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 21 December 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 343 360
Rank change year-on-year -24 +17 +55
Contract jobs citing Apple 181 173 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.60% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 1.31% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 103 135
10th Percentile £152 £151 £140
25th Percentile £170 £214 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £325 £238
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +36.84% -8.65%
75th Percentile £500 £441 £391
90th Percentile £550 £664 £488
UK median daily rate £288 £325 £239
% change year-on-year -11.54% +36.13% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 15
10th Percentile £17.38 £14.25 £17.44
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% -7.96% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £26.13
90th Percentile - £28.33 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £24.00
% change year-on-year +13.85% -7.96% +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 14,888 13,233 16,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.45% 45.95% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,653 8,046 10,791
10th Percentile £291 £291 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 730 384 601
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.06 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.60 £30.52 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -33.48% +76.46%
75th Percentile £47.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.80 £80.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.75 £45.21
% change year-on-year -14.14% -38.62% +75.85%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 21 December 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 +3 105 £350 +18.64% 50
North of England -12 44 £290 -60.00% 27
Yorkshire -26 25 £500 -31.03% 10
North West -22 14 £175 -20.45% 17
South East -37 12 £225 -33.82% 44
Midlands -32 11 £158 -52.99% 7
East Midlands -13 8 £158 -62.50% 5
North East -4 5 £175 -76.67% 1
East of England -20 4 £189 -41.92% 13
South West -17 3 £200 -64.60% 15
West Midlands -32 3 £200 -20.00% 2
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 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.66%) Confluence
4 2 (1.10%) CMS
4 2 (1.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 61 (33.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.55%) Maya
3 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 92 (50.83%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.36%) Azure
2 26 (14.36%) Entra ID
3 9 (4.97%) OneDrive
4 6 (3.31%) Slack
5 5 (2.76%) Apple Pay
5 5 (2.76%) Firebase
6 4 (2.21%) SaaS
7 3 (1.66%) Google Pay
7 3 (1.66%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.55%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.55%) AWS
9 1 (0.55%) Bitrise
9 1 (0.55%) Figma
9 1 (0.55%) GCP
9 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.55%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 49 (27.07%) Wireless
2 13 (7.18%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.31%) DHCP
3 6 (3.31%) DNS
4 5 (2.76%) VPN
5 3 (1.66%) Network Security
5 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.10%) SSL
6 2 (1.10%) WebEx
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.55%) Firewall
7 1 (0.55%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.55%) IPv4
7 1 (0.55%) LAN
7 1 (0.55%) NAS
7 1 (0.55%) SAN
7 1 (0.55%) VLAN
7 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.66%) SQLite
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.97%) Git
1 9 (4.97%) JIRA
2 6 (3.31%) Xcode
3 4 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.10%) Crashlytics
4 2 (1.10%) fastlane
5 1 (0.55%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.55%) Appium
5 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.55%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.55%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.55%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 71 (39.23%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.86%) Finance
3 36 (19.89%) Public Sector
4 30 (16.57%) Banking
5 26 (14.36%) Electronics
5 26 (14.36%) Marketing
6 24 (13.26%) Manufacturing
6 24 (13.26%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.76%) Retail
9 4 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Legal
11 2 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.55%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.55%) Military
12 1 (0.55%) Polish Language
12 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (24.31%) IT Support
2 40 (22.10%) Support Engineer
3 28 (15.47%) 2nd Line Support
4 27 (14.92%) Desktop Support
5 23 (12.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 23 (12.71%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 22 (12.15%) IT Engineer
6 22 (12.15%) Mac Engineer
7 19 (10.50%) Analyst
8 14 (7.73%) Developer
8 14 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) Support Analyst
9 13 (7.18%) Senior
10 10 (5.52%) iOS Developer
11 9 (4.97%) Desktop Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) Field Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) Support Manager
12 7 (3.87%) Deployment Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) Field Support Engineer
13 6 (3.31%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.42%) RESTful
2 4 (2.21%) Core Animation
2 4 (2.21%) Core Data
2 4 (2.21%) SwiftUI
2 4 (2.21%) UIKit
3 3 (1.66%) AVFoundation
3 3 (1.66%) Material Design
4 2 (1.10%) .NET
4 2 (1.10%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.10%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (1.10%) XMPP
5 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.55%) FHIR
5 1 (0.55%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.55%) JSON
5 1 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.20%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.29%) Mobile App
3 14 (7.73%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.31%) Smartphone
6 5 (2.76%) iPhone
7 4 (2.21%) iPad
7 4 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.66%) Animation
8 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.55%) CMDB
10 1 (0.55%) Digital Wallet
10 1 (0.55%) Mobile Wallet
10 1 (0.55%) Spread Betting
10 1 (0.55%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 101 (55.80%) Mac OS
2 74 (40.88%) Android
3 69 (38.12%) Windows
4 41 (22.65%) Apple iOS
5 34 (18.78%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.76%) Mac OS X
6 5 (2.76%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.10%) tvOS
7 2 (1.10%) Unix
8 1 (0.55%) Linux
8 1 (0.55%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.44%) Customer Service
2 25 (13.81%) Programme Management
3 24 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (13.26%) Digital Marketing
3 24 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (9.94%) ITSM
5 16 (8.84%) User Experience
6 14 (7.73%) Mobile Device Management
7 13 (7.18%) Mentoring
8 12 (6.63%) CI/CD
9 11 (6.08%) Agile
9 11 (6.08%) Coaching
10 10 (5.52%) Break/Fix
10 10 (5.52%) iOS Development
10 10 (5.52%) ITIL
10 10 (5.52%) Service Delivery
11 9 (4.97%) MVVM
12 8 (4.42%) Customer Experience
12 8 (4.42%) Migration
12 8 (4.42%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.08%) Swift
2 10 (5.52%) Bash
3 8 (4.42%) Objective-C
4 4 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.66%) Java
5 3 (1.66%) Kotlin
5 3 (1.66%) SQL
6 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.55%) C
7 1 (0.55%) C#
7 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.55%) Python
7 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (38.12%) Security Cleared
2 66 (36.46%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.94%) DV Cleared
4 14 (7.73%) ACSP
4 14 (7.73%) ACTC
5 11 (6.08%) Degree
6 4 (2.21%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.55%) MCP
9 1 (0.55%) MCSE
9 1 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.05%) SLA
2 5 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.10%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (26.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (23.20%) Jamf Pro
2 26 (14.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (11.05%) SCCM
4 8 (4.42%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.10%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 73 (40.33%) Microsoft
2 65 (35.91%) HP
3 56 (30.94%) Dell
4 52 (28.73%) Cisco
5 35 (19.34%) ServiceNow
6 25 (13.81%) SAP
7 17 (9.39%) Google
8 6 (3.31%) MobileIron
9 5 (2.76%) Okta
9 5 (2.76%) Remedy
10 4 (2.21%) BMC
10 4 (2.21%) Oracle
11 3 (1.66%) Adobe
11 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.66%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.10%) Altiris
13 1 (0.55%) Isilon
13 1 (0.55%) Planview
13 1 (0.55%) Telerik
13 1 (0.55%) Trend Micro