iOS Developer Contracts

iOS Developer
UK

The median iOS Developer daily rate in the UK is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 656 623
Rank change year-on-year +114 -33 -140
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Developer 56 63 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 163
10th Percentile - £263 £406
25th Percentile £300 £338 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -5.53% +14.21%
75th Percentile £506 £613 £608
90th Percentile £550 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -36.84% -9.52% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.75
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.50
% change year-on-year - - +31.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

iOS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured iOS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing iOS Developer.

Daily rate trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing iOS Developer.

Hourly rate trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +128 51 £438 -4.11% 25
UK excluding London +87 31 £300 -36.84% 12
North of England +51 22 £300 -20.00% 6
London +78 18 £463 +8.82% 16
Work from Home +118 17 £450 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire - 14 £300 - 2
North West +21 8 £450 - 4
South East +28 3 - - 3
East of England - 2 £305 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
West Midlands +30 1 £450 -12.20% 1
South West +22 1 - -
Midlands +22 1 £450 -8.86% 1

iOS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, iOS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring iOS Developer in the job title.

1 55 (98.21%) Apple iOS
2 54 (96.43%) iOS Development
3 35 (62.50%) Swift
4 13 (23.21%) SwiftUI
4 13 (23.21%) Xcode
5 11 (19.64%) iOS SDK
5 11 (19.64%) Mobile App
6 10 (17.86%) REST
7 9 (16.07%) Android
8 8 (14.29%) RESTful
8 8 (14.29%) MVVM
8 8 (14.29%) Objective-C
8 8 (14.29%) Mobile Development
9 7 (12.50%) Android Development
9 7 (12.50%) XCUITest
9 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
10 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
10 6 (10.71%) Full Stack Development
11 5 (8.93%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (8.93%) Git
12 4 (7.14%) Azure
12 4 (7.14%) NoSQL
12 4 (7.14%) Node.js
12 4 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
12 4 (7.14%) Web Development
12 4 (7.14%) JSON
12 4 (7.14%) MVC
12 4 (7.14%) C#
12 4 (7.14%) HTML
12 4 (7.14%) .NET

iOS Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (1.79%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (1.79%) AWS
2 1 (1.79%) Firebase
2 1 (1.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) Xcode
2 7 (12.50%) XCUITest
3 5 (8.93%) Git
4 1 (1.79%) CocoaPods
4 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.79%) XCTest
General
1 4 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.57%) Banking
2 2 (3.57%) Finance
2 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.21%) SwiftUI
2 11 (19.64%) iOS SDK
3 10 (17.86%) REST
4 8 (14.29%) RESTful
5 4 (7.14%) .NET
5 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET
5 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (7.14%) CSS
5 4 (7.14%) HTML
5 4 (7.14%) JSON
5 4 (7.14%) Node.js
5 4 (7.14%) Vue
5 4 (7.14%) Web Services
6 3 (5.36%) UIKit
7 2 (3.57%) React Native
7 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.79%) AVFoundation
8 1 (1.79%) Cocoa Touch
8 1 (1.79%) React
8 1 (1.79%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.93%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 55 (98.21%) Apple iOS
2 9 (16.07%) Android
3 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) iOS Development
2 8 (14.29%) Mobile Development
2 8 (14.29%) MVVM
3 7 (12.50%) Android Development
4 6 (10.71%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (7.14%) Design Patterns
5 4 (7.14%) MVC
5 4 (7.14%) OO
5 4 (7.14%) OOP
5 4 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
5 4 (7.14%) SOLID
5 4 (7.14%) Web Development
6 3 (5.36%) Agile
6 3 (5.36%) CI/CD
6 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (5.36%) Data Management
6 3 (5.36%) User Experience
7 2 (3.57%) Software Architecture
7 2 (3.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (62.50%) Swift
2 8 (14.29%) Objective-C
3 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.14%) C#
5 2 (3.57%) Java
6 1 (1.79%) C
6 1 (1.79%) C++
6 1 (1.79%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (1.79%) Adobe