80,300 companies in our data use Objective-C, and 13,898 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it fell sharply in the three months to August 2026; 10,109 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. It comes up most in Mobile Developer job posts.
Which companies name Objective-C in the most job posts?
Among the companies with the most job posts naming Objective-C are Apple (10,112), Amazon (826) and TikTok (767). Of the five companies in the table, Apple has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 4,203.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
AppleScientific and Technical Services · first seen Jul 202210,1124,203
"4 plus years experience with Swift and/or Objective-C"app store frameworks, Nov 7, 2026
AmazonRetail Trade · first seen Jul 20228261,518
"3+ years of native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) development using modern tooling and architectural patterns — or 3+ years of…"Software Development Engineer, Ring Cloud Connectivity Org, Oct 21, 2026
TikTokInformation · first seen Jul 2022767191
"Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Objective-C."Software Test Engineer (AI), TikTok, Oct 23, 2026
GoogleScientific and Technical Services · first seen Jul 20226423,078
"Work with technologies such as Dart, Flutter, Android, iOS, Java/Kotlin, Objective-C/Swift, and build/automation tools."Mobile Software Engineer, Google Pay, Client Infrastructure, Oct 23, 2026
FUJISOFT INCORPORATEDProfessional Services · first seen Jul 20235553
"開発言語:Flutter、Objective-C、Swift、Android Java、kotlin、Unity、Javascript、ReactNative、React"Smartphone app/native app engineer, Jun 27, 2025
Job posts mentioning Objective-C went from 4.7 to 3.3 in every 10,000 job posts, comparing March to May with June to August 2026, a steep drop. From October to December 2025 it was 7.2.
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Month
Job posts naming Objective-C
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
1,092
1,413,673
7.7
Nov 2025
1,363
1,822,119
7.5
Dec 2025
781
1,236,103
6.3
Jan 2026
1,386
1,828,002
7.6
Feb 2026
1,121
1,856,647
6.0
Mar 2026
974
1,850,711
5.3
Apr 2026
782
1,728,886
4.5
May 2026
788
1,821,509
4.3
Jun 2026
690
1,909,496
3.6
Jul 2026
596
1,815,180
3.3
Aug 2026
536
1,835,698
2.9
How many companies named Objective-C in a job post for the first time in recent months?
Objective-C showed up in job posts at 198 companies for the first time from June to August 2026, and 231 in the three months before. That brings the companies naming it for the first time since October 2025 to 1,000, through August 2026.
March to May 2026231
June to August 2026198
October 2025 to August 20261,000
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use Objective-C?
13,898 companies name Objective-C in their own job posts. The other 66,402 show up because employees list it on their profiles. 5,557 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name Objective-C
13,89817%
Employees' profiles list Objective-C
66,40283%
80,300 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use Objective-C?
The largest group of Objective-C users is companies with fewer than 50 employees (47%), more than on the typical tech page. The second-largest group is companies with 50 to 999 employees, at 40%.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
47%22%
50 to 999
40%38%
1,000 to 5,000
9.2%17%
Over 5,000
4.3%23%
Where are Objective-C companies based?
35% of Objective-C companies are based in the United States, and 7.2% in India. Its companies are based in 183 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
35%43%
India
7.2%6.9%
United Kingdom
6.3%6.4%
Germany
4.1%4.4%
Canada
4.1%3.6%
France
3.5%4.6%
Companies in 183 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
26,219
35%
43%
India
5,385
7.2%
6.9%
United Kingdom
4,651
6.3%
6.4%
Germany
3,066
4.1%
4.4%
Canada
3,052
4.1%
3.6%
France
2,639
3.5%
4.6%
Which teams work with Objective-C?
Objective-C work is spread across teams. Engineering leads, at 222 companies. Mobile teams are second, at 210 companies, and mobile development teams third, at 129.
TeamCompanies
Engineering
222
Mobile
210
Mobile development
129
iOS
112
Mobile engineering
112
Development
107
What else do Objective-C companies use?
Compared with companies of the same size, Objective-C companies stand out for using Xcode and VIPER. Next is Swift: 89% of these companies use it, against 4.4% of similar ones.
Share of the 10,380 Objective-C companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming Objective-C in job posts recently?
169 companies with 50 or more employees picked up Objective-C in their job posts from April to August 2026. Another 7 were AI-native companies, which we list separately.
Companies that named Objective-C in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention Objective-C most?
Mobile Developer is the role behind 44% of the job posts that mention Objective-C. Software Engineer is second, at 24%.
RoleSharePosts
Mobile Developer
44%4,430
Software Engineer
24%2,429
Software Development Engineer in Test
3.6%360
Frontend Engineer
1.3%134
Machine Learning
1.2%122
Customer Engineer
1.1%107
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Mobile Developer
44%
4,430
1,128
776
Software Engineer
24%
2,429
548
403
Software Development Engineer in Test
3.6%
360
76
58
Frontend Engineer
1.3%
134
31
23
Machine Learning
1.2%
122
30
9
Customer Engineer
1.1%
107
39
16
Which project themes come up in Objective-C job posts?
Apart from broad digital transformation work, Frontend Migration comes up most in job posts naming Objective-C, in 266 of them. After that comes Microservices Migration, with 206.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation2,223
Frontend Migration266
Microservices Migration206
Generative AI152
"migrating legacy native mobile applications (Android/Kotlin/Java, iOS/Swift/Objective-C) into a unified React Native codebase using a brownfield migration approach"
Futran Solutions, Engineering Manager, Frontend (Mobile Platforms), Nov 3, 2026
"solid experience developing apps with iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or React Native, and a strong motivation to transition into Flutter and master it"
LABHOUSE, flutter developer, Nov 4, 2026
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Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
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