iOS Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for iOS Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited iOS Development over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 734 445
Rank change year-on-year -8 -289 -53
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 154 238 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.24% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 122 159 651
10th Percentile £35,250 £42,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £69,250 £95,000 £80,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £119,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.45% +2.08% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

iOS Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing iOS Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing iOS Development.

Salary trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing iOS Development over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 14 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 27 April 2024. 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 +33 143 £55,000 -24.14% 56
UK excluding London +25 115 £47,500 -22.45% 33
Work from Home +79 87 £47,500 -40.63% 27
North of England +85 43 £47,500 -27.48% 14
South West +24 38 £45,000 -14.29% 2
London +41 32 £67,500 -18.18% 27
North West +33 24 £70,000 +6.87% 9
Yorkshire +108 19 £35,000 -53.64% 3
South East -4 14 £60,000 -4.00% 8
East of England +11 9 £55,000 -38.89% 1
Midlands +1 6 £42,500 -22.73% 4
Wales - 5 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands +25 3 £45,000 -30.77% 2
East Midlands -20 3 £27,500 -45.00% 2

iOS Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.84%) NServiceBus
2 5 (3.25%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.29%) AWS
2 19 (12.34%) Azure
2 19 (12.34%) GitHub
3 11 (7.14%) Firebase
4 10 (6.49%) SaaS
5 5 (3.25%) AWS IoT
5 5 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.25%) TestFlight
6 3 (1.95%) GCP
7 2 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.49%) Wireless
2 5 (3.25%) BGP
2 5 (3.25%) Firewall
2 5 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (3.25%) IPsec
2 5 (3.25%) LAN
2 5 (3.25%) Network Security
2 5 (3.25%) NGFW
2 5 (3.25%) OSPF
2 5 (3.25%) SSL
2 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.25%) VLAN
2 5 (3.25%) VPN
2 5 (3.25%) WAN
3 3 (1.95%) VoIP
4 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.65%) Broadband
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.55%) MySQL
1 7 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (12.99%) Git
2 18 (11.69%) Xcode
3 6 (3.90%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.25%) JIRA
5 4 (2.60%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.30%) fastlane
6 2 (1.30%) XCTest
7 1 (0.65%) CMake
7 1 (0.65%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.65%) XCUITest
General
1 44 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.64%) Finance
3 19 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.14%) Electronics
5 8 (5.19%) Banking
5 8 (5.19%) Legal
6 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.25%) Mandarin Language
6 5 (3.25%) Wearables
7 3 (1.95%) Automotive
7 3 (1.95%) Law
7 3 (1.95%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.30%) Games
9 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.65%) iGaming
9 1 (0.65%) Local Government
9 1 (0.65%) Marketing
9 1 (0.65%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 113 (73.38%) Developer
2 64 (41.56%) iOS Developer
3 34 (22.08%) Software Engineer
4 29 (18.83%) Senior
5 27 (17.53%) Senior Developer
6 26 (16.88%) Software Developer
7 24 (15.58%) Applications Developer
8 23 (14.94%) Senior iOS Developer
9 12 (7.79%) Mobile Software Engineer
10 10 (6.49%) iOS Software Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Lead
12 7 (4.55%) Mobile Developer
12 7 (4.55%) Mobile Engineer
13 6 (3.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 6 (3.90%) JavaScript Developer
13 6 (3.90%) Lead Developer
13 6 (3.90%) Lead iOS Developer
14 5 (3.25%) Junior
14 5 (3.25%) Senior Software Engineer
15 4 (2.60%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (23.38%) .NET
2 30 (19.48%) React
3 19 (12.34%) CSS
3 19 (12.34%) HTML
4 18 (11.69%) REST
5 17 (11.04%) RESTful
6 15 (9.74%) AngularJS
6 15 (9.74%) Core Data
7 14 (9.09%) Apache Cordova
8 11 (7.14%) Core Animation
8 11 (7.14%) HTML5
8 11 (7.14%) Ionic Framework
9 10 (6.49%) SwiftUI
9 10 (6.49%) Vue
10 9 (5.84%) JSON
11 7 (4.55%) iOS SDK
11 7 (4.55%) UIKit
12 6 (3.90%) RxSwift
13 5 (3.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 5 (3.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (35.71%) Mobile App
2 13 (8.44%) IoT
3 11 (7.14%) Animation
3 11 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.55%) Algorithms
4 7 (4.55%) Client/Server
4 7 (4.55%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.25%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.60%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (2.60%) PropTech
7 4 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 153 (99.35%) Apple iOS
2 79 (51.30%) Android
3 18 (11.69%) Windows
4 2 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.61%) Android Development
2 58 (37.66%) Software Engineering
3 55 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (27.27%) User Experience
5 38 (24.68%) Agile
6 34 (22.08%) Mentoring
7 30 (19.48%) Computer Science
8 29 (18.83%) Mobile Application Development
9 27 (17.53%) Mobile Development
10 22 (14.29%) CI/CD
11 20 (12.99%) TDD
12 19 (12.34%) Test Automation
13 17 (11.04%) Code Quality
14 13 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (8.44%) UX Design
15 12 (7.79%) Clean Code
15 12 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (7.79%) Data Modelling
15 12 (7.79%) DevOps
15 12 (7.79%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 84 (54.55%) Swift
2 40 (25.97%) Java
3 38 (24.68%) Objective-C
4 36 (23.38%) JavaScript
5 32 (20.78%) C#
6 20 (12.99%) Kotlin
7 16 (10.39%) SQL
8 14 (9.09%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.55%) C++
9 7 (4.55%) Python
10 4 (2.60%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.60%) VBScript
11 3 (1.95%) Rust
12 2 (1.30%) Go
12 2 (1.30%) Ruby
13 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (20.13%) Degree
2 27 (17.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.25%) CCIE
3 5 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.25%) JNCIE
4 2 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.84%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) GDPR
3 2 (1.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.25%) Ansible
1 5 (3.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (11.69%) Xamarin
2 15 (9.74%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.79%) Apple
4 3 (1.95%) Google
5 1 (0.65%) Cadence
5 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.65%) Salesforce