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 29 May 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 325 313
Rank change year-on-year -161 -12 +62
Contract jobs citing Apple 113 151 234
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.63% 0.64%
As % of the Vendors category 0.66% 1.33% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 99 129
10th Percentile £146 £150 £132
25th Percentile £200 £184 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £275 £255
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +7.84% +6.47%
75th Percentile £475 £450 £378
90th Percentile £538 £564 £450
UK median daily rate £306 £275 £255
% change year-on-year +11.36% +7.84% +5.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 17
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.80 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.10 £15.88
Median hourly rate £20.09 £20.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +15.72% -1.99%
75th Percentile - £24.66 £17.78
90th Percentile £24.28 - £25.20
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £18.36 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.44% +3.60% -1.99%

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 17,110 11,395 15,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.91% 47.62% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,018 7,293 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.73% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 481 1,021
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.28 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.12% +14.53% -47.06%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -68 63 £350 +47.37% 103
North of England -110 15 £260 -16.80% 17
South West -29 12 £400 +93.70% 18
East of England -29 11 - - 12
Yorkshire -85 9 £196 -26.98% 4
South East -47 7 £242 +12.67% 35
North West -35 4 £260 +20.93% 11
Midlands -70 4 £120 -57.14% 12
West Midlands -65 3 £119 -68.27% 5
North East -29 2 £450 +2.86% 3
East Midlands -33 1 £163 -35.00% 7
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 (9.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (16.81%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.77%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.88%) Actimize
2 1 (0.88%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.86%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (23.89%) Azure
3 22 (19.47%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.96%) OneDrive
5 6 (5.31%) AWS
5 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.42%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.65%) Firebase
8 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.65%) Slack
9 2 (1.77%) Apple Pay
9 2 (1.77%) Google Pay
10 1 (0.88%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.88%) Google Play
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.96%) VPN
2 7 (6.19%) DHCP
2 7 (6.19%) DNS
2 7 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (6.19%) Wireless
3 5 (4.42%) Skype
4 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.88%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.88%) Internet
5 1 (0.88%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.88%) LAN
5 1 (0.88%) Network Security
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
5 1 (0.88%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.54%) JIRA
2 3 (2.65%) fastlane
2 3 (2.65%) Git
2 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.65%) Xcode
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
General
1 55 (48.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (13.27%) Finance
4 13 (11.50%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.96%) Banking
6 6 (5.31%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.42%) Marketing
8 4 (3.54%) Legal
8 4 (3.54%) Publishing
8 4 (3.54%) Retail
9 3 (2.65%) Billing
9 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.77%) Slovak Language
11 1 (0.88%) Aviation
11 1 (0.88%) Bulgarian Language
11 1 (0.88%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.88%) Law
11 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 23 (20.35%) IT Support
2 17 (15.04%) Support Engineer
3 15 (13.27%) Senior
4 13 (11.50%) Analyst
4 13 (11.50%) Mobile Engineer
5 12 (10.62%) Desktop Engineer
5 12 (10.62%) Technical Support
6 11 (9.73%) Desktop Support
7 10 (8.85%) IT Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Mac Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Support Analyst
10 6 (5.31%) Developer
10 6 (5.31%) iOS Developer
10 6 (5.31%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (4.42%) IT Analyst
12 4 (3.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 4 (3.54%) IT Support Analyst
12 4 (3.54%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) RESTful
2 5 (4.42%) SwiftUI
3 4 (3.54%) iOS SDK
3 4 (3.54%) OAuth
3 4 (3.54%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.54%) React Native
4 3 (2.65%) Core Data
4 3 (2.65%) Kafka
4 3 (2.65%) Loki
4 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.65%) PySpark
4 3 (2.65%) React
4 3 (2.65%) REST
4 3 (2.65%) UIKit
4 3 (2.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Mobile App
2 8 (7.08%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.08%) Virtual Team
3 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.42%) iPad
5 4 (3.54%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (3.54%) Blackberry
5 4 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.54%) iPhone
5 4 (3.54%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (3.54%) Smartphone
5 4 (3.54%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.65%) Derivative
6 3 (2.65%) Energy Derivatives
6 3 (2.65%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.77%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 49 (43.36%) Windows
2 42 (37.17%) Apple iOS
3 40 (35.40%) Android
4 30 (26.55%) Windows 10
5 29 (25.66%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.65%) Linux
7 1 (0.88%) CentOS
7 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.74%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (30.09%) Customer Service
3 16 (14.16%) Time Management
3 16 (14.16%) User Experience
4 15 (13.27%) DevOps
4 15 (13.27%) Mobile Device Management
5 14 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.62%) ITIL
7 11 (9.73%) Data Protection
7 11 (9.73%) Test Automation
8 9 (7.96%) Agile
8 9 (7.96%) Analytics
8 9 (7.96%) CI/CD
8 9 (7.96%) ITSM
9 8 (7.08%) Information Security
9 8 (7.08%) iOS Development
10 7 (6.19%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.19%) Customer Experience
10 7 (6.19%) Observability
10 7 (6.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.85%) Python
2 9 (7.96%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.19%) Swift
4 3 (2.65%) Java
4 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.65%) Rust
4 3 (2.65%) SQL
4 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.77%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.88%) Bash
6 1 (0.88%) Korn
Qualifications
1 19 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (8.85%) Degree
5 7 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.31%) ACSP
6 6 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.42%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.65%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.77%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.77%) ACTC
9 2 (1.77%) MCSE
10 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.35%) SLA
2 8 (7.08%) QA
3 4 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.65%) WCAG
5 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.88%) NCSC
5 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (24.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.77%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.88%) Firmware
4 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) vSphere
4 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.88%) zsh
Systems Management
1 26 (23.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (11.50%) SCCM
3 12 (10.62%) ServiceCenter
4 11 (9.73%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.65%) Grafana
5 3 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (57.52%) Microsoft
2 23 (20.35%) Google
2 23 (20.35%) HP
2 23 (20.35%) ServiceNow
3 16 (14.16%) Dell
4 7 (6.19%) Cisco
5 3 (2.65%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.77%) Okta
6 2 (1.77%) Remedy
6 2 (1.77%) Samsung
7 1 (0.88%) Adobe
7 1 (0.88%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.88%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.88%) Citrix
7 1 (0.88%) Datto
7 1 (0.88%) FIS
7 1 (0.88%) McAfee
7 1 (0.88%) Reuters
7 1 (0.88%) Toshiba