Swift Job Trends in Scotland

Apple Swift
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Swift skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 200 167
Rank change year-on-year +57 -33 +20
Permanent jobs citing Swift 3 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.090% 0.037%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.21% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £42,750 -
25th Percentile £104,868 £43,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £122,773 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +158.47% - -
75th Percentile £140,677 £53,125 -
90th Percentile - £54,250 -
UK median annual salary £68,750 £65,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.96% -9.66% -2.03%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 647 1,923 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.66% 43.47% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 228 697 841
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,114 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Swift as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Swift in Scotland

Swift
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Swift.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Swift

Swift
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swift within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Glasgow +85 2 - -
Edinburgh +9 1 £122,773 +172.83%
Swift
UK

Swift
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Xcode
2 1 (33.33%) XCTest
2 1 (33.33%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) iOS Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) iOS Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
1 1 (33.33%) Core Data
1 1 (33.33%) SwiftUI
1 1 (33.33%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) iOS Development
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Stability
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Async-Await
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Objective-C