Swift Contracts

Apple Swift
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Swift skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Swift over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 587 587
Rank change year-on-year +103 0 -71
Contract jobs citing Swift 115 104 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.19% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.88% 0.55% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 71 204
10th Percentile £300 £313 £413
25th Percentile £355 £453 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £588
90th Percentile £603 £675 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -42.00% +19.05% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £52.20 - -
25th Percentile £58.14 - -
Median hourly rate £61.97 - -
75th Percentile £63.56 - -
90th Percentile £65.48 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Swift is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,032 18,971 31,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.10% 34.05% 36.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,198 13,653 23,242
10th Percentile £350 £385 £388
25th Percentile £425 £458 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £663
90th Percentile £763 £788 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 437 498
10th Percentile £31.95 £30.45 £19.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.77% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £78.00 £70.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +25.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Swift in the UK

Swift
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Swift over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Swift in the UK

Swift
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Swift in the UK

Swift
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Swift over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Swift in the UK

Swift
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 Swift within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +116 112 £450 -10.00% 33
London +85 74 £525 +5.00% 15
UK excluding London +52 37 £363 -42.00% 21
Work from Home +82 21 £475 -5.00% 25
North of England +34 21 £300 -52.00% 8
Yorkshire +29 15 £300 -36.84% 1
Midlands +27 10 £450 - 6
East Midlands +18 8 - - 6
North West +13 6 £469 -25.00% 7
South West +15 4 £375 -46.43%
West Midlands - 2 £450 -
East of England +5 1 £310 -55.71% 2
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 1 (0.87%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.17%) AWS
2 10 (8.70%) SaaS
3 8 (6.96%) Azure
3 8 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.09%) GitHub
5 2 (1.74%) Bitrise
5 2 (1.74%) Sentry
6 1 (0.87%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.87%) Firebase
6 1 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.74%) 5G
1 2 (1.74%) HTTP
1 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.87%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (13.04%) Xcode
2 12 (10.43%) Appium
2 12 (10.43%) XCUITest
3 10 (8.70%) XCTest
4 8 (6.96%) Git
5 7 (6.09%) fastlane
5 7 (6.09%) Postman
6 6 (5.22%) Jenkins
7 4 (3.48%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (2.61%) Bitbucket
8 3 (2.61%) Gradle
8 3 (2.61%) IntelliJ
8 3 (2.61%) Selenium
8 3 (2.61%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.74%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (1.74%) CocoaPods
9 2 (1.74%) git-flow
10 1 (0.87%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.87%) UI Automator
General
1 15 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.83%) Finance
3 8 (6.96%) Legal
4 6 (5.22%) Banking
5 4 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.74%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.74%) Publishing
6 2 (1.74%) Retail
6 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (48.70%) Developer
2 40 (34.78%) iOS Developer
3 22 (19.13%) Senior
4 11 (9.57%) Lead
5 10 (8.70%) Senior Developer
6 9 (7.83%) Software Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.96%) iOS Software Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) IT Manager
7 8 (6.96%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.96%) IT Services Manager
7 8 (6.96%) Mobile Developer
7 8 (6.96%) Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.96%) Service Manager
8 7 (6.09%) QA Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Lead Developer
10 4 (3.48%) Android Developer
10 4 (3.48%) Applications Developer
10 4 (3.48%) QA Leader
10 4 (3.48%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.74%) SwiftUI
2 11 (9.57%) iOS SDK
3 9 (7.83%) REST
3 9 (7.83%) RESTful
4 8 (6.96%) UIKit
5 7 (6.09%) Bazel
6 6 (5.22%) Spring Boot
7 5 (4.35%) React Native
7 5 (4.35%) Spring
8 3 (2.61%) Ktor
8 3 (2.61%) Node.js
8 3 (2.61%) Web Services
9 2 (1.74%) Cocoa Touch
9 2 (1.74%) Flutter
10 1 (0.87%) AVFoundation
10 1 (0.87%) Cocoa
10 1 (0.87%) JSON
10 1 (0.87%) OpenAPI
10 1 (0.87%) Protocol Buffers
10 1 (0.87%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (26.09%) Mobile App
2 10 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (6.09%) iPad
3 7 (6.09%) iPhone
4 2 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.87%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.87%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.87%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.87%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.87%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.87%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 103 (89.57%) Apple iOS
2 32 (27.83%) Android
3 3 (2.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (50.43%) iOS Development
2 20 (17.39%) MVVM
2 20 (17.39%) Software Engineering
3 17 (14.78%) Agile
3 17 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.91%) Mobile Development
4 16 (13.91%) User Experience
5 13 (11.30%) CI/CD
6 10 (8.70%) Data Protection
6 10 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
7 9 (7.83%) Fintech
7 9 (7.83%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.83%) Unit Testing
8 8 (6.96%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (6.96%) Business Analysis
8 8 (6.96%) Decision-Making
8 8 (6.96%) Information Security
8 8 (6.96%) IT Governance
8 8 (6.96%) Problem Management
8 8 (6.96%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.09%) Objective-C
2 18 (15.65%) Kotlin
3 10 (8.70%) C
4 9 (7.83%) Java
5 7 (6.09%) C++
5 7 (6.09%) Ruby
6 3 (2.61%) Python
7 2 (1.74%) SQL
8 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.87%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (6.09%) Degree
2 3 (2.61%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.87%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.30%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (9.57%) Apple
1 11 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.96%) Okta
3 3 (2.61%) Checkmarx
4 2 (1.74%) Splunk
5 1 (0.87%) Adobe