Mac OS X Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mac OS X over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank 35 48 31
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -17
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 6 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.754% 0.239% 0.400%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.405% 0.758% 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £205 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-23.36% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 111 132 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 32.46% 31.58% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 60 31
Average daily rate £310 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £403 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 29 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.53 £10.00 £11.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Mac OS X
Cambridgeshire

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mac OS X across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridge Mac OS X Jobs Demand Trend

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mac OS X across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Mac OS X Daily Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mac OS X across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mac OS X across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge Mac OS X Hourly Rate Histogram

Mac OS X
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Mac OS X also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS X.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) iPhone
3 5 (62.50%) iPad
3 5 (62.50%) VoIP
3 5 (62.50%) VPN
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Linux
5 3 (37.50%) Python
5 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
5 3 (37.50%) C
5 3 (37.50%) C++
5 3 (37.50%) Java
5 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 3 (37.50%) Android
6 2 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (25.00%) Game Development
6 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (25.00%) Games
7 1 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (12.50%) Software Testing

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Mac OS X also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS X. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) VoIP
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Support
2 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Mac Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) iPhone
2 5 (62.50%) iPad
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (37.50%) Android
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
1 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Game Development
2 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
1 3 (37.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
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