Objective-C Job Trends

Apple Objective-C
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Objective-C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 591 742
Rank change year-on-year -72 +151 +57
Permanent jobs citing Objective-C 9 90 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.18% 0.075%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.071% 0.53% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 55 52
10th Percentile - £36,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £82,500 £43,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -18.37% +2.08%
75th Percentile £107,500 £62,500 £78,125
90th Percentile - £77,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £48,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +94.87% -18.75% -

All Programming Languages
UK

Objective-C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,735 16,949 27,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.76% 34.45% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,078 10,058 22,747
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

Objective-C
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Objective-C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Objective-C job vacancy trend in the UK

Objective-C
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Objective-C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Objective-C

Objective-C
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Objective-C within the UK over the 6 months to 18 February 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 -38 9 £95,000 +100.00% 8
UK excluding London -49 6 £95,000 +94.87% 8
South East +7 3 £95,000 +58.33% 2
London +5 3 - - 2
Work from Home -7 3 - - 6
East of England -14 3 - -

Objective-C
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (33.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Google Play
1 2 (22.22%) TestFlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Android Studio
1 2 (22.22%) CMake
1 2 (22.22%) Git
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 2 (22.22%) Xcode
General
1 4 (44.44%) Advertising
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Law
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Android Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Applications Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) iOS Android Developer
1 2 (22.22%) iOS Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) HTML5
1 4 (44.44%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) Google Maps API
2 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
2 2 (22.22%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (22.22%) QML
2 2 (22.22%) Qt
2 2 (22.22%) Qt Quick
2 2 (22.22%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 3 (33.33%) Arduino
1 3 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (22.22%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Android
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Presales
2 4 (44.44%) Product Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (44.44%) Technology Enablement
2 4 (44.44%) Use Case
3 3 (33.33%) AI
3 3 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematical Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Physics
4 2 (22.22%) Android Development
4 2 (22.22%) Batch Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Cross-Platform Development
4 2 (22.22%) iOS Development
4 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) C
2 5 (55.56%) C++
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) ActionScript
3 4 (44.44%) ActionScript 3.0
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Assembly Language
4 3 (33.33%) MATLAB
4 3 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (33.33%) Swift
5 2 (22.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Apple
1 2 (22.22%) ESRI
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Mapbox
1 2 (22.22%) Xamarin