Apple
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 410 470
Rank change year-on-year +60 +60 0
Contract jobs citing Apple 259 332 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.56% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 1.40% 1.29% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 232 314
10th Percentile £130 £158 £139
25th Percentile £190 £190 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £240 £260
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £378 £350 £472
90th Percentile £450 £500 £579
UK excluding London median daily rate £248 £230 £225
% change year-on-year +7.61% +2.22% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 24
10th Percentile £12.78 £15.75 £12.10
25th Percentile £14.37 £16.22 £13.88
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.04 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +11.95% -10.47%
75th Percentile £18.27 £18.08 £19.53
90th Percentile £22.94 £19.38 £23.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £18.08 £16.87
% change year-on-year -1.99% +7.20% -6.31%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,438 25,649 35,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 42.89% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,419 17,207 23,532
10th Percentile £263 £270 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 699 889
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -44.26% +105.96% -0.44%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple.

Daily rate trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple.

Hourly rate trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +71 230 £255 +8.51% 189
UK excluding London +52 140 £248 +7.61% 120
London +42 109 £253 -6.05% 76
South East +28 73 £378 +60.51% 40
Work from Home +82 35 £350 +25.00% 83
North of England +30 20 £265 +20.23% 33
Midlands +24 19 £130 -21.21% 22
North West +16 18 £248 +8.79% 19
Scotland +21 16 £370 +39.10% 4
East Midlands +18 13 £120 -20.00% 11
West Midlands +31 6 £200 +5.26% 11
Northern Ireland - 6 £200 - 2
South West +16 3 £90 -53.25% 11
East of England +14 3 £190 -9.52% 12
Yorkshire +18 2 £282 +48.16% 11

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (8.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 22 (8.49%) Skype for Business
2 20 (7.72%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 73 (28.19%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.77%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) SAP CO
1 4 (1.54%) SAP FI
1 4 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.77%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 140 (54.05%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (14.29%) Azure
3 27 (10.42%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.34%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.93%) WhatsApp
6 4 (1.54%) Amazon Alexa
6 4 (1.54%) Firebase
6 4 (1.54%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.16%) AWS
8 2 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.77%) BigCommerce
8 2 (0.77%) Bitrise
8 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.77%) Figma
8 2 (0.77%) GitHub
8 2 (0.77%) Google Play
8 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.77%) Slack
9 1 (0.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.04%) Cisco IOS
2 25 (9.65%) VoIP
3 22 (8.49%) Skype
4 21 (8.11%) VPN
5 18 (6.95%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (5.02%) Firewall
7 12 (4.63%) LAN
7 12 (4.63%) WAN
8 10 (3.86%) Wireless
9 9 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
9 9 (3.47%) VLAN
10 4 (1.54%) MQTT
11 3 (1.16%) DHCP
12 2 (0.77%) 4G
12 2 (0.77%) SGSN
12 2 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.77%) Telepresence
13 1 (0.39%) DNS
13 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.54%) JIRA
2 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.16%) Gradle
2 3 (1.16%) XCTest
3 2 (0.77%) Appium
3 2 (0.77%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) git-flow
3 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.77%) XCUITest
General
1 81 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.67%) Finance
3 30 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (5.79%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.41%) Retail
6 9 (3.47%) Legal
6 9 (3.47%) Marketing
7 8 (3.09%) Banking
8 6 (2.32%) Billing
8 6 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.32%) French Language
8 6 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.93%) Automotive
10 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.16%) Advertising
11 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.77%) Electronics
12 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 60 (23.17%) Support Engineer
2 39 (15.06%) IT Support
3 31 (11.97%) Analyst
4 30 (11.58%) Senior
5 28 (10.81%) Desktop Support
5 28 (10.81%) IT Engineer
6 24 (9.27%) Desktop Engineer
7 23 (8.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 22 (8.49%) Support Analyst
9 21 (8.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 18 (6.95%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 16 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 13 (5.02%) Audio Visual Technician
13 13 (5.02%) IT Analyst
13 13 (5.02%) Lead
13 13 (5.02%) Mac Engineer
14 12 (4.63%) IT Support Analyst
15 11 (4.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.93%) Node.js
2 4 (1.54%) EDI
2 4 (1.54%) XML
3 3 (1.16%) Ktor
3 3 (1.16%) Laravel
4 2 (0.77%) CSS
4 2 (0.77%) HTML
4 2 (0.77%) React Native
4 2 (0.77%) REST
4 2 (0.77%) SwiftUI
4 2 (0.77%) UIKit
4 2 (0.77%) VML
5 1 (0.39%) ADO
5 1 (0.39%) ATL
5 1 (0.39%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.74%) iPhone
2 16 (6.18%) Video Editing
3 15 (5.79%) Smartphone
4 14 (5.41%) CMDB
5 13 (5.02%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (4.63%) Blackberry
6 12 (4.63%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.09%) Blog
8 7 (2.70%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.70%) iPad
8 7 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.32%) Clustering
9 6 (2.32%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.93%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.16%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 187 (72.20%) Windows
2 113 (43.63%) Windows 10
3 107 (41.31%) Apple iOS
4 83 (32.05%) Android
5 51 (19.69%) Mac OS
6 33 (12.74%) Mac OS X
7 22 (8.49%) Windows 7
7 22 (8.49%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.32%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.54%) Linux
11 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.39%) Unix
12 1 (0.39%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.17%) Customer Service
2 58 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (10.42%) ITIL
4 26 (10.04%) Mobile Device Management
5 19 (7.34%) Asset Management
6 18 (6.95%) ITSM
6 18 (6.95%) User Experience
7 13 (5.02%) Agile
7 13 (5.02%) Time Management
8 11 (4.25%) CI/CD
8 11 (4.25%) Customer Experience
8 11 (4.25%) Migration
9 9 (3.47%) Data Protection
9 9 (3.47%) Decision-Making
9 9 (3.47%) MVVM
9 9 (3.47%) Project Delivery
9 9 (3.47%) Service Management
9 9 (3.47%) Software Deployment
10 8 (3.09%) Information Security
10 8 (3.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.63%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.86%) Swift
3 7 (2.70%) Kotlin
3 7 (2.70%) Objective-C
4 4 (1.54%) PHP
5 3 (1.16%) ABAP
5 3 (1.16%) Python
5 3 (1.16%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.77%) C
6 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (11.20%) Degree
1 29 (11.20%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.86%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.32%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.16%) MCSE
6 3 (1.16%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.77%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.77%) ACMT
7 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.77%) MCITP
7 2 (0.77%) MCP
7 2 (0.77%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.88%) SLA
2 4 (1.54%) GAAP
3 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.16%) QA
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 116 (44.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.32%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.77%) Docker
6 1 (0.39%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (20.08%) SCCM
3 45 (17.37%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (3.86%) AirWatch
5 9 (3.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (2.32%) Autotask
6 6 (2.32%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.77%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.77%) WSUS
8 1 (0.39%) Nessus
8 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (45.17%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.29%) Cisco
3 35 (13.51%) ServiceNow
4 26 (10.04%) Google
5 22 (8.49%) Citrix
6 20 (7.72%) Adobe
7 15 (5.79%) VMware
8 12 (4.63%) Polycom
9 11 (4.25%) Mitel
9 11 (4.25%) Progress
10 9 (3.47%) HP
11 8 (3.09%) SAP
12 6 (2.32%) Datto
12 6 (2.32%) Ivanti
13 4 (1.54%) Dell
13 4 (1.54%) Remedy
14 3 (1.16%) Avaya
14 3 (1.16%) F5
14 3 (1.16%) Planview
15 2 (0.77%) Okta