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 4 June 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
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 333 329
Rank change year-on-year -148 -4 +48
Contract jobs citing Apple 118 150 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.63% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 1.32% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 100 127
10th Percentile £151 £150 £133
25th Percentile £190 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £275 £255
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +7.84% +7.37%
75th Percentile £478 £450 £378
90th Percentile £575 £562 £450
UK median daily rate £290 £275 £255
% change year-on-year +5.45% +7.84% +5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 15
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.80 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.10 £14.87
Median hourly rate £20.09 £20.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +15.72% -1.77%
75th Percentile - £24.66 £18.02
90th Percentile £24.28 - £26.80
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 17,035 11,395 15,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.77% 47.50% 41.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,932 7,255 9,788
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £514
% change year-on-year -1.48% -1.22% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 917 495 1,025
10th Percentile £15.70 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.38 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% +15.02% -39.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.13 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.52 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.56
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.24% -46.92%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 65 £300 +20.00% 112
North of England -109 16 £286 -8.40% 23
South West -31 12 £400 +93.70% 13
East of England -32 12 - - 14
Yorkshire -92 9 £196 -26.98% 7
South East -56 8 £361 +67.91% 27
North West -30 5 £286 +33.14% 15
Midlands -73 4 £120 -57.14% 11
West Midlands -64 3 £119 -68.27% 5
North East -30 2 £450 +2.86% 1
East Midlands -32 1 £163 -35.00% 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 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (16.95%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.85%) Actimize
2 1 (0.85%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.05%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (22.88%) Azure
3 24 (20.34%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.63%) OneDrive
5 7 (5.93%) AWS
6 6 (5.08%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.24%) Google Workspace
8 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.54%) Firebase
9 3 (2.54%) Slack
10 2 (1.69%) Apple Pay
10 2 (1.69%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.69%) Google Pay
10 2 (1.69%) SaaS
11 1 (0.85%) Amazon Bedrock
11 1 (0.85%) Google Gemini
11 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.63%) VPN
2 8 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (5.93%) Wireless
4 6 (5.08%) DHCP
4 6 (5.08%) DNS
5 5 (4.24%) Skype
5 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.69%) LAN
6 2 (1.69%) Network Security
6 2 (1.69%) WAN
7 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.85%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.85%) Firewall
7 1 (0.85%) Internet
7 1 (0.85%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) fastlane
1 3 (2.54%) Git
1 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
1 3 (2.54%) Xcode
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 54 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Finance
4 13 (11.02%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.63%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.39%) Legal
7 4 (3.39%) Marketing
7 4 (3.39%) Publishing
7 4 (3.39%) Retail
8 3 (2.54%) Billing
8 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.69%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.69%) Slovak Language
10 1 (0.85%) Aviation
10 1 (0.85%) Bulgarian Language
10 1 (0.85%) Czech Language
10 1 (0.85%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 25 (21.19%) IT Support
2 20 (16.95%) Support Engineer
3 15 (12.71%) Senior
4 13 (11.02%) Analyst
4 13 (11.02%) IT Engineer
4 13 (11.02%) Mobile Engineer
5 12 (10.17%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (9.32%) Desktop Support
6 11 (9.32%) Technical Support
7 9 (7.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (7.63%) Mac Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Developer
9 6 (5.08%) iOS Developer
9 6 (5.08%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 4 (3.39%) IT Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Product Manager
12 3 (2.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 3 (2.54%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.08%) RESTful
2 5 (4.24%) React
2 5 (4.24%) SwiftUI
3 4 (3.39%) iOS SDK
3 4 (3.39%) OAuth
3 4 (3.39%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.39%) React Native
4 3 (2.54%) Core Data
4 3 (2.54%) Kafka
4 3 (2.54%) Loki
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.54%) PySpark
4 3 (2.54%) REST
4 3 (2.54%) UIKit
4 3 (2.54%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.78%) Virtual Team
4 6 (5.08%) iPad
4 6 (5.08%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.24%) iPhone
6 4 (3.39%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (3.39%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.39%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.39%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.54%) Derivative
7 3 (2.54%) Energy Derivatives
7 3 (2.54%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.54%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 52 (44.07%) Windows
2 41 (34.75%) Apple iOS
3 40 (33.90%) Android
4 32 (27.12%) Mac OS
5 30 (25.42%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.39%) Linux
7 1 (0.85%) CentOS
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.20%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (30.51%) Customer Service
3 16 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (13.56%) DevOps
3 16 (13.56%) Time Management
4 15 (12.71%) Mobile Device Management
4 15 (12.71%) User Experience
5 14 (11.86%) ITIL
6 11 (9.32%) Data Protection
6 11 (9.32%) Test Automation
7 10 (8.47%) Agile
7 10 (8.47%) Information Security
8 9 (7.63%) CI/CD
8 9 (7.63%) ITSM
9 8 (6.78%) Analytics
9 8 (6.78%) iOS Development
9 8 (6.78%) Service Delivery
10 7 (5.93%) AI
10 7 (5.93%) Asset Management
10 7 (5.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.47%) Python
2 9 (7.63%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.93%) Swift
4 5 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.54%) Java
5 3 (2.54%) Rust
5 3 (2.54%) SQL
5 3 (2.54%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.69%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.85%) Bash
7 1 (0.85%) Korn
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (9.32%) Degree
5 7 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.08%) ACSP
6 6 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.24%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.69%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.69%) ACTC
9 2 (1.69%) MCSE
10 1 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.85%) CCSP
10 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.34%) SLA
2 8 (6.78%) QA
3 4 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.54%) WCAG
5 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.85%) NCSC
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (24.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.69%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.85%) Firmware
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.85%) zsh
Systems Management
1 26 (22.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (11.02%) SCCM
3 12 (10.17%) ServiceCenter
4 11 (9.32%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.54%) Grafana
5 3 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (56.78%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.34%) ServiceNow
3 23 (19.49%) Google
3 23 (19.49%) HP
4 16 (13.56%) Dell
5 7 (5.93%) Cisco
6 3 (2.54%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.54%) Remedy
6 3 (2.54%) Samsung
7 2 (1.69%) Okta
8 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.85%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.85%) Citrix
8 1 (0.85%) Datto
8 1 (0.85%) FIS
8 1 (0.85%) McAfee
8 1 (0.85%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.85%) Reuters
8 1 (0.85%) Snow
8 1 (0.85%) Toshiba