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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 759 434
Rank change year-on-year +16 -325 -29
Permanent jobs citing iOS Development 155 222 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.22% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.23% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 125 147 654
10th Percentile £38,500 £40,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,875 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £69,250 £96,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,400 £119,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% +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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 15 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 10 May 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 +33 142 £50,000 -31.03% 63
UK excluding London +13 119 £47,500 -24.00% 37
Work from Home +61 88 £45,000 -43.75% 32
North of England +82 43 £47,500 -27.48% 15
South West +6 38 £45,000 -10.00% 2
London +31 30 £67,500 -20.59% 33
North West +25 25 £70,000 +6.87% 9
Yorkshire +102 18 £36,250 -51.99% 4
South East -23 15 £60,000 -4.00% 7
East of England +16 9 £55,000 -38.89% 1
Midlands -18 7 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Wales +11 5 £55,000 +15.79% 1
East Midlands -18 4 £33,750 -32.50% 4
West Midlands 0 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
Scotland -61 2 £50,000 - 7

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 11 (7.10%) NServiceBus
2 5 (3.23%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.90%) AWS
1 20 (12.90%) Azure
2 19 (12.26%) GitHub
3 11 (7.10%) Firebase
4 10 (6.45%) SaaS
5 5 (3.23%) AWS IoT
5 5 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.23%) TestFlight
6 2 (1.29%) GCP
6 2 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.65%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.45%) Wireless
2 5 (3.23%) BGP
2 5 (3.23%) Firewall
2 5 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (3.23%) IPsec
2 5 (3.23%) LAN
2 5 (3.23%) Network Security
2 5 (3.23%) NGFW
2 5 (3.23%) OSPF
2 5 (3.23%) SSL
2 5 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.23%) VLAN
2 5 (3.23%) VPN
2 5 (3.23%) WAN
3 3 (1.94%) VoIP
4 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.65%) Broadband
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.52%) MySQL
1 7 (4.52%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (12.26%) Git
2 17 (10.97%) Xcode
3 6 (3.87%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.23%) JIRA
5 4 (2.58%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.29%) fastlane
6 2 (1.29%) XCTest
7 1 (0.65%) CMake
7 1 (0.65%) XCUITest
General
1 43 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.55%) Finance
3 18 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.10%) Electronics
5 8 (5.16%) Legal
6 7 (4.52%) Banking
7 5 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.23%) Mandarin Language
7 5 (3.23%) Wearables
8 3 (1.94%) Automotive
8 3 (1.94%) Law
8 3 (1.94%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.29%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.65%) iGaming
10 1 (0.65%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 111 (71.61%) Developer
2 63 (40.65%) iOS Developer
3 37 (23.87%) Software Engineer
4 29 (18.71%) Senior
5 27 (17.42%) Senior Developer
6 25 (16.13%) Software Developer
7 23 (14.84%) Applications Developer
7 23 (14.84%) Senior iOS Developer
8 13 (8.39%) Mobile Software Engineer
9 11 (7.10%) iOS Software Engineer
10 7 (4.52%) Lead
10 7 (4.52%) Mobile Developer
10 7 (4.52%) Mobile Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) JavaScript Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Lead Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Lead iOS Developer
12 5 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
13 4 (2.58%) C# Developer
13 4 (2.58%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (24.52%) .NET
2 31 (20.00%) React
3 19 (12.26%) REST
4 18 (11.61%) CSS
4 18 (11.61%) HTML
5 16 (10.32%) AngularJS
5 16 (10.32%) Apache Cordova
5 16 (10.32%) RESTful
6 14 (9.03%) Core Data
7 11 (7.10%) HTML5
7 11 (7.10%) Ionic Framework
7 11 (7.10%) Vue
8 10 (6.45%) Core Animation
8 10 (6.45%) SwiftUI
9 9 (5.81%) JSON
10 8 (5.16%) UIKit
11 6 (3.87%) iOS SDK
11 6 (3.87%) RxSwift
12 5 (3.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 5 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (35.48%) Mobile App
2 13 (8.39%) IoT
3 11 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.45%) Animation
5 9 (5.81%) Product Ownership
6 8 (5.16%) Client/Server
7 7 (4.52%) Algorithms
7 7 (4.52%) Data Structures
8 5 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 5 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.23%) PropTech
9 4 (2.58%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (2.58%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 154 (99.35%) Apple iOS
2 81 (52.26%) Android
3 18 (11.61%) Windows
4 2 (1.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.65%) Android Development
2 59 (38.06%) Software Engineering
3 54 (34.84%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (26.45%) User Experience
5 37 (23.87%) Agile
6 33 (21.29%) Mentoring
7 28 (18.06%) Computer Science
8 27 (17.42%) Mobile Application Development
8 27 (17.42%) Mobile Development
9 24 (15.48%) CI/CD
10 23 (14.84%) TDD
11 19 (12.26%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.97%) Code Quality
13 13 (8.39%) UX Design
14 12 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (7.74%) Data Modelling
14 12 (7.74%) Domain-Driven Design
14 12 (7.74%) Refactoring
15 11 (7.10%) DevOps
15 11 (7.10%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 84 (54.19%) Swift
2 39 (25.16%) Java
3 38 (24.52%) Objective-C
4 37 (23.87%) JavaScript
5 34 (21.94%) C#
6 20 (12.90%) Kotlin
7 15 (9.68%) SQL
8 14 (9.03%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.87%) C++
9 6 (3.87%) Python
10 4 (2.58%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.58%) VBScript
11 3 (1.94%) Rust
12 2 (1.29%) Go
12 2 (1.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (18.06%) Degree
2 25 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.23%) CCIE
3 5 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.23%) JNCIE
4 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.81%) QA
2 5 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 5 (3.23%) Ansible
2 3 (1.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (12.90%) Xamarin
2 15 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.74%) Apple
4 2 (1.29%) Google
5 1 (0.65%) Cadence
5 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.65%) Salesforce