iOS Developer Contracts

iOS Developer
UK

The median iOS Developer daily rate in the UK is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 633 638
Rank change year-on-year +105 +5 -154
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Developer 58 65 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 46 169
10th Percentile - £263 £409
25th Percentile £300 £341 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £509 £613 £600
90th Percentile £550 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £494 £525
% change year-on-year -39.24% -5.95% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £67.25
25th Percentile - - £70.63
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £78.38
90th Percentile - - £79.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

iOS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured iOS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing iOS Developer.

Daily rate trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Developer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing iOS Developer.

Hourly rate trend for iOS Developer in the UK

iOS Developer
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 53 £438 -7.89% 24
UK excluding London +87 31 £300 -39.24% 11
North of England +42 22 £300 -20.00% 8
London +70 20 £463 +2.78% 14
Work from Home +101 18 £450 -14.29% 9
Yorkshire - 14 £300 - 3
North West +27 8 £450 - 5
South East - 3 - - 2
East of England - 2 £305 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Midlands +29 1 £450 -8.86% 1
West Midlands +17 1 £450 -12.20%
South West +12 1 - -

iOS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, iOS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring iOS Developer in the job title.

1 57 (98.28%) Apple iOS
2 56 (96.55%) iOS Development
3 37 (63.79%) Swift
4 13 (22.41%) SwiftUI
4 13 (22.41%) Xcode
5 12 (20.69%) Mobile App
6 11 (18.97%) iOS SDK
7 10 (17.24%) REST
8 9 (15.52%) MVVM
8 9 (15.52%) Android
8 9 (15.52%) RESTful
9 8 (13.79%) Objective-C
9 8 (13.79%) Mobile Development
10 7 (12.07%) Android Development
10 7 (12.07%) XCUITest
10 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
11 6 (10.34%) Software Engineering
11 6 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
12 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
12 5 (8.62%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (8.62%) Git
12 5 (8.62%) Node.js
13 4 (6.90%) NoSQL
13 4 (6.90%) Responsive Web Design
13 4 (6.90%) Azure
13 4 (6.90%) Web Development
13 4 (6.90%) JSON
13 4 (6.90%) Agile
13 4 (6.90%) MVC
13 4 (6.90%) C#

iOS Developer Skill Set
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 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) GitHub
3 1 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.72%) AWS
3 1 (1.72%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) Xcode
2 7 (12.07%) XCUITest
3 5 (8.62%) Git
4 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.72%) Appium
5 1 (1.72%) CocoaPods
5 1 (1.72%) Postman
5 1 (1.72%) Selenium
5 1 (1.72%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.72%) XCTest
General
1 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.17%) Banking
3 2 (3.45%) Finance
3 2 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) SwiftUI
2 11 (18.97%) iOS SDK
3 10 (17.24%) REST
4 9 (15.52%) RESTful
5 5 (8.62%) Node.js
6 4 (6.90%) .NET
6 4 (6.90%) ASP.NET
6 4 (6.90%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (6.90%) CSS
6 4 (6.90%) HTML
6 4 (6.90%) JSON
6 4 (6.90%) Vue
6 4 (6.90%) Web Services
7 3 (5.17%) React Native
7 3 (5.17%) UIKit
8 2 (3.45%) Spring Boot
9 1 (1.72%) AVFoundation
9 1 (1.72%) OpenAPI
9 1 (1.72%) React
9 1 (1.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.62%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (98.28%) Apple iOS
2 9 (15.52%) Android
3 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) iOS Development
2 9 (15.52%) MVVM
3 8 (13.79%) Mobile Development
4 7 (12.07%) Android Development
5 6 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
5 6 (10.34%) Software Engineering
6 4 (6.90%) Agile
6 4 (6.90%) Design Patterns
6 4 (6.90%) MVC
6 4 (6.90%) OO
6 4 (6.90%) OOP
6 4 (6.90%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (6.90%) SOLID
6 4 (6.90%) User Experience
6 4 (6.90%) Web Development
7 3 (5.17%) CI/CD
7 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (5.17%) Data Management
7 3 (5.17%) DevOps
7 3 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 37 (63.79%) Swift
2 8 (13.79%) Objective-C
3 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.90%) C#
5 2 (3.45%) Java
6 1 (1.72%) C
6 1 (1.72%) C++
6 1 (1.72%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.72%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.45%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe
1 1 (1.72%) Checkmarx