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 28 March 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
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 331 322
Rank change year-on-year -127 -9 +76
Contract jobs citing Apple 130 142 237
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.59% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.78% 1.24% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 86 134
10th Percentile £154 £150 £134
25th Percentile £170 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £350 £241
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +45.23% +2.55%
75th Percentile £425 £475 £378
90th Percentile £538 £738 £430
UK median daily rate £290 £333 £238
% change year-on-year -12.78% +40.00% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 22
10th Percentile £16.06 £14.04 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.39 £18.10 £16.61
Median hourly rate £20.09 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +24.66% +0.45%
75th Percentile £22.58 £24.18 £23.97
90th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £29.40
UK median hourly rate £20.09 £22.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year -9.05% +24.66% +0.45%

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 16,599 11,482 15,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.72% 47.34% 42.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,821 7,454 10,215
10th Percentile £313 £296 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £514
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.19% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 875 413 946
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.91 £14.36
Median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -32.87%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £77.40 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £28.75 £23.22
% change year-on-year -10.37% +23.84% -40.28%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -46 77 £350 +47.37% 47
North of England -73 23 £213 -50.00% 14
East of England -21 12 £228 +24.66% 8
Yorkshire -54 12 £290 -60.00% 5
Midlands -79 9 £158 -37.00% 17
North West -42 7 £218 +1.16% 9
East Midlands -35 6 £158 -37.00% 12
South East -63 5 £361 +25.35% 24
North East -12 4 £175 -62.16%
South West -28 4 £525 -9.48% 11
West Midlands -59 3 £119 -57.50% 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 16 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.77%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.77%) Actimize
2 1 (0.77%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 61 (46.92%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (19.23%) Azure
3 14 (10.77%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.38%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.08%) Firebase
5 4 (3.08%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.31%) Apple Pay
6 3 (2.31%) AWS
6 3 (2.31%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.54%) Google Pay
7 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.54%) SaaS
7 2 (1.54%) Slack
8 1 (0.77%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.77%) Figma
8 1 (0.77%) GitHub
8 1 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (23.85%) Wireless
2 11 (8.46%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (5.38%) DHCP
3 7 (5.38%) DNS
4 6 (4.62%) VPN
5 2 (1.54%) LAN
5 2 (1.54%) Network Security
5 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.77%) Firewall
6 1 (0.77%) Internet
6 1 (0.77%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.77%) SSL
6 1 (0.77%) WAN
6 1 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.31%) Redis
2 2 (1.54%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Git
2 4 (3.08%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.08%) JIRA
3 3 (2.31%) fastlane
3 3 (2.31%) Xcode
4 2 (1.54%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.54%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.77%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.77%) GitLab
General
1 57 (43.85%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.31%) Finance
3 23 (17.69%) Public Sector
4 22 (16.92%) Banking
5 20 (15.38%) Marketing
6 15 (11.54%) Electronics
6 15 (11.54%) Manufacturing
6 15 (11.54%) Telecoms
7 13 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.62%) Retail
10 4 (3.08%) Publishing
11 3 (2.31%) Billing
11 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.31%) Legal
12 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.77%) Military
13 1 (0.77%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 38 (29.23%) IT Support
2 22 (16.92%) Desktop Support
3 20 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 19 (14.62%) Analyst
4 19 (14.62%) Support Engineer
5 15 (11.54%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 15 (11.54%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 14 (10.77%) Senior
6 14 (10.77%) Technical Support
7 13 (10.00%) Support Analyst
8 11 (8.46%) IT Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) Mac Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.62%) Developer
11 6 (4.62%) iOS Developer
11 6 (4.62%) IT Analyst
12 5 (3.85%) Field Engineer
12 5 (3.85%) Mobile Engineer
12 5 (3.85%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.85%) RESTful
2 4 (3.08%) Core Data
2 4 (3.08%) OAuth
2 4 (3.08%) OAuth2
2 4 (3.08%) React Native
2 4 (3.08%) SwiftUI
3 3 (2.31%) Core Animation
3 3 (2.31%) Kafka
3 3 (2.31%) Loki
3 3 (2.31%) PySpark
3 3 (2.31%) React
3 3 (2.31%) REST
3 3 (2.31%) UIKit
3 3 (2.31%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.54%) AVFoundation
4 2 (1.54%) iOS SDK
4 2 (1.54%) RxSwift
5 1 (0.77%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.62%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.85%) Smartphone
5 4 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.08%) iPad
5 4 (3.08%) iPhone
5 4 (3.08%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.08%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.31%) Animation
6 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.31%) Derivative
6 3 (2.31%) Energy Derivatives
6 3 (2.31%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (41.54%) Mac OS
2 52 (40.00%) Android
3 48 (36.92%) Windows
4 32 (24.62%) Apple iOS
5 24 (18.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.31%) Linux
7 2 (1.54%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.77%) CentOS
8 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.08%) Customer Service
2 21 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
3 15 (11.54%) Programme Management
4 14 (10.77%) User Experience
5 12 (9.23%) Mobile Device Management
5 12 (9.23%) Time Management
6 11 (8.46%) CI/CD
6 11 (8.46%) ITSM
7 10 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 10 (7.69%) Test Automation
8 9 (6.92%) Analytics
9 8 (6.15%) Agile
9 8 (6.15%) Coaching
9 8 (6.15%) iOS Development
10 7 (5.38%) Data Protection
10 7 (5.38%) ITIL
10 7 (5.38%) Observability
10 7 (5.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.38%) Python
1 7 (5.38%) Swift
2 5 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.08%) Bash
3 4 (3.08%) Objective-C
4 3 (2.31%) Java
4 3 (2.31%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.31%) Rust
4 3 (2.31%) SQL
4 3 (2.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (34.62%) SC Cleared
1 45 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.92%) Degree
3 8 (6.15%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.08%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.31%) ACSP
7 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.54%) MCSE
9 1 (0.77%) ACTC
9 1 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.08%) SLA
2 5 (3.85%) QA
3 4 (3.08%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.77%) GDPR
4 1 (0.77%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (20.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.77%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.77%) Firmware
3 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) vSphere
3 1 (0.77%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (13.85%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (10.77%) SCCM
4 12 (9.23%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (2.31%) Grafana
5 3 (2.31%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.31%) Terraform
6 1 (0.77%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 57 (43.85%) Microsoft
2 53 (40.77%) HP
3 44 (33.85%) Dell
4 31 (23.85%) Cisco
5 23 (17.69%) ServiceNow
6 21 (16.15%) Google
7 15 (11.54%) SAP
8 6 (4.62%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.85%) Remedy
10 3 (2.31%) Adobe
10 3 (2.31%) Okta
11 2 (1.54%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.77%) Ahrefs
12 1 (0.77%) Carbon Black
12 1 (0.77%) Citrix
12 1 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.77%) Datto
12 1 (0.77%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.77%) FIS
12 1 (0.77%) Samsung