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 20 February 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
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 328 320
Rank change year-on-year -92 -8 +103
Contract jobs citing Apple 157 156 247
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.60% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 1.00% 1.29% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 92 141
10th Percentile £154 £150 £140
25th Percentile £170 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £338 £232
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +45.57% +0.36%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £375
90th Percentile £538 £698 £438
UK median daily rate £290 £350 £232
% change year-on-year -17.14% +50.97% -0.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 25
10th Percentile £16.20 £13.58 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.68 £16.79
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 £28.90
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 15,639 12,079 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.89% 46.55% 43.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,181 7,403 10,442
10th Percentile £302 £281 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £523
% change year-on-year -4.31% - -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 808 348 862
10th Percentile £15.33 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £20.00 £15.45
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £27.14
Median % change year-on-year -22.60% +13.41% -18.99%
75th Percentile £58.65 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £73.90 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.00 £26.72
% change year-on-year -17.24% +8.53% -19.64%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -54 88 £350 +45.83% 66
North of England -50 36 £290 -31.76% 31
Yorkshire -50 21 £383 -47.24% 11
East of England -15 11 £228 +26.39% 24
Midlands -51 11 £158 -53.33% 19
North West -25 10 £175 -18.60% 16
East Midlands -22 8 £158 -61.35% 14
South East -46 7 £225 -32.33% 58
North East -15 5 £175 -61.11% 5
South West -16 4 - - 17
West Midlands -49 3 £200 -24.53% 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 12 (7.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 2 (1.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (31.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.64%) Maya
3 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (49.68%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (14.01%) Azure
3 21 (13.38%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.73%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.18%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.55%) Firebase
7 3 (1.91%) SaaS
7 3 (1.91%) Slack
8 2 (1.27%) Apple Pay
8 2 (1.27%) AWS
8 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.64%) Bitrise
9 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.64%) Figma
9 1 (0.64%) GCP
9 1 (0.64%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.64%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 41 (26.11%) Wireless
2 12 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.46%) DHCP
3 7 (4.46%) DNS
4 5 (3.18%) VPN
5 3 (1.91%) Network Security
5 3 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.64%) Firewall
6 1 (0.64%) Internet
6 1 (0.64%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.64%) IPv4
6 1 (0.64%) LAN
6 1 (0.64%) NAS
6 1 (0.64%) SAN
6 1 (0.64%) SSL
6 1 (0.64%) VLAN
6 1 (0.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Redis
1 2 (1.27%) SQLite
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Git
2 4 (2.55%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.55%) JIRA
2 4 (2.55%) Xcode
3 2 (1.27%) CocoaPods
3 2 (1.27%) Crashlytics
3 2 (1.27%) fastlane
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.64%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.64%) Pa11y
4 1 (0.64%) Selenium
General
1 64 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 44 (28.03%) Finance
3 37 (23.57%) Public Sector
4 26 (16.56%) Marketing
5 24 (15.29%) Electronics
5 24 (15.29%) Manufacturing
5 24 (15.29%) Telecoms
6 23 (14.65%) Banking
7 12 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.18%) Publishing
9 5 (3.18%) Retail
10 3 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.91%) Legal
11 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.64%) Military
12 1 (0.64%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 48 (30.57%) IT Support
2 29 (18.47%) 2nd Line Support
2 29 (18.47%) Desktop Support
2 29 (18.47%) Support Engineer
3 23 (14.65%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 23 (14.65%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 17 (10.83%) Analyst
5 16 (10.19%) Mac Engineer
6 15 (9.55%) Senior
7 14 (8.92%) Technical Support
8 13 (8.28%) IT Engineer
8 13 (8.28%) Support Analyst
9 11 (7.01%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (5.73%) Developer
10 9 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (5.10%) iOS Developer
12 7 (4.46%) Field Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) Field Support Engineer
13 6 (3.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 6 (3.82%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.18%) RESTful
1 5 (3.18%) SwiftUI
2 4 (2.55%) OAuth
2 4 (2.55%) OAuth2
2 4 (2.55%) React Native
3 3 (1.91%) Core Animation
3 3 (1.91%) Core Data
3 3 (1.91%) React
3 3 (1.91%) UIKit
4 2 (1.27%) AVFoundation
4 2 (1.27%) Kafka
4 2 (1.27%) Loki
4 2 (1.27%) REST
4 2 (1.27%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.27%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (1.27%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.64%) FHIR
5 1 (0.64%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.64%) iOS SDK
5 1 (0.64%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.38%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.01%) Mobile App
3 10 (6.37%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.46%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.82%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.18%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.55%) iPhone
7 4 (2.55%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.91%) Animation
8 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.27%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.27%) Derivative
9 2 (1.27%) Energy Derivatives
9 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.27%) iPad
9 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (48.41%) Mac OS
2 62 (39.49%) Android
3 56 (35.67%) Windows
4 39 (24.84%) Apple iOS
5 29 (18.47%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.55%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.27%) Linux
7 2 (1.27%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.02%) Customer Service
2 24 (15.29%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (15.29%) Digital Marketing
2 24 (15.29%) Programme Management
3 16 (10.19%) ITSM
3 16 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (8.92%) Mentoring
5 13 (8.28%) Mobile Device Management
5 13 (8.28%) User Experience
6 12 (7.64%) CI/CD
7 11 (7.01%) Coaching
7 11 (7.01%) ITIL
7 11 (7.01%) Time Management
8 10 (6.37%) iOS Development
8 10 (6.37%) Service Delivery
8 10 (6.37%) Test Automation
9 9 (5.73%) Migration
10 8 (5.10%) Agile
10 8 (5.10%) Break/Fix
10 8 (5.10%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.73%) Swift
2 7 (4.46%) Bash
3 4 (2.55%) Objective-C
3 4 (2.55%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.55%) Python
4 3 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.27%) Rust
5 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.27%) SQL
5 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (35.67%) Security Cleared
2 55 (35.03%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.37%) ACSP
4 9 (5.73%) ACTC
5 8 (5.10%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.82%) Degree
7 5 (3.18%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.10%) SLA
2 5 (3.18%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.55%) QA
4 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (22.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.64%) Firmware
2 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.64%) vSphere
2 1 (0.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (17.83%) Jamf Pro
2 20 (12.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (12.10%) SCCM
4 11 (7.01%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.27%) Grafana
6 2 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.27%) Terraform
7 1 (0.64%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 68 (43.31%) Microsoft
2 64 (40.76%) HP
3 56 (35.67%) Dell
4 41 (26.11%) Cisco
5 33 (21.02%) ServiceNow
6 24 (15.29%) SAP
7 22 (14.01%) Google
8 6 (3.82%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.18%) Remedy
10 4 (2.55%) Okta
11 3 (1.91%) Adobe
12 2 (1.27%) Oracle
12 2 (1.27%) VMware
12 2 (1.27%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.64%) Carbon Black
13 1 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (0.64%) Datto
13 1 (0.64%) QNAP
13 1 (0.64%) Rapid7
13 1 (0.64%) Samsung