Apple iOS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Apple iOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 256 289
Rank change year-on-year -11 +33 -32
Permanent jobs citing Apple iOS 331 286 570
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 1.04% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.15% 6.61% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 247 187 426
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,875 £38,898 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +42.86% -26.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -20.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Apple iOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,616 4,324 9,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.76% 15.65% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,681 2,833 7,750
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,239
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,712
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.04% -11.02%

Apple iOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apple iOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Apple iOS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple iOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple iOS

Apple iOS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apple iOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Apple iOS in the UK excluding London

Apple iOS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apple iOS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 March 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 +4 93 £60,000 +26.32% 30
North of England +13 88 £45,000 -25.00% 23
East of England 0 49 £35,340 -29.32% 10
Midlands -31 47 £33,500 -52.14% 10
North West +6 43 £33,000 -48.24% 14
South West -44 37 £45,000 -25.00% 11
Yorkshire -18 34 £45,000 - 7
East Midlands -22 28 £33,500 +7.20% 5
Scotland -15 19 £67,500 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -32 19 £32,500 -53.57% 5
North East -14 11 £50,000 - 3
Apple iOS
UK

Apple iOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (9.06%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Alphatax
1 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (28.40%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (20.54%) Entra ID
3 57 (17.22%) Azure
4 18 (5.44%) AWS
5 12 (3.63%) GitHub
5 12 (3.63%) Google Workspace
5 12 (3.63%) SaaS
6 10 (3.02%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.72%) Firebase
7 9 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (2.72%) TestFlight
8 8 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.11%) Serverless
9 7 (2.11%) Stripe
10 5 (1.51%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.51%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.21%) Google Play
12 3 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.60%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.67%) DNS
2 29 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (7.55%) Broadband
4 24 (7.25%) DHCP
5 22 (6.65%) Firewall
5 22 (6.65%) VPN
6 21 (6.34%) Wireless
7 19 (5.74%) TCP/IP
8 16 (4.83%) VLAN
9 9 (2.72%) LAN
9 9 (2.72%) WAN
10 6 (1.81%) Ethernet
11 5 (1.51%) VoIP
12 2 (0.60%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.60%) HTTP
12 2 (0.60%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.60%) Mobile Broadband
12 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.60%) Softphone
12 2 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.91%) Power BI
2 2 (0.60%) GIS
2 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
3 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (3.63%) Git
2 11 (3.32%) Xcode
2 11 (3.32%) XCUITest
3 8 (2.42%) XCTest
4 7 (2.11%) Crashlytics
5 5 (1.51%) fastlane
5 5 (1.51%) JIRA
6 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.91%) Postman
7 3 (0.91%) TestRail
8 2 (0.60%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.60%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.60%) CMake
8 2 (0.60%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.30%) NUnit
9 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 69 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 28 (8.46%) Law
3 27 (8.16%) Marketing
4 24 (7.25%) Games
5 18 (5.44%) Finance
6 16 (4.83%) Legal
7 15 (4.53%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.32%) Advertising
9 9 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.42%) Retail
11 7 (2.11%) Billing
11 7 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.11%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Electronics
14 3 (0.91%) Banking
14 3 (0.91%) French Language
14 3 (0.91%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (32.02%) Developer
2 66 (19.94%) iOS Developer
3 63 (19.03%) IT Support
4 48 (14.50%) Senior
5 44 (13.29%) Analyst
5 44 (13.29%) Support Engineer
6 38 (11.48%) Lead
7 35 (10.57%) IT Analyst
8 30 (9.06%) 2nd Line Support
9 27 (8.16%) Mobile Developer
10 26 (7.85%) Support Analyst
11 23 (6.95%) Support Technician
12 21 (6.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 20 (6.04%) IT Support Analyst
14 19 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 19 (5.74%) Senior Developer
15 18 (5.44%) IT Engineer
15 18 (5.44%) Service Analyst
15 18 (5.44%) Service Desk Analyst
16 17 (5.14%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.78%) SwiftUI
2 32 (9.67%) RESTful
3 23 (6.95%) React Native
4 21 (6.34%) .NET
5 11 (3.32%) UIKit
6 8 (2.42%) CSS
6 8 (2.42%) Flutter
6 8 (2.42%) HTML
7 7 (2.11%) React
8 5 (1.51%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.51%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.51%) Web Services
9 4 (1.21%) Apache Cordova
9 4 (1.21%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.91%) Google Maps API
10 3 (0.91%) REST
10 3 (0.91%) Spring
11 2 (0.60%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.60%) QML
11 2 (0.60%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 122 (36.86%) Mobile App
2 47 (14.20%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.65%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.02%) iPhone
5 8 (2.42%) iPad
5 8 (2.42%) Lidar
5 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.21%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.21%) EPoS
10 3 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.60%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.60%) IoT
11 2 (0.60%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 217 (65.56%) Android
2 129 (38.97%) Windows
3 35 (10.57%) Windows Server
4 34 (10.27%) Windows 10
5 29 (8.76%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.21%) Linux
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (24.47%) iOS Development
2 72 (21.75%) CI/CD
3 62 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (17.82%) Agile
5 58 (17.52%) Mobile Device Management
6 57 (17.22%) Mobile Development
7 54 (16.31%) Mentoring
8 47 (14.20%) Customer Service
9 40 (12.08%) AI
10 37 (11.18%) Android Development
10 37 (11.18%) ITIL
10 37 (11.18%) Roadmaps
10 37 (11.18%) User Experience
11 36 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (9.67%) Incident Management
12 32 (9.67%) Test Automation
13 30 (9.06%) Observability
14 28 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (8.16%) Performance Optimisation
16 26 (7.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.82%) Swift
2 31 (9.37%) Kotlin
3 21 (6.34%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.53%) C#
5 12 (3.63%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.63%) SQL
6 9 (2.72%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.81%) Java
8 5 (1.51%) Python
8 5 (1.51%) VB
9 4 (1.21%) Bash
9 4 (1.21%) XAML
10 3 (0.91%) C++
10 3 (0.91%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.60%) C
11 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 30 (9.06%) SC Cleared
1 30 (9.06%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.14%) Degree
3 8 (2.42%) DBS Check
3 8 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.30%) ACSP
7 1 (0.30%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.30%) GPEN
7 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.30%) MCSE
7 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.57%) Accessibility
2 26 (7.85%) SLA
3 17 (5.14%) QA
4 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) WCAG
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 78 (23.56%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.02%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.81%) vSphere
5 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 49 (14.80%) Jamf Pro
2 40 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.81%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.51%) Nessus
5 3 (0.91%) Terraform
6 2 (0.60%) Ansible
6 2 (0.60%) SCCM
7 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.30%) Nmap
Vendors
1 87 (26.28%) Microsoft
2 73 (22.05%) Apple
3 33 (9.97%) Samsung
4 20 (6.04%) VMware
5 19 (5.74%) Google
6 12 (3.63%) Xamarin
7 7 (2.11%) Amplitude
8 6 (1.81%) Okta
9 5 (1.51%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.51%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.91%) Citrix
10 3 (0.91%) iManage
10 3 (0.91%) MobileIron
11 2 (0.60%) Bomgar
11 2 (0.60%) Mapbox
11 2 (0.60%) Meraki
11 2 (0.60%) Roku
11 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.60%) SolarWinds