The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 19 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank - 32 -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford - 1.290% -
As % of the Operating Systems category - 7.692% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £158 £235 £300
% change year-on-year
-32.97% -21.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
46 52 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 21.50% 16.77% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 25
Average daily rate £275 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £275 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £443 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 18
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £12.50 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £21.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Mac OS X
Oxfordshire

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Mac OS X Jobs Demand 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree