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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 240 235
Rank change year-on-year -40 -5 +24
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 138 108 170
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 0.89% 0.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.04% 7.59% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 59 126
10th Percentile £196 £211 £246
25th Percentile £293 £250 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% -23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £538 £473 £597
90th Percentile £648 £588 £675
England median daily rate £419 £400 £472
% change year-on-year +4.69% -15.16% +17.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £24.26 £27.66
25th Percentile £51.25 £24.95 £34.47
Median hourly rate £52.50 £26.11 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.11% -41.34% +83.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.26 £54.75
90th Percentile - £27.95 £61.95
England median hourly rate £33.86 £18.82 £17.72
% change year-on-year +79.91% +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 1,375 1,423 2,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.55% 11.76% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 981 1,493
10th Percentile £206 £250 £200
25th Percentile £350 £375 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £750
England median daily rate £451 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.79% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 66
10th Percentile £20.51 £19.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £22.21 £23.78 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% +12.09% -54.87%
75th Percentile £60.25 £29.63 £26.57
90th Percentile £75.75 £52.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +108.55% -11.11% -45.84%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -22 18 £588 +97.81% 17
West London -21 7 £180 -55.00%
South London -13 3 £190 -20.08%
East London -5 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 6 (4.35%) Confluence
2 5 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.45%) Notion
4 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (14.49%) Azure
3 12 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.52%) GCP
5 8 (5.80%) AWS
5 8 (5.80%) GitHub
6 7 (5.07%) Google Workspace
7 5 (3.62%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.90%) Figma
8 4 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.90%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (2.90%) Sauce Labs
9 3 (2.17%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.17%) SaaS
9 3 (2.17%) Slack
10 2 (1.45%) Bitrise
10 2 (1.45%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.45%) Google Drive
10 2 (1.45%) IaaS
10 2 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.07%) DNS
2 6 (4.35%) DHCP
2 6 (4.35%) VPN
3 5 (3.62%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.90%) Wireless
5 3 (2.17%) VoIP
6 2 (1.45%) Internet
7 1 (0.72%) DSL
7 1 (0.72%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.72%) Firewall
7 1 (0.72%) LAN
7 1 (0.72%) WAN
7 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) DB2
1 3 (2.17%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.17%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.45%) Power BI
2 2 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.80%) JIRA
2 7 (5.07%) Appium
3 5 (3.62%) Android Studio
3 5 (3.62%) Xcode
3 5 (3.62%) XCUITest
4 4 (2.90%) PyCharm
4 4 (2.90%) PyUnit
5 3 (2.17%) XCTest
5 3 (2.17%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.45%) GitLab
6 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.45%) JUnit
6 2 (1.45%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (1.45%) Postman
6 2 (1.45%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.72%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (0.72%) fastlane
7 1 (0.72%) Git
7 1 (0.72%) JMeter
7 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 45 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.22%) Banking
2 21 (15.22%) Finance
3 12 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.97%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.35%) Publishing
6 5 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.90%) Military
8 3 (2.17%) Retail
9 2 (1.45%) Billing
9 2 (1.45%) Front Office
9 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.45%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Automotive
10 1 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (19.57%) Developer
2 23 (16.67%) Senior
3 20 (14.49%) Analyst
4 18 (13.04%) iOS Developer
4 18 (13.04%) Mobile Engineer
5 12 (8.70%) IT Support
6 9 (6.52%) Architect
7 8 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.07%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Designer
9 6 (4.35%) Mobile Architect
9 6 (4.35%) Mobile Designer
9 6 (4.35%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.90%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.42%) React Native
2 12 (8.70%) SwiftUI
3 8 (5.80%) React
4 7 (5.07%) Flutter
4 7 (5.07%) GraphQL
4 7 (5.07%) OAuth
5 6 (4.35%) OAuth2
5 6 (4.35%) RESTful
5 6 (4.35%) UIKit
6 5 (3.62%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (2.90%) Android Jetpack
7 4 (2.90%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.90%) Django
7 4 (2.90%) iOS SDK
7 4 (2.90%) pytest
8 3 (2.17%) Backbone.js
8 3 (2.17%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.17%) Ember.js
8 3 (2.17%) jQuery
8 3 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 14 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.07%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (5.07%) Smartphone
4 6 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.62%) iPhone
6 4 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.45%) iPad
8 2 (1.45%) NHS
9 1 (0.72%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.72%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.72%) Infotainment
9 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.72%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 93 (67.39%) Android
2 43 (31.16%) Windows
3 27 (19.57%) Mac OS
4 15 (10.87%) Windows 10
5 9 (6.52%) Linux
6 2 (1.45%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.57%) Agile
2 25 (18.12%) iOS Development
3 24 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (13.77%) CI/CD
5 18 (13.04%) User Experience
6 15 (10.87%) Test Automation
7 14 (10.14%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.42%) ITIL
9 12 (8.70%) AI
10 11 (7.97%) Data Protection
10 11 (7.97%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.25%) E-Commerce
12 9 (6.52%) Analytics
12 9 (6.52%) Prototyping
12 9 (6.52%) Software Engineering
13 8 (5.80%) Interaction Design
13 8 (5.80%) Mobile Development
13 8 (5.80%) Observability
13 8 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.64%) Swift
2 21 (15.22%) Java
3 20 (14.49%) Kotlin
4 10 (7.25%) Python
5 9 (6.52%) Objective-C
6 7 (5.07%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.35%) SQL
7 6 (4.35%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.62%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.62%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.17%) C++
10 1 (0.72%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (9.42%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.52%) Degree
4 5 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.17%) PhD
6 2 (1.45%) ACSP
6 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.72%) ACTC
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.70%) QA
2 11 (7.97%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.17%) WCAG
4 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.72%) NCSC
5 1 (0.72%) NIST
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.17%) Docker
3 2 (1.45%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.07%) SCCM
3 4 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.17%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (18.12%) Apple
3 14 (10.14%) Google
4 11 (7.97%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.17%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.45%) Okta
7 1 (0.72%) Adyen
7 1 (0.72%) Brightcove
7 1 (0.72%) Checkmarx
7 1 (0.72%) Citrix
7 1 (0.72%) IBM
7 1 (0.72%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.72%) New Relic
7 1 (0.72%) Roku
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) Temenos
7 1 (0.72%) Zscaler