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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 172 228
Rank change year-on-year -45 +56 -3
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 121 265 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.29% 0.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.46% 8.04% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 149 164
10th Percentile £150 £173 £146
25th Percentile £193 £300 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £278
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +48.65% -31.06%
75th Percentile £476 £625 £538
90th Percentile £519 £850 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 7
10th Percentile - £12.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £13.83 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.82 £17.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -5.39% +12.12%
75th Percentile £20.69 £17.72 £19.38
90th Percentile £21.92 £17.77 £43.70
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +6.21% -4.22% -1.99%

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 2,217 3,295 4,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.23% 15.99% 19.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,442 2,205 2,991
10th Percentile £180 £175 £163
25th Percentile £250 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year - -3.12% +9.29%
75th Percentile £561 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £672 £675
UK median daily rate £467 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.68% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 333 305
10th Percentile £15.11 £12.28 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.41 £17.13
Median hourly rate £19.14 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% -40.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £54.06 £62.50 £64.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -2.22% -47.06% +93.18%

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 29 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
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 29 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 -35 57 £375 -18.92% 304
North West -40 32 £388 -51.56% 161
South East +10 22 £220 -38.89% 398
Yorkshire +2 22 £150 -50.00% 111
East of England +45 19 £450 +69.81% 194
Scotland -7 13 £375 -6.25% 71
South West +40 10 £581 +55.00% 150
Midlands -24 8 £400 -10.11% 240
West Midlands -2 5 £400 -11.11% 133
East Midlands -12 3 £468 +211.67% 93
North East - 3 £550 - 33
Northern Ireland -16 1 - - 17
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 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.31%) WebSphere
2 4 (3.31%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (2.48%) Confluence
4 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.65%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (14.05%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.65%) InVision
3 2 (1.65%) Sketch
3 2 (1.65%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.70%) Google Workspace
2 16 (13.22%) Azure
3 15 (12.40%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.79%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.96%) AWS
5 6 (4.96%) GCP
6 4 (3.31%) Figma
6 4 (3.31%) IBM Cloud
6 4 (3.31%) npm
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub
8 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.65%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.79%) 2G
1 7 (5.79%) 3G
1 7 (5.79%) 4G
1 7 (5.79%) 5G
1 7 (5.79%) Firewall
2 4 (3.31%) Calico
3 3 (2.48%) DNS
4 2 (1.65%) VoIP
5 1 (0.83%) DHCP
5 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.83%) MySQL
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.44%) Git
1 9 (7.44%) Xcode
2 7 (5.79%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.13%) Gradle
3 5 (4.13%) JIRA
4 4 (3.31%) GitLab
4 4 (3.31%) Maven
5 2 (1.65%) Android Studio
5 2 (1.65%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.83%) XCTest
6 1 (0.83%) XCUITest
General
1 53 (43.80%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.58%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (20.66%) Banking
4 12 (9.92%) Finance
5 10 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.48%) Retail
7 2 (1.65%) Legal
7 2 (1.65%) Marketing
7 2 (1.65%) Military
7 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Publishing
8 1 (0.83%) Automotive
8 1 (0.83%) Electronics
8 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (19.01%) Developer
2 18 (14.88%) iOS Developer
3 17 (14.05%) Support Engineer
4 13 (10.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 12 (9.92%) 1st Line Support
5 12 (9.92%) Architect
6 11 (9.09%) Analyst
7 9 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (7.44%) IT Support
8 7 (5.79%) Desktop Support
8 7 (5.79%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Android Developer
9 6 (4.96%) iOS Android Developer
9 6 (4.96%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (4.13%) Junior
10 5 (4.13%) Junior IT Support
10 5 (4.13%) Service Analyst
10 5 (4.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.61%) RESTful
2 7 (5.79%) UIKit
3 6 (4.96%) SwiftUI
4 5 (4.13%) Cocoa
4 5 (4.13%) Cocoa Touch
4 5 (4.13%) CSS
4 5 (4.13%) HTML
4 5 (4.13%) React Native
4 5 (4.13%) REST
5 4 (3.31%) React
6 2 (1.65%) .NET
6 2 (1.65%) Android Jetpack
6 2 (1.65%) Android SDK
6 2 (1.65%) Core Data
6 2 (1.65%) iOS SDK
6 2 (1.65%) Jest
6 2 (1.65%) OAuth
6 2 (1.65%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.65%) Redux
6 2 (1.65%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (22.31%) iPhone
2 25 (20.66%) iPad
3 22 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 12 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (8.26%) Smartphone
6 7 (5.79%) IoT
6 7 (5.79%) Operational Technology
7 5 (4.13%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.13%) Product Ownership
7 5 (4.13%) Virtual Team
8 4 (3.31%) Credit Risk
8 4 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.31%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (2.48%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.65%) Blackberry
10 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.83%) EPoS
11 1 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (54.55%) Android
2 49 (40.50%) Windows
3 9 (7.44%) Linux
3 9 (7.44%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.61%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (24.79%) Agile
3 25 (20.66%) iOS Development
4 24 (19.83%) Customer Service
5 23 (19.01%) User Experience
6 22 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 20 (16.53%) Coaching
8 18 (14.88%) ITSM
9 15 (12.40%) UX Design
10 12 (9.92%) Proactive Maintenance
11 11 (9.09%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.09%) Validation
12 10 (8.26%) Incident Management
12 10 (8.26%) Mobile Development
12 10 (8.26%) TDD
13 9 (7.44%) Android Development
13 9 (7.44%) BDD
13 9 (7.44%) Prototyping
13 9 (7.44%) Scrum
14 8 (6.61%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.88%) Swift
2 14 (11.57%) Objective-C
3 9 (7.44%) Python
4 7 (5.79%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.96%) Java
6 5 (4.13%) Kotlin
7 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.31%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.48%) C
8 3 (2.48%) C++
8 3 (2.48%) Ruby
8 3 (2.48%) Scala
9 2 (1.65%) JSX
9 2 (1.65%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.65%) VB
9 2 (1.65%) VBScript
10 1 (0.83%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.79%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.96%) Degree
3 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.65%) MCP
3 2 (1.65%) MCSA
3 2 (1.65%) MCSE
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.83%) CISSP
4 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.83%) PMP
4 1 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) GxP
2 4 (3.31%) NCSC
2 4 (3.31%) QA
2 4 (3.31%) SEPA
3 3 (2.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (17.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) BitLocker
2 4 (3.31%) Docker
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.79%) SCCM
3 4 (3.31%) Istio
3 4 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.31%) Terraform
4 2 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 29 (23.97%) ServiceNow
2 25 (20.66%) Microsoft
3 20 (16.53%) Apple
3 20 (16.53%) Google
4 17 (14.05%) MobileIron
4 17 (14.05%) Nexthink
5 12 (9.92%) Citrix
6 4 (3.31%) IBM
7 3 (2.48%) Dell
7 3 (2.48%) HP
8 2 (1.65%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.65%) Equitrac
8 2 (1.65%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.65%) McAfee
8 2 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.65%) Symantec
8 2 (1.65%) VMware
9 1 (0.83%) Mitel
9 1 (0.83%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.83%) Progress