Apple Contracts in the North West

Apple
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Apple over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 140 130
Rank change year-on-year +24 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing Apple 18 18 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.65% 0.56% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 1.63% 1.40% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 30
10th Percentile £122 £150 £164
25th Percentile £210 £196 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 £228 £419
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -45.67% +139.29%
75th Percentile £850 £319 £459
90th Percentile - £412 £539
England median daily rate £255 £235 £263
% change year-on-year +8.40% -10.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £16.69 - £11.84
25th Percentile £17.26 - £12.57
Median hourly rate £17.72 - £13.79
75th Percentile - - £15.01
90th Percentile £17.74 - £15.74
England median hourly rate £17.72 £18.08 £16.12
% change year-on-year -1.99% +12.19% -10.47%

All Vendors
North West

Apple is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,106 1,284 1,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 39.83% 40.21% 35.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 861 986
10th Percentile £270 £288 £186
25th Percentile £394 £388 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +6.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 57 96
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.41 £10.14
25th Percentile £12.00 £22.41 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% +97.73% -26.34%
75th Percentile £26.39 £49.40 £42.20
90th Percentile £46.18 £54.57 £57.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.58 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +88.45% -1.18%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the North West

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Apple in the North West

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the North West

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Apple in the North West

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Cheshire +10 9 £122 -46.37% 8
Manchester +13 8 £850 +203.57% 11
Merseyside +14 1 £248 +30.26% 2
Apple
England

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
1 8 (44.44%) VPN
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
2 3 (16.67%) VLAN
2 3 (16.67%) VoIP
2 3 (16.67%) WAN
2 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Legal
4 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (38.89%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 7 (38.89%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Lead
3 5 (27.78%) Lead Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Leader
4 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support
6 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (11.11%) Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
1 5 (27.78%) Public Cloud
2 3 (16.67%) Clustering
2 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) Apple iOS
3 12 (66.67%) Windows 10
4 11 (61.11%) Mac OS
5 8 (44.44%) Windows Server
6 5 (27.78%) Android
7 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 8 (44.44%) Asset Management
2 8 (44.44%) Software Deployment
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 6 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 6 (33.33%) Service Management
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) Microservices
4 5 (27.78%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (27.78%) Product Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
4 5 (27.78%) Security Architecture
4 5 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (27.78%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) User Experience
4 5 (27.78%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) MCP
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (72.22%) SCCM
2 9 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (16.67%) Autotask
3 3 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) ServiceNow
3 5 (27.78%) Google
4 3 (16.67%) Datto
4 3 (16.67%) VMware