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 14 March 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
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 345 332
Rank change year-on-year -89 -13 +66
Contract jobs citing Apple 143 140 247
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.57% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.88% 1.20% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 83 140
10th Percentile £154 £150 £138
25th Percentile £170 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 £350 £238
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +47.37% +2.64%
75th Percentile £442 £475 £375
90th Percentile £545 £738 £428
UK median daily rate £285 £315 £235
% change year-on-year -9.52% +34.23% -2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 10 23
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.58 £13.87
25th Percentile - £16.68 £16.67
Median hourly rate £20.09 £23.14 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +30.56% +0.91%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.54 £24.00
90th Percentile - £24.66 £29.00
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £23.14 £17.72
% change year-on-year -13.16% +30.56% +0.91%

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 16,314 11,670 16,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.31% 47.23% 42.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,611 7,430 10,399
10th Percentile £306 £289 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -4.63%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £515
% change year-on-year -3.38% +0.49% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 393 940
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.44 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +21.80% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -30.13%

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 14 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 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 -50 86 £376 +57.59% 41
North of England -65 25 £175 -60.00% 16
East of England -17 12 £228 +24.66% 7
Yorkshire -53 11 £290 -60.00% 4
Midlands -57 11 £158 -40.57% 12
North West -35 9 £175 -18.60% 11
East Midlands -28 8 £158 -51.16% 9
North East -13 5 £175 -61.11% 1
South West -29 5 - - 13
South East -61 4 £242 -15.89% 21
West Midlands -66 3 £119 -55.09% 3
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 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (31.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Maya
4 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (50.35%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (15.38%) Azure
3 13 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.80%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.10%) AWS
6 3 (2.10%) Firebase
6 3 (2.10%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.40%) Apple Pay
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.40%) SaaS
7 2 (1.40%) Slack
8 1 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.70%) Figma
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.70%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 41 (28.67%) Wireless
2 11 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.90%) DHCP
3 7 (4.90%) DNS
4 6 (4.20%) VPN
5 2 (1.40%) Network Security
5 2 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) Firewall
6 1 (0.70%) Internet
6 1 (0.70%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.70%) LAN
6 1 (0.70%) SSL
6 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Redis
2 2 (1.40%) SQLite
3 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Xcode
3 2 (1.40%) CocoaPods
3 2 (1.40%) Crashlytics
3 2 (1.40%) fastlane
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 55 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 35 (24.48%) Finance
3 34 (23.78%) Public Sector
4 28 (19.58%) Marketing
5 23 (16.08%) Banking
5 23 (16.08%) Electronics
5 23 (16.08%) Manufacturing
5 23 (16.08%) Telecoms
6 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Retail
8 4 (2.80%) Publishing
9 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.40%) Legal
10 1 (0.70%) Billing
10 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.70%) Military
10 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 46 (32.17%) IT Support
2 31 (21.68%) Desktop Support
3 28 (19.58%) 2nd Line Support
4 26 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 23 (16.08%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 23 (16.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 18 (12.59%) Analyst
7 16 (11.19%) Senior
8 14 (9.79%) Technical Support
9 13 (9.09%) Support Analyst
10 12 (8.39%) IT Engineer
10 12 (8.39%) Mac Engineer
11 10 (6.99%) Desktop Engineer
12 8 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
13 7 (4.90%) Developer
13 7 (4.90%) iOS Developer
14 6 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 6 (4.20%) Field Engineer
14 6 (4.20%) Field Support Engineer
14 6 (4.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.20%) RESTful
2 5 (3.50%) SwiftUI
3 4 (2.80%) OAuth
3 4 (2.80%) OAuth2
3 4 (2.80%) React
3 4 (2.80%) React Native
4 3 (2.10%) Core Animation
4 3 (2.10%) Core Data
4 3 (2.10%) Kafka
4 3 (2.10%) Loki
4 3 (2.10%) PySpark
4 3 (2.10%) REST
4 3 (2.10%) WebSockets
5 2 (1.40%) AVFoundation
5 2 (1.40%) RxSwift
5 2 (1.40%) UIKit
6 1 (0.70%) FHIR
6 1 (0.70%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.70%) iOS SDK
6 1 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.38%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.20%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.50%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.50%) Smartphone
5 4 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.80%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (2.10%) Animation
6 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.10%) Derivative
6 3 (2.10%) Energy Derivatives
6 3 (2.10%) iPad
6 3 (2.10%) iPhone
6 3 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (45.45%) Mac OS
2 61 (42.66%) Android
3 45 (31.47%) Windows
4 33 (23.08%) Apple iOS
5 24 (16.78%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.40%) Linux
6 2 (1.40%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (20.28%) Customer Service
2 23 (16.08%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (16.08%) Digital Marketing
2 23 (16.08%) Programme Management
3 19 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (10.49%) User Experience
5 13 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 13 (9.09%) ITSM
5 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 12 (8.39%) Time Management
7 11 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (6.99%) Analytics
8 10 (6.99%) Test Automation
9 9 (6.29%) Coaching
9 9 (6.29%) iOS Development
10 8 (5.59%) Agile
10 8 (5.59%) Break/Fix
10 8 (5.59%) ITIL
10 8 (5.59%) Zero Trust
11 7 (4.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.59%) Python
1 8 (5.59%) Swift
2 7 (4.90%) Bash
3 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.80%) Objective-C
3 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.10%) Java
4 3 (2.10%) Rust
4 3 (2.10%) SQL
4 3 (2.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (39.86%) SC Cleared
1 57 (39.86%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.29%) Degree
3 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.50%) A+ Certification
4 5 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.40%) ACSP
6 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.40%) MCSE
7 1 (0.70%) ACTC
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) SLA
2 5 (3.50%) QA
3 3 (2.10%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (16.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.70%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.70%) vSphere
2 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (12.59%) Jamf Pro
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.79%) SCCM
3 12 (8.39%) ServiceCenter
4 3 (2.10%) Grafana
4 3 (2.10%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.10%) Terraform
5 1 (0.70%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 65 (45.45%) HP
2 55 (38.46%) Dell
3 54 (37.76%) Microsoft
4 41 (28.67%) Cisco
5 24 (16.78%) ServiceNow
6 23 (16.08%) SAP
7 20 (13.99%) Google
8 6 (4.20%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.50%) Remedy
10 3 (2.10%) Adobe
10 3 (2.10%) Okta
11 2 (1.40%) VMware
11 2 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.70%) Altiris
12 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
12 1 (0.70%) Bomgar
12 1 (0.70%) Citrix
12 1 (0.70%) Rapid7
12 1 (0.70%) Reuters
12 1 (0.70%) Toshiba
97 Apple jobs in England