Apple Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Apple
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Apple products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Apple over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 51 58
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +17
Contract jobs citing Apple 8 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.80% 0.69% 1.15%
As % of the Vendors category 1.74% 1.54% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile £150 £376 £115
25th Percentile £154 £382 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £408 £120
Median % change year-on-year -61.35% +239.58% -20.00%
75th Percentile £161 £427 £250
90th Percentile £164 £429 £380
England median daily rate £239 £372 £239
% change year-on-year -35.82% +55.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
England median hourly rate £20.09 £23.14 £17.72
% change year-on-year -13.16% +30.56% +0.91%

All Vendors
East Midlands

Apple falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 461 260 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.87% 44.75% 45.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 171 227
10th Percentile £190 £205 £195
25th Percentile £355 £356 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £543 £541 £575
90th Percentile £613 £609 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.33% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 24
10th Percentile £13.24 £13.67 £10.90
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.61 £12.21
Median hourly rate £16.43 £17.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +21.43% -20.27%
75th Percentile £24.49 £21.80 £15.38
90th Percentile £26.44 £33.58 £22.23
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% +19.23% -21.21%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apple relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Apple job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Apple

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Lincolnshire - 6 £158 - 1
Nottinghamshire -10 2 £153 -62.58% 6
Apple
England

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Wireless
General
1 6 (75.00%) Electronics
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (75.00%) Marketing
1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 6 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (75.00%) IT Support
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Android
1 6 (75.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) HP
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Dell
2 6 (75.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft