Apple Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 October 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
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 97 137
Rank change year-on-year -12 +40 +23
Contract jobs citing Apple 1 28 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.058% 1.30% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% 2.64% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 4
10th Percentile - £175 -
25th Percentile - £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £338 £213
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +58.82% +32.40%
75th Percentile - £384 £238
90th Percentile - £410 -
South East median daily rate £215 £340 £225
% change year-on-year -36.76% +51.11% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £18.18 -
25th Percentile - £22.61 £17.25
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +53.85% +25.81%
75th Percentile - £34.00 £21.75
90th Percentile - £36.40 -
South East median hourly rate - £30.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +53.85% +25.81%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 982 1,062 1,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 57.39% 49.35% 51.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 625 921
10th Percentile £252 £263 £213
25th Percentile £393 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.89% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 40 49
10th Percentile £14.18 £15.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £22.19 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.25 £57.40 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -57.75% +5.20% +245.32%
75th Percentile £36.89 £61.60 £66.44
90th Percentile £65.70 £68.24 £75.42
South East median hourly rate £20.38 £57.65 £51.96
% change year-on-year -64.66% +10.95% +136.18%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Apple job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Buckinghamshire -18 1 £250 -30.80% 4
Apple
South East

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Planview
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow