Swift Job Trends

Apple Swift
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Swift skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 595 685
Rank change year-on-year -4 +90 -92
Permanent jobs citing Swift 58 112 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.63% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 50 57 60
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £51,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,038 £65,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +0.77% -10.34%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,625 £90,761 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 11,920 17,841 25,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.06% 33.59% 38.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,630 10,404 20,481
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Swift
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Swift job vacancy trend in the UK

Swift
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Swift.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Swift

Swift
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Swift over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Swift in the UK

Swift
Top 12 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 24 January 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 +16 55 £63,076 -5.15% 86
UK excluding London +10 35 £60,000 - 87
Work from Home +50 26 £75,000 +5.26% 40
London +14 19 £75,000 - 8
South East +22 16 £60,000 - 23
South West +11 9 £50,000 -31.15% 15
North West +20 4 £65,000 -2.26% 10
North of England +9 4 £65,000 -3.70% 18
East of England +24 3 - - 12
Scotland -13 2 - - 4
Midlands +11 1 £65,500 +58.79% 10
East Midlands -6 1 £65,500 +74.67% 7

Swift
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 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (5.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) SaaS
3 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.45%) Figma
3 2 (3.45%) Firebase
3 2 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (1.72%) AWS
4 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.72%) Google Play
4 1 (1.72%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) MongoDB
2 3 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.17%) MySQL
2 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Git
1 12 (20.69%) Xcode
2 2 (3.45%) Android Studio
2 2 (3.45%) XCUITest
3 1 (1.72%) Appium
3 1 (1.72%) Charles Proxy
3 1 (1.72%) Crashlytics
3 1 (1.72%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.72%) JIRA
3 1 (1.72%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.72%) Postman
3 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
2 3 (5.17%) Billing
2 3 (5.17%) Electronics
2 3 (5.17%) Finance
2 3 (5.17%) Marketing
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.72%) Games
3 1 (1.72%) Retail
3 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (56.90%) Developer
2 24 (41.38%) iOS Developer
3 15 (25.86%) Senior
4 9 (15.52%) Mobile Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Applications Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Lead
6 6 (10.34%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Lead Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Mobile Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Lead iOS Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Head of Development
9 2 (3.45%) Head of Software Development
9 2 (3.45%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.45%) Senior iOS Developer
10 1 (1.72%) Engineering Manager
10 1 (1.72%) Junior Developer
10 1 (1.72%) Senior Test Engineer
10 1 (1.72%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (58.62%) SwiftUI
2 25 (43.10%) RESTful
3 17 (29.31%) UIKit
4 16 (27.59%) iOS SDK
5 10 (17.24%) Core Data
5 10 (17.24%) React Native
6 7 (12.07%) Flutter
7 5 (8.62%) .NET
8 3 (5.17%) GraphQL
9 2 (3.45%) Jest
9 2 (3.45%) MobX
9 2 (3.45%) React
9 2 (3.45%) Redux
9 2 (3.45%) REST
9 2 (3.45%) Web Services
10 1 (1.72%) JSON
10 1 (1.72%) Playwright
10 1 (1.72%) WebRTC
10 1 (1.72%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (56.90%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.17%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.17%) Arduino
2 3 (5.17%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.72%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 53 (91.38%) Apple iOS
2 31 (53.45%) Android
3 3 (5.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) iOS Development
2 27 (46.55%) Agile
3 26 (44.83%) Performance Optimisation
4 25 (43.10%) Mobile Development
5 19 (32.76%) Android Development
6 18 (31.03%) Mentoring
7 17 (29.31%) AI
8 16 (27.59%) Design Patterns
8 16 (27.59%) Memory Management
8 16 (27.59%) Multithreading
9 15 (25.86%) SOLID
10 14 (24.14%) Architectural Patterns
11 13 (22.41%) MVVM
11 13 (22.41%) User Experience
12 10 (17.24%) CI/CD
12 10 (17.24%) Code Quality
12 10 (17.24%) Data Collection
12 10 (17.24%) Dependency Injection
13 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (15.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (43.10%) Kotlin
2 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.90%) Objective-C
3 3 (5.17%) Assembly Language
3 3 (5.17%) C
3 3 (5.17%) C#
3 3 (5.17%) C++
3 3 (5.17%) Java
3 3 (5.17%) MATLAB
3 3 (5.17%) Python
3 3 (5.17%) SQL
4 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) QA
2 4 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Xamarin
2 2 (3.45%) Apple
3 1 (1.72%) Google
3 1 (1.72%) Samsung
3 1 (1.72%) Splunk