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 23 July 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
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 330 335
Rank change year-on-year -146 +5 +32
Contract jobs citing Apple 148 179 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.65% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 1.38% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 116 131
10th Percentile £158 £150 £140
25th Percentile £186 £184 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £300
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £485 £481 £425
90th Percentile £575 £560 £500
UK median daily rate £275 £275 £290
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 12
10th Percentile £19.07 £18.10 £15.26
25th Percentile £19.33 £19.20 £15.81
Median hourly rate £20.09 £25.15 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% +41.93% +1.07%
75th Percentile £24.28 - £17.90
90th Percentile £25.75 - £21.63
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £25.15 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.12% +41.93% +1.07%

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 18,418 12,952 15,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.04% 47.37% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,656 8,192 9,753
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.72% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 961 615 875
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £13.27
25th Percentile £20.31 £17.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.71 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.99% -6.85% -28.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.84 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.29 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £26.03
% change year-on-year +39.17% -3.38% -36.22%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 80 £226 -19.10% 85
North of England -104 22 £450 +12.50% 16
South West -34 14 £388 +87.65% 10
Yorkshire -82 14 £510 +36.00% 2
South East -61 13 £387 +93.38% 28
Midlands -57 11 £175 -30.00% 10
East of England -30 7 £500 +2.17% 10
West Midlands -58 7 £120 -68.00% 1
East Midlands -16 4 £275 +10.00% 9
North East -38 4 £450 +24.14% 2
North West -44 4 £260 -35.00% 12
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 24 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (10.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) CMS
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.35%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Actimize
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.68%) Shopify
1 1 (0.68%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 51 (34.46%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (26.35%) Entra ID
3 33 (22.30%) Azure
4 9 (6.08%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.73%) AWS
5 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.38%) Firebase
6 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.70%) Apple Pay
7 4 (2.70%) Google Pay
8 3 (2.03%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.03%) Slack
9 2 (1.35%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.35%) SaaS
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon Bedrock
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.68%) Google Gemini
10 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.43%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (6.76%) VPN
3 7 (4.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.38%) LAN
4 5 (3.38%) Skype
4 5 (3.38%) WAN
5 4 (2.70%) DHCP
5 4 (2.70%) DNS
5 4 (2.70%) Internet
5 4 (2.70%) Wireless
6 3 (2.03%) Network Security
7 2 (1.35%) Firewall
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.68%) SSL
8 1 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) fastlane
1 5 (3.38%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.38%) Xcode
2 2 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.68%) CocoaPods
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) XCTest
3 1 (0.68%) XCUITest
General
1 57 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (14.19%) Finance
4 9 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.73%) Retail
7 6 (4.05%) Banking
8 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.70%) Health Technology
10 3 (2.03%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.03%) Billing
10 3 (2.03%) Legal
10 3 (2.03%) Marketing
11 2 (1.35%) Slovak Language
12 1 (0.68%) Aviation
12 1 (0.68%) Bulgarian Language
12 1 (0.68%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (19.59%) IT Support
2 28 (18.92%) Support Engineer
3 24 (16.22%) IT Engineer
4 18 (12.16%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (9.46%) Mac Engineer
6 13 (8.78%) Analyst
7 10 (6.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Desktop Support
7 10 (6.76%) Senior
8 9 (6.08%) Developer
8 9 (6.08%) iOS Developer
8 9 (6.08%) Mobile Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Architect
10 7 (4.73%) Support Specialist
11 6 (4.05%) Help Desk Analyst
12 5 (3.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 5 (3.38%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (3.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 5 (3.38%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.38%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.41%) SwiftUI
2 7 (4.73%) RESTful
3 6 (4.05%) iOS SDK
3 6 (4.05%) UIKit
4 5 (3.38%) Core Data
5 4 (2.70%) React
6 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (2.03%) PySpark
7 1 (0.68%) JSON
7 1 (0.68%) Kafka
7 1 (0.68%) Loki
7 1 (0.68%) REST
7 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.68%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.84%) Onboarding
2 17 (11.49%) Mobile App
3 11 (7.43%) iPad
4 10 (6.76%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (6.76%) Virtual Team
5 8 (5.41%) iPhone
6 7 (4.73%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (2.70%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.70%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (2.03%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (2.03%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.35%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.35%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (54.73%) Windows
2 58 (39.19%) Mac OS
3 44 (29.73%) Apple iOS
4 38 (25.68%) Android
5 33 (22.30%) Windows 10
6 7 (4.73%) Windows Server
7 4 (2.70%) Linux
8 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.68%) CentOS
9 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.46%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (29.73%) Customer Service
3 25 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (16.22%) ITIL
5 22 (14.86%) Agile
6 19 (12.84%) Mobile Device Management
7 18 (12.16%) Asset Management
7 18 (12.16%) Time Management
8 17 (11.49%) DevOps
9 16 (10.81%) ITSM
9 16 (10.81%) User Experience
10 15 (10.14%) AI
10 15 (10.14%) Customer Experience
11 14 (9.46%) Information Security
12 11 (7.43%) Change Management
12 11 (7.43%) CI/CD
12 11 (7.43%) Data Protection
12 11 (7.43%) iOS Development
12 11 (7.43%) Service Management
12 11 (7.43%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.76%) PowerShell
1 10 (6.76%) Swift
2 9 (6.08%) Python
3 5 (3.38%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.03%) Bash
4 3 (2.03%) Java
4 3 (2.03%) SQL
5 2 (1.35%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.68%) Korn
6 1 (0.68%) Rust
6 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (20.27%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) Degree
4 11 (7.43%) DV Cleared
4 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.05%) ACSP
6 6 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.35%) ACTC
8 2 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.35%) MCSE
9 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.68%) CCSP
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CISSP
9 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.51%) SLA
2 6 (4.05%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.05%) QA
3 5 (3.38%) WCAG
4 4 (2.70%) NCSC
4 4 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.35%) GDPR
5 2 (1.35%) PSD2
6 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 44 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.35%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.35%) Firmware
3 2 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) zsh
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (26.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (18.24%) Jamf Pro
3 15 (10.14%) SCCM
4 6 (4.05%) ServiceCenter
5 5 (3.38%) Terraform
6 3 (2.03%) AirWatch
7 2 (1.35%) Grafana
7 2 (1.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.68%) Ansible
8 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.68%) Puppet
8 1 (0.68%) systemd
8 1 (0.68%) yum
Vendors
1 84 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 29 (19.59%) ServiceNow
3 19 (12.84%) HP
4 16 (10.81%) Google
5 13 (8.78%) Samsung
6 8 (5.41%) Citrix
6 8 (5.41%) CyberArk
7 7 (4.73%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (4.73%) Dell
8 6 (4.05%) Cisco
9 5 (3.38%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.03%) VMware
11 2 (1.35%) Klarna
11 2 (1.35%) Okta
11 2 (1.35%) PayPal
11 2 (1.35%) Remedy
12 1 (0.68%) FIS
12 1 (0.68%) Meraki
12 1 (0.68%) Snow
12 1 (0.68%) YouTube