Fitzgerald
Mobile Developer
$32.81/hr
Accra, GhanaAfrica/Accra
Hire Swift developers
Hire vetted Swift developers
Full-time Swift developers from the top 2% of applicants, matched in 24 hours, backed by a 14-day money-back trial.
5.0 on G2, 4.9 on Google
14-day money-back trial. No recruiter fees.
Starting from
$9.99/hr
Billed hourly · no markup
- Category
- Mobile
- RocketDevs rate
- $9.99 to $30.99
- US market midpoint
- $60
- Vetting per dev
- 6-8h
- Acceptance
- Top 2%
What it costs
How much does it cost to hire Swift developers?
Hiring a vetted Swift developer through RocketDevs costs $9.99 per hour at associate level, $21.99 at mid-senior level, and $30.99 at senior level. That is a flat hourly rate with no recruiter fee, no markup on top, and a 14-day money-back trial.
| Market | Hourly rate | What you get | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| RocketDevs | $9.99 to $30.99 | Pre-vetted, hourly, no markup. Price published. | RocketDevs pricing |
| Freelance marketplace | $38 to $90 | Unvetted; quality is a lottery. | - |
| US employed | $50 to $69 | Salary plus benefits and overhead, hourly-equivalent. | ZipRecruiter, Swift Developer |
| Eastern Europe nearshore | $45 to $85 | Strong quality; timezone overlap with Europe. | Devico Eastern Europe development rates |
| Western Europe freelance | $63 to $100 | Higher cost of living, premium rates. | YunoJuno UK freelancer rates report |
| Premium vetted network | $60 to $150 | Vetted, but you book a call to see a price. | Reported Toptal engagement rates |
| US agency | $90 to $160 | Full service, highest blended rate. | FullStack Labs software development price guide |
Last updated 2026-07-19.
A senior Swift developer from RocketDevs costs $30.99 per hour, published, with no recruiter fee and no markup on top. Agencies and premium networks sit well above that. Freelance marketplaces can quote less, but that price buys an unscreened profile: the vetting, the test task, and the risk are yours.
Available now
Available Swift developers
A sample of the Swift developers in our pool right now, with real rates and assessment results.
Zohaib
Mobile Developer
$30.99/hr
Islamabad, PakistanAsia/Karachi
Muhammad Ahsan
Mobile Developer
$30.99/hr
Islamabad, PakistanAsia/Karachi
Ahmed
Mobile Developer
$30.99/hr
Eric
Mobile Developer
$30.99/hr
Muazu
Mobile Developer
$30.99/hr
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Startups Serviced
Intelligence-Driven Vetting
Only 2%Make It Through.
Behind every RocketDevs engineer is HiveMind, our proprietary, multi-stage assessment system. Each developer undergoes 6–8 hours of rigorous vetting, and we turn away more than we approve. You see the evidence in transparent assessment reports, so you know exactly who you’re hiring and why they meet our standard.
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Pass RateQ1 2026 cohort: n = 14,233
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Experience verification
Work history analysis, reference checks, and resume and portfolio review.
100%
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Technical screening
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AI-Powered Skills Intelligence
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Live technical interviews
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Soft skills screening
Side by side
RocketDevs compared to other ways to hire Swift developers
Published rates where the provider publishes them, reported ranges where they do not. Sources and dates below the table.
| Provider | Hourly rate | Public pricing | Trial or guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| RocketDevs | $9.99 to $30.99 | 14-day money back | |
| Toptal | $60 to $150reported | Trial period, rate on request | |
| Upwork | $15 to $50 | Payment protection only | |
| Proxify | $33 to $60 | Trial period |
Reported Toptal engagement rates (2026-07). Upwork hourly rate benchmarks (2026-07). Proxify published starting rate (2026-07).
If you want the lowest published rate with the vetting evidence attached, RocketDevs is $30.99 per hour at senior level for Swift. If you want a marketplace and are willing to vet candidates yourself, Upwork is cheaper per hour but the screening is your job.
Hiring guide
Hiring Swift developers: what to know
Swift hiring is currently a question about which paradigm someone thinks in. UIKit has a decade of accumulated knowledge behind it and still runs most large iOS apps; SwiftUI is where Apple is heading and is now viable for most new work. Most real codebases are a mix, so the useful candidate is comfortable in both and can explain when to bridge between them. Beyond UI, the differentiators are memory and concurrency: retain cycles are still the classic iOS bug, and Swift concurrency with async and actors changed how correct code is written. Ask candidates about an App Store rejection they handled, because review is an unavoidable part of shipping and the people who have been through it design differently.
What Swift developers do
- Build native iOS applications with SwiftUI, UIKit, or a combination
- Manage memory correctly, including retain cycles and object lifetimes
- Use Swift concurrency, async and await, and actors for safe background work
- Integrate Apple platform capabilities: notifications, storage, biometrics, widgets
- Handle App Store submission, review feedback, and phased releases
Swift by the numbers
- Swift is used by 5.4% of professional developers and is the default language for new iOS work. According to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 (2025).
What to expect at each level
| Level | What to expect | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Swift developer | Ships well-defined features against an existing codebase and established patterns. Best when you have someone senior setting direction. | $9.99/hr |
| Mid-senior Swift developer | Owns features end to end, makes sound technical calls without supervision, and reviews other people's work. | $21.99/hr |
| Senior Swift developer | Sets architecture, makes the tradeoff calls, and raises the standard of everyone around them. The right choice when nobody else on the team owns this stack. | $30.99/hr |
What moves the rate
- Seniority
- The single biggest factor. Years of Swift work and the scope someone can own without supervision.
- Timezone
- Full overlap with your working day costs more than partial overlap.
- Specialism
- Niche Swift depth, performance work, and scarce adjacent skills carry a premium.
- Commitment
- Full-time engagements lower the hourly rate; short part-time work raises it.
Hiring dedicated Swift developers
Part-time or full-time, your call, and you can change the hours as the work changes. For the hours you book it is the same person every day, in your standups and your codebase. No agency bench, no rotating contractors.
Hiring offshore Swift developers
Our developers work from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, and each profile lists that developer's working hours, so you can choose one whose day overlaps yours before you interview. Rates start at $9.99 per hour because our cost base is lower, not because the standard is.
Hiring remote Swift developers
Every engagement is remote by default and comes with the tracking to make that comfortable: real time logs, screenshots every 3 minutes, and the full assessment record before you commit.
Hiring senior Swift developers
Senior Swift developers cost $30.99 per hour, below the starting rate of most agencies and premium networks. You see the assessment scores before the interview, so seniority is evidenced rather than claimed.
FAQ
Hiring Swift developers Common questions, answered.
- RocketDevs Swift developers start at $9.99 per hour for Associate level and go to $30.99 per hour for Senior level. The rate is flat and published, so there is no recruiter fee and no markup added later.
- Most clients are matched with suitable Swift developers within 48 hours, because the vetting happens before you arrive rather than after you ask. Interviews are usually scheduled within the same week.
- Every developer goes through 6 to 8 hours of vetting across five stages: experience verification, technical screening, AI-assisted skill analysis, live technical interviews, and soft skills screening. Only the top 2% of applicants are accepted, and signed-in clients can see each developer’s assessment scores and reports before they hire.
- Every hire is covered by a 14-day money-back trial. If the developer is not right, you can end the engagement within that window and get your money back, or we match you with someone else.
- Acceptance
- Top 2%
- Vetting per dev
- 6-8h
- G2 rating
- 5.0
- Starting rate
- $9.99/hr
Acceptance
Vetting per dev
G2 rating
Starting rate
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