iOS Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

iOS Developer
North West > Manchester

The median iOS Developer daily rate in Manchester is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Developer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £445 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £375 £315
% change year-on-year +13.33% +19.05% -29.01%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,812 919 1,075
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.55% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,038 591 629
10th Percentile £316 £303 £317
25th Percentile £418 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% -6.57% -1.00%
75th Percentile £618 £575 £588
90th Percentile £711 £663 £684
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 78 36
10th Percentile £23.39 £13.00 £15.56
25th Percentile £33.64 £17.13 £20.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.32 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +168.88% -33.88% +77.63%
75th Percentile £73.75 £32.04 £63.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £63.75 £83.75
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +86.08% -30.14% +7.33%

iOS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'iOS Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

iOS Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

iOS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for iOS Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for iOS Developer job vacancies in Manchester

iOS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for iOS Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for iOS Developer job vacancies in Manchester

iOS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 30 September 2026, iOS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring iOS Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 5 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 5 (100.00%) Swift
2 4 (80.00%) Objective-C
2 4 (80.00%) SwiftUI
2 4 (80.00%) UIKit
3 3 (60.00%) Mobile Development
4 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) AWS CodeBuild
4 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) CocoaPods
4 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
4 2 (40.00%) fastlane
4 2 (40.00%) Firebase
4 2 (40.00%) GitHub
4 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (40.00%) MVVM
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) TDD
4 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Android
5 1 (20.00%) Android Development
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Cross-Platform Development

iOS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS CodeBuild
1 2 (40.00%) Firebase
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) CocoaPods
1 2 (40.00%) fastlane
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) SwiftUI
1 4 (80.00%) UIKit
2 1 (20.00%) Flutter
2 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) iOS Development
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Development
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (40.00%) MVVM
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Android Development
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Cross-Platform Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Swift
2 4 (80.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware