iOS Development Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

iOS Software Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring iOS Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 338 402
Rank change year-on-year -16 +64 +59
Contract jobs citing iOS Development 33 20 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.13% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.15% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 7
10th Percentile £347 £392 £360
25th Percentile £358 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +20.00% -17.45%
75th Percentile £428 £619 £444
90th Percentile £535 £620 £456
UK median daily rate £413 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £61.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile £63.50 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.00 - £72.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

iOS Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,587 12,948 17,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.91% 87.17% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,513 7,612 11,167
10th Percentile £220 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,768 749 1,201
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -29.21% +39.26%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing iOS Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

iOS Development job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

iOS Development
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing iOS Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing iOS Development

iOS Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Development in the UK excluding London

iOS Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing iOS Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing iOS Development

iOS Development
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 iOS Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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 19 £390 -13.33% 5
Yorkshire -34 11 £400 - 1
North West -30 8 £378 -16.11% 4
South West -13 7 £410 -33.87% 1
South East -15 3 £593 -4.44% 8
East Midlands -19 2 £357 -26.49% 2
Midlands -34 2 £357 -26.49% 2
Scotland - 2 £350 - 3
iOS Development
UK

iOS Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (12.12%) Figma
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.03%) Firebase
3 1 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (3.03%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Git
2 6 (18.18%) CocoaPods
2 6 (18.18%) Xcode
3 3 (9.09%) CircleCI
3 3 (9.09%) Gradle
4 2 (6.06%) fastlane
4 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (6.06%) XCTest
5 1 (3.03%) Crashlytics
5 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.03%) ESLint
5 1 (3.03%) GitLab
5 1 (3.03%) XCUITest
General
1 7 (21.21%) Banking
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Publishing
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (93.94%) Developer
2 27 (81.82%) iOS Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Android Developer
3 3 (9.09%) iOS Android Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (9.09%) React Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.06%) iOS Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Java Android Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Java Mobile Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) SwiftUI
2 9 (27.27%) RESTful
3 6 (18.18%) JSON
4 4 (12.12%) React Native
5 2 (6.06%) CSS
5 2 (6.06%) Flutter
5 2 (6.06%) HTML
5 2 (6.06%) Jest
5 2 (6.06%) React
5 2 (6.06%) Redux
5 2 (6.06%) UIKit
5 2 (6.06%) Zustand
6 1 (3.03%) Cocoa
6 1 (3.03%) Cocoa Touch
6 1 (3.03%) Core Data
6 1 (3.03%) Core Media
6 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
6 1 (3.03%) Material Design
6 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (57.58%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.03%) EMV
3 1 (3.03%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 33 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 13 (39.39%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) CI/CD
2 12 (36.36%) Agile
3 11 (33.33%) User Experience
4 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
4 8 (24.24%) MVVM
5 7 (21.21%) Android Development
5 7 (21.21%) Design Patterns
5 7 (21.21%) TDD
6 6 (18.18%) Customer Experience
6 6 (18.18%) Unit Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Memory Management
7 5 (15.15%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (15.15%) Software Architecture
7 5 (15.15%) UX Design
8 4 (12.12%) Mobile Development
9 3 (9.09%) Application Security
9 3 (9.09%) DevOps
9 3 (9.09%) Information Architecture
9 3 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) Swift
2 12 (36.36%) Objective-C
3 6 (18.18%) Kotlin
4 5 (15.15%) Java
5 3 (9.09%) C
6 2 (6.06%) C++
6 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.06%) Python
6 2 (6.06%) Ruby
6 2 (6.06%) Scala
6 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.06%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Apple
2 1 (3.03%) Google
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Xamarin