Apple Contracts

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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 350 408
Rank change year-on-year +7 +58 +62
Contract jobs citing Apple 181 261 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.60% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 1.30% 1.41% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 148 229
10th Percentile £150 £130 £156
25th Percentile £184 £190 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £250 £240
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% +4.17% -8.57%
75th Percentile £503 £378 £350
90th Percentile £686 £450 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £241 £230
% change year-on-year +45.08% +4.89% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 13
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.78 £15.83
25th Percentile £16.99 £14.37 £16.50
Median hourly rate £18.36 £17.72 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -1.99% +12.19%
75th Percentile £24.43 £18.27 -
90th Percentile £24.66 £22.94 £19.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.21 £17.72 £18.08
% change year-on-year +2.74% -1.99% +7.20%

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 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Apple as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apple.

Daily rate trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Apple.

Hourly rate trend for Apple in the UK

Apple
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 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
England -2 164 £375 +47.06% 285
UK excluding London +17 102 £350 +45.08% 151
London -4 70 £280 +9.80% 142
North of England +58 50 £400 +51.23% 39
Work from Home +58 44 £413 +14.58% 147
Yorkshire +51 38 £375 +33.21% 13
South West +55 13 £550 +511.11% 17
Midlands +17 13 £250 +92.31% 27
East of England +42 12 £500 +163.16% 17
East Midlands +4 8 £250 +100.00% 13
North West 0 7 £215 -13.13% 20
West Midlands +15 5 £280 +40.00% 14
Northern Ireland -9 5 £160 -20.00% 1
South East -25 5 £319 -15.67% 49
North East - 5 £463 - 6
Scotland -3 4 £200 -45.95% 5
Wales - 2 - - 2

Apple
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (6.63%) nginx
1 12 (6.63%) Traefik
2 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.66%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.55%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.55%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 55 (30.39%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.55%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.55%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) BASE24
2 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 59 (32.60%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (28.73%) Entra ID
3 21 (11.60%) AWS
4 19 (10.50%) Azure
5 12 (6.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 12 (6.63%) Amazon ECS
5 12 (6.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (6.63%) AWS Fargate
5 12 (6.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 9 (4.97%) Apple Pay
7 7 (3.87%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.66%) Google Pay
8 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.10%) GCP
9 2 (1.10%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.55%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.55%) Google Play
10 1 (0.55%) IaaS
10 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.50%) DNS
2 18 (9.94%) TCP/IP
3 13 (7.18%) Wireless
4 10 (5.52%) VPN
5 9 (4.97%) Firewall
6 8 (4.42%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (3.31%) DHCP
8 6 (3.31%) LAN
8 6 (3.31%) WAN
9 5 (2.76%) Internet
10 3 (1.66%) ATM
10 3 (1.66%) iSCSI
10 3 (1.66%) Skype
10 3 (1.66%) VoIP
11 2 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (1.10%) WebEx
12 1 (0.55%) Network Security
12 1 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.63%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.21%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.66%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.55%) Big Data
4 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.55%) FileMaker
4 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.18%) GitLab
2 12 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.21%) JIRA
4 3 (1.66%) Git
5 1 (0.55%) Pa11y
General
1 82 (45.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (11.05%) Banking
4 19 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (7.73%) Retail
6 13 (7.18%) Finance
7 11 (6.08%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.42%) Military
9 5 (2.76%) Electronics
10 4 (2.21%) Legal
11 3 (1.66%) German Language
11 3 (1.66%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.66%) Local Government
11 3 (1.66%) Marketing
12 2 (1.10%) Back Office
12 2 (1.10%) Billing
12 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 28 (15.47%) Support Engineer
2 22 (12.15%) IT Support
3 21 (11.60%) Senior
4 20 (11.05%) Analyst
5 18 (9.94%) Support Manager
6 17 (9.39%) Mac Engineer
7 13 (7.18%) Desktop Support
8 12 (6.63%) Desktop Engineer
9 11 (6.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 11 (6.08%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (5.52%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) IT Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) Windows Engineer
12 8 (4.42%) 1st Line Support Manager
12 8 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.42%) IT Analyst
12 8 (4.42%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (4.42%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.63%) cloud-init
1 12 (6.63%) Kafka
1 12 (6.63%) Keycloak
2 3 (1.66%) CSS
2 3 (1.66%) HTML
2 3 (1.66%) Web Services
3 2 (1.10%) Core Animation
3 2 (1.10%) Core Data
3 2 (1.10%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.10%) RESTful
4 1 (0.55%) EDI
4 1 (0.55%) iOS SDK
4 1 (0.55%) REST
4 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.55%) SAML
4 1 (0.55%) UIKit
4 1 (0.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.81%) iPhone
2 17 (9.39%) Smartphone
3 13 (7.18%) PKI
4 9 (4.97%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.87%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.76%) Blackberry
6 5 (2.76%) iPad
6 5 (2.76%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.66%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.66%) IVR
7 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.10%) Animation
8 2 (1.10%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.10%) Mobile Payment
8 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (48.07%) Windows
2 57 (31.49%) Mac OS
3 48 (26.52%) Apple iOS
4 43 (23.76%) Android
5 25 (13.81%) Linux
6 22 (12.15%) Windows 10
7 15 (8.29%) Unix
8 12 (6.63%) CentOS
8 12 (6.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (4.97%) Windows Server
10 6 (3.31%) Mac OS X
11 3 (1.66%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.55%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (25.41%) Customer Service
2 45 (24.86%) Mobile Device Management
3 44 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (16.57%) Agile
5 27 (14.92%) ITIL
6 20 (11.05%) Incident Management
6 20 (11.05%) Service Management
7 19 (10.50%) Continuous Integration
8 18 (9.94%) CI/CD
9 17 (9.39%) Coaching
9 17 (9.39%) ITSM
9 17 (9.39%) Time Management
10 15 (8.29%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.18%) Identity Management
11 13 (7.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (6.63%) Cloud Security
12 12 (6.63%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 12 (6.63%) Observability
12 12 (6.63%) Secrets Management
12 12 (6.63%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.92%) Bash
2 25 (13.81%) Python
3 19 (10.50%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.63%) Go
5 5 (2.76%) Swift
6 3 (1.66%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.66%) VBA
7 2 (1.10%) AppleScript
7 2 (1.10%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 44 (24.31%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.39%) Degree
4 12 (6.63%) AWS Certification
5 11 (6.08%) ACSP
6 7 (3.87%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.31%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.76%) ACTC
9 4 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.10%) MCP
10 2 (1.10%) MCSE
11 1 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.55%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.63%) NCSC
1 12 (6.63%) SLA
2 7 (3.87%) QA
3 3 (1.66%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.55%) GDPR
4 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) PSD2
4 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (28.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.76%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (32.60%) Jamf Pro
2 19 (10.50%) SCCM
3 17 (9.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (7.18%) Terraform
5 12 (6.63%) Consul
5 12 (6.63%) Grafana
5 12 (6.63%) HAProxy
5 12 (6.63%) Istio
5 12 (6.63%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.63%) linkerd
5 12 (6.63%) Packer
5 12 (6.63%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.63%) Rancher
5 12 (6.63%) ZABBIX
6 6 (3.31%) AirWatch
7 3 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.10%) XenMobile
9 1 (0.55%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.55%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 83 (45.86%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.57%) ServiceNow
3 16 (8.84%) Okta
4 13 (7.18%) Cisco
4 13 (7.18%) Citrix
4 13 (7.18%) ESET
4 13 (7.18%) Google
5 12 (6.63%) HP
5 12 (6.63%) Samsung
5 12 (6.63%) Splunk
6 10 (5.52%) Dell
7 8 (4.42%) SOTI
8 6 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.31%) VMware
9 5 (2.76%) SAP
10 4 (2.21%) Adobe
10 4 (2.21%) Oracle
11 3 (1.66%) MobileIron
11 3 (1.66%) Remedy
12 2 (1.10%) OneLogin