Apple iOS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Apple iOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Apple iOS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 166 225
Rank change year-on-year -63 +59 +8
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 107 263 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.84% 1.27% 1.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.87% 8.03% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 146 185
10th Percentile £150 £164 £146
25th Percentile £193 £300 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £429 £370
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% +15.69% -7.98%
75th Percentile £485 £719 £538
90th Percentile £550 £850 £633
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £423
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.51% -15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 10
10th Percentile - £12.25 £17.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £13.31 £18.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £17.29 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -6.57% +12.12%
75th Percentile £20.69 £17.72 £19.13
90th Percentile £21.43 - £25.55
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +6.21% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,195 3,275 4,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.19% 15.77% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,176 3,246
10th Percentile £178 £173 £163
25th Percentile £241 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 320 334
10th Percentile £15.72 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.74
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Apple iOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple iOS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple iOS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple iOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England -29 50 £379 -21.25% 76
North West -32 26 £358 -55.25% 49
Yorkshire +3 23 £400 +33.33% 22
South East +7 22 £220 -46.67% 84
East of England +40 15 £450 +69.81% 43
Scotland -1 12 £375 -6.25% 16
South West +42 10 £581 +55.00% 33
Midlands -20 6 £400 -10.11% 36
East Midlands -9 3 £468 +211.67% 13
West Midlands -9 3 £400 -11.11% 19
Northern Ireland -14 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - - 6
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.80%) Confluence
3 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.87%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.87%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.87%) InVision
3 2 (1.87%) Sketch
3 2 (1.87%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (12.15%) Google Workspace
3 12 (11.21%) Azure
4 5 (4.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.74%) Figma
5 4 (3.74%) GCP
6 3 (2.80%) AWS
6 3 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.80%) GitHub
7 2 (1.87%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) npm
7 2 (1.87%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.54%) 2G
1 7 (6.54%) 3G
1 7 (6.54%) 4G
1 7 (6.54%) 5G
1 7 (6.54%) Firewall
2 4 (3.74%) DNS
3 2 (1.87%) Calico
3 2 (1.87%) DHCP
3 2 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.87%) VoIP
4 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) MySQL
1 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.87%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Git
3 3 (2.80%) Xcode
4 2 (1.87%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.87%) GitLab
4 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.87%) Maven
5 1 (0.93%) XCTest
5 1 (0.93%) XCUITest
General
1 44 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 29 (27.10%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.95%) Banking
4 10 (9.35%) Finance
4 10 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.80%) Legal
5 3 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.87%) Automotive
6 2 (1.87%) Marketing
6 2 (1.87%) Military
6 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.87%) Publishing
7 1 (0.93%) Electronics
7 1 (0.93%) Japanese Language
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Retail
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (20.56%) Developer
2 17 (15.89%) iOS Developer
3 15 (14.02%) Support Engineer
4 11 (10.28%) 1st Line Support
4 11 (10.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (7.48%) Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) Architect
6 7 (6.54%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) IT Support
7 6 (5.61%) Android Developer
7 6 (5.61%) iOS Android Developer
8 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Desktop Support
8 5 (4.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) React Developer
8 5 (4.67%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.41%) UIKit
2 7 (6.54%) RESTful
3 6 (5.61%) .NET
4 5 (4.67%) Cocoa
4 5 (4.67%) Cocoa Touch
4 5 (4.67%) React
4 5 (4.67%) React Native
5 4 (3.74%) iOS SDK
5 4 (3.74%) SwiftUI
6 3 (2.80%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.80%) AVFoundation
6 3 (2.80%) Laravel
6 3 (2.80%) REST
6 3 (2.80%) Vue
6 3 (2.80%) WPF
7 2 (1.87%) Android SDK
7 2 (1.87%) OAuth
7 2 (1.87%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.87%) OpenCV
7 2 (1.87%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.69%) iPhone
2 18 (16.82%) iPad
3 13 (12.15%) Mobile App
4 11 (10.28%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (9.35%) Smartphone
6 7 (6.54%) IoT
6 7 (6.54%) Operational Technology
7 5 (4.67%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.67%) Product Ownership
8 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.74%) Virtual Team
9 3 (2.80%) Credit Risk
9 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.87%) Blackberry
10 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.93%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 58 (54.21%) Android
2 42 (39.25%) Windows
3 11 (10.28%) Mac OS
4 8 (7.48%) Linux
4 8 (7.48%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.50%) Agile
3 22 (20.56%) iOS Development
4 19 (17.76%) Coaching
5 18 (16.82%) Customer Service
6 17 (15.89%) User Experience
7 15 (14.02%) CI/CD
8 12 (11.21%) ITSM
9 11 (10.28%) Validation
10 10 (9.35%) Incident Management
10 10 (9.35%) Proactive Maintenance
11 9 (8.41%) Android Development
11 9 (8.41%) Software Engineering
11 9 (8.41%) TDD
12 8 (7.48%) Prototyping
12 8 (7.48%) Software Testing
12 8 (7.48%) UX Design
13 7 (6.54%) Computer Security
13 7 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (6.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.02%) Swift
2 10 (9.35%) Objective-C
3 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.74%) Python
5 3 (2.80%) Java
5 3 (2.80%) Kotlin
5 3 (2.80%) PHP
6 2 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.87%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.87%) VB
6 2 (1.87%) VBScript
7 1 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared
1 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.61%) Degree
3 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.87%) MCP
3 2 (1.87%) MCSA
3 2 (1.87%) MCSE
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.93%) CISSP
4 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.93%) PMP
4 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) GxP
2 4 (3.74%) NCSC
3 3 (2.80%) QA
4 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (18.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.74%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.87%) Docker
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.54%) SCCM
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.87%) Istio
3 2 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 23 (21.50%) ServiceNow
3 21 (19.63%) Apple
4 14 (13.08%) Google
5 11 (10.28%) Citrix
5 11 (10.28%) MobileIron
5 11 (10.28%) Nexthink
6 3 (2.80%) Dell
6 3 (2.80%) HP
6 3 (2.80%) VMware
7 2 (1.87%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.87%) Equitrac
7 2 (1.87%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.87%) IBM
7 2 (1.87%) McAfee
7 2 (1.87%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.87%) Symantec
8 1 (0.93%) Okta
8 1 (0.93%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.93%) Progress