Apple Contracts in the Midlands

Apple
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 113 149
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 +27
Contract jobs citing Apple 13 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.73% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.51% 1.69% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 9
10th Percentile £178 £117 £135
25th Percentile - £120 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £130 £165
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% -21.21% -4.35%
75th Percentile £383 £210 £195
90th Percentile £448 £309 £202
England median daily rate £350 £255 £235
% change year-on-year +37.25% +8.40% -10.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.80
25th Percentile £13.75 - £17.92
Median hourly rate £14.50 - £18.75
75th Percentile £15.25 - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.51 £17.72 £18.08
% change year-on-year +15.72% -1.99% +12.19%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 862 1,185 1,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.04% 42.98% 50.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 750 1,154
10th Percentile £200 £212 £209
25th Percentile £326 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £661 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 78 58
10th Percentile £13.25 £10.92 £13.13
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.13 £15.61 £20.20
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -22.75% +18.82%
75th Percentile £23.00 £26.50 £37.69
90th Percentile £31.33 £47.42 £65.30
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the Midlands

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Apple in the Midlands

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the Midlands

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Apple in the Midlands

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East Midlands +4 8 £250 +100.00% 14
West Midlands +13 5 £280 +40.00% 14
Apple
England

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (7.69%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) OneDrive
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) VPN
2 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
2 3 (23.08%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Android
3 4 (30.77%) Mac OS
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (30.77%) Operations Management
3 4 (30.77%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Fintech
5 1 (7.69%) Logistics
5 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) Bash
2 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) MCSE
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) ACSP
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) BitLocker
2 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Quark