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 12 January 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
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 316 334
Rank change year-on-year -61 +18 +79
Contract jobs citing Apple 166 165 216
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.62% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 1.15% 1.34% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 101 133
10th Percentile £154 £150 £163
25th Percentile £170 £215 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £343 £250
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +37.00% -
75th Percentile £500 £439 £388
90th Percentile £550 £675 £488
UK median daily rate £288 £346 £250
% change year-on-year -16.97% +38.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 15
10th Percentile £17.04 £14.25 £17.44
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.59 £18.61
Median hourly rate £21.86 £23.14 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% -3.60% +36.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.30 £26.13
90th Percentile - £28.66 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £21.86 £23.14 £24.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.60% +38.63%

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 14,446 12,275 15,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.58% 45.95% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,447 7,403 10,364
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £709 £723 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 677 348 635
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.42 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.60% +51.24%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.26 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.42
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.79
% change year-on-year -12.17% -38.06% +60.71%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -12 94 £338 +14.41% 48
North of England -24 41 £290 -60.00% 19
Yorkshire -22 22 £488 -33.90% 7
North West -24 14 £175 -18.60% 9
South East -36 11 £225 -33.82% 58
Midlands -42 10 £158 -61.35% 14
East Midlands -16 7 £158 -61.35% 9
North East -6 5 £175 -70.21% 3
East of England -17 5 £228 -30.00% 28
South West -21 3 - - 16
West Midlands -36 3 £200 -51.52% 5
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 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (32.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.60%) Maya
3 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 87 (52.41%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (16.27%) Azure
3 24 (14.46%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.42%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.01%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.41%) Apple Pay
6 4 (2.41%) Firebase
6 4 (2.41%) SaaS
7 3 (1.81%) Slack
8 2 (1.20%) AWS
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.20%) Google Pay
8 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.60%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.60%) Bitrise
9 1 (0.60%) Figma
9 1 (0.60%) GitHub
9 1 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.60%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 46 (27.71%) Wireless
2 12 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.22%) DHCP
3 7 (4.22%) DNS
4 5 (3.01%) VPN
5 3 (1.81%) Network Security
5 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.20%) SSL
7 1 (0.60%) Firewall
7 1 (0.60%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.60%) IPv4
7 1 (0.60%) LAN
7 1 (0.60%) NAS
7 1 (0.60%) SAN
7 1 (0.60%) VLAN
7 1 (0.60%) VoIP
7 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) SQLite
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.20%) Redis
3 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.02%) Git
2 5 (3.01%) JIRA
2 5 (3.01%) Xcode
3 4 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.20%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.20%) Crashlytics
4 2 (1.20%) fastlane
5 1 (0.60%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.60%) Appium
5 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.60%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.60%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 65 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 46 (27.71%) Finance
3 36 (21.69%) Public Sector
4 27 (16.27%) Banking
5 26 (15.66%) Marketing
6 24 (14.46%) Electronics
6 24 (14.46%) Manufacturing
6 24 (14.46%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.41%) Publishing
9 4 (2.41%) Retail
10 3 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Legal
11 2 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.60%) Military
12 1 (0.60%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (25.90%) IT Support
2 34 (20.48%) Support Engineer
3 29 (17.47%) 2nd Line Support
4 28 (16.87%) Desktop Support
5 23 (13.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 23 (13.86%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 19 (11.45%) Analyst
6 19 (11.45%) Mac Engineer
7 16 (9.64%) Senior
8 15 (9.04%) IT Engineer
9 14 (8.43%) Support Analyst
10 12 (7.23%) Developer
11 10 (6.02%) Desktop Engineer
12 9 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
13 8 (4.82%) iOS Developer
13 8 (4.82%) Technical Support
14 7 (4.22%) Field Engineer
14 7 (4.22%) Field Support Engineer
14 7 (4.22%) Support Manager
15 6 (3.61%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.42%) RESTful
2 3 (1.81%) Core Animation
2 3 (1.81%) Core Data
2 3 (1.81%) Material Design
2 3 (1.81%) OAuth
2 3 (1.81%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.81%) React
2 3 (1.81%) React Native
2 3 (1.81%) SwiftUI
2 3 (1.81%) UIKit
3 2 (1.20%) .NET
3 2 (1.20%) AVFoundation
3 2 (1.20%) Kafka
3 2 (1.20%) Loki
3 2 (1.20%) REST
3 2 (1.20%) RxSwift
3 2 (1.20%) Universal Windows Platform
3 2 (1.20%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.29%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.04%) Mobile App
3 11 (6.63%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.42%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.22%) Smartphone
6 4 (2.41%) iPad
6 4 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.81%) Animation
7 3 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.81%) iPhone
7 3 (1.81%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.20%) Derivative
8 2 (1.20%) Energy Derivatives
8 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (52.41%) Mac OS
2 73 (43.98%) Android
3 62 (37.35%) Windows
4 41 (24.70%) Apple iOS
5 30 (18.07%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.01%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.81%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.60%) Linux
9 1 (0.60%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.67%) Customer Service
2 25 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (14.46%) Digital Marketing
3 24 (14.46%) Programme Management
4 17 (10.24%) ITSM
4 17 (10.24%) User Experience
5 14 (8.43%) CI/CD
6 13 (7.83%) Mentoring
6 13 (7.83%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (6.63%) Coaching
7 11 (6.63%) ITIL
8 10 (6.02%) Service Delivery
9 9 (5.42%) Agile
9 9 (5.42%) Test Automation
10 8 (4.82%) Break/Fix
10 8 (4.82%) iOS Development
10 8 (4.82%) Migration
10 8 (4.82%) MVVM
10 8 (4.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.02%) Swift
2 7 (4.22%) Bash
2 7 (4.22%) Objective-C
3 4 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.81%) Java
4 3 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.81%) Kotlin
4 3 (1.81%) Python
4 3 (1.81%) SQL
5 2 (1.20%) Rust
5 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.20%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.60%) C#
6 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (37.35%) Security Cleared
2 61 (36.75%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.83%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.63%) ACSP
4 11 (6.63%) ACTC
4 11 (6.63%) Degree
5 6 (3.61%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.60%) MCP
8 1 (0.60%) MCSE
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.24%) SLA
2 5 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.41%) QA
4 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (25.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (20.48%) Jamf Pro
2 25 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (10.84%) SCCM
4 4 (2.41%) AirWatch
4 4 (2.41%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.20%) Grafana
6 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (42.17%) Microsoft
2 60 (36.14%) HP
3 53 (31.93%) Dell
4 46 (27.71%) Cisco
5 34 (20.48%) ServiceNow
6 24 (14.46%) SAP
7 22 (13.25%) Google
8 6 (3.61%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.01%) Okta
9 5 (3.01%) Remedy
10 4 (2.41%) BMC
10 4 (2.41%) Oracle
11 3 (1.81%) Adobe
11 3 (1.81%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.20%) Altiris
13 1 (0.60%) Bomgar
13 1 (0.60%) Isilon
13 1 (0.60%) Planview
13 1 (0.60%) Telerik
13 1 (0.60%) Trend Micro