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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 610 662 676
Rank change year-on-year +52 +14 -186
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 63 136 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 51 88 89
10th Percentile £53,750 £40,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £79,375 £73,784 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £80,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +9.09%

All Process and 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 43,950 63,343 59,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.63% 80.92% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24,805 36,664 44,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,255
% change year-on-year -9.52% -3.23% +3.34%

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

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 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 12 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 13 September 2025. 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 +42 50 £65,000 +30.00% 48
UK excluding London +54 43 £65,000 +30.00% 38
London +44 19 £85,000 - 20
Work from Home +31 18 £77,500 +63.16% 30
Scotland +67 12 £65,000 +30.00% 4
South East +36 12 £60,000 +20.00% 16
North of England -13 10 £72,500 +10.69% 8
North West -15 7 £65,000 -7.14% 1
South West +69 6 £62,500 +25.00% 2
Midlands +59 3 £52,500 +16.67% 7
West Midlands +36 3 £52,500 +10.53% 3
Yorkshire +19 3 £80,000 +77.78% 1

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) Azure
1 3 (4.76%) Firebase
1 3 (4.76%) GitHub
2 2 (3.17%) Google Play
3 1 (1.59%) AWS
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (1.59%) Figma
3 1 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) SSL
2 1 (1.59%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Git
2 6 (9.52%) Xcode
3 4 (6.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.17%) Crashlytics
4 2 (3.17%) GitLab
4 2 (3.17%) Storybook
5 1 (1.59%) Appium
5 1 (1.59%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.59%) CocoaPods
5 1 (1.59%) fastlane
5 1 (1.59%) JIRA
5 1 (1.59%) XCTest
5 1 (1.59%) XCUITest
General
1 12 (19.05%) Finance
2 5 (7.94%) Law
2 5 (7.94%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Banking
4 3 (4.76%) Aviation
4 3 (4.76%) Electronics
4 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Private Banking
5 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.59%) Publishing
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (63.49%) Developer
2 29 (46.03%) iOS Developer
3 23 (36.51%) Mobile Developer
3 23 (36.51%) Senior
4 17 (26.98%) Senior Developer
5 15 (23.81%) Senior iOS Developer
6 13 (20.63%) Lead
7 11 (17.46%) Android Developer
7 11 (17.46%) iOS Android Developer
7 11 (17.46%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 10 (15.87%) Senior Android Developer
8 10 (15.87%) Senior iOS Android Developer
9 6 (9.52%) Lead Developer
9 6 (9.52%) Lead iOS Developer
10 4 (6.35%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (6.35%) Development Manager
10 4 (6.35%) Mobile Engineer
11 3 (4.76%) Lead Mobile Developer
11 3 (4.76%) Software Engineer
12 2 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (36.51%) SwiftUI
2 14 (22.22%) UIKit
3 7 (11.11%) Android Jetpack
3 7 (11.11%) iOS SDK
3 7 (11.11%) Jetpack Compose
3 7 (11.11%) RESTful
4 5 (7.94%) Core Data
4 5 (7.94%) REST
5 4 (6.35%) Flutter
5 4 (6.35%) OAuth
5 4 (6.35%) React Native
6 3 (4.76%) AngularJS
6 3 (4.76%) Core Animation
7 2 (3.17%) .NET
7 2 (3.17%) Jest
7 2 (3.17%) JSON
7 2 (3.17%) Next.js
7 2 (3.17%) React
7 2 (3.17%) WebSockets
7 2 (3.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Mobile App
1 15 (23.81%) Virtual Team
2 10 (15.87%) Augmented Reality
3 8 (12.70%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.76%) Animation
5 2 (3.17%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.17%) iPad
5 2 (3.17%) iPhone
5 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.59%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.59%) Multi-touch
6 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 63 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 42 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (66.67%) Mobile Development
2 36 (57.14%) Android Development
3 17 (26.98%) Artificial Intelligence
3 17 (26.98%) User Experience
4 16 (25.40%) CI/CD
5 15 (23.81%) Agile
6 12 (19.05%) Design Patterns
7 11 (17.46%) Roadmaps
8 9 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 8 (12.70%) SOLID
10 7 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 7 (11.11%) MVVM
11 6 (9.52%) Code Quality
11 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.52%) Wireframes
12 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (7.94%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (7.94%) TDD
12 5 (7.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (65.08%) Swift
2 16 (25.40%) Kotlin
3 7 (11.11%) Java
4 5 (7.94%) Objective-C
5 3 (4.76%) C#
6 2 (3.17%) C++
6 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.59%) Dart
Qualifications
1 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (3.17%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (3.17%) Google
2 1 (1.59%) Apple