Apple iOS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Apple iOS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 237 237 265
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +14
Contract jobs citing Apple iOS 67 108 223
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.68% 0.70% 0.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.69% 6.76% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 84 152
10th Percentile £219 £316 £200
25th Percentile £325 £411 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +6.74% -13.17%
75th Percentile £492 £578 £550
90th Percentile £545 £788 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £423
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.51% -15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £80.00
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +6.21% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Apple iOS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Apple iOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Apple iOS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Apple iOS.

Apple iOS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Apple iOS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Apple iOS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Apple iOS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Apple iOS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Apple iOS.

Apple iOS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Apple iOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.99%) Confluence
4 1 (1.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) InVision
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.49%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.90%) Azure
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (19.40%) Entra ID
3 7 (10.45%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.97%) Asana
4 4 (5.97%) SaaS
4 4 (5.97%) Slack
5 3 (4.48%) Figma
6 2 (2.99%) AWS
6 2 (2.99%) BrowserStack
6 2 (2.99%) Sauce Labs
7 1 (1.49%) Apple Pay
7 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.49%) Firebase
7 1 (1.49%) Google Play
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.49%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) VPN
2 3 (4.48%) 2G
2 3 (4.48%) 3G
2 3 (4.48%) 4G
2 3 (4.48%) 5G
3 2 (2.99%) DHCP
3 2 (2.99%) DNS
4 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Mixpanel
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
1 1 (1.49%) Redis
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Git
2 5 (7.46%) Xcode
3 3 (4.48%) Appium
3 3 (4.48%) JIRA
3 3 (4.48%) XCUITest
4 2 (2.99%) JUnit
4 2 (2.99%) TestNG
5 1 (1.49%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.49%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.49%) XCTest
5 1 (1.49%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.46%) Banking
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.99%) Legal
6 2 (2.99%) Local Government
6 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Billing
7 1 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
7 1 (1.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Developer
2 14 (20.90%) iOS Developer
3 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
4 9 (13.43%) Senior
5 8 (11.94%) Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Architect
6 7 (10.45%) IT Support
7 5 (7.46%) IT Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Applications Support
8 4 (5.97%) Applications Support Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Designer
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Applications Support
8 4 (5.97%) Senior IT Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Senior IT Support
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Support Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Tester
9 3 (4.48%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.42%) RESTful
2 5 (7.46%) Core Data
2 5 (7.46%) React Native
3 4 (5.97%) CSS
3 4 (5.97%) HTML
3 4 (5.97%) SwiftUI
3 4 (5.97%) UIKit
4 3 (4.48%) Core Animation
5 2 (2.99%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.99%) Flutter
5 2 (2.99%) iOS SDK
5 2 (2.99%) React
5 2 (2.99%) REST
5 2 (2.99%) Software Packaging
6 1 (1.49%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.49%) CarPlay
6 1 (1.49%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (1.49%) Redux
6 1 (1.49%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.46%) Smartphone
3 3 (4.48%) Animation
3 3 (4.48%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.48%) IoT
3 3 (4.48%) iPhone
4 2 (2.99%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (2.99%) NHS
4 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) BYOD
5 1 (1.49%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.49%) CMDB
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) EMV
5 1 (1.49%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.49%) PKI
5 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (62.69%) Android
2 16 (23.88%) Windows
3 3 (4.48%) Linux
3 3 (4.48%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.48%) Mac OS X
3 3 (4.48%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.49%) Unix
4 1 (1.49%) VMS
4 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) iOS Development
2 14 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.40%) Agile
3 13 (19.40%) User Experience
4 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
4 9 (13.43%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.94%) Mobile Application Development
6 7 (10.45%) ITIL
7 6 (8.96%) Test Automation
7 6 (8.96%) UX Design
8 5 (7.46%) Asset Management
8 5 (7.46%) Mobile Development
8 5 (7.46%) Service Management
8 5 (7.46%) Time Management
9 4 (5.97%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (5.97%) Identity Management
9 4 (5.97%) IT Asset Management
9 4 (5.97%) Scrum
10 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (4.48%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) Swift
2 9 (13.43%) Objective-C
3 5 (7.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.97%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.48%) Java
5 3 (4.48%) Kotlin
5 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.49%) Bicep
6 1 (1.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
1 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.46%) Degree
3 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.99%) ACSP
4 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.48%) NCSC
3 2 (2.99%) SLA
4 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (23.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.97%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.99%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.97%) SCCM
3 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.49%) SCOM
4 1 (1.49%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.40%) Apple
3 6 (8.96%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.99%) Dell
4 2 (2.99%) HP
4 2 (2.99%) OneLogin
4 2 (2.99%) Remedy
5 1 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.49%) Citrix
5 1 (1.49%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.49%) ForgeRock
5 1 (1.49%) Google
5 1 (1.49%) Mitel
5 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.49%) Nexthink
5 1 (1.49%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.49%) Progress
5 1 (1.49%) Xamarin