Apple Contracts 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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 323 374
Rank change year-on-year -4 +51 +52
Contract jobs citing Apple 173 237 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.37% 1.49% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 130 202
10th Percentile £150 £133 £150
25th Percentile £184 £203 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £238
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £478 £388 £369
90th Percentile £560 £500 £575
UK median daily rate £275 £275 £250
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 11
10th Percentile £18.10 £13.86 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.22 £16.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.86 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.26% -6.33% +7.46%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.72 £18.08
90th Percentile - £19.76 -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £16.86 £18.00
% change year-on-year +46.26% -6.33% +7.46%

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 12,594 15,926 20,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.42% 42.79% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 10,097 14,086
10th Percentile £280 £275 £265
25th Percentile £401 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 1,059 562
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.00 £18.53
Median hourly rate £25.40 £25.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -23.66% +52.33%
75th Percentile £51.74 £60.83 £59.95
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.03% -38.38% +83.65%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in England

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple in England.

Daily rate trend for Apple in England

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in England

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple in England.

Hourly rate trend for Apple in England

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple in England over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 72 £273 - 303
North of England +40 58 £400 -5.60% 56
Yorkshire +50 49 £400 +40.60% 22
Midlands -6 14 £250 +25.00% 40
East of England +38 12 £500 - 51
South West +45 10 £207 -1.67% 35
East Midlands -5 7 £250 +100.00% 23
West Midlands -6 7 £300 -32.89% 17
North East +3 5 £425 - 7
South East -17 5 £215 -41.89% 83
North West -5 4 £308 -56.38% 28
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.89%) Confluence
2 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.58%) Mattermost
3 1 (0.58%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 65 (37.57%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (40.46%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (28.32%) Entra ID
3 17 (9.83%) Azure
4 7 (4.05%) AWS
5 6 (3.47%) Slack
6 4 (2.31%) Apple Pay
6 4 (2.31%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.73%) Google Pay
7 3 (1.73%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.58%) GCP
9 1 (0.58%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.58%) IaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.58%) PaaS
9 1 (0.58%) SaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.51%) Wireless
2 7 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.89%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.89%) VPN
4 4 (2.31%) LAN
4 4 (2.31%) WAN
5 3 (1.73%) Internet
6 2 (1.16%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (1.16%) DNS
6 2 (1.16%) IP Telephony
6 2 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.16%) VoIP
6 2 (1.16%) WebEx
7 1 (0.58%) DHCP
7 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.58%) Firewall
7 1 (0.58%) Intranet
7 1 (0.58%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.58%) Skype
7 1 (0.58%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.58%) Big Data
2 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 7 (4.05%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 1 (0.58%) Git
General
1 85 (49.13%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (15.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (14.45%) Banking
4 23 (13.29%) Retail
5 11 (6.36%) Finance
6 6 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.89%) Legal
7 5 (2.89%) Local Government
8 4 (2.31%) Electronics
9 3 (1.73%) Marketing
10 2 (1.16%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.16%) Military
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Billing
11 1 (0.58%) Front Office
11 1 (0.58%) Law
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (16.76%) Support Engineer
2 28 (16.18%) Support Manager
3 24 (13.87%) IT Support
4 19 (10.98%) Mac Engineer
5 16 (9.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 15 (8.67%) Analyst
7 13 (7.51%) 1st Line Support
8 12 (6.94%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 12 (6.94%) IT Manager
8 12 (6.94%) IT Support Manager
8 12 (6.94%) Senior
9 11 (6.36%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (6.36%) Desktop Engineer
9 11 (6.36%) IT Engineer
9 11 (6.36%) Senior Mac Engineer
10 10 (5.78%) Desktop Support
11 9 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (5.20%) Support Analyst
12 8 (4.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) CSS
1 5 (2.89%) HTML
2 1 (0.58%) EDI
2 1 (0.58%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.58%) REST
2 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.58%) UIKit
2 1 (0.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.34%) iPhone
2 23 (13.29%) Smartphone
3 11 (6.36%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.05%) iPad
5 6 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.89%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Mobile Wallet
8 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.58%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.58%) BYOD
9 1 (0.58%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.58%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.58%) IVR
9 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 73 (42.20%) Mac OS
1 73 (42.20%) Windows
2 34 (19.65%) Apple iOS
3 27 (15.61%) Android
4 20 (11.56%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.31%) Linux
6 2 (1.16%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.16%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.58%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (33.53%) Customer Service
2 37 (21.39%) ITIL
3 36 (20.81%) Mobile Device Management
4 26 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (14.45%) ITSM
5 25 (14.45%) Service Management
6 24 (13.87%) Incident Management
7 20 (11.56%) Agile
8 16 (9.25%) Security Patching
9 15 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (8.67%) Service Delivery
10 14 (8.09%) Coaching
11 13 (7.51%) Roadmaps
12 10 (5.78%) Computer Science
12 10 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (5.20%) Project Management
13 9 (5.20%) Service Desk Management
13 9 (5.20%) User Experience
14 8 (4.62%) PRINCE2
14 8 (4.62%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.98%) Bash
2 15 (8.67%) Python
3 12 (6.94%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.89%) VBA
5 2 (1.16%) AppleScript
5 2 (1.16%) Swift
6 1 (0.58%) C
6 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.58%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (21.39%) Security Cleared
2 36 (20.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.14%) Degree
4 11 (6.36%) ACSP
4 11 (6.36%) ACTC
5 8 (4.62%) DBS Check
5 8 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.31%) MCSE
9 3 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.73%) MCSA
10 2 (1.16%) MOS
11 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.58%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.78%) SLA
2 6 (3.47%) QA
3 2 (1.16%) PMO
4 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (31.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.89%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.16%) Firmware
3 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (36.42%) Jamf Pro
2 20 (11.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (10.40%) SCCM
4 6 (3.47%) Terraform
5 4 (2.31%) AirWatch
6 3 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.58%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 95 (54.91%) Microsoft
2 41 (23.70%) ServiceNow
3 16 (9.25%) Cisco
4 15 (8.67%) Citrix
5 13 (7.51%) Google
5 13 (7.51%) HP
6 12 (6.94%) Samsung
7 11 (6.36%) Dell
8 8 (4.62%) SOTI
9 7 (4.05%) Okta
9 7 (4.05%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.73%) SAP
11 2 (1.16%) Adobe
11 2 (1.16%) Avaya
11 2 (1.16%) Computacenter
11 2 (1.16%) Meraki
11 2 (1.16%) MobileIron
11 2 (1.16%) Oracle
11 2 (1.16%) Polycom
11 2 (1.16%) Wyse