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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 677 603 652
Rank change year-on-year -74 +49 +60
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 110 83 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 75 62 99
10th Percentile £48,500 £53,750 £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 £80,000 £70,000
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% -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 78,793 44,552 66,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.35% 89.17% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 54,339 25,245 43,003
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,650 £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 18 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 18 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 -54 104 £70,000 - 38
UK excluding London -70 79 £63,500 -2.31% 17
Work from Home -13 32 £90,000 +16.13% 11
North of England -16 31 £55,000 -26.67% 7
South East -10 29 £70,000 +16.67% 6
London -37 25 £90,000 +5.88% 23
North West +9 16 £70,000 +3.70% 4
East Midlands -8 16 £63,775 - 1
Midlands -26 16 £63,775 -5.52% 2
Yorkshire -25 8 £55,000 -31.25% 2
North East - 7 £47,000 - 1
Scotland -11 2 £62,500 -3.85% 1
East of England -29 1 £55,000 -

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 25 (22.73%) GitHub
2 21 (19.09%) Firebase
3 19 (17.27%) AWS
4 15 (13.64%) Serverless
5 14 (12.73%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (11.82%) Azure
7 12 (10.91%) Stripe
7 12 (10.91%) TestFlight
8 11 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (8.18%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (5.45%) ChatGPT
11 5 (4.55%) Bitrise
12 3 (2.73%) Anthropic Claude
13 2 (1.82%) GCP
13 2 (1.82%) Google Play
14 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.91%) Broadband
1 1 (0.91%) HTTP
1 1 (0.91%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.55%) DynamoDB
2 3 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.82%) MySQL
4 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (13.64%) fastlane
1 15 (13.64%) XCTest
2 14 (12.73%) Xcode
3 12 (10.91%) Crashlytics
4 11 (10.00%) XCUITest
5 10 (9.09%) Git
6 7 (6.36%) Jenkins
7 6 (5.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (1.82%) Appium
8 2 (1.82%) git-flow
8 2 (1.82%) GitLab
9 1 (0.91%) CocoaPods
9 1 (0.91%) JIRA
9 1 (0.91%) Postman
9 1 (0.91%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.91%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.91%) TestRail
9 1 (0.91%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (18.18%) Finance
2 16 (14.55%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (10.00%) Retail
4 9 (8.18%) Banking
5 8 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.55%) Digital Health
6 5 (4.55%) Publishing
7 3 (2.73%) Health Technology
7 3 (2.73%) Marketing
8 2 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.82%) Law
9 1 (0.91%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 78 (70.91%) Developer
2 72 (65.45%) iOS Developer
3 48 (43.64%) Senior
4 39 (35.45%) Senior Developer
5 37 (33.64%) Senior iOS Developer
6 18 (16.36%) Android Developer
6 18 (16.36%) iOS Android Developer
6 18 (16.36%) Senior Mobile Developer
7 17 (15.45%) Mobile Developer
8 14 (12.73%) Applications Developer
8 14 (12.73%) Senior Applications Developer
9 13 (11.82%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 13 (11.82%) Mobile Engineer
9 13 (11.82%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
10 11 (10.00%) Senior Android Developer
10 11 (10.00%) Senior iOS Android Developer
11 8 (7.27%) Software Developer
11 8 (7.27%) Software Engineer
12 6 (5.45%) Lead
13 5 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (51.82%) SwiftUI
2 29 (26.36%) UIKit
3 27 (24.55%) RESTful
4 8 (7.27%) REST
5 7 (6.36%) Core Data
5 7 (6.36%) iOS SDK
5 7 (6.36%) React Native
6 5 (4.55%) React
7 3 (2.73%) Flutter
7 3 (2.73%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.73%) Node.js
8 2 (1.82%) Jest
8 2 (1.82%) Kafka
8 2 (1.82%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.82%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.91%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.91%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.91%) Redux
9 1 (0.91%) Torch
9 1 (0.91%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 81 (73.64%) Mobile App
2 15 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.45%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.73%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.91%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 109 (99.09%) Apple iOS
2 47 (42.73%) Android
3 1 (0.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.55%) CI/CD
2 46 (41.82%) Android Development
3 37 (33.64%) Mobile Development
4 32 (29.09%) User Experience
5 31 (28.18%) Clean Code
6 28 (25.45%) Test Automation
7 24 (21.82%) Agile
8 21 (19.09%) Code Quality
9 20 (18.18%) Analytics
10 19 (17.27%) Deployment Automation
11 16 (14.55%) SOLID
12 15 (13.64%) AI
13 14 (12.73%) Memory Management
13 14 (12.73%) Multithreading
13 14 (12.73%) Performance Optimisation
14 13 (11.82%) Cross-Platform Development
14 13 (11.82%) E-Commerce
14 13 (11.82%) TDD
15 12 (10.91%) Process Improvement
15 12 (10.91%) Push Notifications
Programming Languages
1 72 (65.45%) Swift
2 36 (32.73%) Kotlin
3 5 (4.55%) Java
3 5 (4.55%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.82%) C++
5 2 (1.82%) Python
6 1 (0.91%) Bash
6 1 (0.91%) C#
6 1 (0.91%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.91%) Degree
1 1 (0.91%) DV Cleared
1 1 (0.91%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.91%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.27%) WCAG
3 3 (2.73%) GDPR
4 2 (1.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (12.73%) Apple
2 12 (10.91%) Amplitude
2 12 (10.91%) Braze
3 7 (6.36%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.82%) Google
5 1 (0.91%) Microsoft