Apple Contract Job Trends in London

Apple
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 October 2025, 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
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 270 311
Rank change year-on-year -6 +41 +70
Contract jobs citing Apple 98 104 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 0.66% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 1.52% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 61 79
10th Percentile £154 £163 £154
25th Percentile £180 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £286 £290 £275
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £550 £403 £450
90th Percentile £556 £525 £560
England median daily rate £278 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -14.62% +30.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 3
10th Percentile £23.27 - £17.91
25th Percentile - - £20.57
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £26.13
90th Percentile - - £26.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £24.00
% change year-on-year +13.85% -7.96% +41.18%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,231 6,838 8,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.42% 43.72% 41.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,025 4,285 5,892
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £423 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 63 115
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.20 £16.72
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.95 £22.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -3.23% +55.00%
75th Percentile £37.81 £65.02 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £98.50 £80.95
England median hourly rate £25.04 £35.36 £43.79
% change year-on-year -29.19% -19.26% +75.17%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apple relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Apple job vacancy trend in London

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Apple

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in London over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in London

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the London region over the 6 months to 27 October 2025. 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
Central London -14 8 £283 -15.36% 34
West London -1 3 £180 -25.00% 6
South London -5 1 £270 - 2
Apple
England

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (4.08%) Confluence
1 4 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.04%) CMS
3 2 (2.04%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (31.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Maya
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (43.88%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (10.20%) Azure
3 7 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.12%) Slack
5 4 (4.08%) Firebase
6 3 (3.06%) Apple Pay
6 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.04%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (1.02%) AWS
8 1 (1.02%) Bitrise
8 1 (1.02%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.02%) GCP
8 1 (1.02%) GitHub
8 1 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.02%) Google Pay
8 1 (1.02%) Google Play
8 1 (1.02%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.51%) Wireless
2 7 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.06%) DHCP
4 3 (3.06%) DNS
5 2 (2.04%) IP Telephony
5 2 (2.04%) LAN
5 2 (2.04%) Network Security
5 2 (2.04%) VPN
5 2 (2.04%) WAN
6 1 (1.02%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.02%) Internet
6 1 (1.02%) Intranet
6 1 (1.02%) IPv4
6 1 (1.02%) NAS
6 1 (1.02%) SAN
6 1 (1.02%) SSL
6 1 (1.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.04%) SQLite
2 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (9.18%) JIRA
2 6 (6.12%) Git
2 6 (6.12%) Xcode
3 4 (4.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.04%) CocoaPods
4 2 (2.04%) Crashlytics
4 2 (2.04%) fastlane
5 1 (1.02%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.02%) Appium
5 1 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.02%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (1.02%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.02%) Pa11y
5 1 (1.02%) Selenium
General
1 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.43%) Banking
3 15 (15.31%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.29%) Finance
5 10 (10.20%) Electronics
6 8 (8.16%) Marketing
7 7 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 7 (7.14%) Telecoms
8 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.08%) Retail
10 3 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Advertising
11 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.02%) Legal
11 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Publishing
11 1 (1.02%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (24.49%) Support Engineer
2 18 (18.37%) Mac Engineer
3 13 (13.27%) IT Support
4 11 (11.22%) Desktop Support
5 10 (10.20%) IT Engineer
5 10 (10.20%) Senior
6 9 (9.18%) Developer
6 9 (9.18%) iOS Developer
7 8 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (7.14%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 7 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (7.14%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 6 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) Administrator
10 5 (5.10%) Analyst
11 4 (4.08%) Senior iOS Developer
11 4 (4.08%) Senior Mac Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) Core Animation
1 4 (4.08%) Core Data
1 4 (4.08%) RESTful
1 4 (4.08%) SwiftUI
1 4 (4.08%) UIKit
2 3 (3.06%) AVFoundation
3 2 (2.04%) RxSwift
3 2 (2.04%) Universal Windows Platform
4 1 (1.02%) FHIR
4 1 (1.02%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.47%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.20%) Driving Licence
2 10 (10.20%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.10%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.06%) Animation
5 3 (3.06%) iPad
6 2 (2.04%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.04%) iPhone
7 1 (1.02%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.02%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.02%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.02%) Mobile Wallet
7 1 (1.02%) NHS
7 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (55.10%) Mac OS
2 34 (34.69%) Android
3 27 (27.55%) Windows
4 23 (23.47%) Apple iOS
5 15 (15.31%) Windows 10
6 4 (4.08%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.04%) Unix
8 1 (1.02%) tvOS
8 1 (1.02%) watchOS
8 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.53%) Customer Service
2 12 (12.24%) Mentoring
3 10 (10.20%) ITIL
4 9 (9.18%) CI/CD
4 9 (9.18%) iOS Development
5 8 (8.16%) Agile
5 8 (8.16%) ITSM
5 8 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.16%) Programme Management
5 8 (8.16%) User Experience
5 8 (8.16%) Zero Trust
6 7 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (6.12%) Break/Fix
7 6 (6.12%) Clean Code
7 6 (6.12%) MVVM
7 6 (6.12%) Project Delivery
8 5 (5.10%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.24%) Bash
2 8 (8.16%) Swift
3 5 (5.10%) Objective-C
4 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.04%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.04%) SQL
5 1 (1.02%) C
5 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 40 (40.82%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.27%) DV Cleared
4 9 (9.18%) Degree
5 4 (4.08%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.04%) MCSA
6 2 (2.04%) MCSE
6 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.04%) MOS
7 1 (1.02%) ACSP
7 1 (1.02%) ACTC
7 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.02%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.02%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.33%) SLA
2 5 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.02%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.02%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (24.49%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (11.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (8.16%) AirWatch
3 8 (8.16%) SCCM
4 3 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (28.57%) HP
1 28 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (27.55%) Dell
3 23 (23.47%) Cisco
4 10 (10.20%) Google
5 9 (9.18%) ServiceNow
6 7 (7.14%) SAP
7 4 (4.08%) Okta
7 4 (4.08%) Salesforce
8 3 (3.06%) Adobe
9 2 (2.04%) Altiris
9 2 (2.04%) Avaya
9 2 (2.04%) BMC
9 2 (2.04%) Citrix
9 2 (2.04%) Oracle
9 2 (2.04%) Polycom
9 2 (2.04%) VMware
9 2 (2.04%) Wyse
9 2 (2.04%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.02%) CrowdStrike