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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 581 679
Rank change year-on-year -93 +98 +19
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 109 79 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 77 58 97
10th Percentile £49,000 £53,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,313 £42,500
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 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £91,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -23.08%

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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -61 103 £70,000 +7.69% 18
UK excluding London -76 76 £62,500 -3.85% 14
South East -16 31 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Work from Home -4 29 £90,000 +22.03% 5
North of England -32 27 £47,000 -35.17% 5
London -49 27 £90,000 +5.88% 6
East Midlands -6 15 £63,775 - 1
Midlands -27 15 £63,775 +4.12% 1
North West -3 12 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Yorkshire -32 8 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North East - 7 £47,000 -
Scotland -5 2 £62,500 -3.85%
East of England -24 1 £55,000 - 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 23 (21.10%) GitHub
2 20 (18.35%) Firebase
3 18 (16.51%) AWS
4 14 (12.84%) Serverless
5 13 (11.93%) Azure
5 13 (11.93%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (10.09%) Stripe
6 11 (10.09%) TestFlight
7 8 (7.34%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (4.59%) Bitrise
8 5 (4.59%) ChatGPT
9 3 (2.75%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.83%) GCP
10 2 (1.83%) Google Play
11 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) Broadband
1 1 (0.92%) HTTP
1 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) DynamoDB
2 3 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.83%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.83%) MySQL
4 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (12.84%) fastlane
1 14 (12.84%) Xcode
1 14 (12.84%) XCTest
2 11 (10.09%) Crashlytics
3 10 (9.17%) XCUITest
4 9 (8.26%) Git
5 7 (6.42%) Jenkins
6 5 (4.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.83%) Appium
7 2 (1.83%) git-flow
7 2 (1.83%) GitLab
8 1 (0.92%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.92%) JIRA
8 1 (0.92%) Postman
8 1 (0.92%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.92%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.92%) TestRail
8 1 (0.92%) Zephyr
General
1 18 (16.51%) Finance
2 15 (13.76%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.93%) Retail
4 11 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.34%) Banking
5 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.59%) Digital Health
6 5 (4.59%) Health Technology
6 5 (4.59%) Publishing
7 3 (2.75%) Marketing
8 2 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Law
9 1 (0.92%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 79 (72.48%) Developer
2 73 (66.97%) iOS Developer
3 46 (42.20%) Senior
4 38 (34.86%) Senior Developer
5 36 (33.03%) Senior iOS Developer
6 21 (19.27%) Mobile Developer
7 20 (18.35%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 19 (17.43%) Android Developer
8 19 (17.43%) iOS Android Developer
9 14 (12.84%) Applications Developer
9 14 (12.84%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 14 (12.84%) Senior Applications Developer
9 14 (12.84%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
10 12 (11.01%) Mobile Engineer
11 10 (9.17%) Senior Android Developer
11 10 (9.17%) Senior iOS Android Developer
12 8 (7.34%) Software Developer
12 8 (7.34%) Software Engineer
13 4 (3.67%) Applications Engineer
13 4 (3.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (49.54%) SwiftUI
2 28 (25.69%) RESTful
3 27 (24.77%) UIKit
4 8 (7.34%) REST
5 7 (6.42%) Core Data
5 7 (6.42%) iOS SDK
5 7 (6.42%) React Native
6 5 (4.59%) React
7 3 (2.75%) Flutter
7 3 (2.75%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.75%) Node.js
8 2 (1.83%) Jest
8 2 (1.83%) Kafka
8 2 (1.83%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.83%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.92%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.92%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.92%) Redux
9 1 (0.92%) Torch
9 1 (0.92%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 82 (75.23%) Mobile App
2 14 (12.84%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (10.09%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.50%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.83%) NHS
7 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 108 (99.08%) Apple iOS
2 51 (46.79%) Android
3 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.04%) Android Development
2 44 (40.37%) CI/CD
3 39 (35.78%) Mobile Development
4 30 (27.52%) User Experience
5 29 (26.61%) Clean Code
6 26 (23.85%) Test Automation
7 23 (21.10%) Agile
8 19 (17.43%) Analytics
8 19 (17.43%) Code Quality
9 18 (16.51%) Deployment Automation
10 17 (15.60%) SOLID
11 15 (13.76%) Memory Management
11 15 (13.76%) Multithreading
11 15 (13.76%) Performance Optimisation
12 14 (12.84%) AI
13 12 (11.01%) Architectural Patterns
13 12 (11.01%) Cross-Platform Development
13 12 (11.01%) E-Commerce
13 12 (11.01%) TDD
14 11 (10.09%) Server-Driven UI
Programming Languages
1 68 (62.39%) Swift
2 34 (31.19%) Kotlin
3 5 (4.59%) Java
3 5 (4.59%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.83%) C++
5 2 (1.83%) Python
6 1 (0.92%) Bash
6 1 (0.92%) C#
6 1 (0.92%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.92%) Degree
1 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
1 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.34%) WCAG
3 3 (2.75%) GDPR
4 2 (1.83%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (12.84%) Apple
2 11 (10.09%) Amplitude
2 11 (10.09%) Braze
3 7 (6.42%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.83%) Google
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft