Apple Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 349 318
Rank change year-on-year +3 -31 +27
Permanent jobs citing Apple 236 170 547
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.59% 0.80%
As % of the Vendors category 1.48% 1.52% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 162 131 409
10th Percentile £25,250 £28,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,184 £35,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £69,251 £51,250 £60,000
UK median annual salary £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.67% +7.14% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,920 11,169 24,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.33% 38.76% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,227 6,621 17,275
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,929 £25,760
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,400 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £73,886
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

Apple
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apple relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Apple job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Apple
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Apple

Apple
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apple in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Apple in the UK excluding London

Apple
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
North of England -17 74 £27,500 -8.33% 18
Midlands -34 63 £32,500 -7.14% 14
North West +12 41 £32,250 -14.00% 10
East of England +13 35 £33,500 +3.08% 5
East Midlands -5 33 £32,500 +1.56% 6
South East -31 31 £29,000 -22.67% 24
West Midlands -45 30 £48,750 +39.29% 8
Yorkshire -43 27 £26,000 -13.33% 7
South West -31 26 £28,000 -61.11% 10
Scotland -3 7 £43,250 +31.06% 3
North East - 6 £47,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Apple
UK

Apple
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 56 (23.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (22.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.69%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (7.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 24 (10.17%) Cloudability
2 5 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.69%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (1.69%) Line 50
4 2 (0.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 116 (49.15%) Azure
2 101 (42.80%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (22.46%) Entra ID
4 47 (19.92%) AWS
5 24 (10.17%) GCP
6 14 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.54%) Azure AI
7 6 (2.54%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.54%) SaaS
8 5 (2.12%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.27%) Firebase
9 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.85%) Google Play
10 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.42%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.42%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.56%) DNS
2 27 (11.44%) DHCP
3 25 (10.59%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (10.17%) VLAN
5 22 (9.32%) VoIP
6 21 (8.90%) Firewall
7 19 (8.05%) VPN
8 14 (5.93%) TCP/IP
9 10 (4.24%) Internet
9 10 (4.24%) Network Security
9 10 (4.24%) Wireless
10 9 (3.81%) LAN
11 6 (2.54%) WAN
12 4 (1.69%) Ethernet
13 3 (1.27%) IP Telephony
13 3 (1.27%) WLAN
14 2 (0.85%) 4G
14 2 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
15 1 (0.42%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (2.54%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.69%) FileMaker
3 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.12%) XCUITest
2 4 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.69%) Xcode
3 3 (1.27%) fastlane
4 1 (0.42%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.42%) CMake
4 1 (0.42%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) JIRA
4 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 61 (25.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (7.63%) Marketing
4 10 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.24%) Manufacturing
5 9 (3.81%) Legal
5 9 (3.81%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.39%) Advertising
7 6 (2.54%) Law
7 6 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.12%) Billing
8 5 (2.12%) Finance
9 4 (1.69%) Banking
9 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (35.17%) IT Support
2 59 (25.00%) Analyst
3 42 (17.80%) Senior
4 40 (16.95%) IT Technician
5 38 (16.10%) IT Support Technician
5 38 (16.10%) Support Technician
6 36 (15.25%) IT Engineer
7 35 (14.83%) Support Engineer
8 28 (11.86%) Senior Analyst
9 26 (11.02%) IT Support Engineer
10 21 (8.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 19 (8.05%) Developer
12 14 (5.93%) Junior
13 11 (4.66%) Junior IT Support
14 10 (4.24%) 1st Line Support
14 10 (4.24%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 10 (4.24%) Field Engineer
14 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (3.39%) 1st Line Engineer
15 8 (3.39%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) RESTful
2 11 (4.66%) SwiftUI
3 8 (3.39%) .NET
4 6 (2.54%) .NET Core
4 6 (2.54%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.54%) ASP.NET Core
4 6 (2.54%) Blazor
4 6 (2.54%) ML.NET
4 6 (2.54%) React
5 4 (1.69%) CSS
5 4 (1.69%) HTML
6 3 (1.27%) Core Data
6 3 (1.27%) iOS SDK
6 3 (1.27%) UIKit
7 1 (0.42%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.42%) OpenSceneGraph
7 1 (0.42%) QML
7 1 (0.42%) Qt Quick
7 1 (0.42%) React Native
7 1 (0.42%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.83%) Driving Licence
2 29 (12.29%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.63%) Mobile App
4 17 (7.20%) Public Cloud
5 16 (6.78%) Social Media
6 13 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (5.08%) iPad
8 6 (2.54%) BBC
8 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.54%) PMI
8 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.12%) iPhone
10 4 (1.69%) Digital Signage
10 4 (1.69%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.27%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 128 (54.24%) Windows
2 55 (23.31%) Apple iOS
3 50 (21.19%) Mac OS
4 47 (19.92%) Android
5 43 (18.22%) Windows Server
6 32 (13.56%) Windows 10
7 13 (5.51%) Linux
8 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.69%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.69%) Unix
10 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (28.39%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (22.88%) AI
4 47 (19.92%) Software Licensing
5 45 (19.07%) Customer Service
5 45 (19.07%) FinOps
6 43 (18.22%) Cost Optimisation
7 41 (17.37%) Mentoring
8 35 (14.83%) ITIL
9 27 (11.44%) Cost Management
10 24 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (10.17%) ITSM
11 21 (8.90%) Mobile Device Management
12 20 (8.47%) Service Management
13 17 (7.20%) Client Onboarding
13 17 (7.20%) CRM
13 17 (7.20%) Time Management
14 16 (6.78%) Agile
15 15 (6.36%) CI/CD
15 15 (6.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.05%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.66%) Swift
3 10 (4.24%) SQL
4 6 (2.54%) C#
4 6 (2.54%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.12%) VB
6 4 (1.69%) PHP
6 4 (1.69%) Python
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.42%) C++
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 41 (17.37%) AWS Certification
2 30 (12.71%) Degree
3 24 (10.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.24%) DBS Check
5 10 (4.24%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.24%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.12%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.27%) CCNA
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.27%) MCSA
10 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.42%) ACSP
11 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.42%) MCSE
11 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.36%) SLA
2 11 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.66%) GDPR
3 6 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.12%) QA
5 4 (1.69%) GRC
5 4 (1.69%) ISO 14001
5 4 (1.69%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.27%) WCAG
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 91 (38.56%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 55 (23.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (12.29%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (4.66%) SCCM
4 10 (4.24%) WSUS
5 6 (2.54%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 166 (70.34%) Microsoft
2 58 (24.58%) Adobe
3 26 (11.02%) ServiceNow
4 16 (6.78%) Google
5 15 (6.36%) VMware
6 13 (5.51%) Samsung
7 10 (4.24%) Sage
8 9 (3.81%) Facebook
8 9 (3.81%) Meraki
8 9 (3.81%) Yealink
9 8 (3.39%) Logitech
10 6 (2.54%) OpenText
10 6 (2.54%) Sony
10 6 (2.54%) Yahoo!
11 5 (2.12%) Okta
12 4 (1.69%) Cisco
12 4 (1.69%) Mitel
12 4 (1.69%) Progress
12 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.69%) Veeam