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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 603 685
Rank change year-on-year -59 +82 +36
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 102 86 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 68 64 113
10th Percentile £47,350 £53,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,775 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.88% +30.00% -21.57%

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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -59 97 £70,000 +3.70% 42
UK excluding London -60 81 £63,775 -1.88% 18
North of England -7 32 £55,000 -29.03% 8
Work from Home -9 32 £90,000 +16.13% 11
South East -27 28 £70,000 +21.74% 7
East Midlands -14 18 £63,775 -
Midlands -30 18 £63,775 -5.52%
North West +3 17 £70,000 -3.45% 3
London -42 17 £90,000 +16.13% 25
Yorkshire -33 8 £55,000 -31.25% 3
North East -43 7 £47,000 - 2
Scotland +8 2 £62,500 -3.85%
East of England -11 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 (22.55%) GitHub
2 22 (21.57%) Firebase
3 16 (15.69%) AWS
3 16 (15.69%) GitHub Actions
4 15 (14.71%) Serverless
5 14 (13.73%) Stripe
5 14 (13.73%) TestFlight
6 12 (11.76%) Azure
7 11 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (6.86%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (5.88%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.98%) GCP
10 1 (0.98%) Google Play
10 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) Broadband
1 1 (0.98%) HTTP
1 1 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (14.71%) fastlane
1 15 (14.71%) XCTest
2 14 (13.73%) Crashlytics
3 9 (8.82%) Xcode
3 9 (8.82%) XCUITest
4 7 (6.86%) Git
4 7 (6.86%) Jenkins
5 6 (5.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.96%) Appium
6 2 (1.96%) GitLab
7 1 (0.98%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.98%) JIRA
7 1 (0.98%) Postman
7 1 (0.98%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.98%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.98%) TestRail
7 1 (0.98%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (15.69%) Finance
1 16 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (7.84%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.84%) Retail
4 7 (6.86%) Banking
5 5 (4.90%) Digital Health
6 3 (2.94%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.94%) Marketing
7 2 (1.96%) Publishing
8 1 (0.98%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (72.55%) Developer
2 70 (68.63%) iOS Developer
3 46 (45.10%) Senior
4 35 (34.31%) Senior Developer
5 34 (33.33%) Senior iOS Developer
6 15 (14.71%) Android Developer
6 15 (14.71%) iOS Android Developer
7 14 (13.73%) Mobile Engineer
7 14 (13.73%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 12 (11.76%) Mobile Developer
9 11 (10.78%) Applications Developer
9 11 (10.78%) Senior Applications Developer
10 10 (9.80%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 10 (9.80%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
11 8 (7.84%) Senior Android Developer
11 8 (7.84%) Senior iOS Android Developer
11 8 (7.84%) Software Developer
12 6 (5.88%) Software Engineer
13 5 (4.90%) Applications Engineer
13 5 (4.90%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (51.96%) SwiftUI
2 28 (27.45%) UIKit
3 23 (22.55%) RESTful
4 7 (6.86%) Core Data
4 7 (6.86%) iOS SDK
5 4 (3.92%) React Native
6 3 (2.94%) React
7 2 (1.96%) Flutter
7 2 (1.96%) Jest
7 2 (1.96%) REST
8 1 (0.98%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.98%) Node.js
8 1 (0.98%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.98%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.98%) Redux
8 1 (0.98%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.98%) Torch
8 1 (0.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 73 (71.57%) Mobile App
2 17 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (10.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.98%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 101 (99.02%) Apple iOS
2 36 (35.29%) Android
3 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) CI/CD
2 35 (34.31%) Android Development
3 34 (33.33%) User Experience
4 33 (32.35%) Mobile Development
5 32 (31.37%) Clean Code
6 29 (28.43%) Test Automation
7 21 (20.59%) Analytics
7 21 (20.59%) Code Quality
7 21 (20.59%) Deployment Automation
8 19 (18.63%) Agile
9 15 (14.71%) Cross-Platform Development
10 14 (13.73%) Community of Practice
10 14 (13.73%) Process Improvement
10 14 (13.73%) Product Vision
10 14 (13.73%) Push Notifications
10 14 (13.73%) Re-Platforming
10 14 (13.73%) Server-Driven UI
10 14 (13.73%) Storyboarding
11 13 (12.75%) E-Commerce
11 13 (12.75%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 65 (63.73%) Swift
2 30 (29.41%) Kotlin
3 3 (2.94%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.96%) C++
4 2 (1.96%) Java
4 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.96%) Python
5 1 (0.98%) Bash
5 1 (0.98%) C#
5 1 (0.98%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (0.98%) Degree
1 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
1 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.84%) WCAG
3 2 (1.96%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (13.73%) Amplitude
1 14 (13.73%) Braze
2 11 (10.78%) Apple
3 7 (6.86%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.98%) Google
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft