iOS SDK Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS SDK
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring iOS SDK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 329 386
Rank change year-on-year -93 +57 +66
Contract jobs citing iOS SDK 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.031% 0.015%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.10% 0.17% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £314 - -
25th Percentile £373 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% +22.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £497 £575 £475
90th Percentile £514 - -
UK median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

iOS SDK falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,864 2,382 3,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.99% 18.65% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,598 1,646 2,137
10th Percentile £350 £350 £324
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £606
90th Percentile £663 £658 £694
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 86 202
10th Percentile £40.68 £32.08 £21.81
25th Percentile £53.75 £56.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.73 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%

iOS SDK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

iOS SDK job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

iOS SDK
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS SDK in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for iOS SDK in the UK excluding London

iOS SDK
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

iOS SDK
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 SDK within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South East - 2 £444 -
South West -39 1 £525 -
Wales - 1 £300 -
iOS SDK
UK

iOS SDK
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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Firebase
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) fastlane
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) Xcode
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) XCTest
2 1 (25.00%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Braze Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior JavaScript Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Core Data
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) SwiftUI
1 1 (25.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 2 (50.00%) MVVM
1 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Campaign Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Personalization
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Swift
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Apple
1 1 (25.00%) Braze
1 1 (25.00%) Dynatrace