9.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Notion
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.60%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.29%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (13.25%) Azure
3 16 (9.64%) OneDrive
4 15 (9.04%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.04%) GitHub
5 12 (7.23%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (6.02%) SaaS
7 9 (5.42%) GCP
8 8 (4.82%) AWS
9 4 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.81%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.20%) BrowserStack
11 2 (1.20%) Figma
11 2 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (1.20%) IaaS
11 2 (1.20%) PaaS
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.60%) Firebase
12 1 (0.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.61%) DHCP
1 6 (3.61%) DNS
2 5 (3.01%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.81%) VoIP
3 3 (1.81%) Wireless
4 2 (1.20%) Firewall
4 2 (1.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.60%) Internet
5 1 (0.60%) SMTP
5 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) Tableau
3 1 (0.60%) Metadata
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (7.83%) JIRA
1 13 (7.83%) XCUITest
2 9 (5.42%) Xcode
2 9 (5.42%) XCTest
3 8 (4.82%) CircleCI
4 7 (4.22%) Appium
5 4 (2.41%) Selenium
6 3 (1.81%) Git
6 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.81%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (1.20%) Gradle
7 2 (1.20%) Postman
7 2 (1.20%) Selendroid
7 2 (1.20%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.60%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.60%) CMake
8 1 (0.60%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.60%) MonkeyTalk
8 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 69 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.48%) Finance
3 20 (12.05%) Banking
4 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.22%) Legal
7 6 (3.61%) Retail
8 5 (3.01%) Military
8 5 (3.01%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.81%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Games
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Front Office
11 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.60%) Local Government
11 1 (0.60%) Marketing
11 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.48%) Developer
2 30 (18.07%) IT Support
3 27 (16.27%) iOS Developer
4 24 (14.46%) Support Engineer
5 22 (13.25%) IT Engineer
5 22 (13.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (13.25%) Senior
6 16 (9.64%) Mobile Engineer
7 11 (6.63%) Analyst
8 10 (6.02%) Mobile Developer
9 9 (5.42%) Designer
9 9 (5.42%) Desktop Support
10 8 (4.82%) 1st Line Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (4.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Deskside Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Deskside Support
11 7 (4.22%) Deskside Support Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Interaction Designer
11 7 (4.22%) Mobile Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.64%) RESTful
2 13 (7.83%) REST
2 13 (7.83%) SwiftUI
3 10 (6.02%) React Native
4 8 (4.82%) GraphQL
4 8 (4.82%) UIKit
5 5 (3.01%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (3.01%) Flutter
5 5 (3.01%) Jetpack Compose
6 3 (1.81%) iOS SDK
6 3 (1.81%) OAuth
6 3 (1.81%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.81%) OpenID
7 2 (1.20%) Android SDK
7 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.20%) gRPC
7 2 (1.20%) JSON
7 2 (1.20%) Playwright
7 2 (1.20%) React
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 39 (23.49%) Mobile App
2 17 (10.24%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.22%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.22%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.61%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.41%) iPad
5 4 (2.41%) iPhone
6 3 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.81%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (1.81%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.20%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.20%) BYOD
7 2 (1.20%) Mobile Games
7 2 (1.20%) NHS
7 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 101 (60.84%) Android
2 60 (36.14%) Windows
3 36 (21.69%) Mac OS
4 25 (15.06%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.60%) Linux
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.70%) Customer Service
2 37 (22.29%) iOS Development
3 33 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (18.67%) Agile
5 25 (15.06%) CI/CD
5 25 (15.06%) User Experience
6 24 (14.46%) ITIL
7 23 (13.86%) ITSM
7 23 (13.86%) Service Management
8 21 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (11.45%) Test Automation
10 18 (10.84%) Mobile Development
10 18 (10.84%) Mobile Device Management
11 17 (10.24%) DevOps
12 16 (9.64%) AI
13 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (7.83%) MVVM
15 12 (7.23%) Architectural Patterns
15 12 (7.23%) Migration
16 10 (6.02%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.51%) Swift
2 21 (12.65%) Objective-C
3 15 (9.04%) Kotlin
4 14 (8.43%) PowerShell
5 12 (7.23%) Java
6 8 (4.82%) C++
7 5 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.41%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.41%) SQL
9 3 (1.81%) Ruby
9 3 (1.81%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.20%) Python
11 1 (0.60%) C
11 1 (0.60%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (9.04%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.83%) Degree
3 9 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.22%) A+ Certification
5 6 (3.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.60%) ACSP
8 1 (0.60%) ACTC
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (17.47%) QA
2 19 (11.45%) Accessibility
3 12 (7.23%) SLA
4 3 (1.81%) WCAG
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) GRC
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (19.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.60%) Docker
4 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (13.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (8.43%) SCCM
3 5 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.81%) WSUS
6 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (30.72%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.86%) Apple
3 13 (7.83%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.22%) VMware
5 5 (3.01%) Google
6 3 (1.81%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.81%) New Relic
6 3 (1.81%) Splunk
7 2 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.20%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.20%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.60%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.60%) Interwoven
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle
8 1 (0.60%) Snow
8 1 (0.60%) Spotify
8 1 (0.60%) Temenos
8 1 (0.60%) YouTube