Apple Job Trends in the South West

Apple
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of Apple products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Apple over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Apple, Inc.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 173 183
Rank change year-on-year +38 +10 +70
Permanent jobs citing Apple 42 16 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.83% 0.39% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 3.10% 1.14% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 34 9 32
10th Percentile £24,770 £24,258 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,050 £26,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -22.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £45,188 £29,500 £49,645
90th Percentile £48,750 £31,750 £72,433
England median annual salary £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -12.67% - -

All Vendors
South West

Apple falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,356 1,400 1,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.69% 33.76% 37.95%
Number of salaries quoted 728 653 1,454
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,350 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £58,563 £65,000 £61,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apple relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Apple job vacancy trend in the South West

Apple
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Apple.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Apple

Apple
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apple in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Apple in the South West

Apple
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cornwall - 17 £26,700 -
Bristol +17 16 £42,500 +46.55% 3
Devon +3 4 £25,000 -
Dorset - 3 £36,500 - 1
Gloucestershire +22 1 £32,500 +22.64% 7
Wiltshire - 1 - - 1
Apple
England

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 20 (47.62%) SharePoint
2 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (9.52%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (28.57%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (16.67%) DHCP
3 7 (16.67%) DNS
3 7 (16.67%) VLAN
3 7 (16.67%) VPN
4 4 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (9.52%) IPsec
4 4 (9.52%) VoIP
4 4 (9.52%) Wireless
5 3 (7.14%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.14%) MySQL
General
1 37 (88.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Billing
4 4 (9.52%) Electronics
4 4 (9.52%) Finance
4 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.52%) Marketing
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 21 (50.00%) IT Support
3 17 (40.48%) 1st Line Engineer
3 17 (40.48%) 1st Line Support
3 17 (40.48%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 11 (26.19%) IT Engineer
4 11 (26.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (16.67%) Senior
5 7 (16.67%) Senior IT Engineer
5 7 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
5 7 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) IT Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 4 (9.52%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Junior IT Support
7 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (19.05%) Onboarding
3 5 (11.90%) iPad
3 5 (11.90%) iPhone
3 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
4 4 (9.52%) Clustering
4 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) Windows
2 14 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 8 (19.05%) Windows 10
4 7 (16.67%) Linux
4 7 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 7 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 10 (23.81%) ITIL
4 9 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 6 (14.29%) Service Management
8 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (11.90%) Runbook
9 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (9.52%) Coaching
9 4 (9.52%) Containerisation
9 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
9 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (9.52%) IT Strategy
9 4 (9.52%) Migration
9 4 (9.52%) Server Building
9 4 (9.52%) Server Management
9 4 (9.52%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) ACMT
1 4 (9.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) Docker
2 4 (9.52%) Hyper-V
2 4 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) Jamf Pro
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (11.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (9.52%) Autotask
4 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
4 4 (9.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) Progress
3 5 (11.90%) Okta
4 4 (9.52%) Cisco
4 4 (9.52%) Datto
4 4 (9.52%) Oracle
4 4 (9.52%) SAP
4 4 (9.52%) Sophos
4 4 (9.52%) Veeam
4 4 (9.52%) VMware