Mac OS X Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank 405 463 490
Rank change year-on-year
+58 +27
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 108 96 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.260% 0.180% 0.144%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.196% 0.878% 0.683%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 21 19
Average daily rate £190 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £185 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £375 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-47.66% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 36
Average hourly rate £16.25 £15.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £20.80 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.66%
Search 51 Mac OS X jobs in England
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 9027 10937 11856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.71% 20.50% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4889 5558 5946
Average daily rate £366 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 1122 1185
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Mac OS X
UK

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Mac OS X Daily Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mac OS X across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Mac OS X Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Mac OS X Hourly Rate Histogram

Mac OS X
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +52 75 £238 -20.83%
South West +34 11 £130 -
South East +12 11 £140 -40.42%
East of England +16 7 £350 -
Yorkshire +4 3 £125 -
North West +12 1 - -
Mac OS X
UK

Mac OS X
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 158 (79.00%) Windows
2 82 (41.00%) Active Directory
3 79 (39.50%) Apple
4 74 (37.00%) Microsoft
5 73 (36.50%) Windows XP
6 59 (29.50%) Windows 7
7 49 (24.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 48 (24.00%) MS Office
9 44 (22.00%) MS Exchange
10 39 (19.50%) Linux
11 38 (19.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 37 (18.50%) Citrix
13 35 (17.50%) DNS
13 35 (17.50%) VMware
14 33 (16.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
15 32 (16.00%) Apple iOS
16 30 (15.00%) DHCP
16 30 (15.00%) TCP/IP
17 28 (14.00%) LAN
17 28 (14.00%) ITIL
17 28 (14.00%) Cisco
18 27 (13.50%) VPN
18 27 (13.50%) MCSE
19 26 (13.00%) Blackberry
20 25 (12.50%) Internet
20 25 (12.50%) HP
20 25 (12.50%) MS Excel
20 25 (12.50%) Windows Vista
21 23 (11.50%) Degree

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 11 (5.500%) CSS
2 9 (4.500%) iOS SDK
2 9 (4.500%) XML
3 8 (4.000%) Web Services
3 8 (4.000%) HTML
3 8 (4.000%) jQuery
4 6 (3.000%) JSON
5 5 (2.500%) HTML5
6 4 (2.000%) iPhone SDK
6 4 (2.000%) RESTful
6 4 (2.000%) CSS3
6 4 (2.000%) Cocoa
7 3 (1.500%) Spring
7 3 (1.500%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (1.500%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.500%) Application Packaging
7 3 (1.500%) REST
7 3 (1.500%) Grails
8 2 (1.000%) cocos2d
8 2 (1.000%) Resque
Application Platforms
1 44 (22.00%) MS Exchange
2 23 (11.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (10.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 14 (7.000%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 8 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.000%) nginx
7 2 (1.000%) Apache Solr
7 2 (1.000%) Apache
8 1 (0.500%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.500%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.500%) CMS
8 1 (0.500%) Lync
8 1 (0.500%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.500%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.500%) GlassFish
Applications
1 48 (24.00%) MS Office
2 25 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 7 (3.500%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (2.500%) Photoshop
5 4 (2.000%) Google Apps
6 3 (1.500%) Office 365
7 2 (1.000%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.000%) Vectorworks
7 2 (1.000%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.500%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.500%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.500%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 2 (1.000%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 35 (17.50%) DNS
2 30 (15.00%) DHCP
2 30 (15.00%) TCP/IP
3 28 (14.00%) LAN
4 27 (13.50%) VPN
5 25 (12.50%) Internet
6 22 (11.00%) WAN
7 16 (8.000%) SAN
8 14 (7.000%) Firewall
9 12 (6.000%) Cisco IOS
10 11 (5.500%) Cisco PIX
10 11 (5.500%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (4.500%) Wireless
12 8 (4.000%) VoIP
13 7 (3.500%) Ethernet
13 7 (3.500%) DSL
14 6 (3.000%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (2.000%) LDAP
16 3 (1.500%) FTP
16 3 (1.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.500%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.500%) MySQL
3 4 (2.000%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.500%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.500%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.000%) Redis
5 2 (1.000%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.500%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 5 (2.500%) Cucumber
1 5 (2.500%) Git (software)
2 4 (2.000%) Xcode
3 3 (1.500%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.500%) Subversion
3 3 (1.500%) Capistrano
4 2 (1.000%) QUnit
4 2 (1.000%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.000%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.000%) Hudson
4 2 (1.000%) JIRA
4 2 (1.000%) Selenium
4 2 (1.000%) JUnit
5 1 (0.500%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.500%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.500%) Robotium
5 1 (0.500%) Redmine
5 1 (0.500%) RSpec
5 1 (0.500%) Firebug
General
1 18 (9.000%) Finance
2 11 (5.500%) Advertising
3 9 (4.500%) Telecoms
4 8 (4.000%) Games
5 6 (3.000%) Publishing
6 5 (2.500%) Marketing
7 1 (0.500%) Front Office
7 1 (0.500%) Back Office
7 1 (0.500%) Legal
7 1 (0.500%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.500%) Banking
7 1 (0.500%) Retail
7 1 (0.500%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (21.50%) Analyst
1 43 (21.50%) Support Engineer
2 37 (18.50%) Desktop Support
3 25 (12.50%) IT Support
4 24 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 24 (12.00%) Support Analyst
5 20 (10.00%) Developer
6 15 (7.500%) Mac Engineer
6 15 (7.500%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 15 (7.500%) Desktop Engineer
7 14 (7.000%) 3rd Line Support
8 12 (6.000%) Service Analyst
8 12 (6.000%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.000%) Service Desk Analyst
8 12 (6.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (5.500%) IT Support Analyst
9 11 (5.500%) Test Engineer
10 10 (5.000%) Technical Assistant
11 7 (3.500%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 5 (2.500%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.00%) Blackberry
2 20 (10.00%) iPhone
3 15 (7.500%) iPad
4 7 (3.500%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.500%) Firmware
5 5 (2.500%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.000%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.000%) Statistics
7 3 (1.500%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.500%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.500%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.000%) SaaS
8 2 (1.000%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.000%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.000%) Blog
8 2 (1.000%) Social Network
8 2 (1.000%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.500%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.500%) Handset
9 1 (0.500%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 158 (79.00%) Windows
2 73 (36.50%) Windows XP
3 59 (29.50%) Windows 7
4 49 (24.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 39 (19.50%) Linux
6 38 (19.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 32 (16.00%) Apple iOS
8 25 (12.50%) Windows Vista
9 23 (11.50%) Android
10 9 (4.500%) Mac OS
10 9 (4.500%) UNIX
10 9 (4.500%) Windows Mobile
11 5 (2.500%) HPUX
11 5 (2.500%) Mac OS X Server
12 4 (2.000%) bada
12 4 (2.000%) Maemo
13 3 (1.500%) Windows 8
14 2 (1.000%) Ubuntu
14 2 (1.000%) Gentoo
14 2 (1.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (14.00%) ITIL
2 13 (6.500%) Service Management
3 9 (4.500%) Software Distribution
4 8 (4.000%) TDD
4 8 (4.000%) Test Automation
5 7 (3.500%) OO
6 6 (3.000%) Software Testing
6 6 (3.000%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (3.000%) Service Delivery
7 5 (2.500%) Regression Testing
7 5 (2.500%) Scrum
7 5 (2.500%) Web Development
8 4 (2.000%) Time Management
8 4 (2.000%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (2.000%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (2.000%) Information Assurance
8 4 (2.000%) Incident Management
8 4 (2.000%) Data Management
8 4 (2.000%) MVC
9 3 (1.500%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.50%) SQL
2 15 (7.500%) Java
3 13 (6.500%) JavaScript
4 11 (5.500%) Objective-C
5 10 (5.000%) C
6 9 (4.500%) Python
7 6 (3.000%) Ruby
7 6 (3.000%) C++
7 6 (3.000%) PHP
8 4 (2.000%) C#
9 3 (1.500%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.000%) Groovy
10 2 (1.000%) Bash shell
10 2 (1.000%) VBScript
11 1 (0.500%) VB
11 1 (0.500%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.500%) Perl
11 1 (0.500%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.500%) Scala
11 1 (0.500%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 33 (16.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (13.50%) MCSE
3 23 (11.50%) Degree
4 21 (10.50%) MCITP
5 18 (9.000%) CCNA
5 18 (9.000%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (6.500%) MCP
7 11 (5.500%) CCNP
7 11 (5.500%) CCA
7 11 (5.500%) Citrix Certification
7 11 (5.500%) CCEA
8 10 (5.000%) MCSA
9 5 (2.500%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.500%) Security Cleared
10 4 (2.000%) ISTQB
10 4 (2.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.000%) ISEB
11 3 (1.500%) MCT
11 3 (1.500%) MCDST
12 2 (1.000%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.000%) SLA
2 4 (2.000%) QA
3 2 (1.000%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.000%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.000%) COBIT
3 2 (1.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 82 (41.00%) Active Directory
2 32 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (8.000%) XenDesktop
4 14 (7.000%) XenApp
5 9 (4.500%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.500%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (3.000%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.000%) Varnish
8 2 (1.000%) vSphere
8 2 (1.000%) Nmap
8 2 (1.000%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.500%) Snort
9 1 (0.500%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (6.000%) SCCM
2 7 (3.500%) Backup Exec
3 6 (3.000%) Unicenter
4 5 (2.500%) HP SIM
5 4 (2.000%) Sysprep
6 3 (1.500%) WSUS
7 2 (1.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.500%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.500%) DameWare
Vendors
1 79 (39.50%) Apple
2 74 (37.00%) Microsoft
3 37 (18.50%) Citrix
4 35 (17.50%) VMware
5 28 (14.00%) Cisco
6 25 (12.50%) HP
7 17 (8.500%) Adobe
8 9 (4.500%) Remedy
8 9 (4.500%) Symantec
9 8 (4.000%) Lotus
10 6 (3.000%) FrontRange
10 6 (3.000%) Sage
10 6 (3.000%) CA
10 6 (3.000%) Royalblue
11 5 (2.500%) IBM
11 5 (2.500%) Juniper
12 4 (2.000%) Oracle
12 4 (2.000%) Symbian
13 3 (1.500%) Dell
13 3 (1.500%) Altiris
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The client is looking for someone with a mixture of 1st/2nd line experience: Essential Skills: 3+ years experience of providing IT/desktop support (ideally related to product...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Mac/PC 2nd line ITSupport - 3-6 month contract
Central London / West End
Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Cross-platform Mac/PC 2nd line IT Helpdesk Analyst (Apple Mac/PC Servicedesk Analyst) to join a 2nd line Mac/PC Helpdesk team supporting...
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Rate: £15 - £18 per hour + flexible hours
Posted: 21 May 2013
Apple Mac Support Engineer / OSX / Mac Desktop Support - Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
PC & Apple Mac support Engineer OSX platform. Desktop support 1/2 line - MS Office products, Windows 7 etc... Desktop support 1/2 line required for this exciting new...
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Rate: From £12 to £15 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
MAC Support,1st/2nd Line Desktop Support, (Servicedesk, Helpdesk, MAC Environment)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Good knowledge of OSX, Office 2011 for Mac, Adobe CS Products, AD user administration, Office 2007-2010 for PC and Windows 7. Additional knowledge of Apple Remote Desktop,...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £14
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MAC Support,1st/2nd Line Desktop Support, (Servicedesk, Helpdesk, MAC Environment)
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Technical Support Analyst
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In order of preference suitable candidates require the following skills: - Mac OS X GUI app development (Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa) - highly proficient - iOS app development (Xcode, Objective-C,...
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