Apple Contracts in Northern Ireland

Apple
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Apple 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.14% 4.08% -
As % of the Vendors category 7.25% 9.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £151 £188 -
25th Percentile £153 £191 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £165 £206 -
90th Percentile - £209 -
UK median daily rate £350 £253 £240
% change year-on-year +38.61% +5.21% -9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £12.25 -
UK median hourly rate £18.36 £17.72 £18.04
% change year-on-year +3.60% -1.77% +11.95%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 69 64 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 43.40% 43.54% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 27 28
10th Percentile £154 £200 £155
25th Percentile £292 £475 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +46.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £522 £635 £539
90th Percentile £583 £665 £588
UK median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £12.66 - £13.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.25 £13.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +35.48% +11.59%
75th Percentile £24.18 £23.54 £17.13
90th Percentile £29.81 £31.88 £18.43
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £22.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% -49.43% +105.65%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in Northern Ireland

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Apple in Northern Ireland

Apple
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 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
County Antrim -9 5 £160 -20.00%
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Support
2 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (20.00%) iPhone
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) HP