Apple Contract Job Trends

Apple
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 September 2026, 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 343 350
Rank change year-on-year -137 +7 +37
Contract jobs citing Apple 186 221 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.68% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 0.82% 1.43% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 150 127
10th Percentile £160 £150 £140
25th Percentile £200 £190 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £279 £315
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -11.51% +16.67%
75th Percentile £476 £497 £438
90th Percentile £575 £551 £585
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £250 £353
% change year-on-year +50.00% -29.08% +59.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.59 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.67 £18.78 £15.42
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +37.66% -1.56%
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £26.10 - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £18.36 £18.27
% change year-on-year +14.39% +0.48% -1.56%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,611 15,412 16,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.77% 47.15% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,874 9,444 10,224
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,249 781 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.54 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.00 £25.15 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -18.33% -28.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.21 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.01 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +24.48% -30.00% -25.00%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Apple job vacancy trend in the UK

Apple
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Apple
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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
England -138 164 £275 -1.79% 354
London -64 91 £226 -19.46% 237
UK excluding London -152 81 £375 +50.00% 134
Work from Home -82 28 £413 -17.50% 274
North of England -123 22 £450 +12.50% 25
Midlands -39 18 £200 -20.00% 23
South West -37 17 £388 +87.65% 17
Yorkshire -79 13 £510 +27.50% 5
South East -56 11 £481 +123.84% 43
East Midlands -11 10 £275 +10.00% 15
Scotland -22 10 £275 +37.50% 5
West Midlands -43 8 £148 -60.53% 8
North West -55 5 £368 +157.44% 18
North East -38 4 £450 +63.64% 2
East of England -37 3 £500 -5.66% 22
Northern Ireland +4 1 £175 - 1

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 30 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.15%) CMS
4 3 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.54%) nginx
5 1 (0.54%) Traefik
5 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (15.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.08%) Steinberg Cubase
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.54%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Actimize
1 1 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (0.54%) Monis
1 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.54%) Shopify
1 1 (0.54%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 69 (37.10%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (28.49%) Entra ID
3 43 (23.12%) Azure
4 11 (5.91%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.76%) AWS
6 6 (3.23%) Apple Pay
6 6 (3.23%) Google Pay
7 5 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.69%) Firebase
7 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.15%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.15%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.15%) SaaS
9 3 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon Bedrock
11 1 (0.54%) Google Gemini
11 1 (0.54%) Serverless
11 1 (0.54%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.60%) VPN
2 12 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (4.84%) WAN
4 8 (4.30%) Skype
4 8 (4.30%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.76%) Internet
5 7 (3.76%) LAN
6 6 (3.23%) Wireless
7 4 (2.15%) DNS
7 4 (2.15%) Firewall
8 3 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (1.61%) DHCP
8 3 (1.61%) Network Security
9 2 (1.08%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.54%) BGP
10 1 (0.54%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.54%) OSPF
10 1 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 6 (3.23%) Xcode
2 5 (2.69%) fastlane
3 2 (1.08%) JIRA
4 1 (0.54%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.54%) CocoaPods
4 1 (0.54%) Git
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) XCTest
4 1 (0.54%) XCUITest
General
1 62 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.90%) Finance
4 13 (6.99%) Retail
5 10 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.76%) Banking
8 6 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.15%) Electronics
9 4 (2.15%) Health Technology
9 4 (2.15%) Legal
9 4 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.15%) Marketing
9 4 (2.15%) Publishing
10 3 (1.61%) Advertising
10 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.08%) Billing
11 2 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (22.58%) Support Engineer
2 39 (20.97%) IT Support
3 35 (18.82%) IT Engineer
4 27 (14.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Desktop Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Developer
5 13 (6.99%) Mac Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Senior
6 12 (6.45%) Analyst
6 12 (6.45%) Support Specialist
7 11 (5.91%) Desktop Support
8 10 (5.38%) Architect
8 10 (5.38%) iOS Developer
9 8 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (4.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 8 (4.30%) Mobile Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) Help Desk Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) Lead
11 5 (2.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.76%) RESTful
2 6 (3.23%) SwiftUI
2 6 (3.23%) UIKit
3 5 (2.69%) Core Data
3 5 (2.69%) CSS
3 5 (2.69%) HTML
3 5 (2.69%) iOS SDK
3 5 (2.69%) Terraform
4 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.61%) React
4 3 (1.61%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.08%) CSS3
5 2 (1.08%) HTML5
5 2 (1.08%) JSON
5 2 (1.08%) JWT
5 2 (1.08%) OAuth
6 1 (0.54%) Middleware
6 1 (0.54%) OpenID
6 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.83%) Mobile App
2 21 (11.29%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.45%) Virtual Team
4 11 (5.91%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (5.38%) iPad
5 10 (5.38%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.84%) iPhone
7 7 (3.76%) Augmented Reality
7 7 (3.76%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.76%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.15%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.15%) PKI
10 3 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.61%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.61%) Replication
10 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 110 (59.14%) Windows
2 70 (37.63%) Mac OS
3 54 (29.03%) Apple iOS
4 46 (24.73%) Android
4 46 (24.73%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.76%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.15%) Linux
7 3 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.61%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.08%) CentOS
8 2 (1.08%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (27.96%) Customer Service
3 28 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (13.44%) ITIL
5 23 (12.37%) Customer Experience
5 23 (12.37%) Mobile Device Management
6 22 (11.83%) Agile
6 22 (11.83%) ITSM
7 21 (11.29%) Service Management
8 20 (10.75%) User Experience
9 19 (10.22%) Asset Management
9 19 (10.22%) DevOps
10 16 (8.60%) AI
11 15 (8.06%) Information Security
12 14 (7.53%) Change Management
12 14 (7.53%) Time Management
13 13 (6.99%) Identity Management
13 13 (6.99%) Inventory Management
14 12 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.06%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.91%) Swift
3 8 (4.30%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.30%) Python
4 7 (3.76%) Bash
5 5 (2.69%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.54%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) Korn
6 1 (0.54%) PHP
6 1 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (18.28%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.83%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.75%) Degree
4 13 (6.99%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.69%) ACSP
7 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.69%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.54%) ACTC
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.54%) CCSP
10 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.54%) CISSP
10 1 (0.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.75%) SLA
2 11 (5.91%) QA
3 6 (3.23%) NCSC
4 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.69%) WCAG
5 4 (2.15%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.61%) GDPR
7 2 (1.08%) PSD2
8 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 65 (34.95%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.61%) Firmware
4 2 (1.08%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.08%) zsh
5 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (19.35%) Jamf Pro
3 16 (8.60%) SCCM
4 4 (2.15%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.61%) WSUS
6 2 (1.08%) Grafana
6 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) Ansible
7 1 (0.54%) Consul
7 1 (0.54%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.54%) Istio
7 1 (0.54%) linkerd
7 1 (0.54%) Packer
7 1 (0.54%) Rancher
7 1 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.54%) systemd
7 1 (0.54%) yum
7 1 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 109 (58.60%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.05%) ServiceNow
3 17 (9.14%) HP
3 17 (9.14%) Samsung
4 15 (8.06%) Google
5 12 (6.45%) Cisco
6 8 (4.30%) CyberArk
7 7 (3.76%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (3.76%) Citrix
7 7 (3.76%) VMware
8 5 (2.69%) Adobe
8 5 (2.69%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.15%) Meraki
9 4 (2.15%) Remedy
10 3 (1.61%) Dell
10 3 (1.61%) Logitech
11 2 (1.08%) Klarna
11 2 (1.08%) Okta
11 2 (1.08%) PayPal
12 1 (0.54%) ESET