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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 325 308
Rank change year-on-year -137 -17 +96
Contract jobs citing Apple 117 152 231
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.62% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 1.31% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 97 135
10th Percentile £147 £150 £139
25th Percentile £173 £184 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £239 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year -31.79% +40.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £420 £500 £378
90th Percentile £538 £715 £450
UK median daily rate £280 £350 £250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 20
10th Percentile £16.03 £16.80 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.52 £18.10 £16.38
Median hourly rate £20.09 £20.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +15.72% -1.77%
75th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.70
90th Percentile £25.06 - £30.00
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £18.36 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.44% +3.60% -1.77%

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 16,848 11,589 15,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.74% 47.32% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,516 10,030
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 436 985
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.18 £14.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £80.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -47 67 £350 +25.00% 48
North of England -89 19 £175 -56.25% 12
East of England -30 12 £228 -54.50% 4
Yorkshire -72 12 £155 -58.67% 5
South East -41 7 £242 -24.00% 15
Midlands -73 6 £158 -37.00% 18
South West -35 5 £525 -4.55% 12
North West -48 5 £260 +20.93% 6
East Midlands -38 4 £158 -37.00% 9
North East -16 2 £175 -62.16% 1
West Midlands -67 2 £160 -43.04% 9
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 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (18.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.85%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.85%) Actimize
2 1 (0.85%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 50 (42.74%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (17.09%) Azure
3 19 (16.24%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.98%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.42%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.56%) Apple Pay
6 3 (2.56%) AWS
6 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.71%) Firebase
7 2 (1.71%) Google Pay
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.71%) SaaS
7 2 (1.71%) Slack
8 1 (0.85%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.85%) Figma
8 1 (0.85%) GitHub
8 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.66%) Wireless
2 7 (5.98%) DHCP
2 7 (5.98%) DNS
2 7 (5.98%) VPN
3 6 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.71%) LAN
5 2 (1.71%) Network Security
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.85%) Firewall
6 1 (0.85%) Internet
6 1 (0.85%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.85%) Skype
6 1 (0.85%) SSL
6 1 (0.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Git
2 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.85%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.85%) fastlane
3 1 (0.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) Xcode
General
1 53 (45.30%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.37%) Finance
3 18 (15.38%) Banking
4 15 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.26%) Marketing
5 12 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.98%) Electronics
6 7 (5.98%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.13%) Retail
8 4 (3.42%) Publishing
9 3 (2.56%) Billing
9 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.56%) Legal
10 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Military
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Slovak Language
11 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 32 (27.35%) IT Support
2 19 (16.24%) Support Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) Senior
4 14 (11.97%) Analyst
4 14 (11.97%) Desktop Support
4 14 (11.97%) Technical Support
5 12 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (10.26%) IT Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) Mobile Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (5.13%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.13%) Mac Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Field Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Service Analyst
11 5 (4.27%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) RESTful
2 4 (3.42%) OAuth
2 4 (3.42%) OAuth2
2 4 (3.42%) React Native
3 3 (2.56%) Kafka
3 3 (2.56%) Loki
3 3 (2.56%) PySpark
3 3 (2.56%) React
3 3 (2.56%) REST
3 3 (2.56%) SwiftUI
3 3 (2.56%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.71%) Core Data
4 2 (1.71%) iOS SDK
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.85%) Core Animation
5 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.85%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.98%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.13%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.27%) iPad
5 5 (4.27%) iPhone
5 5 (4.27%) Smartphone
6 4 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.42%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.56%) Derivative
7 3 (2.56%) Energy Derivatives
7 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.85%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 48 (41.03%) Android
2 46 (39.32%) Windows
3 41 (35.04%) Mac OS
4 39 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 26 (22.22%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.56%) Linux
7 2 (1.71%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.85%) CentOS
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.35%) Customer Service
2 29 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (11.97%) Time Management
3 14 (11.97%) User Experience
4 13 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 12 (10.26%) ITSM
6 11 (9.40%) DevOps
7 10 (8.55%) Test Automation
8 9 (7.69%) Data Protection
9 8 (6.84%) Analytics
9 8 (6.84%) CI/CD
9 8 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.98%) Agile
10 7 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (5.98%) Coaching
10 7 (5.98%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (5.98%) Observability
10 7 (5.98%) Programme Management
10 7 (5.98%) Service Delivery
11 6 (5.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.98%) Python
2 6 (5.13%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.42%) Swift
4 3 (2.56%) Java
4 3 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.56%) Rust
4 3 (2.56%) SQL
4 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.85%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 30 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 29 (24.79%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (8.55%) Degree
5 8 (6.84%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.42%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.42%) ACSP
7 4 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.71%) ACTC
8 2 (1.71%) MCSE
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.53%) SLA
2 5 (4.27%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.85%) NCSC
4 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.85%) Firmware
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) vSphere
3 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (21.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (13.68%) SCCM
3 14 (11.97%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (10.26%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (2.56%) Grafana
5 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.56%) Terraform
6 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (49.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (32.48%) HP
3 33 (28.21%) Dell
4 23 (19.66%) ServiceNow
5 22 (18.80%) Cisco
6 19 (16.24%) Google
7 7 (5.98%) SAP
8 5 (4.27%) Remedy
9 3 (2.56%) Adobe
10 2 (1.71%) Okta
10 2 (1.71%) Samsung
11 1 (0.85%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.85%) Carbon Black
11 1 (0.85%) Citrix
11 1 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.85%) Datto
11 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.85%) FIS
11 1 (0.85%) Reuters
11 1 (0.85%) Zscaler