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 10 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
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 328 313
Rank change year-on-year -151 -15 +67
Contract jobs citing Apple 120 156 236
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.64% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.70% 1.34% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 103 129
10th Percentile £157 £150 £133
25th Percentile £190 £184 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £273 £275
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% -0.91% +15.18%
75th Percentile £495 £438 £388
90th Percentile £575 £560 £488
UK median daily rate £300 £273 £275
% change year-on-year +10.09% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 15
10th Percentile £18.42 £16.80 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.10 £14.75
Median hourly rate £20.09 £20.51 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +18.63% -4.19%
75th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £17.75
90th Percentile £24.42 - £20.51
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £18.36 £17.50
% change year-on-year +9.44% +4.89% -2.98%

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 17,126 11,610 15,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.54% 47.45% 41.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,994 7,370 9,982
10th Percentile £313 £276 £267
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.61% -1.67%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 510 1,045
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.81 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%

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 10 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 10 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 69 £300 +23.08% 59
North of England -114 15 £450 +63.64% 18
South West -22 12 £400 +93.70% 12
East of England -26 10 - - 8
South East -64 9 £361 +67.91% 25
Yorkshire -89 8 £245 +30.67% 4
North West -40 4 £260 +20.93% 13
Midlands -76 4 £120 -58.62% 7
North East -25 3 £450 +5.88% 1
West Midlands -57 3 £119 -68.27% 1
East Midlands -35 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 (10.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.67%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Actimize
1 1 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.83%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 38 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (22.50%) Azure
3 23 (19.17%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.50%) AWS
4 9 (7.50%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.17%) Google Workspace
5 5 (4.17%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.33%) Firebase
6 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.50%) Apple Pay
7 3 (2.50%) Google Pay
7 3 (2.50%) Slack
8 2 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.83%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.83%) Serverless
9 1 (0.83%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.50%) VPN
2 7 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (5.00%) DNS
3 6 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (5.00%) Wireless
4 5 (4.17%) DHCP
4 5 (4.17%) Skype
5 2 (1.67%) Firewall
5 2 (1.67%) LAN
5 2 (1.67%) Network Security
5 2 (1.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.83%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.83%) Internet
6 1 (0.83%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.83%) SSL
6 1 (0.83%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.33%) fastlane
1 4 (3.33%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.33%) Xcode
2 3 (2.50%) Git
2 3 (2.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.83%) CocoaPods
3 1 (0.83%) GitLab
3 1 (0.83%) XCTest
3 1 (0.83%) XCUITest
General
1 52 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.33%) Finance
4 10 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.50%) Banking
6 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.00%) Retail
7 5 (4.17%) Publishing
8 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.33%) Legal
8 4 (3.33%) Marketing
9 3 (2.50%) Billing
10 2 (1.67%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.67%) Slovak Language
11 1 (0.83%) Aviation
11 1 (0.83%) Bulgarian Language
11 1 (0.83%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 24 (20.00%) IT Support
2 19 (15.83%) Support Engineer
3 15 (12.50%) Senior
4 13 (10.83%) Analyst
4 13 (10.83%) IT Engineer
4 13 (10.83%) Mobile Engineer
5 12 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (9.17%) Desktop Support
7 9 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) Technical Support
8 8 (6.67%) Developer
8 8 (6.67%) iOS Developer
8 8 (6.67%) Mac Engineer
9 7 (5.83%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 5 (4.17%) Product Manager
10 5 (4.17%) Support Analyst
11 4 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support
11 4 (3.33%) Help Desk Analyst
12 3 (2.50%) Service Analyst
12 3 (2.50%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.67%) RESTful
2 7 (5.83%) SwiftUI
3 5 (4.17%) iOS SDK
3 5 (4.17%) React
3 5 (4.17%) UIKit
4 4 (3.33%) Core Data
4 4 (3.33%) OAuth
4 4 (3.33%) OAuth2
4 4 (3.33%) React Native
5 3 (2.50%) Kafka
5 3 (2.50%) Loki
5 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (2.50%) PySpark
5 3 (2.50%) REST
5 3 (2.50%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.83%) JSON
6 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.50%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.67%) Virtual Team
4 6 (5.00%) iPad
5 5 (4.17%) iPhone
5 5 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.33%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (3.33%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.33%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (3.33%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.50%) Derivative
7 3 (2.50%) Energy Derivatives
7 3 (2.50%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.67%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 51 (42.50%) Windows
2 43 (35.83%) Apple iOS
3 38 (31.67%) Android
4 32 (26.67%) Mac OS
5 27 (22.50%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.17%) Linux
7 2 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.83%) CentOS
8 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 18 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (15.00%) DevOps
4 17 (14.17%) Mobile Device Management
5 16 (13.33%) ITIL
5 16 (13.33%) User Experience
6 15 (12.50%) Time Management
7 13 (10.83%) Test Automation
8 12 (10.00%) Agile
8 12 (10.00%) Data Protection
9 11 (9.17%) CI/CD
9 11 (9.17%) Information Security
10 10 (8.33%) iOS Development
11 9 (7.50%) AI
11 9 (7.50%) Analytics
12 8 (6.67%) Asset Management
12 8 (6.67%) Customer Experience
12 8 (6.67%) ITSM
12 8 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.17%) Python
2 9 (7.50%) Swift
3 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.50%) Java
5 3 (2.50%) Rust
5 3 (2.50%) SQL
5 3 (2.50%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.67%) Bash
6 2 (1.67%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.83%) Korn
Qualifications
1 17 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.00%) Degree
3 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.00%) ACSP
5 6 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.67%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.67%) ACTC
8 2 (1.67%) MCSE
9 1 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.83%) CCSP
9 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.83%) CISSP
9 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.17%) SLA
2 8 (6.67%) QA
3 5 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.33%) WCAG
5 2 (1.67%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.83%) GDPR
6 1 (0.83%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.83%) NCSC
6 1 (0.83%) PSD2
6 1 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.67%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.83%) Firmware
4 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.83%) vSphere
4 1 (0.83%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.83%) zsh
Systems Management
1 26 (21.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (10.00%) SCCM
3 10 (8.33%) ServiceCenter
4 4 (3.33%) Grafana
4 4 (3.33%) Prometheus
4 4 (3.33%) Terraform
5 1 (0.83%) Ansible
5 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.83%) Puppet
5 1 (0.83%) systemd
5 1 (0.83%) yum
Vendors
1 66 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.00%) Google
3 23 (19.17%) ServiceNow
4 20 (16.67%) HP
5 13 (10.83%) Dell
6 6 (5.00%) Cisco
7 4 (3.33%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.50%) Samsung
9 2 (1.67%) Okta
9 2 (1.67%) Remedy
10 1 (0.83%) Adobe
10 1 (0.83%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.83%) Citrix
10 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.83%) McAfee
10 1 (0.83%) MobileIron
10 1 (0.83%) Reuters
10 1 (0.83%) SAP
10 1 (0.83%) Toshiba
10 1 (0.83%) VMware