Apple Contracts in the UK excluding London

Apple
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Apple over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Apple, Inc.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 303 334
Rank change year-on-year +62 +31 -12
Contract jobs citing Apple 146 154 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.66% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.67% 1.47% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 115 127
10th Percentile £120 £150 £126
25th Percentile £149 £163 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% +2.22% +18.42%
75th Percentile £378 £283 £388
90th Percentile £540 £364 £500
UK median daily rate £255 £240 £261
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.13% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 9
10th Percentile £12.25 £16.15 £13.07
25th Percentile £16.61 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.08 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +11.40% -9.83%
75th Percentile £18.27 - £19.38
90th Percentile £19.95 £19.38 £22.55
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £18.04 £15.50
% change year-on-year -1.77% +16.39% -13.89%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Apple is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,767 10,454 12,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.72% 44.48% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 7,184 8,264
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 961 479 634
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.92 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.05 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +17 78 £378 +60.51% 45
North of England +26 20 £265 +18.88% 31
Midlands +34 19 £130 -26.76% 26
North West +23 18 £248 +8.79% 17
Scotland +29 17 £370 +42.31% 5
East Midlands +19 13 £130 -13.33% 16
West Midlands +29 6 £200 +5.26% 10
Northern Ireland - 6 £200 - 3
South West +13 3 £90 -53.25% 15
East of England +2 3 £190 -9.52% 11
Yorkshire +26 2 £282 +48.16% 13
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.79%) Skype for Business
2 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.68%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (23.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Shopify
2 1 (0.68%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 88 (60.27%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (10.96%) Azure
3 9 (6.16%) OneDrive
4 6 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.37%) AWS
5 2 (1.37%) BigCommerce
5 2 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
6 1 (0.68%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.07%) VoIP
2 17 (11.64%) VPN
3 15 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (9.59%) Cisco IOS
5 13 (8.90%) Firewall
6 10 (6.85%) LAN
6 10 (6.85%) WAN
7 9 (6.16%) VLAN
8 8 (5.48%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (4.79%) Skype
10 3 (2.05%) DHCP
10 3 (2.05%) Wireless
11 2 (1.37%) SGSN
12 1 (0.68%) DNS
12 1 (0.68%) Internet
12 1 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.68%) Telepresence
Development Applications
1 2 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 39 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.86%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (13.70%) Finance
4 16 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.48%) Legal
7 6 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.05%) Automotive
10 3 (2.05%) Marketing
11 2 (1.37%) Banking
11 2 (1.37%) French Language
11 2 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.37%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (1.37%) Retail
11 2 (1.37%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.68%) Electronics
12 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (26.71%) Support Engineer
2 17 (11.64%) IT Support
3 16 (10.96%) Desktop Engineer
3 16 (10.96%) Desktop Support
3 16 (10.96%) IT Engineer
4 15 (10.27%) 2nd Line Support
4 15 (10.27%) Analyst
5 14 (9.59%) Senior
6 13 (8.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 12 (8.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 12 (8.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 12 (8.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (7.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (7.53%) Audio Visual Technician
8 11 (7.53%) Lead
8 11 (7.53%) Support Analyst
9 10 (6.85%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (6.85%) Senior Technician
10 9 (6.16%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (6.16%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) Node.js
2 2 (1.37%) VML
3 1 (0.68%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.27%) Video Editing
2 13 (8.90%) iPhone
3 10 (6.85%) Mobile App
3 10 (6.85%) Smartphone
3 10 (6.85%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.48%) Blog
5 7 (4.79%) CMDB
5 7 (4.79%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.11%) Clustering
6 6 (4.11%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.11%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.42%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.74%) Blackberry
9 3 (2.05%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.68%) iPad
11 1 (0.68%) Social Media
11 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (82.19%) Windows
2 79 (54.11%) Windows 10
3 72 (49.32%) Apple iOS
4 35 (23.97%) Android
5 31 (21.23%) Mac OS
6 14 (9.59%) Windows Server
7 11 (7.53%) Mac OS X
8 7 (4.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (3.42%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.68%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.60%) Customer Service
2 25 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (10.96%) ITIL
4 13 (8.90%) Mobile Device Management
5 10 (6.85%) Asset Management
6 9 (6.16%) Migration
6 9 (6.16%) Time Management
7 8 (5.48%) Decision-Making
7 8 (5.48%) Inventory Management
7 8 (5.48%) Software Deployment
8 7 (4.79%) ITSM
8 7 (4.79%) Service Management
9 6 (4.11%) Agile
9 6 (4.11%) Customer Experience
9 6 (4.11%) Quality Management
9 6 (4.11%) Risk Management
9 6 (4.11%) Roadmaps
9 6 (4.11%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (4.11%) User Experience
10 5 (3.42%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (11.64%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.96%) Degree
3 13 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.48%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.37%) MCSE
7 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.68%) ACMT
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) MCP
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.01%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (42.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (28.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (15.07%) SCCM
3 20 (13.70%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (6.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (4.79%) AirWatch
6 6 (4.11%) Autotask
6 6 (4.11%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.37%) WSUS
8 1 (0.68%) Nessus
8 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (40.41%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.75%) Cisco
3 21 (14.38%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.85%) Polycom
5 9 (6.16%) HP
6 8 (5.48%) Google
6 8 (5.48%) VMware
7 6 (4.11%) Citrix
7 6 (4.11%) Datto
8 4 (2.74%) Adobe
8 4 (2.74%) F5
8 4 (2.74%) Planview
8 4 (2.74%) SAP
9 3 (2.05%) Dell
9 3 (2.05%) Remedy
10 2 (1.37%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.37%) Ericsson
10 2 (1.37%) Progress
10 2 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.37%) Sophos