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 20 November 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
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 274 300
Rank change year-on-year -7 +26 +83
Contract jobs citing Apple 107 103 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 0.66% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 1.63% 1.50% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 62 75
10th Percentile £154 £150 £140
25th Percentile £181 £203 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £290 £275
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £423 £444
90th Percentile £556 £573 £580
England median daily rate £279 £338 £250
% change year-on-year -17.41% +35.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 0 3
10th Percentile £20.95 - £20.14
25th Percentile - - £21.97
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 6,551 6,864 8,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.34% 43.65% 41.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,233 4,319 5,657
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £641 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £749 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 65 116
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -7.41% +57.53%
75th Percentile £39.25 £65.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £63.30 £97.00 £84.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.16% -21.79% +72.12%

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -7 10 £285 -18.57% 31
West London -11 3 £180 -25.00% 5
South London -7 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 (3.74%) Confluence
1 4 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.87%) CMS
3 2 (1.87%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (32.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.93%) Maya
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (47.66%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.28%) Azure
3 8 (7.48%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.67%) Slack
5 4 (3.74%) Apple Pay
5 4 (3.74%) Firebase
6 3 (2.80%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.87%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.93%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.93%) AWS
8 1 (0.93%) Bitrise
8 1 (0.93%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.93%) Figma
8 1 (0.93%) GCP
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.93%) Google Play
8 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.93%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 33 (30.84%) Wireless
2 6 (5.61%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.80%) DHCP
4 3 (2.80%) DNS
5 2 (1.87%) IP Telephony
5 2 (1.87%) LAN
5 2 (1.87%) Network Security
5 2 (1.87%) VPN
5 2 (1.87%) WAN
6 1 (0.93%) Internet
6 1 (0.93%) Intranet
6 1 (0.93%) IPv4
6 1 (0.93%) NAS
6 1 (0.93%) SAN
6 1 (0.93%) SSL
6 1 (0.93%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) SQLite
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) JIRA
2 6 (5.61%) Git
2 6 (5.61%) Xcode
3 4 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.87%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.87%) Crashlytics
4 2 (1.87%) fastlane
5 1 (0.93%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.93%) Appium
5 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.93%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.93%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.93%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 30 (28.04%) Banking
2 29 (27.10%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.89%) Finance
4 16 (14.95%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.35%) Electronics
6 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.54%) Marketing
6 7 (6.54%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.74%) Retail
9 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.93%) Legal
11 1 (0.93%) Military
11 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.93%) Publishing
11 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (27.10%) Support Engineer
2 17 (15.89%) Mac Engineer
3 16 (14.95%) IT Support
4 14 (13.08%) IT Engineer
5 12 (11.21%) Desktop Support
6 11 (10.28%) Senior
7 9 (8.41%) Developer
7 9 (8.41%) iOS Developer
7 9 (8.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (7.48%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (5.61%) Field Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Administrator
11 5 (4.67%) Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) Deployment Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) Core Animation
1 4 (3.74%) Core Data
1 4 (3.74%) RESTful
1 4 (3.74%) SwiftUI
1 4 (3.74%) UIKit
2 3 (2.80%) AVFoundation
3 2 (1.87%) RxSwift
3 2 (1.87%) Universal Windows Platform
4 1 (0.93%) FHIR
4 1 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 28 (26.17%) Data Centre
2 14 (13.08%) Driving Licence
3 10 (9.35%) Mobile App
4 6 (5.61%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.80%) Animation
7 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.87%) iPhone
7 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.93%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.93%) Digital Wallet
8 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.93%) iPad
8 1 (0.93%) Mobile Wallet
8 1 (0.93%) NHS
8 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 61 (57.01%) Mac OS
2 45 (42.06%) Android
3 33 (30.84%) Windows
4 23 (21.50%) Apple iOS
5 20 (18.69%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.74%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.87%) Unix
7 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.93%) tvOS
8 1 (0.93%) watchOS
8 1 (0.93%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.17%) Customer Service
2 13 (12.15%) Mentoring
3 11 (10.28%) ITSM
4 10 (9.35%) Break/Fix
5 9 (8.41%) CI/CD
5 9 (8.41%) iOS Development
5 9 (8.41%) ITIL
6 8 (7.48%) Agile
6 8 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.48%) Programme Management
6 8 (7.48%) User Experience
6 8 (7.48%) Zero Trust
7 7 (6.54%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (6.54%) Coaching
7 7 (6.54%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (6.54%) Roadmaps
7 7 (6.54%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (5.61%) Clean Code
8 6 (5.61%) MVVM
8 6 (5.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.21%) Bash
2 8 (7.48%) Swift
3 5 (4.67%) Objective-C
4 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.87%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.87%) SQL
6 1 (0.93%) C
6 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (46.73%) Security Cleared
2 48 (44.86%) SC Cleared
3 18 (16.82%) DV Cleared
4 8 (7.48%) Degree
5 4 (3.74%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.87%) MCSA
7 2 (1.87%) MCSE
7 2 (1.87%) MOS
8 1 (0.93%) ACSP
8 1 (0.93%) ACTC
8 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.93%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) SLA
2 5 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (13.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.93%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.93%) Firmware
3 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (24.30%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (11.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (11.21%) SCCM
3 9 (8.41%) AirWatch
4 3 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (34.58%) HP
2 36 (33.64%) Dell
3 32 (29.91%) Cisco
4 31 (28.97%) Microsoft
5 10 (9.35%) Google
5 10 (9.35%) ServiceNow
6 7 (6.54%) SAP
7 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.80%) Adobe
8 3 (2.80%) Okta
8 3 (2.80%) Remedy
9 2 (1.87%) Altiris
9 2 (1.87%) Avaya
9 2 (1.87%) BMC
9 2 (1.87%) Citrix
9 2 (1.87%) Oracle
9 2 (1.87%) Polycom
9 2 (1.87%) VMware
9 2 (1.87%) Wyse
9 2 (1.87%) Zscaler