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 17 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
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 328 341
Rank change year-on-year -61 +13 +71
Contract jobs citing Apple 167 168 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.13% 1.35% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 102 131
10th Percentile £154 £150 £163
25th Percentile £170 £213 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £331 £243
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +36.60% -1.12%
75th Percentile £500 £438 £378
90th Percentile £550 £669 £488
UK median daily rate £290 £331 £250
% change year-on-year -12.45% +32.50% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 9 15
10th Percentile £17.04 £14.58 £17.44
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £18.61
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +0.75% +36.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £26.13
90th Percentile - £27.33 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £24.00
% change year-on-year -11.25% +0.75% +36.67%

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 14,806 12,407 16,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.33% 46.10% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,732 7,496 10,412
10th Percentile £300 £292 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £709 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 359 697
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.59 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £62.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -13.36% -29.03% +27.05%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -15 95 £338 +16.38% 35
North of England -38 41 £290 -49.57% 19
Yorkshire -34 22 £488 -33.90% 7
North West -20 14 £175 -18.60% 10
South East -34 10 £225 -33.82% 51
Midlands -36 10 £158 -61.35% 16
East Midlands -24 7 £158 -61.35% 11
East of England -15 6 £228 -30.00% 25
North East -9 5 £175 -70.21% 2
South West -18 3 - - 16
West Midlands -38 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 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (31.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.60%) Maya
3 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 86 (51.50%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (16.17%) Azure
3 24 (14.37%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.39%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.99%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.40%) Firebase
6 4 (2.40%) SaaS
7 3 (1.80%) Apple Pay
7 3 (1.80%) 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 45 (26.95%) Wireless
2 12 (7.19%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.19%) DHCP
3 7 (4.19%) DNS
4 5 (2.99%) VPN
5 3 (1.80%) Network Security
5 3 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.20%) SSL
7 1 (0.60%) Firewall
7 1 (0.60%) Internet
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 (1.80%) 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 (5.99%) Git
2 5 (2.99%) JIRA
2 5 (2.99%) Xcode
3 4 (2.40%) 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 67 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.95%) Finance
3 36 (21.56%) Public Sector
4 27 (16.17%) Banking
4 27 (16.17%) Marketing
5 24 (14.37%) Electronics
5 24 (14.37%) Manufacturing
5 24 (14.37%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.99%) Publishing
8 5 (2.99%) Retail
9 3 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.80%) Legal
10 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.60%) Military
11 1 (0.60%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (26.35%) IT Support
2 33 (19.76%) Support Engineer
3 29 (17.37%) 2nd Line Support
4 28 (16.77%) Desktop Support
5 23 (13.77%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 23 (13.77%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 18 (10.78%) Analyst
6 18 (10.78%) Mac Engineer
7 17 (10.18%) Senior
8 15 (8.98%) IT Engineer
9 14 (8.38%) Support Analyst
10 12 (7.19%) Developer
11 10 (5.99%) Desktop Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) Technical Support
13 8 (4.79%) iOS Developer
14 7 (4.19%) Field Engineer
14 7 (4.19%) Field Support Engineer
14 7 (4.19%) Support Manager
15 6 (3.59%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.39%) RESTful
2 4 (2.40%) OAuth
2 4 (2.40%) OAuth2
2 4 (2.40%) React Native
3 3 (1.80%) Core Animation
3 3 (1.80%) Core Data
3 3 (1.80%) Material Design
3 3 (1.80%) React
3 3 (1.80%) SwiftUI
3 3 (1.80%) UIKit
4 2 (1.20%) .NET
4 2 (1.20%) AVFoundation
4 2 (1.20%) Kafka
4 2 (1.20%) Loki
4 2 (1.20%) REST
4 2 (1.20%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.20%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (1.20%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.60%) FHIR
5 1 (0.60%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.56%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.98%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.99%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.39%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.19%) Smartphone
6 4 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.40%) iPhone
6 4 (2.40%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.80%) Animation
7 3 (1.80%) iPad
7 3 (1.80%) 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 85 (50.90%) Mac OS
2 73 (43.71%) Android
3 62 (37.13%) Windows
4 42 (25.15%) Apple iOS
5 30 (17.96%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.99%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.80%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.60%) Linux
9 1 (0.60%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.56%) Customer Service
2 25 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (14.37%) Digital Marketing
3 24 (14.37%) Programme Management
4 17 (10.18%) ITSM
4 17 (10.18%) User Experience
5 15 (8.98%) CI/CD
6 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
6 13 (7.78%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (6.59%) Coaching
7 11 (6.59%) ITIL
8 10 (5.99%) Service Delivery
8 10 (5.99%) Test Automation
9 9 (5.39%) Agile
10 8 (4.79%) Break/Fix
10 8 (4.79%) iOS Development
10 8 (4.79%) Migration
10 8 (4.79%) MVVM
10 8 (4.79%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.99%) Swift
2 7 (4.19%) Bash
2 7 (4.19%) Objective-C
3 4 (2.40%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.80%) Java
4 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.80%) Kotlin
4 3 (1.80%) Python
4 3 (1.80%) 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 60 (35.93%) Security Cleared
2 59 (35.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.19%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.59%) ACSP
4 11 (6.59%) ACTC
4 11 (6.59%) Degree
5 6 (3.59%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.99%) 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 (10.18%) SLA
2 5 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.40%) 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 (25.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (19.76%) Jamf Pro
2 25 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (10.78%) SCCM
4 5 (2.99%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (1.80%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.20%) Grafana
6 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 60 (35.93%) HP
3 54 (32.34%) Dell
4 45 (26.95%) Cisco
5 34 (20.36%) ServiceNow
6 24 (14.37%) Google
6 24 (14.37%) SAP
7 6 (3.59%) MobileIron
8 5 (2.99%) Okta
8 5 (2.99%) Remedy
9 4 (2.40%) BMC
9 4 (2.40%) Oracle
10 3 (1.80%) Adobe
10 3 (1.80%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.20%) Altiris
12 1 (0.60%) Bomgar
12 1 (0.60%) Isilon
12 1 (0.60%) Planview
12 1 (0.60%) Telerik
12 1 (0.60%) Trend Micro