Apple Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 22 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
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 251 307
Rank change year-on-year -12 +56 +16
Contract jobs citing Apple 118 110 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.64% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.51% 1.44% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 63 86
10th Percentile £151 £144 £131
25th Percentile £170 £214 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £211
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +54.21% +5.38%
75th Percentile £425 £421 £369
90th Percentile £500 £500 £459
UK median daily rate £285 £300 £270
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 6
10th Percentile £18.12 £13.41 £17.77
25th Percentile - £15.22 £18.49
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.14 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -12.00% +27.94%
75th Percentile £23.58 £24.18 £24.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £29.42 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £19.14 £24.00
% change year-on-year +31.40% -20.25% +41.18%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,821 7,636 9,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.25% 44.67% 46.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,887 4,398 6,324
10th Percentile £221 £220 £208
25th Percentile £363 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £654 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 464 524
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.04 £15.62 £17.74
Median hourly rate £21.30 £30.00 £42.15
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% -28.83% +98.49%
75th Percentile £34.99 £63.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £74.99
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -26.15% -25.86% +82.65%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Apple job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Apple
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple

Apple
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
North of England +16 58 £290 +8.41% 41
Yorkshire +16 39 £500 +73.91% 17
Wales - 18 £288 - 5
North West -8 13 £175 -29.29% 22
South East -23 13 £215 -36.30% 105
Midlands -41 13 £158 -61.11% 20
Scotland +2 9 £200 -44.44% 20
East Midlands -11 7 £158 -14.52% 10
North East -2 6 £175 - 4
West Midlands -36 6 £300 -32.89% 10
South West +14 5 £207 -63.69% 17
East of England -6 2 £314 -3.27% 19
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 53 (44.92%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 62 (52.54%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (26.27%) Entra ID
3 18 (15.25%) Azure
4 5 (4.24%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.54%) Slack
6 2 (1.69%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.69%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Firebase
7 1 (0.85%) GitHub
7 1 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.85%) Google Play
7 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (11.86%) Wireless
3 2 (1.69%) VoIP
3 2 (1.69%) VPN
3 2 (1.69%) WebEx
4 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.85%) Firewall
4 1 (0.85%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) CocoaPods
2 1 (0.85%) Gradle
2 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 62 (52.54%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Finance
3 20 (16.95%) Public Sector
4 15 (12.71%) Electronics
4 15 (12.71%) Manufacturing
4 15 (12.71%) Marketing
4 15 (12.71%) Telecoms
5 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (7.63%) Retail
8 5 (4.24%) Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Legal
9 2 (1.69%) Local Government
10 1 (0.85%) Automotive
10 1 (0.85%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.85%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.85%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 31 (26.27%) IT Support
2 21 (17.80%) Support Manager
3 20 (16.95%) Support Engineer
4 19 (16.10%) 2nd Line Support
4 19 (16.10%) Analyst
5 18 (15.25%) Desktop Support
6 17 (14.41%) Support Analyst
7 16 (13.56%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 14 (11.86%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 9 (7.63%) Mac Engineer
10 8 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (6.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (6.78%) IT Engineer
10 8 (6.78%) IT Manager
10 8 (6.78%) IT Support Manager
11 6 (5.08%) 1st Line Support Manager
11 6 (5.08%) Senior
11 6 (5.08%) Technical Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Technical Support
11 6 (5.08%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) Material Design
1 3 (2.54%) RESTful
2 2 (1.69%) CSS
2 2 (1.69%) HTML
2 2 (1.69%) XMPP
3 1 (0.85%) .NET
3 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.85%) Jest
3 1 (0.85%) React
3 1 (0.85%) React Native
3 1 (0.85%) Redux
3 1 (0.85%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.85%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.86%) Data Centre
1 14 (11.86%) iPhone
2 11 (9.32%) Smartphone
3 8 (6.78%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.69%) iPad
4 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.85%) CMDB
5 1 (0.85%) FMCG
5 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.85%) Spread Betting
5 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (47.46%) Mac OS
2 54 (45.76%) Windows
3 24 (20.34%) Android
4 20 (16.95%) Apple iOS
5 13 (11.02%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.54%) Linux
6 3 (2.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.27%) Mobile Device Management
2 25 (21.19%) Customer Service
3 19 (16.10%) ITIL
4 17 (14.41%) Incident Management
4 17 (14.41%) Programme Management
5 15 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (12.71%) Digital Marketing
5 15 (12.71%) Service Management
6 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (11.02%) ITSM
7 13 (11.02%) Service Delivery
8 10 (8.47%) User Experience
9 8 (6.78%) Security Patching
10 5 (4.24%) Coaching
10 5 (4.24%) Computer Science
10 5 (4.24%) Customer Experience
10 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (4.24%) Inventory Management
10 5 (4.24%) IT Strategy
10 5 (4.24%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.93%) Python
2 5 (4.24%) Bash
3 4 (3.39%) Java
3 4 (3.39%) Kotlin
3 4 (3.39%) Objective-C
3 4 (3.39%) Swift
4 3 (2.54%) VBA
5 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.41%) ACSP
2 17 (14.41%) ACTC
2 17 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.85%) HND
6 1 (0.85%) MCSE
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.54%) SLA
2 2 (1.69%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 50 (42.37%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.93%) Firmware
3 6 (5.08%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 40 (33.90%) Jamf Pro
2 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (13.56%) SCCM
3 5 (4.24%) Terraform
4 3 (2.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 74 (62.71%) Microsoft
2 31 (26.27%) HP
3 30 (25.42%) ServiceNow
4 19 (16.10%) Cisco
5 16 (13.56%) Dell
5 16 (13.56%) SAP
6 14 (11.86%) MobileIron
7 6 (5.08%) Google
7 6 (5.08%) McAfee
8 5 (4.24%) Okta
9 4 (3.39%) Citrix
10 2 (1.69%) BMC
11 1 (0.85%) Adobe
11 1 (0.85%) Meraki
11 1 (0.85%) Oracle
11 1 (0.85%) Planview
11 1 (0.85%) Samsung
11 1 (0.85%) SOTI
11 1 (0.85%) Telerik
11 1 (0.85%) Zscaler