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 3 March 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
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 336 308
Rank change year-on-year -85 -28 +104
Contract jobs citing Apple 143 145 248
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.58% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.90% 1.24% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 86 145
10th Percentile £154 £150 £139
25th Percentile £170 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £350 £238
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +47.37% +2.64%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £376
90th Percentile £543 £738 £429
UK median daily rate £285 £338 £232
% change year-on-year -15.56% +45.57% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 22
10th Percentile £16.15 £13.58 £13.87
25th Percentile - £16.68 £16.61
Median hourly rate £20.09 £23.14 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +30.56% +0.91%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.54 £24.00
90th Percentile - £24.66 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £23.14 £17.72
% change year-on-year -13.16% +30.56% +0.91%

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 15,931 11,677 16,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.76% 46.67% 43.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,393 7,296 10,445
10th Percentile £305 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £631
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.17% -2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 835 368 911
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.81
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £14.87
Median hourly rate £24.00 £31.42 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% +23.23% -27.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.15 £53.81
90th Percentile £74.26 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.28 £30.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -19.08% +18.81% -27.86%

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 3 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple in England over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple in England

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 3 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 -41 84 £350 +40.00% 47
North of England -56 26 £175 -60.00% 27
Yorkshire -55 14 £290 -60.00% 8
East of England -16 12 £228 +24.66% 18
Midlands -54 11 £158 -53.33% 25
East Midlands -26 8 £158 -61.35% 18
North West -40 7 £175 -18.60% 14
South East -40 6 £187 -28.45% 43
North East -12 5 £175 -61.11% 6
South West -20 4 - - 18
West Midlands -54 3 £200 -24.53% 6
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 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 46 (32.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Maya
4 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (50.35%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (15.38%) Azure
3 15 (10.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.20%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.80%) Firebase
5 4 (2.80%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.10%) AWS
7 2 (1.40%) Apple Pay
7 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.40%) SaaS
7 2 (1.40%) Slack
8 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.70%) Bitrise
8 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.70%) Figma
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.70%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.70%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 41 (28.67%) Wireless
2 10 (6.99%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.90%) DHCP
3 7 (4.90%) DNS
4 5 (3.50%) VPN
5 2 (1.40%) Network Security
5 2 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) Firewall
6 1 (0.70%) Internet
6 1 (0.70%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.70%) LAN
6 1 (0.70%) SSL
6 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Redis
2 2 (1.40%) SQLite
3 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Xcode
3 2 (1.40%) CocoaPods
3 2 (1.40%) Crashlytics
3 2 (1.40%) fastlane
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 55 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.57%) Finance
3 34 (23.78%) Public Sector
4 25 (17.48%) Marketing
5 23 (16.08%) Banking
5 23 (16.08%) Electronics
5 23 (16.08%) Manufacturing
5 23 (16.08%) Telecoms
6 12 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.50%) Retail
9 4 (2.80%) Publishing
10 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.70%) Billing
11 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.70%) Military
11 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 47 (32.87%) IT Support
2 29 (20.28%) 2nd Line Support
2 29 (20.28%) Desktop Support
2 29 (20.28%) Support Engineer
3 23 (16.08%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 23 (16.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 16 (11.19%) Analyst
4 16 (11.19%) Senior
5 14 (9.79%) Technical Support
6 13 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Mac Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.29%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (6.29%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Developer
11 7 (4.90%) Field Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Field Support Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) iOS Developer
12 6 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.20%) RESTful
2 5 (3.50%) SwiftUI
3 4 (2.80%) OAuth
3 4 (2.80%) OAuth2
3 4 (2.80%) React
3 4 (2.80%) React Native
4 3 (2.10%) Core Animation
4 3 (2.10%) Core Data
4 3 (2.10%) Kafka
4 3 (2.10%) Loki
4 3 (2.10%) REST
4 3 (2.10%) WebSockets
5 2 (1.40%) AVFoundation
5 2 (1.40%) RxSwift
5 2 (1.40%) UIKit
6 1 (0.70%) .NET
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.70%) FHIR
6 1 (0.70%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.70%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.38%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.20%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.50%) Smartphone
5 4 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.80%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.10%) Animation
6 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.10%) Derivative
6 3 (2.10%) Energy Derivatives
6 3 (2.10%) iPad
6 3 (2.10%) iPhone
6 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.40%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (46.85%) Mac OS
2 60 (41.96%) Android
3 47 (32.87%) Windows
4 35 (24.48%) Apple iOS
5 24 (16.78%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.80%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.40%) Linux
7 2 (1.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (20.28%) Customer Service
2 23 (16.08%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (16.08%) Digital Marketing
2 23 (16.08%) Programme Management
3 16 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 13 (9.09%) ITSM
4 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 13 (9.09%) User Experience
5 11 (7.69%) Coaching
5 11 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (7.69%) Time Management
6 10 (6.99%) Service Delivery
6 10 (6.99%) Test Automation
7 9 (6.29%) iOS Development
7 9 (6.29%) ITIL
8 8 (5.59%) Agile
8 8 (5.59%) Break/Fix
8 8 (5.59%) Zero Trust
9 7 (4.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.59%) Swift
2 7 (4.90%) Bash
3 5 (3.50%) Python
4 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.80%) Objective-C
4 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.10%) Rust
5 3 (2.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (39.16%) SC Cleared
1 56 (39.16%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
3 6 (4.20%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.80%) ACSP
6 3 (2.10%) ACTC
6 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) SLA
2 5 (3.50%) QA
3 3 (2.10%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (18.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.70%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.70%) vSphere
2 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (13.99%) Jamf Pro
2 19 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (10.49%) SCCM
4 12 (8.39%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (2.10%) Grafana
5 3 (2.10%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.10%) Terraform
6 1 (0.70%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 65 (45.45%) HP
2 57 (39.86%) Microsoft
3 55 (38.46%) Dell
4 41 (28.67%) Cisco
5 26 (18.18%) ServiceNow
6 23 (16.08%) SAP
7 20 (13.99%) Google
8 6 (4.20%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.50%) Remedy
10 3 (2.10%) Adobe
10 3 (2.10%) Okta
11 2 (1.40%) VMware
11 2 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.70%) Altiris
12 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
12 1 (0.70%) Citrix
12 1 (0.70%) Rapid7
12 1 (0.70%) Reuters
12 1 (0.70%) Telerik
12 1 (0.70%) Toshiba
164 Apple jobs in England