iOS Development Job Trends

iOS Software Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 694 614 655
Rank change year-on-year -80 +41 +26
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 107 67 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.15% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 77 52 91
10th Percentile £49,000 £53,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £90,000 £79,063 £72,500
90th Percentile - £91,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +30.00% -25.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80,539 43,404 64,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.01% 88.47% 80.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56,017 24,525 38,712
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,650 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.04%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

iOS Development job vacancy trend in the UK

iOS Development
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iOS Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iOS Development

iOS Development
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Development within the UK 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
England -53 101 £72,500 +11.54% 63
UK excluding London -82 74 £63,500 -2.31% 25
South East -27 30 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Work from Home -38 29 £90,000 +16.13% 18
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 -
Scotland -3 2 £62,500 -3.85% 2
East of England - 2 £97,500 - 1

iOS Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (20.56%) GitHub
2 19 (17.76%) Firebase
3 17 (15.89%) AWS
4 13 (12.15%) Azure
4 13 (12.15%) Serverless
5 12 (11.21%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (9.35%) Stripe
7 10 (9.35%) TestFlight
8 8 (7.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (4.67%) Bitrise
9 5 (4.67%) ChatGPT
10 3 (2.80%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (1.87%) GCP
11 2 (1.87%) Google Play
12 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Broadband
1 1 (0.93%) HTTP
1 1 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) DynamoDB
2 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.87%) MySQL
4 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (13.08%) Xcode
2 13 (12.15%) fastlane
2 13 (12.15%) XCTest
3 10 (9.35%) Crashlytics
3 10 (9.35%) XCUITest
4 9 (8.41%) Git
5 7 (6.54%) Jenkins
6 4 (3.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.87%) Appium
7 2 (1.87%) git-flow
7 2 (1.87%) GitLab
8 1 (0.93%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.93%) JIRA
8 1 (0.93%) Postman
8 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.93%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.93%) TestRail
8 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (15.89%) Finance
2 15 (14.02%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.08%) Retail
4 11 (10.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.54%) Banking
7 6 (5.61%) Health Technology
8 5 (4.67%) Digital Health
8 5 (4.67%) Publishing
9 3 (2.80%) Marketing
10 2 (1.87%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.87%) Law
11 1 (0.93%) Automotive
11 1 (0.93%) Front Office
11 1 (0.93%) Games
11 1 (0.93%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 78 (72.90%) Developer
2 72 (67.29%) iOS Developer
3 46 (42.99%) Senior
4 39 (36.45%) Senior Developer
5 37 (34.58%) Senior iOS Developer
6 23 (21.50%) Mobile Developer
7 21 (19.63%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 20 (18.69%) Android Developer
8 20 (18.69%) iOS Android Developer
9 14 (13.08%) Applications Developer
9 14 (13.08%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Applications Developer
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
10 11 (10.28%) Mobile Engineer
11 10 (9.35%) Senior Android Developer
11 10 (9.35%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 8 (7.48%) Software Developer
12 8 (7.48%) Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) iOS Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (48.60%) SwiftUI
2 27 (25.23%) RESTful
3 26 (24.30%) UIKit
4 8 (7.48%) REST
5 7 (6.54%) Core Data
5 7 (6.54%) iOS SDK
5 7 (6.54%) React Native
6 5 (4.67%) React
7 3 (2.80%) Flutter
7 3 (2.80%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.80%) Node.js
8 2 (1.87%) Jest
8 2 (1.87%) Kafka
8 2 (1.87%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.87%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.93%) CarPlay
9 1 (0.93%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.93%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.93%) Torch
9 1 (0.93%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 80 (74.77%) Mobile App
2 12 (11.21%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (10.28%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.61%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.80%) NHS
6 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 106 (99.07%) Apple iOS
2 53 (49.53%) Android
3 2 (1.87%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (45.79%) Android Development
2 42 (39.25%) CI/CD
3 39 (36.45%) Mobile Development
4 28 (26.17%) Clean Code
4 28 (26.17%) User Experience
5 24 (22.43%) Test Automation
6 23 (21.50%) Agile
7 18 (16.82%) Analytics
7 18 (16.82%) Code Quality
8 17 (15.89%) Deployment Automation
9 16 (14.95%) SOLID
10 15 (14.02%) AI
10 15 (14.02%) Multithreading
10 15 (14.02%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (13.08%) Memory Management
12 12 (11.21%) Architectural Patterns
12 12 (11.21%) TDD
13 11 (10.28%) API Integration
13 11 (10.28%) Cross-Platform Development
13 11 (10.28%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 64 (59.81%) Swift
2 32 (29.91%) Kotlin
3 6 (5.61%) Java
4 5 (4.67%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.80%) C++
7 2 (1.87%) Python
8 1 (0.93%) Bash
8 1 (0.93%) C#
8 1 (0.93%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.93%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.93%) Degree
1 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
1 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.48%) WCAG
3 3 (2.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (14.02%) Apple
2 10 (9.35%) Amplitude
2 10 (9.35%) Braze
3 7 (6.54%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.87%) Google
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft