iOS Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

iOS Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median iOS Software Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £381, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
21 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Software Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £367 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 - -
75th Percentile £392 - -
90th Percentile £397 - -
North West median daily rate £381 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,108 997 1,443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 93.88% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 598 1,051
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 37 59
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.96 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.52 £21.25 £17.48
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +62.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile £45.75 £33.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.10
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £25.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.46% -25.88% +60.92%

iOS Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

iOS Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

iOS Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for iOS Software Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

iOS Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, iOS Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) CocoaPods
1 3 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Swift
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Core Media
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) fastlane
3 1 (33.33%) Firebase
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Multivariate Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) SwiftUI
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) UIKit

iOS Software Engineer 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 1 (33.33%) Firebase
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) CocoaPods
2 1 (33.33%) fastlane
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Core Media
1 1 (33.33%) SwiftUI
1 1 (33.33%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Multivariate Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (100.00%) Swift
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Kotlin