Apple Contract Job Trends in England

Apple
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 August 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
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 333 336
Rank change year-on-year -125 +3 +47
Contract jobs citing Apple 151 177 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 1.36% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 116 116
10th Percentile £158 £150 £133
25th Percentile £200 £184 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £308
Median % change year-on-year - -10.57% +25.51%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £436
90th Percentile £585 £560 £561
UK median daily rate £275 £275 £300
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 7
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.10 £15.22
25th Percentile £19.90 £18.78 £15.42
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.15 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -14.51% +37.66% +1.05%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £26.00
90th Percentile - - £33.20
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £25.15 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.51% +39.72% -0.44%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,861 13,033 14,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.33% 47.24% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,851 8,252 9,267
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £620 £627
90th Percentile £700 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,036 627 766
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.48 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -14.41% -25.80%
75th Percentile £67.12 £50.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.79 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +35.15% -10.18% -33.58%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Apple job vacancy trend in England

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apple

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in England over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in England

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apple

Apple
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 Apple within the England region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -62 82 £275 -1.35% 135
North of England -110 21 £450 +44.00% 24
South West -30 15 £388 +87.65% 9
Midlands -55 14 £175 -30.00% 24
Yorkshire -74 13 £510 +45.71% 2
South East -65 12 £413 +91.86% 41
West Midlands -59 8 £120 -68.00% 6
East Midlands -15 6 £275 +10.00% 18
East of England -27 6 £500 +2.17% 25
North East -41 4 £450 +63.64% 2
North West -43 4 £260 -6.73% 20
Apple
UK

Apple
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) CMS
3 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Maya
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Actimize
1 1 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.66%) Shopify
1 1 (0.66%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 55 (36.42%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (27.81%) Entra ID
3 33 (21.85%) Azure
4 9 (5.96%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.64%) AWS
5 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.31%) Firebase
6 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.65%) Apple Pay
7 4 (2.65%) Google Pay
7 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.32%) SaaS
8 2 (1.32%) Slack
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.66%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.95%) VPN
1 12 (7.95%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (4.64%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.64%) WAN
3 5 (3.31%) LAN
3 5 (3.31%) Skype
4 4 (2.65%) Firewall
4 4 (2.65%) Internet
4 4 (2.65%) Wireless
5 3 (1.99%) DHCP
5 3 (1.99%) DNS
5 3 (1.99%) Network Security
6 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) fastlane
1 5 (3.31%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.31%) Xcode
2 2 (1.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.66%) CocoaPods
3 1 (0.66%) Git
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) XCTest
3 1 (0.66%) XCUITest
General
1 57 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (15.89%) Finance
4 10 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (6.62%) Retail
5 8 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.64%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.97%) Banking
8 5 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.65%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.99%) Billing
10 3 (1.99%) Legal
10 3 (1.99%) Marketing
11 2 (1.32%) Slovak Language
12 1 (0.66%) Bulgarian Language
12 1 (0.66%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.66%) Law
12 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (20.53%) IT Support
2 30 (19.87%) Support Engineer
3 27 (17.88%) IT Engineer
4 20 (13.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (7.95%) Analyst
5 12 (7.95%) Mac Engineer
6 10 (6.62%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (6.62%) Desktop Support
6 10 (6.62%) Senior
7 9 (5.96%) Developer
7 9 (5.96%) iOS Developer
8 8 (5.30%) Architect
8 8 (5.30%) Mobile Engineer
8 8 (5.30%) Support Specialist
9 6 (3.97%) Help Desk Analyst
9 6 (3.97%) Lead
10 5 (3.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (3.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 5 (3.31%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) RESTful
1 7 (4.64%) SwiftUI
2 6 (3.97%) iOS SDK
2 6 (3.97%) UIKit
3 5 (3.31%) Core Data
4 4 (2.65%) React
5 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.99%) PySpark
6 1 (0.66%) JSON
6 1 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.66%) Loki
6 1 (0.66%) REST
6 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.66%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.25%) Onboarding
2 18 (11.92%) Mobile App
3 11 (7.28%) iPad
4 10 (6.62%) iPhone
4 10 (6.62%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.62%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (6.62%) Virtual Team
5 7 (4.64%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.65%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.65%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (1.99%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.99%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.32%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (56.29%) Windows
2 63 (41.72%) Mac OS
3 45 (29.80%) Apple iOS
4 39 (25.83%) Android
5 35 (23.18%) Windows 10
6 7 (4.64%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.99%) Linux
8 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.66%) CentOS
9 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.75%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (31.79%) Customer Service
3 26 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (15.89%) ITIL
5 21 (13.91%) Customer Experience
6 20 (13.25%) Agile
6 20 (13.25%) ITSM
7 19 (12.58%) Mobile Device Management
8 18 (11.92%) Asset Management
8 18 (11.92%) User Experience
9 17 (11.26%) DevOps
9 17 (11.26%) Time Management
10 16 (10.60%) AI
10 16 (10.60%) Information Security
10 16 (10.60%) Service Management
11 13 (8.61%) Change Management
12 12 (7.95%) Identity Management
13 11 (7.28%) CI/CD
13 11 (7.28%) Data Protection
13 11 (7.28%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.28%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.62%) Python
3 9 (5.96%) Swift
4 5 (3.31%) Bash
4 5 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.99%) Java
5 3 (1.99%) SQL
6 2 (1.32%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.66%) Korn
7 1 (0.66%) Rust
7 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (19.87%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.92%) Degree
4 11 (7.28%) DV Cleared
4 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.31%) ACSP
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.32%) MCSE
10 1 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.66%) ACTC
10 1 (0.66%) CCSP
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CISSP
10 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.92%) SLA
2 6 (3.97%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.97%) QA
3 5 (3.31%) WCAG
4 4 (2.65%) NCSC
4 4 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.32%) GDPR
5 2 (1.32%) PSD2
6 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.66%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 46 (30.46%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.99%) Firmware
4 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.32%) zsh
5 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (27.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (19.21%) Jamf Pro
3 17 (11.26%) SCCM
4 5 (3.31%) Terraform
5 4 (2.65%) ServiceCenter
6 3 (1.99%) AirWatch
7 2 (1.32%) Grafana
7 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.32%) WSUS
8 1 (0.66%) Ansible
8 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.66%) Puppet
8 1 (0.66%) systemd
8 1 (0.66%) yum
Vendors
1 88 (58.28%) Microsoft
2 30 (19.87%) ServiceNow
3 20 (13.25%) HP
4 17 (11.26%) Google
5 14 (9.27%) Samsung
6 8 (5.30%) CyberArk
7 7 (4.64%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (4.64%) Citrix
8 5 (3.31%) Cisco
8 5 (3.31%) Dell
8 5 (3.31%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.32%) Klarna
9 2 (1.32%) PayPal
9 2 (1.32%) Remedy
9 2 (1.32%) VMware
10 1 (0.66%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.66%) McAfee
10 1 (0.66%) MobileIron
10 1 (0.66%) SAP
10 1 (0.66%) TSYS