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iOS Developer / Engineer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An iOS Developer or Engineer designs, builds, or improves mobile applications for iOS smart phones and mobile tablets. Oversees the entire software development process. Analyzes customer or user needs, designs programs, writes code, tests design, and documents programs.

Job Outlook

There were 151 iOS Developer / Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6556 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Mobile Applications Developer industry, which includes the iOS Developer / Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new iOS Developer / Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $121,962.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $109,721.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for iOS Developer / Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $107,043.

Education and Experience

Posted iOS Developer / Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree47.73%
Master's Degree14.2%
Doctoral Degree2.07%
Other1.13%

Posted iOS Developer / Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years15.55%
3 to 5 years50.05%
6 to 8 years26.88%
9+ years7.53%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills iOS Developer / Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Communication (33.04%)
  • Problem Solving (23.02%)
  • Innovation (14.93%)
  • Leadership (13.94%)
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (12.26%)
  • Writing (11.82%)
  • Management (11.18%)
  • Operations (11.12%)
  • Collaboration (9.53%)
  • Smartphone Operation (9.44%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • Core Data (Software) (9.54%)
  • IOS Development (53.86%)
  • Git (Version Control System) (24.08%)
  • Agile Methodology (28.21%)
  • IOS Applications (16.18%)
  • Apple Xcode (20.16%)
  • Apple IOS (85.86%)
  • Mobile Application Development (42.54%)
  • App Store (IOS) (17.66%)
  • Software Development (25.95%)
  • Application Programming Interface (API) (34.85%)
  • Computer Science (38.1%)
  • Model View ViewModel (15.97%)
  • Objective-C (Programming Language) (45.55%)
  • Debugging (20.62%)
  • Push Technology (9.71%)
  • Software Engineering (35.34%)
  • Swift (Programming Language) (77.06%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Back End (Software Engineering) (10.54%)
  • Emerging Technologies (4.16%)
  • Java (Programming Language) (8.56%)
  • Android (Operating System) (19.73%)
  • JavaScript (Programming Language) (6.83%)
  • Automation (11.98%)
  • Unit Testing (21.94%)
  • Algorithms (6.08%)
  • Test Automation (8.5%)
  • Continuous Integration (10.91%)
  • Animations (9.92%)
  • Business Requirements (2.74%)
  • JIRA (9.23%)
  • Software Design Patterns (16.91%)
  • Github (7.98%)
  • DevOps (7.49%)
  • Version Control (13.25%)
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) (8.43%)
  • Model View Controller (10.27%)
  • Scalability (15.02%)
  • Code Review (16.83%)
  • Scrum (Software Development) (11.7%)
  • User Interface (UI) (12.7%)
  • User Experience (UX) (13.6%)
  • Project Management (10.82%)
  • Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (11.42%)
  • New Product Development (4.5%)
  • RESTful API (21.92%)
  • Process Improvement (2.88%)
  • GraphQL (7.95%)
  • CI/CD (13.89%)
  • JSON (12%)
  • Testability (7.46%)
  • Tooling (4.58%)
  • Authorization (Computing) (4.02%)
  • Codebase (5.63%)
  • Kotlin (9.2%)
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD) (4.72%)
  • Jenkins (11.98%)
  • Pull/Merge Requests (3.68%)
  • Web Services (7.84%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

  • Mobile Architecture (1.9%)
  • watchOS (1.12%)
  • Cocoa Touch (4.35%)
  • Apple Cocoa (2.48%)
  • XCUITest (3.25%)
  • Core Graphics (3.49%)
  • IOS SDK (8.54%)
  • Human Interface Guidelines (2.54%)
  • Xctest (5.39%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

  • Apple IOS (100%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with iOS Developer / Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • iOS Developer
  • iOS Software Engineer
  • iOS Engineer
  • Lead iOS Engineer
  • iOS Mobile Developer
  • iOS/Android Developer
  • Lead iOS Developer
  • Swift Developer
  • Principal Engineer
  • iOS Mobile Engineer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most iOS Developer / Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Marriott International (333)
  • Apple (196)
  • Meta (161)
  • Experian (103)
  • Capital One (96)
  • Randstad (92)
  • Tiktok (90)
  • Insight Global (70)
  • Motion Recruitment (59)
  • The College Board (52)

North Carolina

  • Google (9)
  • Marriott International (5)
  • Fidelity Investments (5)
  • Diverse Lynx (5)
  • Ixl Learning (4)
  • Jobot (4)
  • 1 Point System (3)
  • Insight Global (3)
  • Insidemaps (3)
  • Spectraforce Technologies (3)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.