XCTest Contract Job Trends in the South East

Apple XCTest
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring XCTest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XCTest 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
England median daily rate £359 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -28.25% -1.28% -

All Development Application Skills
South East

XCTest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 469 422 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.64% 12.97% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 241 399
10th Percentile £262 £350 £381
25th Percentile £360 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -11.16% -1.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £615
90th Percentile £650 £638 £672
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 33
10th Percentile £42.50 £51.23 £47.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.19 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £59.13 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -4.64% -0.80%
75th Percentile £78.50 £62.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £98.00 £67.44 £75.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

XCTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

XCTest job vacancy trend in the South East

XCTest
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

XCTest
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 XCTest within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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
West Sussex - 1 £275 -
XCTest
England

XCTest
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CircleCI
1 1 (100.00%) XCUITest
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RAML
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) MVVM
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree