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 11 January 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 262 281
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +103
Contract jobs citing Apple 94 94 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.67% 0.67% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 1.43% 1.53% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 59 80
10th Percentile £154 £150 £185
25th Percentile £190 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £300 £250
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £435 £438
90th Percentile £589 £565 £503
England median daily rate £275 £346 £240
% change year-on-year -20.58% +44.27% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 3
10th Percentile £19.85 - £20.14
25th Percentile £21.46 - £21.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -1.36% +32.07%
75th Percentile - - £26.13
90th Percentile - - £26.80
England median hourly rate £21.86 £23.14 £24.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.60% +36.67%

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 6,554 6,163 7,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.46% 43.89% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,284 3,821 5,012
10th Percentile £350 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £641 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 68 116
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.86 £14.99
25th Percentile £21.23 £23.80 £20.94
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.42 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.26% -5.50% +33.00%
75th Percentile £41.85 £62.06 £53.31
90th Percentile £67.70 £84.28 £86.38
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -20.58% -31.63% +46.27%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -18 9 £450 +48.76% 16
West London -10 7 £180 -25.00% 3
East London - 2 £200 - 4
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 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.13%) CMS
3 2 (2.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (26.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.06%) Maya
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (15.96%) Azure
3 12 (12.77%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.19%) Apple Pay
4 3 (3.19%) Firebase
4 3 (3.19%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.19%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.13%) AWS
5 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.06%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.06%) Bitrise
6 1 (1.06%) Figma
6 1 (1.06%) GCP
6 1 (1.06%) GitHub
6 1 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.06%) Google Pay
6 1 (1.06%) Google Play
6 1 (1.06%) SaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 30 (31.91%) Wireless
2 6 (6.38%) DHCP
2 6 (6.38%) DNS
3 3 (3.19%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.13%) Network Security
4 2 (2.13%) VPN
5 1 (1.06%) IPv4
5 1 (1.06%) LAN
5 1 (1.06%) NAS
5 1 (1.06%) SAN
5 1 (1.06%) SSL
5 1 (1.06%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) Redis
1 2 (2.13%) SQLite
2 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Git
2 5 (5.32%) JIRA
2 5 (5.32%) Xcode
3 4 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.13%) CocoaPods
4 2 (2.13%) Crashlytics
4 2 (2.13%) fastlane
5 1 (1.06%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.06%) Appium
5 1 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.06%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (1.06%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.06%) Pa11y
5 1 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 26 (27.66%) Banking
1 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.09%) Finance
3 16 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.51%) Marketing
5 7 (7.45%) Electronics
5 7 (7.45%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.45%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Publishing
7 3 (3.19%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.06%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Military
8 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (25.53%) Support Engineer
2 18 (19.15%) IT Support
3 14 (14.89%) Senior
4 12 (12.77%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (12.77%) Desktop Support
4 12 (12.77%) Mac Engineer
5 9 (9.57%) Analyst
5 9 (9.57%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.51%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (7.45%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 7 (7.45%) Developer
7 7 (7.45%) iOS Developer
7 7 (7.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 6 (6.38%) Field Engineer
8 6 (6.38%) Field Support Engineer
8 6 (6.38%) IT Analyst
8 6 (6.38%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 4 (4.26%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) RESTful
2 3 (3.19%) Core Animation
2 3 (3.19%) Core Data
2 3 (3.19%) OAuth
2 3 (3.19%) OAuth2
2 3 (3.19%) React
2 3 (3.19%) React Native
2 3 (3.19%) SwiftUI
2 3 (3.19%) UIKit
3 2 (2.13%) AVFoundation
3 2 (2.13%) Kafka
3 2 (2.13%) Loki
3 2 (2.13%) REST
3 2 (2.13%) RxSwift
3 2 (2.13%) Universal Windows Platform
3 2 (2.13%) WebSockets
4 1 (1.06%) FHIR
4 1 (1.06%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.34%) Data Centre
2 11 (11.70%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.57%) Mobile App
4 8 (8.51%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.26%) Smartphone
6 3 (3.19%) Animation
6 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.19%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.13%) Derivative
7 2 (2.13%) Energy Derivatives
7 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.06%) iPad
8 1 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (50.00%) Android
1 47 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 31 (32.98%) Windows
3 29 (30.85%) Apple iOS
4 20 (21.28%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.13%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.13%) Unix
5 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.28%) Customer Service
2 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (13.83%) Mentoring
4 11 (11.70%) CI/CD
4 11 (11.70%) ITSM
5 10 (10.64%) User Experience
6 9 (9.57%) Coaching
6 9 (9.57%) Test Automation
7 8 (8.51%) Break/Fix
7 8 (8.51%) Zero Trust
8 7 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (7.45%) Digital Marketing
8 7 (7.45%) iOS Development
8 7 (7.45%) ITIL
8 7 (7.45%) Migration
8 7 (7.45%) Programme Management
8 7 (7.45%) Service Delivery
8 7 (7.45%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (6.38%) Agile
9 6 (6.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.45%) Bash
1 7 (7.45%) Swift
2 4 (4.26%) Objective-C
3 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.19%) Python
4 2 (2.13%) Rust
4 2 (2.13%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.13%) SQL
4 2 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (42.55%) SC Cleared
1 40 (42.55%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.83%) DV Cleared
3 6 (6.38%) A+ Certification
4 5 (5.32%) Degree
5 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.06%) ACSP
6 1 (1.06%) ACTC
6 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.06%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.06%) MCP
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.57%) SLA
2 5 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.26%) QA
4 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.06%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (1.06%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (15.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (21.28%) Jamf Pro
2 16 (17.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (11.70%) SCCM
4 4 (4.26%) AirWatch
5 3 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.13%) Grafana
6 2 (2.13%) Prometheus
6 2 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 31 (32.98%) HP
3 30 (31.91%) Dell
4 27 (28.72%) Cisco
5 17 (18.09%) ServiceNow
6 16 (17.02%) Google
7 7 (7.45%) SAP
8 5 (5.32%) Remedy
9 3 (3.19%) Adobe
9 3 (3.19%) Okta
10 2 (2.13%) Altiris
10 2 (2.13%) BMC
10 2 (2.13%) Oracle
10 2 (2.13%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.06%) Bomgar
11 1 (1.06%) Isilon
11 1 (1.06%) MobileIron
11 1 (1.06%) QNAP
11 1 (1.06%) Rapid7
11 1 (1.06%) VMware