Apple Swift
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Swift skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Swift over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 743 475
Rank change year-on-year -15 -268 +21
Permanent jobs citing Swift 132 237 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.24% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% 0.55% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 94 139 499
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £44,063 £58,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £82,500 £96,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,475 £120,250 £90,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +23.81%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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
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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Swift in the UK

Swift
Top 15 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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 120 £60,000 -17.24% 68
UK excluding London -20 92 £55,000 -12.00% 40
Work from Home +40 60 £55,000 -18.52% 37
North of England +88 44 £50,000 -43.02% 17
London +3 39 £77,500 +6.90% 46
North West +28 26 £59,000 -9.92% 7
South West -12 23 £45,000 -14.29%
Yorkshire +98 18 £35,000 -68.18% 7
Scotland -60 6 £75,000 +66.67% 4
Wales +11 5 £55,000 -
Midlands -17 5 £75,000 +29.31% 1
South East -33 5 £60,000 -14.29% 16
East of England +1 4 £55,000 -38.89% 2
West Midlands +13 3 £75,000 +36.36%
East Midlands -17 2 - - 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 5 (3.79%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.64%) Firebase
2 14 (10.61%) AWS
3 13 (9.85%) GitHub
3 13 (9.85%) SaaS
4 8 (6.06%) Azure
5 5 (3.79%) AWS IoT
5 5 (3.79%) GCP
5 5 (3.79%) TestFlight
6 3 (2.27%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (2.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 3 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.27%) Serverless
7 1 (0.76%) Figma
7 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.76%) Google Play
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.55%) Wireless
2 2 (1.52%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.52%) Broadband
3 1 (0.76%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (0.76%) GPRS
3 1 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.33%) MySQL
2 5 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.03%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.27%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (12.88%) Xcode
2 15 (11.36%) Git
3 7 (5.30%) Crashlytics
4 6 (4.55%) JIRA
5 4 (3.03%) Appium
5 4 (3.03%) CircleCI
5 4 (3.03%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.27%) fastlane
7 2 (1.52%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.52%) XCTest
8 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.76%) XCUITest
General
1 40 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.12%) Finance
3 14 (10.61%) Banking
4 11 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.30%) Law
5 7 (5.30%) Marketing
6 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.79%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (3.03%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.03%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.27%) Automotive
10 2 (1.52%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.76%) Back Office
11 1 (0.76%) Games
11 1 (0.76%) Legal
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
11 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (63.64%) Developer
2 51 (38.64%) iOS Developer
3 29 (21.97%) Senior
4 24 (18.18%) Lead
4 24 (18.18%) Software Engineer
5 23 (17.42%) Senior Developer
6 19 (14.39%) Applications Developer
6 19 (14.39%) Mobile Developer
6 19 (14.39%) Senior iOS Developer
7 15 (11.36%) Lead Developer
8 12 (9.09%) Lead Mobile Developer
9 11 (8.33%) iOS Software Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) IT Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.82%) Mobile Software Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (18.18%) RESTful
2 20 (15.15%) React
2 20 (15.15%) REST
3 15 (11.36%) CSS
3 15 (11.36%) HTML
4 14 (10.61%) Core Data
5 11 (8.33%) Ionic Framework
5 11 (8.33%) React Native
5 11 (8.33%) SwiftUI
6 10 (7.58%) Core Animation
6 10 (7.58%) HTML5
7 8 (6.06%) UIKit
8 7 (5.30%) JSON
9 6 (4.55%) Redux
9 6 (4.55%) RxSwift
10 5 (3.79%) AngularJS
10 5 (3.79%) Apache Cordova
10 5 (3.79%) Flutter
10 5 (3.79%) iOS SDK
10 5 (3.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (43.94%) Mobile App
2 12 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 11 (8.33%) IoT
3 11 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (7.58%) Animation
5 9 (6.82%) Virtual Team
6 8 (6.06%) Client/Server
7 6 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (3.79%) PropTech
9 4 (3.03%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (2.27%) Blog
10 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.52%) PKI
11 2 (1.52%) Robotics
12 1 (0.76%) CCTV
12 1 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.76%) NHS
12 1 (0.76%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 129 (97.73%) Apple iOS
2 76 (57.58%) Android
3 5 (3.79%) Windows
4 1 (0.76%) Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (62.88%) iOS Development
2 52 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (37.88%) Agile
4 43 (32.58%) Mentoring
5 34 (25.76%) User Experience
6 31 (23.48%) Software Engineering
7 29 (21.97%) Code Quality
8 28 (21.21%) Mobile Application Development
9 25 (18.94%) CI/CD
10 24 (18.18%) Mobile Development
11 21 (15.91%) Android Development
11 21 (15.91%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (15.15%) Architectural Patterns
13 19 (14.39%) Design Patterns
14 18 (13.64%) API Integration
14 18 (13.64%) Coaching
14 18 (13.64%) DevOps
14 18 (13.64%) Test Automation
15 16 (12.12%) Technical Leadership
16 15 (11.36%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.85%) Kotlin
2 38 (28.79%) Objective-C
3 29 (21.97%) Java
4 28 (21.21%) JavaScript
5 27 (20.45%) SQL
6 21 (15.91%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.30%) C#
8 5 (3.79%) Rust
9 4 (3.03%) Python
9 4 (3.03%) T-SQL
9 4 (3.03%) VBScript
10 3 (2.27%) Dart
11 2 (1.52%) Go
11 2 (1.52%) Lua
11 2 (1.52%) PHP
11 2 (1.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (20.45%) Degree
2 15 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.76%) MCP
3 1 (0.76%) MCSA
3 1 (0.76%) MCSE
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.42%) QA
2 5 (3.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.27%) Terraform
2 2 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.55%) Amplitude
2 6 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (0.76%) Cadence
3 1 (0.76%) Google
3 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.76%) Xamarin