The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank 27 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 11 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 4.000% - 0.704%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.34% - 2.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £130 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-47.66% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
Average hourly rate £11.75 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.66%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
97 202 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 35.27% 30.19% 30.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 110 54
Average daily rate £450 £500 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £400 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +13.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £31.50 £21.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Mac OS X
South West

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheltenham - 7 - -
Gloucester - 2 - -
Cirencester - 1 £130 -
Mac OS X
South West

Mac OS X
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Apple
3 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Vista
4 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X Server
4 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
5 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 4 (33.33%) Adobe
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
7 1 (8.333%) ITIL
7 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
7 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
7 1 (8.333%) SLA
7 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
7 1 (8.333%) Citrix
7 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
7 1 (8.333%) VMware
7 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
1 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (33.33%) Mac Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) PC Support
4 1 (8.333%) PC Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) PC Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Vista
3 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X Server
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
4 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Apple
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) Adobe
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
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