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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 465 539
Rank change year-on-year -112 +74 -
Contract jobs citing ACSP 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.008% 0.025% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.024% 0.079% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £516 £373 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £398 £290
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% +37.07% -
75th Percentile £534 £426 -
90th Percentile £536 £429 -
UK median daily rate £525 £398 £290
% change year-on-year +32.08% +37.07% -

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 12,682 7,568 11,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.87% 31.12% 31.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,427 4,837 7,321
10th Percentile £331 £288 £300
25th Percentile £422 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.32% -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 975 422 918
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.14 £25.26 £17.85
Median hourly rate £31.18 £50.00 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% +30.03% -23.10%
75th Percentile £68.42 £68.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.24 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.93 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -17.82% +13.33% -27.88%

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 24 March 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
London -60 2 £525 +31.25% 1
South West - 1 £525 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Mac Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mac Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Product Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) ACTC
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft