Apple Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Apple
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 14 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
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 83 95
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +31
Contract jobs citing Apple 8 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.79% 0.17% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 1.63% 0.41% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile £145 - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.43%
75th Percentile £180 - £281
90th Percentile - - £600
North West median daily rate £175 £248 £210
% change year-on-year -29.29% +17.86% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 £15.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% - -
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £23.14 -
% change year-on-year -18.44% - -

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 490 486 665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 48.28% 41.36% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 272 476
10th Percentile £305 £363 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £495 £478
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.66% -2.55%
75th Percentile £604 £575 £582
90th Percentile £725 £675 £688
North West median daily rate £471 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 27
10th Percentile £13.36 £15.89 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.63 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.32 £31.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +79.18% -56.78%
75th Percentile £31.40 £41.56 £42.50
90th Percentile £32.78 £64.13 £50.13
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% +1.03% +45.92%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Apple job vacancy trend in Manchester

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Apple

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Apple

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Italian Language
2 1 (12.50%) Polish Language
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (50.00%) IT Support
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Android
2 4 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Dell
2 4 (50.00%) HP
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) BMC
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Zscaler