ACSP Contract Job Trends in England

Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ACSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 477 545
Rank change year-on-year -73 +68 -
Contract jobs citing ACSP 12 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.023% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% 0.076% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile - - £301
25th Percentile - £373 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £398 £345
Median % change year-on-year +25.79% +15.22% -
75th Percentile £513 £426 £373
90th Percentile £525 £429 £389
UK median daily rate £500 £398 £345
% change year-on-year +25.79% +15.22% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ACSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,623 7,850 11,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.06% 30.12% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,719 4,794 7,284
10th Percentile £319 £300 £298
25th Percentile £419 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -3.00% -1.59%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 371 877
10th Percentile £15.82 £20.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +3.53% +1.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £45.55
% change year-on-year -36.36% -13.23% +1.21%

ACSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ACSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ACSP job vacancy trend in England

ACSP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ACSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ACSP

ACSP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ACSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ACSP

ACSP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACSP within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North of England - 10 £500 -
Yorkshire - 10 £500 -
London -28 2 £525 +31.25%
ACSP
UK

ACSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (8.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 12 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Support Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Support
3 2 (16.67%) IT Support Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Mac Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) iPhone
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (16.67%) Smartphone
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Mac OS
2 7 (58.33%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (25.00%) Service Management
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) ITSM
2 2 (16.67%) Security Patching
3 1 (8.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) ACTC
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Apple
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (75.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe
4 1 (8.33%) Google