Swift Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple Swift
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Swift 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 131 111 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Swift 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.095% 0.18% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £620 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £620 -
% change year-on-year -7.26% - -

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 439 470 537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.80% 27.47% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 294 383
10th Percentile £335 £350 £350
25th Percentile £406 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.44% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £550 £638 £615
90th Percentile £625 £668 £675
South East median daily rate £481 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -4.70% -3.81% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 25
10th Percentile £39.25 £47.55 £27.59
25th Percentile £70.00 £55.87 £46.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% +13.49% -23.08%
75th Percentile £82.00 £65.62 £60.39
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.33 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.65 £57.90
% change year-on-year -4.59% -0.44% -3.50%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Swift job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Swift
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swift.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swift

Swift
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swift.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swift

Swift
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swift within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -18 1 - - 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £625 - 2
Swift
South East

Swift
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flutter
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) iOS Development
2 1 (50.00%) Android Development
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared