Apple iOS Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Apple iOS
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 93 140
Rank change year-on-year -14 +47 +3
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 14 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.89% 1.23% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.35% 6.93% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 6
10th Percentile £175 £151 £151
25th Percentile £288 £186 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £169
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +144.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £469 £444 £375
90th Percentile £540 £494 £463
UK median daily rate £400 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -15.79% +8.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.23 -
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £32.88 £26.25
% change year-on-year -42.75% +25.24% +34.62%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 322 332 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.38% 17.80% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 229 220
10th Percentile £181 £165 £162
25th Percentile £377 £275 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.75% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £573
90th Percentile £580 £685 £673
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 28
10th Percentile £24.30 £17.17 £14.10
25th Percentile - £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.28 £48.87
Median % change year-on-year +30.46% -60.55% +177.48%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £63.52
90th Percentile - £62.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.93% +3.68% +98.66%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Apple iOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Apple iOS in Scotland

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in Scotland

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Apple iOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Glasgow -18 8 £400 -5.88% 2
Edinburgh +3 6 £425 +143.66% 7
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Xcode
2 2 (14.29%) Git
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Mobile Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Mac Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Support Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) UX Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) UIKit
2 6 (42.86%) SwiftUI
3 2 (14.29%) Core Data
3 2 (14.29%) React
3 2 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Mobile App
2 6 (42.86%) Credit Risk
2 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (42.86%) iPad
2 6 (42.86%) iPhone
2 6 (42.86%) Virtual Team
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Android
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Prototyping
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) iOS Development
2 8 (57.14%) User Experience
2 8 (57.14%) UX Design
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (42.86%) BDD
4 6 (42.86%) Biometrics
4 6 (42.86%) Build Automation
4 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 6 (42.86%) Mobile Development
4 6 (42.86%) MVC
4 6 (42.86%) Push Notifications
4 6 (42.86%) Scrum
4 6 (42.86%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) TDD
4 6 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) Objective-C
1 8 (57.14%) Swift
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft