I have a TableViewController:

As you see I have my own custom bar at t
You need to create your view controller object as type UIViewController and not UITableViewController. Then add the custom bar as a subview to self.view. Create a separate UITableView and add it below the custom bar. That should make custom bar static and table view scrollable.
Update:
In order to make the tableview static you need to set it as
tableView.scrollEnabled = NO:
Let me know if this works for you.