Objective-C Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple Objective-C
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Objective-C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 497 548
Rank change year-on-year -7 +51 +99
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 6 62 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.17% 0.035%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.091% 0.56% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 2 40 12
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £82,500 £43,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £52,500 £90,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +100.00% -26.92% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

Objective-C 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,559 11,106 12,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.63% 30.73% 36.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,927 5,999 9,786
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Objective-C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Objective-C job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Objective-C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Objective-C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Objective-C

Objective-C
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 Objective-C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 +20 3 £95,000 +58.33% 1
East of England -13 3 - -
Objective-C
UK

Objective-C
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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Google Play
1 2 (33.33%) TestFlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Android Studio
1 2 (33.33%) CMake
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 2 (33.33%) Xcode
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Android Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) iOS Android Developer
1 2 (33.33%) iOS Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) Google Maps API
1 2 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 2 (33.33%) OpenSceneGraph
1 2 (33.33%) QML
1 2 (33.33%) Qt
1 2 (33.33%) Qt Quick
1 2 (33.33%) Vulkan
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (50.00%) Arduino
1 3 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) Physics
3 2 (33.33%) Android Development
3 2 (33.33%) Batch Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Cross-Platform Development
3 2 (33.33%) iOS Development
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
4 1 (16.67%) Presales
4 1 (16.67%) Product Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Enablement
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) Assembly Language
3 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Swift
4 2 (33.33%) Bash
5 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
5 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Apple
1 2 (33.33%) ESRI
1 2 (33.33%) Google
1 2 (33.33%) Mapbox
1 2 (33.33%) Xamarin