Swift Job Trends in England

Apple Swift
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Swift skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 557 708
Rank change year-on-year -57 +151 -13
Permanent jobs citing Swift 69 82 122
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.085% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.64% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50 57 85
10th Percentile - £25,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +8.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £82,813 £83,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,761 £100,300
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -17.24%

All Programming Languages
England

Swift falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,416 12,716 27,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.81% 32.64% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10,158 8,884 22,381
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Swift job vacancy trend in England

Swift
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Swift

Swift
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Swift in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Swift in England

Swift
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swift within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -14 23 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands -2 21 £65,750 +75.33%
Midlands -19 21 £65,750 -2.59%
North of England -24 11 £66,250 -14.52% 7
London -60 11 £76,250 +17.31% 14
North West +7 9 £73,750 -4.84% 2
South West -60 3 £72,500 -14.96% 2
North East -35 2 £47,000 - 3
Swift
UK

Swift
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 (26.09%) GitHub
2 15 (21.74%) Firebase
3 14 (20.29%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (18.84%) AWS
4 13 (18.84%) Serverless
4 13 (18.84%) Stripe
4 13 (18.84%) TestFlight
5 8 (11.59%) Azure
5 8 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.80%) ChatGPT
6 4 (5.80%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (18.84%) Crashlytics
1 13 (18.84%) XCTest
2 9 (13.04%) XCUITest
3 5 (7.25%) fastlane
3 5 (7.25%) Xcode
4 4 (5.80%) Git
5 3 (4.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (4.35%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.90%) Android Studio
General
1 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (4.35%) Banking
3 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (4.35%) Marketing
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.45%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 48 (69.57%) Developer
2 40 (57.97%) iOS Developer
3 27 (39.13%) Senior
4 19 (27.54%) Senior Developer
4 19 (27.54%) Senior iOS Developer
5 16 (23.19%) Mobile Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) Lead
6 11 (15.94%) Lead Developer
7 9 (13.04%) Applications Developer
7 9 (13.04%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 8 (11.59%) Lead Mobile Developer
8 8 (11.59%) Mobile Developer
9 6 (8.70%) Senior Mobile Developer
9 6 (8.70%) UI Developer
10 5 (7.25%) Senior Applications Developer
10 5 (7.25%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
11 4 (5.80%) Mobile UI Developer
12 3 (4.35%) iOS Android Developer
12 3 (4.35%) Lead iOS Developer
12 3 (4.35%) Senior iOS Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (73.91%) SwiftUI
2 25 (36.23%) RESTful
3 20 (28.99%) UIKit
4 8 (11.59%) React Native
5 5 (7.25%) React
6 2 (2.90%) Core Data
6 2 (2.90%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.90%) iOS SDK
6 2 (2.90%) Jest
6 2 (2.90%) MobX
6 2 (2.90%) Redux
6 2 (2.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 53 (76.81%) Mobile App
2 14 (20.29%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.90%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 67 (97.10%) Apple iOS
2 29 (42.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (76.81%) iOS Development
2 32 (46.38%) CI/CD
3 22 (31.88%) User Experience
4 20 (28.99%) Android Development
4 20 (28.99%) Mobile Development
5 19 (27.54%) Clean Code
6 18 (26.09%) Code Quality
6 18 (26.09%) Performance Optimisation
6 18 (26.09%) Test Automation
7 17 (24.64%) Memory Management
7 17 (24.64%) Multithreading
7 17 (24.64%) SOLID
8 15 (21.74%) Analytics
8 15 (21.74%) Deployment Automation
9 14 (20.29%) Cross-Platform Development
10 13 (18.84%) Community of Practice
10 13 (18.84%) Product Vision
10 13 (18.84%) Push Notifications
10 13 (18.84%) Re-Platforming
10 13 (18.84%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 41 (59.42%) Kotlin
2 5 (7.25%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (1.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.90%) WCAG
Vendors
1 13 (18.84%) Amplitude
1 13 (18.84%) Braze
2 10 (14.49%) Apple
3 2 (2.90%) Dynatrace