Apple Swift
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Swift skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Swift over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 728 747 477
Rank change year-on-year +19 -270 +6
Permanent jobs citing Swift 114 140 1,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.43% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 77 121 407
10th Percentile £39,500 £39,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £58,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% - +30.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

Swift 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 27,596 32,430 91,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 40.19% 52.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19,728 24,108 43,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Swift in the UK

Swift
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Swift.

Salary trend for Swift in the UK

Swift
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Swift over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Swift in the UK

Swift
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swift within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +7 104 £65,500 -9.66% 17
UK excluding London +1 86 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Work from Home +48 49 £55,000 -5.17% 12
North of England - 44 £65,500 - 3
North West - 30 £65,500 - 3
London +29 28 £95,000 +24.59% 9
South West +4 17 £45,000 -29.41%
Yorkshire - 14 £35,000 -
South East -7 8 £52,500 -30.00% 4
Wales +29 5 £55,000 +109.52%
Midlands -31 5 £75,000 +29.31% 1
Scotland -39 4 £62,500 +56.25% 1
West Midlands -4 3 £75,000 +55.44%
East of England -6 2 £47,500 -47.22% 1
East Midlands -37 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Swift
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 6 (5.26%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.67%) Firebase
2 13 (11.40%) AWS
3 12 (10.53%) GitHub
4 9 (7.89%) SaaS
5 6 (5.26%) AWS IoT
6 5 (4.39%) Azure
7 3 (2.63%) GCP
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.88%) Figma
8 1 (0.88%) Google Play
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.88%) Serverless
8 1 (0.88%) Stripe
8 1 (0.88%) TestFlight
8 1 (0.88%) Twilio
8 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.26%) Wireless
2 3 (2.63%) HTTP
3 2 (1.75%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.75%) Broadband
4 1 (0.88%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.88%) GPRS
4 1 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) MySQL
2 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.75%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (13.16%) Xcode
2 13 (11.40%) Git
3 7 (6.14%) Crashlytics
4 6 (5.26%) JIRA
5 4 (3.51%) XCTest
6 3 (2.63%) CircleCI
6 3 (2.63%) fastlane
6 3 (2.63%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.65%) Finance
3 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (7.02%) Law
4 7 (6.14%) Marketing
5 6 (5.26%) Mandarin Language
6 4 (3.51%) Aviation
6 4 (3.51%) Banking
6 4 (3.51%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.51%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Automotive
8 1 (0.88%) Back Office
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (71.05%) Developer
2 50 (43.86%) iOS Developer
3 24 (21.05%) Senior
4 23 (20.18%) Applications Developer
5 20 (17.54%) Senior Developer
6 19 (16.67%) Lead
6 19 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
7 18 (15.79%) Senior iOS Developer
8 16 (14.04%) Software Engineer
9 13 (11.40%) Lead Developer
10 9 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (7.89%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 9 (7.89%) IT Engineer
10 9 (7.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (7.02%) iOS Software Engineer
11 8 (7.02%) Lead Mobile Developer
12 6 (5.26%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 6 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
13 4 (3.51%) Senior Software Developer
13 4 (3.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.42%) REST
2 19 (16.67%) RESTful
3 17 (14.91%) React
4 13 (11.40%) CSS
4 13 (11.40%) HTML
5 11 (9.65%) HTML5
5 11 (9.65%) Ionic Framework
5 11 (9.65%) SwiftUI
6 10 (8.77%) Core Data
6 10 (8.77%) React Native
7 9 (7.89%) Core Animation
8 7 (6.14%) RxSwift
8 7 (6.14%) UIKit
9 6 (5.26%) Apache Cordova
9 6 (5.26%) Redux
10 5 (4.39%) JSON
11 4 (3.51%) Flutter
12 3 (2.63%) RxJava
13 2 (1.75%) Cocoa
13 2 (1.75%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (51.75%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.89%) Animation
2 9 (7.89%) Virtual Team
3 8 (7.02%) IoT
4 7 (6.14%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
5 6 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.51%) Client/Server
6 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.63%) PropTech
8 1 (0.88%) Apple TV
8 1 (0.88%) CCTV
8 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 113 (99.12%) Apple iOS
2 60 (52.63%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) tvOS
3 1 (0.88%) Windows
3 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (64.04%) iOS Development
2 49 (42.98%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (35.96%) Agile
4 31 (27.19%) User Experience
5 30 (26.32%) Mentoring
6 24 (21.05%) Mobile Application Development
6 24 (21.05%) Mobile Development
7 22 (19.30%) CI/CD
7 22 (19.30%) Software Engineering
8 20 (17.54%) Android Development
8 20 (17.54%) Code Quality
9 18 (15.79%) Test Automation
10 14 (12.28%) API Integration
10 14 (12.28%) Coaching
10 14 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (11.40%) Architectural Patterns
11 13 (11.40%) Computer Science
11 13 (11.40%) Design Patterns
11 13 (11.40%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 39 (34.21%) Kotlin
2 30 (26.32%) Objective-C
3 20 (17.54%) JavaScript
3 20 (17.54%) SQL
3 20 (17.54%) TypeScript
4 19 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (1.75%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) Dart
6 1 (0.88%) PHP
6 1 (0.88%) Python
6 1 (0.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (18.42%) Degree
2 13 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.88%) MCP
3 1 (0.88%) MCSA
3 1 (0.88%) MCSE
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) QA
2 5 (4.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.14%) Apple
3 6 (5.26%) Amplitude
4 1 (0.88%) Cadence
4 1 (0.88%) Google
4 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.88%) Xamarin