Apple Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 October 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 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 173 142
Rank change year-on-year 0 -31 +9
Permanent jobs citing Apple 35 26 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.69% 1.11%
As % of the Vendors category 1.88% 1.60% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 15
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,550 £29,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,875 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +6.23%
75th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £39,125
90th Percentile £45,250 £43,250 £41,950
South East median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +5.19%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,861 1,627 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.53% 42.95% 33.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 642 654
10th Percentile £29,625 £28,750 £31,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,875 £77,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% -

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Apple job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Apple
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Apple

Apple
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apple in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Apple in the Thames Valley

Apple
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Berkshire +24 22 £39,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire -21 8 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Oxfordshire -35 5 £32,500 -21.69% 3
Apple
South East

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 16 (45.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) NetSuite
1 4 (11.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (62.86%) Entra ID
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (40.00%) Azure
3 11 (31.43%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) DHCP
1 16 (45.71%) DNS
1 16 (45.71%) Firewall
1 16 (45.71%) VPN
2 15 (42.86%) VLAN
2 15 (42.86%) VoIP
3 12 (34.29%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (31.43%) SSL
5 7 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (17.14%) WAN
7 4 (11.43%) LAN
7 4 (11.43%) Wireless
8 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 34 (97.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (20.00%) Marketing
5 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (11.43%) Advertising
7 2 (5.71%) Finance
7 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Retail
8 1 (2.86%) Automotive
8 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 20 (57.14%) IT Support
2 20 (57.14%) IT Support Engineer
2 20 (57.14%) Support Engineer
3 12 (34.29%) Senior
4 11 (31.43%) Senior IT Engineer
4 11 (31.43%) Senior IT Support
4 11 (31.43%) Senior Support Engineer
5 6 (17.14%) Communications Manager
6 4 (11.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (11.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Account Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Account Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Field Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Sales Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Driving Licence
2 6 (17.14%) Social Media
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (77.14%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) macOS
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server
3 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (17.14%) Windows 10
5 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.71%) Android
6 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (51.43%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (48.57%) Customer Service
4 16 (45.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (31.43%) Data Privacy
5 11 (31.43%) Kalman Filter
5 11 (31.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (31.43%) Project Delivery
6 7 (20.00%) AI
7 6 (17.14%) Content Strategy
7 6 (17.14%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (17.14%) Line Management
7 6 (17.14%) Performance Measurement
7 6 (17.14%) Project Management
7 6 (17.14%) Software Licensing
8 5 (14.29%) ITIL
9 3 (8.57%) Migration
9 3 (8.57%) Preventative Maintenance
10 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (45.71%) Network+ Certification
2 15 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (34.29%) Degree
4 11 (31.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (31.43%) DBS Check
5 5 (14.29%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.86%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (31.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (31.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (48.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (45.71%) Hyper-V
3 11 (31.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (11.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (34.29%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (48.57%) Cisco
3 12 (34.29%) Google
4 11 (31.43%) Datto
4 11 (31.43%) SonicWALL
4 11 (31.43%) Veeam
4 11 (31.43%) VMware
5 6 (17.14%) Adobe
5 6 (17.14%) Fortinet
6 5 (14.29%) Meraki
7 4 (11.43%) ConnectWise