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 26 October 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
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 328 377
Rank change year-on-year +1 +49 +45
Contract jobs citing Apple 194 194 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.62% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.42% 1.38% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 111 144
10th Percentile £154 £158 £143
25th Percentile £170 £218 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +30.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £500 £421 £400
90th Percentile £553 £500 £550
UK median daily rate £285 £325 £255
% change year-on-year -12.31% +27.45% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 10
10th Percentile £18.87 - £17.14
25th Percentile £23.58 £15.22 £18.49
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% -7.96% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £24.75
90th Percentile - £30.00 £27.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £19.14 £24.00
% change year-on-year +31.40% -20.25% +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 13,651 14,085 18,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.85% 44.89% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,700 8,429 11,944
10th Percentile £278 £300 £262
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £643
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 665 464 623
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.00 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £15.92 £19.88
Median hourly rate £25.08 £35.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% -20.16% +75.34%
75th Percentile £43.25 £65.00 £62.54
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.60 £76.47
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -23.08% -23.98% +71.00%

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 26 October 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
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 26 October 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 98 £286 -1.29% 95
North of England +15 58 £290 +0.87% 42
Yorkshire +9 38 £500 +73.91% 18
Midlands -34 14 £158 -64.84% 22
North West -16 13 £175 -55.41% 23
South East -22 13 £215 -36.76% 79
East Midlands -2 8 £158 +17.98% 10
North East -2 7 £175 - 3
West Midlands -32 6 £300 -33.18% 12
South West +17 5 £207 -63.69% 14
East of England -12 1 £150 -53.85% 10
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 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.06%) Confluence
4 2 (1.03%) CMS
4 2 (1.03%) Tomcat
Applications
1 76 (39.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.03%) Maya
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.03%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (19.59%) Entra ID
3 24 (12.37%) Azure
4 8 (4.12%) OneDrive
4 8 (4.12%) Slack
5 5 (2.58%) Firebase
6 4 (2.06%) Apple Pay
6 4 (2.06%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.03%) AWS
7 2 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.03%) Google Pay
7 2 (1.03%) SaaS
8 1 (0.52%) Bitrise
8 1 (0.52%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.52%) GCP
8 1 (0.52%) GitHub
8 1 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.52%) Google Play
8 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.52%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 41 (21.13%) Wireless
2 14 (7.22%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (3.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.06%) VPN
5 3 (1.55%) DHCP
5 3 (1.55%) DNS
5 3 (1.55%) IP Telephony
5 3 (1.55%) Network Security
6 2 (1.03%) LAN
6 2 (1.03%) SSL
6 2 (1.03%) VoIP
6 2 (1.03%) WAN
6 2 (1.03%) WebEx
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.52%) Firewall
7 1 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.52%) Intranet
7 1 (0.52%) IPv4
7 1 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.55%) SQLite
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Git
1 9 (4.64%) JIRA
2 6 (3.09%) Xcode
3 4 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.03%) Crashlytics
4 2 (1.03%) fastlane
5 1 (0.52%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.52%) Appium
5 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 75 (38.66%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.71%) Finance
3 35 (18.04%) Public Sector
4 27 (13.92%) Electronics
5 26 (13.40%) Marketing
6 24 (12.37%) Banking
6 24 (12.37%) Manufacturing
6 24 (12.37%) Telecoms
7 15 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (6.70%) Retail
9 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Legal
11 2 (1.03%) Local Government
11 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.52%) Advertising
12 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.52%) Military
12 1 (0.52%) Polish Language
12 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (21.65%) IT Support
2 38 (19.59%) Support Engineer
3 30 (15.46%) Desktop Support
4 29 (14.95%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (13.40%) Mac Engineer
6 25 (12.89%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (11.86%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 21 (10.82%) Support Manager
9 17 (8.76%) Analyst
10 16 (8.25%) IT Engineer
10 16 (8.25%) Senior
11 14 (7.22%) Developer
12 12 (6.19%) Support Analyst
13 11 (5.67%) Desktop Engineer
14 10 (5.15%) iOS Developer
15 9 (4.64%) IT Support Engineer
16 8 (4.12%) IT Manager
16 8 (4.12%) IT Support Manager
16 8 (4.12%) Senior Mac Engineer
17 7 (3.61%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) RESTful
2 4 (2.06%) Core Animation
2 4 (2.06%) Core Data
2 4 (2.06%) SwiftUI
2 4 (2.06%) UIKit
3 3 (1.55%) AVFoundation
3 3 (1.55%) Material Design
4 2 (1.03%) .NET
4 2 (1.03%) CSS
4 2 (1.03%) HTML
4 2 (1.03%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.03%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (1.03%) XMPP
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.52%) FHIR
5 1 (0.52%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.10%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.76%) Mobile App
3 14 (7.22%) iPhone
4 11 (5.67%) Smartphone
5 10 (5.15%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.58%) iPad
8 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.55%) Animation
10 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.52%) CMDB
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.52%) Mobile Wallet
11 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.52%) Spread Betting
11 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 108 (55.67%) Mac OS
2 67 (34.54%) Windows
3 59 (30.41%) Android
4 39 (20.10%) Apple iOS
5 26 (13.40%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.58%) Mac OS X
7 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.03%) tvOS
8 2 (1.03%) Unix
9 1 (0.52%) Linux
9 1 (0.52%) watchOS
9 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.74%) Customer Service
2 29 (14.95%) ITIL
3 27 (13.92%) Programme Management
4 24 (12.37%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (12.37%) Digital Marketing
5 23 (11.86%) Mobile Device Management
6 20 (10.31%) ITSM
7 19 (9.79%) User Experience
8 18 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (8.25%) Incident Management
10 15 (7.73%) Service Management
11 13 (6.70%) CI/CD
12 12 (6.19%) Mentoring
12 12 (6.19%) Service Delivery
13 11 (5.67%) Agile
14 10 (5.15%) iOS Development
14 10 (5.15%) Roadmaps
15 9 (4.64%) Asset Management
15 9 (4.64%) MVVM
15 9 (4.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.76%) Bash
2 11 (5.67%) Swift
3 8 (4.12%) Objective-C
3 8 (4.12%) Python
4 3 (1.55%) Java
4 3 (1.55%) Kotlin
4 3 (1.55%) SQL
4 3 (1.55%) VBA
5 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.52%) C
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 62 (31.96%) Security Cleared
2 59 (30.41%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.82%) Degree
4 18 (9.28%) ACSP
4 18 (9.28%) ACTC
5 13 (6.70%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.06%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.55%) MCSE
8 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.03%) MCSA
9 2 (1.03%) MOS
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.52%) MCP
10 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.79%) SLA
2 5 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.03%) PMO
3 2 (1.03%) QA
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (30.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.03%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.03%) Firmware
2 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (29.90%) Jamf Pro
2 25 (12.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.79%) SCCM
4 9 (4.64%) AirWatch
5 5 (2.58%) Terraform
6 3 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 91 (46.91%) Microsoft
2 52 (26.80%) HP
3 45 (23.20%) Dell
4 44 (22.68%) Cisco
5 40 (20.62%) ServiceNow
6 25 (12.89%) SAP
7 16 (8.25%) Google
8 9 (4.64%) Okta
9 7 (3.61%) MobileIron
10 4 (2.06%) Adobe
10 4 (2.06%) BMC
10 4 (2.06%) Citrix
10 4 (2.06%) Oracle
10 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.06%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.03%) Altiris
11 2 (1.03%) Avaya
11 2 (1.03%) Polycom
11 2 (1.03%) VMware
11 2 (1.03%) Wyse