Apple Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Apple
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 November 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
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 107 121
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +30
Contract jobs citing Apple 8 7 22
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.50% 0.40% 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 1.13% 1.06% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 20
10th Percentile £154 £229 £131
25th Percentile £175 £310 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £493 £398
Median % change year-on-year -59.39% +23.90% +183.93%
75th Percentile £225 £638 £449
90th Percentile £300 - £461
UK median daily rate £285 £343 £270
% change year-on-year -16.79% +26.85% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.21 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year +55.34% -32.54% +41.18%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 705 663 992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 43.84% 37.99% 41.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 364 599
10th Percentile £221 £168 £200
25th Percentile £375 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 42 33
10th Percentile £17.17 £13.78 £12.20
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.77 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.96% +19.46% +10.05%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £28.32 £74.70
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +73.08%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Apple job vacancy trend in Scotland

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Apple

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in Scotland

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
Edinburgh +5 5 £200 - 7
Glasgow -3 2 £200 -68.00% 2
West Lothian - 1 £135 -
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (12.50%) Google Play
2 1 (12.50%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CocoaPods
1 1 (12.50%) Gradle
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) IT Support
2 3 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Support Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Field Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Mac Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Android Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (12.50%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (12.50%) iOS Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Mobile Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Mac Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Mac Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Jest
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) React Native
1 1 (12.50%) Redux
1 1 (12.50%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
1 3 (37.50%) Mac OS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (12.50%) Android Development
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) iOS Development
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Development
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
1 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) Swift
1 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft