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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 257 266
Rank change year-on-year -34 +9 +115
Contract jobs citing Apple 90 98 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.61% 0.72% 0.69%
As % of the Vendors category 1.33% 1.63% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 54 80
10th Percentile £154 £142 £185
25th Percentile £190 £164 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £261 £250
Median % change year-on-year +33.97% +4.50% -10.71%
75th Percentile £531 £429 £379
90th Percentile £593 £578 £465
England median daily rate £250 £338 £238
% change year-on-year -25.93% +42.11% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 8
10th Percentile £19.26 - £13.69
25th Percentile £21.46 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £15.37
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +60.49% -14.64%
75th Percentile - - £20.45
90th Percentile - - £25.68
England median hourly rate £20.09 £24.18 £18.14
% change year-on-year -16.91% +33.30% +3.30%

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 6,750 6,027 7,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.04% 44.08% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,433 3,701 5,159
10th Percentile £340 £313 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 70 154
10th Percentile £17.93 £22.19 £13.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £24.26 £17.20
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +21.24% +13.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £60.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

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 2 February 2026.

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 2 February 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
Central London -14 10 £500 +33.33% 20
West London -16 7 £180 -25.00% 4
East London 0 2 £200 - 3
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 5 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.22%) CMS
3 2 (2.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (24.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.11%) Maya
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (48.89%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (15.56%) Azure
3 11 (12.22%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.33%) Firebase
4 3 (3.33%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.22%) Apple Pay
5 2 (2.22%) AWS
5 2 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.11%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.11%) Bitrise
6 1 (1.11%) Figma
6 1 (1.11%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) GitHub
6 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.11%) Google Pay
6 1 (1.11%) SaaS
6 1 (1.11%) Slack
6 1 (1.11%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 27 (30.00%) Wireless
2 7 (7.78%) DHCP
2 7 (7.78%) DNS
3 4 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.33%) Network Security
4 3 (3.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.22%) VPN
6 1 (1.11%) Internet
6 1 (1.11%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.11%) IPv4
6 1 (1.11%) LAN
6 1 (1.11%) NAS
6 1 (1.11%) SAN
6 1 (1.11%) SSL
6 1 (1.11%) VLAN
6 1 (1.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) Redis
1 2 (2.22%) SQLite
2 1 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Git
2 4 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.44%) JIRA
2 4 (4.44%) Xcode
3 2 (2.22%) CocoaPods
3 2 (2.22%) Crashlytics
3 2 (2.22%) fastlane
4 1 (1.11%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.11%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (1.11%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.11%) Pa11y
4 1 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.56%) Banking
3 16 (17.78%) Finance
3 16 (17.78%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.00%) Marketing
5 7 (7.78%) Electronics
5 7 (7.78%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.78%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.56%) Publishing
7 5 (5.56%) Retail
8 2 (2.22%) Legal
9 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.11%) Military
9 1 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 18 (20.00%) IT Support
3 15 (16.67%) Senior
4 12 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (13.33%) Desktop Support
5 10 (11.11%) Mac Engineer
6 9 (10.00%) Analyst
6 9 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (7.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 7 (7.78%) Developer
8 7 (7.78%) iOS Developer
8 7 (7.78%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (7.78%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 6 (6.67%) Field Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Field Support Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) IT Analyst
9 6 (6.67%) Support Analyst
10 5 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.56%) RESTful
2 4 (4.44%) OAuth
2 4 (4.44%) OAuth2
2 4 (4.44%) React Native
3 3 (3.33%) Core Animation
3 3 (3.33%) Core Data
3 3 (3.33%) React
3 3 (3.33%) SwiftUI
3 3 (3.33%) UIKit
4 2 (2.22%) AVFoundation
4 2 (2.22%) Kafka
4 2 (2.22%) Loki
4 2 (2.22%) REST
4 2 (2.22%) RxSwift
4 2 (2.22%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (2.22%) WebSockets
5 1 (1.11%) FHIR
5 1 (1.11%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.11%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.89%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.89%) Mobile App
2 8 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.44%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (4.44%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.44%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.33%) Animation
4 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.22%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.22%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.22%) Derivative
5 2 (2.22%) Energy Derivatives
5 2 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.11%) Digital Wallet
6 1 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (47.78%) Android
2 40 (44.44%) Mac OS
3 29 (32.22%) Apple iOS
3 29 (32.22%) Windows
4 20 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.22%) Unix
5 2 (2.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.11%) Linux
6 1 (1.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.89%) Customer Service
2 13 (14.44%) Mentoring
3 12 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.22%) CI/CD
5 10 (11.11%) ITSM
5 10 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 9 (10.00%) Coaching
6 9 (10.00%) User Experience
7 8 (8.89%) Break/Fix
7 8 (8.89%) iOS Development
7 8 (8.89%) Zero Trust
8 7 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (7.78%) Digital Marketing
8 7 (7.78%) ITIL
8 7 (7.78%) Migration
8 7 (7.78%) Programme Management
8 7 (7.78%) Service Delivery
8 7 (7.78%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (6.67%) Agile
9 6 (6.67%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.78%) Bash
1 7 (7.78%) Swift
2 4 (4.44%) Objective-C
2 4 (4.44%) Python
3 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.22%) Rust
4 2 (2.22%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.22%) SQL
4 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (37.78%) SC Cleared
1 34 (37.78%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (2.22%) ACSP
4 2 (2.22%) ACTC
4 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) SLA
2 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.33%) QA
4 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.11%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (1.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (14.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.11%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.11%) vSphere
2 1 (1.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (17.78%) Jamf Pro
2 15 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (12.22%) SCCM
4 3 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.22%) Grafana
5 2 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.22%) Terraform
6 1 (1.11%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 29 (32.22%) Microsoft
2 28 (31.11%) Dell
2 28 (31.11%) HP
3 25 (27.78%) Cisco
4 17 (18.89%) Google
4 17 (18.89%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.78%) SAP
6 5 (5.56%) Remedy
7 4 (4.44%) Adobe
8 3 (3.33%) Okta
9 2 (2.22%) Oracle
9 2 (2.22%) VMware
9 2 (2.22%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.11%) Bloomberg
10 1 (1.11%) BMC
10 1 (1.11%) Bomgar
10 1 (1.11%) Citrix
10 1 (1.11%) Isilon
10 1 (1.11%) MobileIron
10 1 (1.11%) Reuters