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 25 August 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
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 335 341
Rank change year-on-year -135 +6 +26
Contract jobs citing Apple 161 185 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.67% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.42% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 117 112
10th Percentile £162 £150 £134
25th Percentile £200 £184 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £300
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £479 £500 £430
90th Percentile £575 £558 £564
UK median daily rate £275 £275 £300
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 7
10th Percentile £15.49 £18.10 £15.22
25th Percentile £19.01 £18.87 £15.42
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +37.66% +1.05%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £26.00
90th Percentile - - £33.20
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £18.00
% change year-on-year -12.52% +39.72% -0.44%

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 18,969 12,992 14,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.52% 47.17% 43.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,895 8,216 9,123
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £616 £615 £628
90th Percentile £703 £713 £732
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,036 639 694
10th Percentile £14.53 £14.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.55 £17.48 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.11 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.68% -13.28% -30.12%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.73 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +18.21% -10.18% -36.00%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -59 87 £250 -10.63% 75
North of England -104 23 £450 +20.00% 19
South West -35 17 £388 +87.65% 8
Midlands -56 17 £175 -30.00% 23
Yorkshire -74 13 £510 +27.50% 3
South East -66 11 £481 +123.84% 24
East Midlands -16 9 £275 +10.00% 16
West Midlands -41 8 £120 -73.33% 7
North West -41 6 £325 +106.35% 15
East of England -28 4 £500 - 7
North East -38 4 £450 +63.64% 1
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 26 (16.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (16.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.62%) Maya
5 1 (0.62%) Steinberg Cubase
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Actimize
1 1 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.62%) Shopify
1 1 (0.62%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 57 (35.40%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (27.95%) Entra ID
3 34 (21.12%) Azure
4 8 (4.97%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (3.73%) AWS
7 5 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.11%) Firebase
7 5 (3.11%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.48%) Apple Pay
8 4 (2.48%) Google Pay
9 3 (1.86%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.86%) SaaS
10 2 (1.24%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.62%) Amazon Bedrock
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.62%) Google Gemini
11 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.62%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.45%) VPN
1 12 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (4.97%) Skype
3 7 (4.35%) Internet
3 7 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.35%) WAN
4 5 (3.11%) LAN
5 4 (2.48%) Firewall
6 3 (1.86%) DHCP
6 3 (1.86%) DNS
6 3 (1.86%) Network Security
6 3 (1.86%) Wireless
7 2 (1.24%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.62%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) fastlane
1 5 (3.11%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.11%) Xcode
2 2 (1.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.62%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.62%) CocoaPods
3 1 (0.62%) XCTest
3 1 (0.62%) XCUITest
General
1 56 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.29%) Finance
4 12 (7.45%) Retail
5 9 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.97%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.11%) Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.48%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.86%) Electronics
9 3 (1.86%) Legal
9 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.86%) Marketing
10 2 (1.24%) Billing
10 2 (1.24%) Slovak Language
11 1 (0.62%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Military
11 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.12%) Support Engineer
2 33 (20.50%) IT Engineer
3 32 (19.88%) IT Support
4 24 (14.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (8.07%) Mac Engineer
6 11 (6.83%) Analyst
6 11 (6.83%) Support Specialist
7 10 (6.21%) Developer
8 9 (5.59%) Architect
8 9 (5.59%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (5.59%) Desktop Support
8 9 (5.59%) iOS Developer
8 9 (5.59%) Senior
9 8 (4.97%) Mobile Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Help Desk Analyst
10 6 (3.73%) Lead
11 5 (3.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (3.11%) IT Support Specialist
11 5 (3.11%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.73%) RESTful
1 6 (3.73%) SwiftUI
1 6 (3.73%) UIKit
2 5 (3.11%) Core Data
2 5 (3.11%) iOS SDK
3 4 (2.48%) Terraform
4 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.86%) PySpark
4 3 (1.86%) React
5 1 (0.62%) JSON
5 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.42%) Mobile App
2 19 (11.80%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.45%) Virtual Team
4 11 (6.83%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (6.21%) iPad
5 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
6 9 (5.59%) iPhone
7 7 (4.35%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.48%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (2.48%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (1.86%) Blackberry
10 3 (1.86%) Digital Wallet
10 3 (1.86%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.86%) Thin Client
11 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 94 (58.39%) Windows
2 66 (40.99%) Mac OS
3 47 (29.19%) Apple iOS
4 42 (26.09%) Android
4 42 (26.09%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.35%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.86%) Linux
7 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.62%) CentOS
8 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.89%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (29.19%) Customer Service
3 28 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (14.91%) Customer Experience
4 24 (14.91%) ITIL
5 22 (13.66%) ITSM
6 19 (11.80%) Agile
6 19 (11.80%) Asset Management
6 19 (11.80%) User Experience
7 18 (11.18%) DevOps
7 18 (11.18%) Mobile Device Management
8 17 (10.56%) Service Management
9 16 (9.94%) AI
10 15 (9.32%) Information Security
10 15 (9.32%) Time Management
11 13 (8.07%) Inventory Management
12 12 (7.45%) Change Management
12 12 (7.45%) Identity Management
13 11 (6.83%) Generative AI
13 11 (6.83%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.07%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.21%) Python
2 10 (6.21%) Swift
3 6 (3.73%) Bash
4 4 (2.48%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.48%) Objective-C
5 3 (1.86%) Java
5 3 (1.86%) SQL
6 1 (0.62%) Korn
Qualifications
1 34 (21.12%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.91%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.42%) Degree
4 13 (8.07%) DV Cleared
5 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.11%) ACSP
8 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.24%) MCSE
10 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.62%) ACTC
10 1 (0.62%) CCSP
10 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.62%) CISSP
10 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.80%) SLA
2 10 (6.21%) QA
3 5 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.11%) WCAG
4 4 (2.48%) NCSC
4 4 (2.48%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.24%) GDPR
5 2 (1.24%) PSD2
6 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.62%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 52 (32.30%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.86%) Firmware
4 2 (1.24%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.24%) zsh
5 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 44 (27.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (17.39%) Jamf Pro
3 17 (10.56%) SCCM
4 4 (2.48%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.86%) WSUS
6 2 (1.24%) ServiceCenter
6 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.62%) Ansible
7 1 (0.62%) Grafana
7 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.62%) Puppet
7 1 (0.62%) systemd
7 1 (0.62%) yum
Vendors
1 97 (60.25%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.01%) ServiceNow
3 19 (11.80%) HP
4 17 (10.56%) Samsung
5 15 (9.32%) Google
6 8 (4.97%) CyberArk
7 7 (4.35%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (4.35%) Citrix
8 5 (3.11%) Cisco
8 5 (3.11%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.86%) Logitech
9 3 (1.86%) Remedy
10 2 (1.24%) Dell
10 2 (1.24%) Klarna
10 2 (1.24%) PayPal
10 2 (1.24%) VMware
11 1 (0.62%) Adobe
11 1 (0.62%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.62%) McAfee
11 1 (0.62%) SAP