Apple iOS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Apple iOS
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.41% 0.58% 1.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.23% 3.70% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - -67.50%
75th Percentile - - £156
90th Percentile - - £168
UK median daily rate £363 £438 £438
% change year-on-year -17.14% - -7.89%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 31 27 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 12.76% 15.61% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 17
10th Percentile £173 £128 £125
25th Percentile £235 £148 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £250 £400
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -37.50% -15.75%
75th Percentile £397 £456 -
90th Percentile £438 £488 £503
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 1
10th Percentile £15.17 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.75 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.85% +38.17% -
75th Percentile £53.75 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year -30.14% +11.63% +29.00%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apple iOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Apple iOS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Apple iOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
County Antrim -3 1 £175 - 5
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft