iOS Development Contracts

iOS Software Development
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 607 537
Rank change year-on-year +129 -70 -62
Contract jobs citing iOS Development 101 77 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.15% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 49 239
10th Percentile £300 £303 £400
25th Percentile £313 £363 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £598 £700 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -25.64% -7.14% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £57.88
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate £61.43 - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £79.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +23.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

iOS Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

iOS Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for iOS Development in the UK

iOS Development
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Development within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +122 94 £450 -10.00% 57
London +102 52 £550 +10.00% 34
UK excluding London +73 42 £363 -25.64% 28
Work from Home +104 35 £468 -6.40% 29
North of England +50 26 £320 -24.71% 14
Yorkshire +37 17 £300 -36.84% 2
North West +22 9 £450 - 10
South West +11 5 £375 -46.43% 1
South East +10 4 £375 -26.83% 3
Midlands +26 3 £400 -15.79% 2
East of England +8 2 £305 -35.79% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £400 -
East Midlands +9 1 - - 2

iOS Development
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 2 (1.98%) CMS
2 1 (0.99%) Drupal
2 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.94%) GitHub
2 5 (4.95%) Azure
3 4 (3.96%) AWS
4 2 (1.98%) Bitrise
5 1 (0.99%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Xcode
2 9 (8.91%) Git
3 8 (7.92%) XCUITest
4 7 (6.93%) fastlane
5 4 (3.96%) Appium
5 4 (3.96%) XCTest
6 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.98%) CocoaPods
7 2 (1.98%) git-flow
7 2 (1.98%) Postman
7 2 (1.98%) Selenium
7 2 (1.98%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.99%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (3.96%) Banking
2 4 (3.96%) Finance
3 3 (2.97%) Publishing
3 3 (2.97%) Retail
4 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.99%) Games
5 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 84 (83.17%) Developer
2 63 (62.38%) iOS Developer
3 16 (15.84%) Mobile Developer
4 11 (10.89%) Senior
5 8 (7.92%) Software Engineer
6 7 (6.93%) Android Developer
6 7 (6.93%) iOS Android Developer
6 7 (6.93%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Applications Developer
7 6 (5.94%) React Developer
8 4 (3.96%) E-Commerce Developer
8 4 (3.96%) iOS Software Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) JavaScript Developer
8 4 (3.96%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 4 (3.96%) Senior iOS Developer
9 3 (2.97%) Lead
9 3 (2.97%) Software Developer
10 2 (1.98%) Architect
10 2 (1.98%) Lead Developer
10 2 (1.98%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.78%) SwiftUI
2 15 (14.85%) REST
3 11 (10.89%) React Native
4 10 (9.90%) HTML
4 10 (9.90%) Node.js
4 10 (9.90%) RESTful
5 9 (8.91%) UIKit
5 9 (8.91%) Web Services
6 8 (7.92%) CSS
7 7 (6.93%) .NET
7 7 (6.93%) Bazel
8 6 (5.94%) HTML5
8 6 (5.94%) iOS SDK
8 6 (5.94%) React
9 4 (3.96%) Ajax
9 4 (3.96%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (3.96%) CSS3
9 4 (3.96%) GraphQL
9 4 (3.96%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (34.65%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.94%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.95%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.96%) Social Media
5 3 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.99%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.99%) Animation
6 1 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.99%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (98.02%) Apple iOS
2 36 (35.64%) Android
3 2 (1.98%) Linux
3 2 (1.98%) Windows
4 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (30.69%) Android Development
2 21 (20.79%) Mobile Development
3 19 (18.81%) Software Engineering
4 13 (12.87%) MVVM
5 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (8.91%) Agile
6 9 (8.91%) Mobile Application Development
6 9 (8.91%) Web Development
7 8 (7.92%) Architectural Patterns
7 8 (7.92%) Design Patterns
7 8 (7.92%) Full Stack Development
7 8 (7.92%) Mentoring
8 7 (6.93%) Fintech
8 7 (6.93%) Software Testing
8 7 (6.93%) TDD
9 6 (5.94%) CI/CD
9 6 (5.94%) MVC
9 6 (5.94%) User Experience
10 5 (4.95%) DevOps
10 5 (4.95%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 57 (56.44%) Swift
2 16 (15.84%) Objective-C
3 13 (12.87%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.93%) Java
4 7 (6.93%) Ruby
5 5 (4.95%) C#
5 5 (4.95%) PHP
6 3 (2.97%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.98%) C++
7 2 (1.98%) Dart
8 1 (0.99%) C
8 1 (0.99%) Python
8 1 (0.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.98%) Degree
2 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.97%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Ansible
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.96%) Apple
3 2 (1.98%) Checkmarx
3 2 (1.98%) SAP
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe
4 1 (0.99%) Databricks
4 1 (0.99%) Google
4 1 (0.99%) Xamarin