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 26 December 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
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 357 356
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 +103
Contract jobs citing Apple 207 201 246
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.60% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.19% 1.30% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 118 165
10th Percentile £154 £150 £140
25th Percentile £170 £213 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £340 £240
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +41.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £444 £450 £400
90th Percentile £544 £638 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £343 £200
% change year-on-year -37.96% +71.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 15
10th Percentile £17.38 £12.97 £17.44
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% -7.96% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £26.13
90th Percentile - £26.94 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £23.88
% change year-on-year -14.58% -7.48% +40.44%

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 17,447 15,460 19,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.92% 45.81% 44.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,119 9,218 12,436
10th Percentile £300 £285 £251
25th Percentile £408 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 849 451 671
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.75 £19.04
Median hourly rate £23.83 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% -37.78% +74.55%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.25 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.72 £25.86 £45.21
% change year-on-year -16.03% -42.79% +100.93%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 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 -54 174 £275 -18.52% 190
London -1 99 £350 +12.00% 51
UK excluding London -47 98 £213 -37.96% 166
North of England -35 41 £290 -60.00% 35
Work from Home -21 35 £500 +33.33% 103
Yorkshire -24 22 £488 -32.76% 17
Wales - 19 £290 - 5
North West -21 14 £175 -18.60% 17
South East -34 12 £225 -33.82% 66
Midlands -45 11 £158 -60.13% 18
East Midlands -14 8 £158 -61.35% 10
Scotland +3 6 £200 -59.39% 4
North East -7 5 £175 -76.67% 2
East of England -19 5 £189 -41.92% 21
South West -11 4 £200 -64.60% 20
West Midlands -36 3 £200 -20.00% 7

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 21 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) CMS
3 2 (0.97%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 70 (33.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Maya
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 104 (50.24%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (17.39%) Azure
3 23 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 9 (4.35%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.90%) Apple Pay
6 5 (2.42%) Firebase
7 4 (1.93%) Google Pay
7 4 (1.93%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.93%) SaaS
7 4 (1.93%) Slack
8 2 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.97%) GitHub
8 2 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.97%) Google Play
8 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.97%) Stripe
9 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.48%) Bitrise
9 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (23.19%) Wireless
2 23 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.90%) DHCP
3 6 (2.90%) DNS
4 5 (2.42%) VPN
5 3 (1.45%) Network Security
5 3 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.97%) SSL
6 2 (0.97%) WebEx
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.48%) Firewall
7 1 (0.48%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.48%) IPv4
7 1 (0.48%) LAN
7 1 (0.48%) NAS
7 1 (0.48%) SAN
7 1 (0.48%) VLAN
7 1 (0.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.93%) SQLite
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.48%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Git
2 7 (3.38%) JIRA
3 6 (2.90%) Xcode
4 4 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.45%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.97%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.97%) fastlane
6 2 (0.97%) MSI
7 1 (0.48%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.48%) Appium
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.48%) Gradle
7 1 (0.48%) Pa11y
7 1 (0.48%) Selenium
General
1 85 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.71%) Finance
3 37 (17.87%) Public Sector
4 29 (14.01%) Banking
5 26 (12.56%) Marketing
6 25 (12.08%) Electronics
7 24 (11.59%) Manufacturing
7 24 (11.59%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.42%) Retail
11 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.45%) Publishing
12 2 (0.97%) Legal
12 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.48%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.48%) Military
13 1 (0.48%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (24.15%) IT Support
2 48 (23.19%) Support Engineer
3 29 (14.01%) Analyst
4 28 (13.53%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (13.04%) Desktop Support
6 24 (11.59%) Support Analyst
7 23 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (11.11%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 22 (10.63%) IT Engineer
9 21 (10.14%) Mac Engineer
10 16 (7.73%) Developer
11 15 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (7.25%) Senior
11 15 (7.25%) Technical Support
12 13 (6.28%) Technical Engineer
12 13 (6.28%) Technical Support Engineer
13 11 (5.31%) iOS Developer
14 10 (4.83%) Field Engineer
15 9 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
15 9 (4.35%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.86%) RESTful
2 4 (1.93%) Core Animation
2 4 (1.93%) Core Data
2 4 (1.93%) SwiftUI
2 4 (1.93%) UIKit
3 3 (1.45%) AVFoundation
3 3 (1.45%) Material Design
4 2 (0.97%) .NET
4 2 (0.97%) JSON
4 2 (0.97%) OAuth
4 2 (0.97%) React
4 2 (0.97%) React Native
4 2 (0.97%) RxSwift
4 2 (0.97%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (0.97%) XMPP
5 1 (0.48%) FHIR
5 1 (0.48%) Jest
5 1 (0.48%) JWT
5 1 (0.48%) Redux
5 1 (0.48%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.32%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.73%) Mobile App
3 13 (6.28%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.90%) iPhone
5 6 (2.90%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.93%) iPad
6 4 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.45%) Animation
7 3 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.97%) FMCG
9 1 (0.48%) Digital Wallet
9 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.48%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (0.48%) Mobile Wallet
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (48.31%) Mac OS
2 83 (40.10%) Windows
3 77 (37.20%) Android
4 50 (24.15%) Apple iOS
5 35 (16.91%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.90%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.42%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.97%) tvOS
8 2 (0.97%) Unix
9 1 (0.48%) Linux
9 1 (0.48%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (16.43%) Customer Service
2 28 (13.53%) Mobile Device Management
2 28 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (12.08%) Programme Management
4 24 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (11.59%) Digital Marketing
5 18 (8.70%) ITSM
6 17 (8.21%) User Experience
7 15 (7.25%) CI/CD
8 13 (6.28%) Mentoring
9 12 (5.80%) Coaching
10 11 (5.31%) Agile
10 11 (5.31%) iOS Development
10 11 (5.31%) ITIL
10 11 (5.31%) Service Delivery
11 9 (4.35%) Break/Fix
11 9 (4.35%) MVVM
11 9 (4.35%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (3.86%) Customer Experience
12 8 (3.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.80%) Swift
2 10 (4.83%) Bash
3 9 (4.35%) Objective-C
4 6 (2.90%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.93%) Java
5 4 (1.93%) Kotlin
6 3 (1.45%) SQL
7 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.97%) Python
7 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.48%) C
8 1 (0.48%) C#
8 1 (0.48%) PHP
8 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (32.85%) Security Cleared
2 66 (31.88%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.73%) DV Cleared
4 11 (5.31%) ACSP
4 11 (5.31%) ACTC
5 10 (4.83%) Degree
6 5 (2.42%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.48%) HND
9 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.48%) MCP
9 1 (0.48%) MCSE
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.66%) SLA
2 5 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.97%) QA
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (28.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.93%) Firmware
3 3 (1.45%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
2 30 (14.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (12.08%) SCCM
4 6 (2.90%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.45%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 86 (41.55%) Microsoft
2 74 (35.75%) HP
3 55 (26.57%) Dell
4 50 (24.15%) Cisco
5 33 (15.94%) ServiceNow
6 25 (12.08%) SAP
7 23 (11.11%) Google
8 16 (7.73%) MobileIron
9 5 (2.42%) Okta
9 5 (2.42%) Remedy
10 4 (1.93%) Adobe
10 4 (1.93%) BMC
10 4 (1.93%) Oracle
11 3 (1.45%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.97%) Altiris
12 2 (0.97%) McAfee
13 1 (0.48%) Citrix
13 1 (0.48%) Telerik
13 1 (0.48%) Toshiba
13 1 (0.48%) VMware