iOS Development Job Trends in England

iOS Software Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring iOS Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 587 627
Rank change year-on-year -53 +40 +45
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 101 54 123
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 74 41 81
10th Percentile £49,000 £53,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +30.00% -32.20%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £73,886
90th Percentile - £91,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -31.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71,441 38,014 56,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.31% 88.54% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,865 21,889 34,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing iOS Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

iOS Development job vacancy trend in England

iOS Development
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing iOS Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing iOS Development

iOS Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing iOS Development in England over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for iOS Development in England

iOS Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Development within the England region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -27 30 £70,000 +16.67% 3
London -43 27 £90,000 +5.88% 41
North of England -41 26 £47,000 -35.17% 14
Midlands -27 14 £63,775 +18.65% 2
East Midlands - 14 £63,775 - 2
North West -14 11 £70,000 +7.69% 13
Yorkshire -36 8 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North East - 7 £47,000 -
East of England - 2 £97,500 - 1
iOS Development
UK

iOS Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 18 (17.82%) Firebase
1 18 (17.82%) GitHub
2 14 (13.86%) AWS
3 11 (10.89%) Azure
3 11 (10.89%) GitHub Actions
4 10 (9.90%) Serverless
4 10 (9.90%) Stripe
4 10 (9.90%) TestFlight
5 9 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.95%) Bitrise
6 5 (4.95%) ChatGPT
6 5 (4.95%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.98%) GCP
8 2 (1.98%) Google Play
9 1 (0.99%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) Broadband
1 1 (0.99%) HTTP
1 1 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
1 2 (1.98%) DynamoDB
1 2 (1.98%) MySQL
2 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Xcode
1 12 (11.88%) XCTest
2 11 (10.89%) fastlane
3 10 (9.90%) Crashlytics
3 10 (9.90%) XCUITest
4 9 (8.91%) Git
5 6 (5.94%) Jenkins
6 4 (3.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.98%) git-flow
7 2 (1.98%) GitLab
8 1 (0.99%) Appium
8 1 (0.99%) CocoaPods
General
1 15 (14.85%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.86%) Finance
2 14 (13.86%) Retail
3 9 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.95%) Digital Health
5 5 (4.95%) Health Technology
5 5 (4.95%) Publishing
6 4 (3.96%) Banking
7 3 (2.97%) Marketing
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Law
9 1 (0.99%) Automotive
9 1 (0.99%) Front Office
9 1 (0.99%) Games
9 1 (0.99%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 76 (75.25%) Developer
2 70 (69.31%) iOS Developer
3 44 (43.56%) Senior
4 38 (37.62%) Senior Developer
5 36 (35.64%) Senior iOS Developer
6 23 (22.77%) Mobile Developer
7 21 (20.79%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 20 (19.80%) Android Developer
8 20 (19.80%) iOS Android Developer
9 14 (13.86%) Applications Developer
9 14 (13.86%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 14 (13.86%) Senior Applications Developer
9 14 (13.86%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
10 11 (10.89%) Mobile Engineer
11 10 (9.90%) Senior Android Developer
11 10 (9.90%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 8 (7.92%) Software Developer
13 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
14 4 (3.96%) iOS Software Engineer
14 4 (3.96%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (50.50%) SwiftUI
2 25 (24.75%) UIKit
3 23 (22.77%) RESTful
4 7 (6.93%) REST
5 6 (5.94%) Core Data
5 6 (5.94%) iOS SDK
6 4 (3.96%) React Native
7 3 (2.97%) Flutter
8 2 (1.98%) Jest
8 2 (1.98%) Kafka
8 2 (1.98%) React
8 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.98%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.99%) CarPlay
9 1 (0.99%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.99%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.99%) Redux
9 1 (0.99%) Torch
9 1 (0.99%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 75 (74.26%) Mobile App
2 12 (11.88%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (8.91%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.97%) AI Agents
4 3 (2.97%) NHS
5 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.99%) IoT
6 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.99%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 101 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 49 (48.51%) Android
3 2 (1.98%) Linux
4 1 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (44.55%) Android Development
2 39 (38.61%) Mobile Development
3 37 (36.63%) CI/CD
4 27 (26.73%) Clean Code
5 26 (25.74%) User Experience
6 22 (21.78%) Test Automation
7 18 (17.82%) Agile
7 18 (17.82%) Code Quality
8 17 (16.83%) Analytics
9 16 (15.84%) Deployment Automation
9 16 (15.84%) SOLID
10 15 (14.85%) Multithreading
10 15 (14.85%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (13.86%) Memory Management
12 12 (11.88%) AI
13 11 (10.89%) Cross-Platform Development
13 11 (10.89%) E-Commerce
13 11 (10.89%) TDD
14 10 (9.90%) Community of Practice
14 10 (9.90%) Push Notifications
Programming Languages
1 63 (62.38%) Swift
2 32 (31.68%) Kotlin
3 6 (5.94%) Java
4 3 (2.97%) C++
5 2 (1.98%) Python
5 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.99%) Bash
6 1 (0.99%) C#
6 1 (0.99%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.99%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.99%) Degree
1 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
1 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.99%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.88%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.94%) WCAG
3 1 (0.99%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) Apple
2 10 (9.90%) Amplitude
2 10 (9.90%) Braze
3 6 (5.94%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.98%) Google
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft