Apple Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Apple
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 36 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +37
Contract jobs citing Apple 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.15% 0.97% 0.61%
As % of the Vendors category 4.11% 2.60% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £180 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £175 - £200
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Vendors
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 73 77 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 28.08% 37.38% 51.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 62
10th Percentile £190 £155 £316
25th Percentile £340 £333 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -12.37% -5.83%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £600
90th Percentile £640 £738 £720
North East median daily rate £481 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.78% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £16.64 - £31.33
25th Percentile £17.88 - £31.44
Median hourly rate £19.25 - £32.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +130.36%
75th Percentile £30.69 - £33.31
90th Percentile £51.65 - £33.58
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -58.32% - +209.31%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Apple job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Apple

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 3 £175 - 1
Apple
North East

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP