Apple
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Apple over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 402 474
Rank change year-on-year +75 +72 +13
Contract jobs citing Apple 261 323 434
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.57% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.44% 1.32% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 228 315
10th Percentile £132 £157 £139
25th Percentile £190 £189 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 £240 £260
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -7.69% -5.45%
75th Percentile £378 £353 £475
90th Percentile £438 £550 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £230 £230 £225
% change year-on-year - +2.22% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 25
10th Percentile £12.57 £15.86 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.87 £16.22 £13.88
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.04 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +6.12% -5.56%
75th Percentile £18.27 £18.08 £23.75
90th Percentile £20.88 £19.38 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £18.08 £18.75
% change year-on-year -1.99% -3.57% +4.17%

All Vendors
UK

Apple is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,099 24,537 34,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 42.97% 39.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 16,419 23,278
10th Percentile £263 £270 £298
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £741 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 666 888
10th Percentile £12.10 £15.23 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +97.67% -3.00%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.38 £63.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

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 15 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apple over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Apple in the UK

Apple
Top 15 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 15 May 2024. 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 +52 231 £255 +8.28% 194
UK excluding London +35 140 £230 - 133
London +54 111 £263 +2.44% 66
South East +22 73 £378 +60.51% 47
Work from Home +85 40 £350 +25.00% 85
North of England +18 20 £265 +29.02% 30
Midlands +34 18 £130 -26.76% 31
North West +18 18 £248 +8.79% 15
Scotland +33 17 £370 +42.31% 4
East Midlands +14 12 £125 -16.67% 18
West Midlands +22 6 £200 +5.26% 13
Northern Ireland - 6 £200 - 3
South West +11 3 £90 -54.14% 11
East of England +9 3 £190 -9.52% 14
Yorkshire +19 2 £282 +48.16% 14

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 21 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (8.05%) Skype for Business
2 19 (7.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.92%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 69 (26.44%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.77%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) SAP CO
1 4 (1.53%) SAP FI
1 4 (1.53%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.77%) Shopify
3 1 (0.38%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 137 (52.49%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (14.56%) Azure
3 27 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 20 (7.66%) OneDrive
5 7 (2.68%) AWS
6 6 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.92%) WhatsApp
8 4 (1.53%) Amazon Alexa
8 4 (1.53%) Firebase
8 4 (1.53%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.15%) GitHub
10 2 (0.77%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.77%) Bitrise
10 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.77%) Figma
10 2 (0.77%) Google Play
10 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.77%) Slack
11 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.58%) VoIP
1 25 (9.58%) VPN
2 24 (9.20%) Cisco IOS
3 21 (8.05%) Skype
4 18 (6.90%) Firewall
5 17 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (4.98%) Remote Desktop
7 11 (4.21%) LAN
7 11 (4.21%) WAN
7 11 (4.21%) Wireless
8 9 (3.45%) VLAN
9 4 (1.53%) MQTT
10 2 (0.77%) DHCP
10 2 (0.77%) SGSN
10 2 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.77%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.38%) 4G
11 1 (0.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.15%) Gradle
2 3 (1.15%) XCTest
3 2 (0.77%) Appium
3 2 (0.77%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) git-flow
3 2 (0.77%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.38%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 41 (15.71%) Finance
3 26 (9.96%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.51%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.75%) Retail
6 10 (3.83%) Marketing
7 9 (3.45%) Legal
8 7 (2.68%) Banking
9 6 (2.30%) Automotive
9 6 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.30%) French Language
9 6 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.92%) Billing
11 4 (1.53%) Advertising
11 4 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.77%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (0.77%) Publishing
13 2 (0.77%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 36 (13.79%) Analyst
2 36 (13.79%) IT Support
3 33 (12.64%) Senior
4 28 (10.73%) IT Engineer
5 25 (9.58%) Desktop Support
6 24 (9.20%) Desktop Engineer
7 23 (8.81%) Support Analyst
8 21 (8.05%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (7.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 17 (6.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 16 (6.13%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (5.36%) Lead
13 13 (4.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.98%) Audio Visual Technician
13 13 (4.98%) Mac Engineer
14 12 (4.60%) 1st Line Support
14 12 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 12 (4.60%) IT Analyst
15 11 (4.21%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.92%) Node.js
2 4 (1.53%) EDI
2 4 (1.53%) XML
3 3 (1.15%) Ktor
3 3 (1.15%) Laravel
4 2 (0.77%) ATL
4 2 (0.77%) CSS
4 2 (0.77%) HTML
4 2 (0.77%) React Native
4 2 (0.77%) REST
4 2 (0.77%) SwiftUI
4 2 (0.77%) UIKit
4 2 (0.77%) VML
5 1 (0.38%) ADO
5 1 (0.38%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.03%) iPhone
2 16 (6.13%) Video Editing
3 15 (5.75%) Smartphone
4 14 (5.36%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (4.98%) CMDB
5 13 (4.98%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.83%) Blackberry
7 8 (3.07%) Blog
8 7 (2.68%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.30%) Clustering
9 6 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.30%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.30%) iPad
10 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 180 (68.97%) Windows
2 113 (43.30%) Windows 10
3 102 (39.08%) Apple iOS
4 84 (32.18%) Android
5 52 (19.92%) Mac OS
6 30 (11.49%) Mac OS X
7 24 (9.20%) Windows Server
8 18 (6.90%) Windows 7
9 7 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.92%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.15%) Linux
13 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.38%) Unix
13 1 (0.38%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.61%) Customer Service
2 55 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (10.73%) Mobile Device Management
4 26 (9.96%) ITIL
5 18 (6.90%) Asset Management
5 18 (6.90%) ITSM
5 18 (6.90%) User Experience
6 13 (4.98%) Migration
7 12 (4.60%) Agile
8 11 (4.21%) Customer Experience
9 10 (3.83%) CI/CD
9 10 (3.83%) MVVM
9 10 (3.83%) Time Management
10 9 (3.45%) Data Protection
10 9 (3.45%) Decision-Making
10 9 (3.45%) Service Management
10 9 (3.45%) Software Deployment
11 8 (3.07%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (3.07%) Inventory Management
11 8 (3.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.75%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.21%) Swift
3 8 (3.07%) Kotlin
3 8 (3.07%) Objective-C
4 4 (1.53%) PHP
5 3 (1.15%) ABAP
5 3 (1.15%) C
5 3 (1.15%) Python
5 3 (1.15%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (12.26%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.34%) Degree
2 27 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.60%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.15%) MCSE
6 3 (1.15%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.77%) MCITP
7 2 (0.77%) PMP
8 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.20%) SLA
2 4 (1.53%) GAAP
3 3 (1.15%) QA
4 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 112 (42.91%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.30%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.38%) Docker
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 60 (22.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (19.92%) SCCM
3 46 (17.62%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (4.98%) AirWatch
5 9 (3.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (2.30%) Autotask
6 6 (2.30%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (2.30%) WSUS
7 1 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.38%) Nessus
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.18%) Cisco
3 35 (13.41%) ServiceNow
4 26 (9.96%) Google
5 21 (8.05%) Citrix
6 19 (7.28%) Adobe
7 18 (6.90%) VMware
8 12 (4.60%) Polycom
9 10 (3.83%) HP
9 10 (3.83%) Mitel
9 10 (3.83%) Progress
10 8 (3.07%) SAP
11 7 (2.68%) Dell
12 6 (2.30%) Datto
13 5 (1.92%) Ivanti
14 4 (1.53%) F5
14 4 (1.53%) Planview
15 3 (1.15%) Avaya
15 3 (1.15%) Remedy
16 2 (0.77%) Sophos