Swift Contract Job Trends in the South East

Apple Swift
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Swift skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 - 215
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Contract jobs citing Swift 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.084% - 0.054%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.32% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.53%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £595 - -
England median daily rate £406 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -22.62% +10.53% -13.64%

All Programming Languages
South East

Swift falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 936 1,118 1,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.35% 25.32% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 729 932
10th Percentile £273 £329 £325
25th Percentile £380 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £619 £615
90th Percentile £625 £659 £688
England median daily rate £515 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.50% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 55 74
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 £32.32
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.88 £49.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.93 £69.69
90th Percentile - £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% +1.56% +6.67%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Swift job vacancy trend in the South East

Swift
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Swift
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Swift
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 Swift within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Surrey - 3 £575 - 2
Swift
England

Swift
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 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Material Design
1 3 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Android Development
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Asynchronous Programming
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) MVVM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (100.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple