Apple Contracts in the South East

Apple
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 147 152
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +74
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Apple 11 40 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.84% 1.00%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 1.72% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 40
10th Percentile £156 £183 £157
25th Percentile £200 £254 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £343 £240
Median % change year-on-year -37.23% +42.71% -6.16%
75th Percentile £238 £380 £286
90th Percentile £555 £473 £313
England median daily rate £275 £300 £250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £18.18 £17.58
25th Percentile - £22.61 -
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year - +65.93% +16.65%
75th Percentile - £34.00 -
90th Percentile - £36.40 £20.28
England median hourly rate £25.15 £18.27 £18.08
% change year-on-year +37.66% +1.05% +6.35%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,832 2,320 2,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.94% 48.63% 52.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 1,399 1,948
10th Percentile £205 £254 £205
25th Percentile £363 £403 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 133 130
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.25 £26.03 £18.08
Median hourly rate £19.00 £57.35 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year -66.87% +19.60% +139.75%
75th Percentile £40.65 £61.30 £62.88
90th Percentile £76.65 £70.00 £71.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.39 £40.00
% change year-on-year -14.41% -26.54% +77.78%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the South East

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apple

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in the South East over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the South East

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apple

Apple
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +13 7 £215 -28.45% 2
Hampshire +16 4 £213 -52.78% 13
Apple
England

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Google Workspace
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Android Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) IT Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Principal Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Developer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Material Design
1 3 (27.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 2 (18.18%) iPad
3 1 (9.09%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
2 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) Android
4 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (45.45%) User Experience
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Android Development
2 3 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (27.27%) Asynchronous Programming
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (27.27%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (27.27%) MVVM
2 3 (27.27%) UX Design
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) Kotlin
1 3 (27.27%) Objective-C
1 3 (27.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Dell
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Okta
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Meraki