Swift Developers build apps for the Apple platforms (iOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS) and increasingly cross-platform server code with Swift on Linux. Closely overlaps with iOS Developer; Swift Developer signals broader Apple-platform fluency including macOS desktop, server-side Swift, and the new Apple Intelligence / on-device ML surfaces.
Salary by Experience Level
Junior
$85,000 – $115,000
per year
Mid-Level
$120,000 – $170,000
per year
Senior
$175,000 – $260,000
per year
Required Skills
Swift 5.9+ / 6SwiftUIUIKit / AppKitCombine / async-await / actorsSwift concurrency modelCore Data + SwiftDataServer-side Swift (Vapor) if relevantXCTest
Common Interview Topics
Swift type system (protocols, generics, opaque types)
Concurrency model (actors, structured concurrency)