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 25 November 2025, 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
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 327 370
Rank change year-on-year -17 +43 +34
Contract jobs citing Apple 191 189 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.31% 1.36% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 111 134
10th Percentile £154 £163 £140
25th Percentile £170 £231 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £343 £250
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +37.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £398
90th Percentile £554 £600 £518
UK median daily rate £285 £343 £270
% change year-on-year -16.79% +26.85% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 10 12
10th Percentile £18.78 £14.90 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.98 £15.22 £19.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.14 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.40% -20.25% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £23.92 £25.56
90th Percentile - £25.56 £29.73
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year +55.34% -32.54% +41.18%

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 14,535 13,938 17,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.70% 45.12% 44.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,369 8,376 11,520
10th Percentile £287 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.64%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 717 435 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -26.26% +72.12%
75th Percentile £44.94 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.95 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +73.08%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 +19 108 £325 +10.17% 71
North of England -19 45 £290 -60.00% 21
Yorkshire -12 26 £500 -32.20% 7
Midlands -40 14 £158 -64.92% 13
North West -15 13 £175 -55.41% 14
South East -29 13 £215 -37.23% 84
East Midlands -7 8 £158 - 8
North East -4 6 £175 -76.67%
West Midlands -35 6 £255 -43.21% 5
South West -4 5 £207 -64.40% 7
East of England -16 2 £189 -41.92% 10
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 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.09%) Confluence
4 2 (1.05%) CMS
4 2 (1.05%) Tomcat
Applications
1 70 (36.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.52%) Maya
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (51.31%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (14.66%) Entra ID
3 26 (13.61%) Azure
4 8 (4.19%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.66%) Slack
6 5 (2.62%) Apple Pay
6 5 (2.62%) Firebase
7 3 (1.57%) Google Pay
7 3 (1.57%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.57%) SaaS
8 2 (1.05%) AWS
8 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.52%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.52%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.52%) Figma
9 1 (0.52%) GCP
9 1 (0.52%) GitHub
9 1 (0.52%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 49 (25.65%) Wireless
2 14 (7.33%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.09%) VPN
5 3 (1.57%) DHCP
5 3 (1.57%) DNS
5 3 (1.57%) IP Telephony
5 3 (1.57%) LAN
5 3 (1.57%) Network Security
6 2 (1.05%) SSL
6 2 (1.05%) VoIP
6 2 (1.05%) WAN
6 2 (1.05%) WebEx
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.52%) Firewall
7 1 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.52%) Intranet
7 1 (0.52%) IPv4
7 1 (0.52%) SAN
7 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) SQLite
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.71%) Git
2 8 (4.19%) JIRA
3 6 (3.14%) Xcode
4 4 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.05%) CocoaPods
5 2 (1.05%) Crashlytics
5 2 (1.05%) fastlane
6 1 (0.52%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.52%) Appium
6 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.52%) GitLab
6 1 (0.52%) Pa11y
6 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 67 (35.08%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.13%) Finance
3 36 (18.85%) Public Sector
4 32 (16.75%) Banking
5 27 (14.14%) Electronics
6 25 (13.09%) Marketing
7 24 (12.57%) Manufacturing
7 24 (12.57%) Telecoms
8 10 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.62%) Retail
11 4 (2.09%) Legal
12 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.05%) Local Government
13 2 (1.05%) Military
13 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.52%) Polish Language
14 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (21.99%) Support Engineer
2 40 (20.94%) IT Support
3 29 (15.18%) Desktop Support
4 28 (14.66%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (13.09%) Mac Engineer
6 24 (12.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (12.04%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 21 (10.99%) IT Engineer
9 18 (9.42%) Analyst
10 17 (8.90%) Senior
11 14 (7.33%) Developer
12 13 (6.81%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (6.28%) Support Analyst
14 10 (5.24%) Desktop Engineer
14 10 (5.24%) iOS Developer
14 10 (5.24%) Support Manager
15 8 (4.19%) Deployment Engineer
15 8 (4.19%) Senior Mac Engineer
16 7 (3.66%) Field Engineer
17 6 (3.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.19%) RESTful
2 4 (2.09%) Core Animation
2 4 (2.09%) Core Data
2 4 (2.09%) SwiftUI
2 4 (2.09%) UIKit
3 3 (1.57%) AVFoundation
3 3 (1.57%) Material Design
4 2 (1.05%) .NET
4 2 (1.05%) CSS
4 2 (1.05%) HTML
4 2 (1.05%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.05%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (1.05%) XMPP
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.52%) FHIR
5 1 (0.52%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 44 (23.04%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.90%) Mobile App
3 14 (7.33%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.66%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.14%) iPhone
6 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.09%) iPad
7 4 (2.09%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.57%) Animation
8 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.52%) CMDB
10 1 (0.52%) Digital Wallet
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.52%) Mobile Wallet
10 1 (0.52%) Spread Betting
10 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (54.97%) Mac OS
2 70 (36.65%) Android
3 69 (36.13%) Windows
4 38 (19.90%) Apple iOS
5 31 (16.23%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.14%) Mac OS X
7 5 (2.62%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.05%) tvOS
8 2 (1.05%) Unix
9 1 (0.52%) Linux
9 1 (0.52%) watchOS
9 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (20.94%) Customer Service
2 26 (13.61%) Programme Management
3 24 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (12.57%) Digital Marketing
4 19 (9.95%) User Experience
5 18 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (8.90%) ITIL
7 16 (8.38%) Mobile Device Management
8 15 (7.85%) ITSM
9 13 (6.81%) CI/CD
9 13 (6.81%) Mentoring
10 11 (5.76%) Agile
11 10 (5.24%) Break/Fix
11 10 (5.24%) iOS Development
12 9 (4.71%) Coaching
12 9 (4.71%) MVVM
12 9 (4.71%) Roadmaps
12 9 (4.71%) Zero Trust
13 8 (4.19%) Incident Management
13 8 (4.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.90%) Bash
2 11 (5.76%) Swift
3 8 (4.19%) Objective-C
3 8 (4.19%) Python
4 3 (1.57%) Java
4 3 (1.57%) Kotlin
4 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.57%) SQL
4 3 (1.57%) VBA
5 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.52%) C
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (36.65%) Security Cleared
2 67 (35.08%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.42%) Degree
3 18 (9.42%) DV Cleared
4 15 (7.85%) ACSP
4 15 (7.85%) ACTC
5 4 (2.09%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.09%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.57%) MCSE
7 2 (1.05%) MCSA
7 2 (1.05%) MOS
8 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.52%) MCP
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.47%) SLA
2 5 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.52%) PMO
4 1 (0.52%) QA
4 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.05%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.05%) Firmware
2 2 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 51 (26.70%) Jamf Pro
2 25 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (12.04%) SCCM
4 10 (5.24%) AirWatch
5 5 (2.62%) Terraform
6 3 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 80 (41.88%) Microsoft
2 61 (31.94%) HP
3 54 (28.27%) Dell
4 53 (27.75%) Cisco
5 29 (15.18%) ServiceNow
6 25 (13.09%) SAP
7 16 (8.38%) Google
8 7 (3.66%) MobileIron
8 7 (3.66%) Okta
9 4 (2.09%) Adobe
9 4 (2.09%) BMC
9 4 (2.09%) Oracle
9 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.09%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.57%) Citrix
10 3 (1.57%) Remedy
11 2 (1.05%) Altiris
11 2 (1.05%) Avaya
11 2 (1.05%) VMware
11 2 (1.05%) Wyse