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 22 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
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 322 325
Rank change year-on-year -133 +3 +41
Contract jobs citing Apple 135 165 239
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.66% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.77% 1.39% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 106 128
10th Percentile £158 £150 £133
25th Percentile £190 £184 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £271 £275
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% -1.36% +16.28%
75th Percentile £506 £445 £388
90th Percentile £575 £560 £500
UK median daily rate £290 £271 £275
% change year-on-year +6.91% -1.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 16
10th Percentile £19.20 £17.67 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.71 £18.20 £14.88
Median hourly rate £20.09 £23.58 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year -14.80% +38.12% -5.36%
75th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £17.73
90th Percentile £24.57 £25.15 £20.14
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £20.51 £17.29
% change year-on-year -2.02% +18.63% -4.19%

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 17,559 11,844 15,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.56% 47.44% 42.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,232 7,532 10,055
10th Percentile £313 £280 £271
25th Percentile £413 £404 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 940 532 1,071
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.49 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.91 £27.13 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +28.68% +12.18% -35.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.97 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.10
% change year-on-year +33.29% +5.81% -43.29%

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 22 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 22 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 -52 80 £275 +10.00% 43
North of England -114 16 £450 +44.00% 21
South West -30 13 £388 +87.65% 8
South East -56 11 £413 +91.86% 27
East of England -26 10 - - 5
Yorkshire -92 8 £245 -8.84% 8
North East -39 4 £450 +5.88%
North West -39 4 £260 +20.93% 13
Midlands -67 4 £120 -57.14% 16
West Midlands -63 3 £119 -68.27% 2
East Midlands -25 1 £163 -35.00% 14
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 15 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.48%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Actimize
1 1 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.74%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (20.74%) Azure
3 27 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.67%) AWS
4 9 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.70%) Firebase
5 5 (3.70%) Google Workspace
5 5 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.96%) Apple Pay
6 4 (2.96%) Google Pay
6 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.22%) Slack
8 2 (1.48%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.74%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.74%) Google Play
9 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.67%) VPN
2 8 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (5.19%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.44%) Wireless
5 5 (3.70%) DNS
5 5 (3.70%) Skype
6 4 (2.96%) DHCP
6 4 (2.96%) Internet
7 3 (2.22%) Network Security
8 2 (1.48%) Firewall
8 2 (1.48%) LAN
8 2 (1.48%) WAN
9 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.74%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.74%) SSL
9 1 (0.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.70%) fastlane
1 5 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.70%) Xcode
2 3 (2.22%) Git
3 2 (1.48%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.74%) CocoaPods
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) XCTest
4 1 (0.74%) XCUITest
General
1 50 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.07%) Finance
4 10 (7.41%) Banking
5 9 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.19%) Retail
8 5 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.70%) Publishing
9 4 (2.96%) Health Technology
9 4 (2.96%) Legal
9 4 (2.96%) Marketing
10 3 (2.22%) Billing
10 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.48%) Slovak Language
12 1 (0.74%) Aviation
12 1 (0.74%) Law
12 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 28 (20.74%) IT Support
2 24 (17.78%) Support Engineer
3 18 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 15 (11.11%) Senior
5 14 (10.37%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (9.63%) Analyst
6 13 (9.63%) Mobile Engineer
7 12 (8.89%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (8.15%) Desktop Support
8 11 (8.15%) Mac Engineer
9 9 (6.67%) Developer
9 9 (6.67%) iOS Developer
9 9 (6.67%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 6 (4.44%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (3.70%) Help Desk Analyst
13 4 (2.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 4 (2.96%) JavaScript Engineer
13 4 (2.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.67%) RESTful
2 8 (5.93%) SwiftUI
3 6 (4.44%) iOS SDK
3 6 (4.44%) React
3 6 (4.44%) UIKit
4 5 (3.70%) Core Data
5 4 (2.96%) OAuth
5 4 (2.96%) OAuth2
5 4 (2.96%) React Native
6 3 (2.22%) Kafka
6 3 (2.22%) Loki
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (2.22%) PySpark
6 3 (2.22%) REST
6 3 (2.22%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.74%) JSON
7 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.63%) Mobile App
2 12 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.41%) iPad
3 10 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 10 (7.41%) Virtual Team
4 8 (5.93%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (4.44%) iPhone
6 5 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.96%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (2.96%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.96%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.96%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.96%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.22%) Derivative
8 3 (2.22%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (2.22%) Energy Derivatives
8 3 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 60 (44.44%) Windows
2 45 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 43 (31.85%) Mac OS
4 42 (31.11%) Android
5 29 (21.48%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.96%) Linux
7 2 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.74%) CentOS
8 1 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (28.15%) Customer Service
3 20 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (14.81%) ITIL
4 19 (14.07%) DevOps
5 17 (12.59%) Mobile Device Management
5 17 (12.59%) User Experience
6 15 (11.11%) Agile
6 15 (11.11%) Time Management
7 14 (10.37%) CI/CD
8 13 (9.63%) Test Automation
9 12 (8.89%) Information Security
10 11 (8.15%) Asset Management
10 11 (8.15%) Data Protection
10 11 (8.15%) iOS Development
11 10 (7.41%) Analytics
12 9 (6.67%) AI
12 9 (6.67%) Change Management
12 9 (6.67%) Process Improvement
12 9 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.15%) Python
2 10 (7.41%) Swift
3 9 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.19%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.22%) Java
5 3 (2.22%) Rust
5 3 (2.22%) SQL
5 3 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.48%) Bash
6 2 (1.48%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.74%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.11%) Degree
4 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.44%) ACSP
5 6 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.48%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.48%) ACTC
8 2 (1.48%) MCSE
9 1 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.04%) SLA
2 7 (5.19%) QA
3 6 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.70%) WCAG
5 3 (2.22%) NCSC
5 3 (2.22%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.48%) PSD2
7 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.74%) GDPR
7 1 (0.74%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 34 (25.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.48%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.74%) Firmware
4 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.74%) vSphere
4 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.74%) zsh
Systems Management
1 28 (20.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (10.37%) SCCM
4 10 (7.41%) ServiceCenter
5 6 (4.44%) Terraform
6 4 (2.96%) Grafana
6 4 (2.96%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.74%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.74%) Ansible
7 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.74%) Puppet
7 1 (0.74%) systemd
7 1 (0.74%) yum
Vendors
1 71 (52.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (18.52%) Google
2 25 (18.52%) ServiceNow
3 20 (14.81%) HP
4 12 (8.89%) Dell
5 6 (4.44%) Cisco
5 6 (4.44%) Samsung
6 5 (3.70%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.48%) Klarna
7 2 (1.48%) Okta
7 2 (1.48%) PayPal
7 2 (1.48%) Remedy
8 1 (0.74%) Adobe
8 1 (0.74%) Citrix
8 1 (0.74%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.74%) McAfee
8 1 (0.74%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.74%) Reuters
8 1 (0.74%) TSYS
8 1 (0.74%) VMware