iOS Development Contract Job Trends in the South East

iOS Software Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring iOS Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 177 206
Rank change year-on-year +2 +29 +47
Contract jobs citing iOS Development 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% 0.079% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.090% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £587 - -
25th Percentile £589 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £620 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +55.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £596 - -
90th Percentile £599 - -
England median daily rate £419 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -20.24% +16.67% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

iOS Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,699 3,325 4,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.63% 87.64% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,412 2,064 2,951
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 134 238
10th Percentile £14.53 £18.72 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.96 £25.99 £25.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.73 £65.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing iOS Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

iOS Development job vacancy trend in the South East

iOS Development
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing iOS Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing iOS Development

iOS Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing iOS Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing iOS Development

iOS Development
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire -6 1 - - 2
Thames Valley -10 1 - - 3
Surrey - 1 £600 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £585 -
iOS Development
England

iOS Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Android Developer
3 1 (33.33%) iOS Android Developer
3 1 (33.33%) iOS Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Flutter
1 1 (33.33%) Material Design
1 1 (33.33%) React Native
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) EMV
2 1 (33.33%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Android Development
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Key Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Development
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Personalization
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
1 2 (66.67%) Swift
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple