The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS 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 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS
Rank 513 523 556
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +33
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 22 26 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.050% 0.049% 0.040%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.228% 0.236% 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 14
Average daily rate £275 £178 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.92% -56.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £107 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £365 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £193 £500 £313
% change year-on-year
-61.50% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.13 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.39% +0.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £12.30 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.60 £40.00 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £12.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -10.71%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9665 11011 12170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 22.08% 20.77% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5308 5551 6157
Average daily rate £361 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.21% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £195 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 1154 1189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.87 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.04% +5.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Mac OS Jobs Demand Trend

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Mac OS Daily Rate Trend

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mac OS across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Mac OS Daily Rate Histogram

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Mac OS Hourly Rate Trend

Mac OS
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 within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +16 13 £285 +103.57% 9
South East +20 4 £205 - 3
East of England - 3 - - 7
South West +26 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
North West - - - - 6
West Midlands - - - -
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Mac OS 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.

1 29 (82.86%) Windows
2 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 17 (48.57%) Windows 7
4 13 (37.14%) Apple
5 12 (34.29%) Mac OS X
5 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
6 11 (31.43%) MS Office
6 11 (31.43%) Windows XP
6 11 (31.43%) MS Exchange
7 10 (28.57%) DHCP
7 10 (28.57%) DNS
7 10 (28.57%) Android
8 9 (25.71%) VPN
8 9 (25.71%) Linux
9 8 (22.86%) Cisco
9 8 (22.86%) Internet
9 8 (22.86%) Exchange Server 2010
10 7 (20.00%) UNIX
10 7 (20.00%) Blackberry
10 7 (20.00%) Publishing
10 7 (20.00%) Windows Vista
10 7 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (17.14%) IIS
11 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
12 5 (14.29%) iPad
12 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
12 5 (14.29%) ITIL
12 5 (14.29%) LAN
12 5 (14.29%) VoIP
12 5 (14.29%) WAN

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Mac OS 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.571%) WebSphere
2 2 (5.714%) HTML
3 1 (2.857%) XML
3 1 (2.857%) X-Windows
3 1 (2.857%) Cocoa
3 1 (2.857%) iOS SDK
3 1 (2.857%) cocos2d
Application Platforms
1 11 (31.43%) MS Exchange
2 8 (22.86%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (17.14%) IIS
5 4 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (11.43%) Lync
6 3 (8.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (8.571%) IBM Notes
6 3 (8.571%) Apache
6 3 (8.571%) Tomcat
7 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
7 2 (5.714%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (2.857%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (2.857%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (2.857%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) MS Office
2 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.571%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.857%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (2.857%) Vectorworks
4 1 (2.857%) Google Apps
4 1 (2.857%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (28.57%) DHCP
1 10 (28.57%) DNS
2 9 (25.71%) VPN
3 8 (22.86%) Internet
4 5 (14.29%) VoIP
4 5 (14.29%) WAN
4 5 (14.29%) LAN
5 4 (11.43%) SSL
5 4 (11.43%) Firewall
5 4 (11.43%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (8.571%) Cisco PIX
6 3 (8.571%) NetScreen
6 3 (8.571%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.571%) FTP
7 2 (5.714%) HTTP
7 2 (5.714%) IKE
7 2 (5.714%) PPP
7 2 (5.714%) SDH
7 2 (5.714%) HTTPS
7 2 (5.714%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Xcode
1 1 (2.857%) JIRA
General
1 7 (20.00%) Publishing
2 3 (8.571%) Advertising
3 2 (5.714%) Retail
4 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.857%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 4 (11.43%) Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (8.571%) Administrator
4 3 (8.571%) Mac Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (5.714%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.714%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (5.714%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.714%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.857%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.857%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.857%) Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) Developer
6 1 (2.857%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 5 (14.29%) iPad
3 4 (11.43%) iPhone
4 3 (8.571%) Computer Science
5 2 (5.714%) Handset
5 2 (5.714%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.857%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (82.86%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) Windows 7
3 12 (34.29%) Mac OS X
4 11 (31.43%) Windows XP
5 10 (28.57%) Android
6 9 (25.71%) Linux
7 7 (20.00%) UNIX
7 7 (20.00%) Windows Vista
8 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
9 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (5.714%) Windows 8
12 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (2.857%) Windows Phone
12 1 (2.857%) Windows 2000
12 1 (2.857%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.29%) ITIL
2 3 (8.571%) Software Engineering
2 3 (8.571%) Service Desk Management
3 2 (5.714%) Network Management
3 2 (5.714%) Workflow
3 2 (5.714%) Migration
4 1 (2.857%) Scrum
4 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
4 1 (2.857%) Project Management
4 1 (2.857%) Service Management
4 1 (2.857%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.857%) Change Management
4 1 (2.857%) ITIL V2
4 1 (2.857%) Software Deployment
4 1 (2.857%) User Stories
4 1 (2.857%) Software Distribution
4 1 (2.857%) Problem Management
4 1 (2.857%) Web Testing
4 1 (2.857%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.857%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.571%) C
2 2 (5.714%) SQL
3 1 (2.857%) VB
3 1 (2.857%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.857%) Objective-C
3 1 (2.857%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.857%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) Degree
2 2 (5.714%) CCIE
2 2 (5.714%) CCNP
2 2 (5.714%) CISSP
2 2 (5.714%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.714%) JNCIP
2 2 (5.714%) JNCIE
3 1 (2.857%) MCTS
3 1 (2.857%) MCITP
3 1 (2.857%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.857%) XenApp
3 1 (2.857%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (8.571%) Sysprep
2 1 (2.857%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.857%) OpenView
2 1 (2.857%) SCCM
2 1 (2.857%) SCOM
2 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Apple
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 8 (22.86%) Cisco
4 5 (14.29%) Adobe
5 4 (11.43%) Oracle
6 3 (8.571%) Lotus
6 3 (8.571%) Citrix
6 3 (8.571%) Symantec
7 2 (5.714%) VMware
7 2 (5.714%) Google
7 2 (5.714%) Juniper
8 1 (2.857%) Siemens
London
The role will require desktop support in a Windows 7/Office 2010 environment for all IT users with VIP level support for all Mac users... - Answer, evalulate and...
Skye Group
Rate: From £230 to £280 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
South West London
Skills in using standard web technologies (html, CSS, Javascript) and experience of both Mac OS and Windows is desirable, A qualification in Art and/or Humanities would be...
RCA - Wave
Rate: From £28,398 to £32,558 per annum (0.6 FTE, fixed term for 12 months)
Posted: 11 June 2013
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