The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 379 395 439
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +44
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 13 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.056% 0.068% 0.051%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.272% 0.322% 0.247%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 12
Average daily rate £285 £140 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+103.57% -68.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £193 £500 £313
% change year-on-year
-61.50% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.13 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.47% -91.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £12.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -10.71%
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4772 5582 6488
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.69% 20.96% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3132 3302 3920
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 330 323
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% +2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £39.20 £34.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
City of London +10 7 £323 +40.21% 1
Docklands, London - - - -
Barnet - - - -
Brentford - - - -
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Windows 7
3 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
4 9 (39.13%) Mac OS X
4 9 (39.13%) Android
5 8 (34.78%) Apple
5 8 (34.78%) Cisco
5 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
6 7 (30.43%) DHCP
6 7 (30.43%) DNS
7 6 (26.09%) VPN
7 6 (26.09%) Windows XP
7 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
7 6 (26.09%) MS Office
7 6 (26.09%) Blackberry
7 6 (26.09%) Internet
8 5 (21.74%) Linux
8 5 (21.74%) VoIP
8 5 (21.74%) Apple iOS
9 4 (17.39%) Lync
9 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (17.39%) Firewall
9 4 (17.39%) iPad
9 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (17.39%) WAN
9 4 (17.39%) LAN
9 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
9 4 (17.39%) ITIL
9 4 (17.39%) UNIX
9 4 (17.39%) SSL

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 1 (4.348%) HTML
1 1 (4.348%) Cocoa
1 1 (4.348%) iOS SDK
1 1 (4.348%) cocos2d
Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
2 4 (17.39%) Lync
2 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (13.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (13.04%) IIS
3 3 (13.04%) IBM Notes
3 3 (13.04%) Apache
3 3 (13.04%) Tomcat
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
4 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (4.348%) WebLogic
5 1 (4.348%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Office
2 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
3 3 (13.04%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (4.348%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (4.348%) Vectorworks
4 1 (4.348%) Google Apps
4 1 (4.348%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) DHCP
1 7 (30.43%) DNS
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 6 (26.09%) Internet
3 5 (21.74%) VoIP
4 4 (17.39%) WAN
4 4 (17.39%) SSL
4 4 (17.39%) LAN
4 4 (17.39%) Firewall
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
5 3 (13.04%) NetScreen
6 2 (8.696%) Junos
6 2 (8.696%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (8.696%) FWSM
6 2 (8.696%) HSRP
6 2 (8.696%) HTTPS
6 2 (8.696%) ATM
6 2 (8.696%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Xcode
General
1 3 (13.04%) Publishing
2 2 (8.696%) Retail
3 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (8.696%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (8.696%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support
3 2 (8.696%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.696%) Administrator
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (8.696%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.348%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (4.348%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.348%) Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Blackberry
2 4 (17.39%) iPad
3 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.696%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (8.696%) Handset
4 2 (8.696%) iPhone
5 1 (4.348%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Windows 7
3 9 (39.13%) Android
3 9 (39.13%) Mac OS X
4 6 (26.09%) Windows XP
5 5 (21.74%) Linux
5 5 (21.74%) Apple iOS
6 4 (17.39%) UNIX
7 2 (8.696%) Windows 8
7 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
8 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (4.348%) Windows Phone
8 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
8 1 (4.348%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) ITIL
2 3 (13.04%) Service Desk Management
3 2 (8.696%) Workflow
3 2 (8.696%) Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.348%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.348%) Performance Management
4 1 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.348%) Network Management
4 1 (4.348%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.348%) Software Distribution
4 1 (4.348%) Service Management
4 1 (4.348%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.348%) Objective-C
2 1 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) CCIE
2 2 (8.696%) CCNP
2 2 (8.696%) CISSP
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.696%) JNCIP
2 2 (8.696%) JNCIE
3 1 (4.348%) MCTS
3 1 (4.348%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) OpenView
1 1 (4.348%) SCCM
1 1 (4.348%) SCOM
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
1 8 (34.78%) Apple
2 3 (13.04%) Lotus
3 2 (8.696%) Juniper
4 1 (4.348%) Siemens
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle
4 1 (4.348%) Adobe
4 1 (4.348%) Citrix
4 1 (4.348%) VMware
4 1 (4.348%) Google
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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