THIS SITE USES COOKIES. READ MORE

Mac OS X Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 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 Scotland 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 X
Rank 116 108 110
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 7 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.277% 0.075% 0.070%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.261% 0.409% 0.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £158 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £158 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-41.12% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -7.40%
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 555 489 521
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 22.00% 18.36% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 173 193
Average daily rate £360 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £126 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 34
Average hourly rate £14.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.55 £12.05 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 £34.40 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Mac OS X Daily 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow - - - - 1
Mac OS X
UK

Mac OS X
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) Apple
2 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
2 4 (57.14%) DNS
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Vista
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (57.14%) Android
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 3 (42.86%) Tandberg
3 3 (42.86%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) iPhone
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) JIRA

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) iPhone SDK
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5
1 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (57.14%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) Internet
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 1 (14.29%) Bugzilla
1 1 (14.29%) Xcode
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) Robotium
1 1 (14.29%) FogBugz
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) IT Support
2 3 (42.86%) Support Technician
2 3 (42.86%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (28.57%) iPhone
2 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Vista
2 4 (57.14%) Android
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Apple
2 3 (42.86%) Tandberg
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
IT Support Desktop Support Service Desk Analyst CONTRACT
Aberdeen, Scotland
As such you should have demonstrable experience of technologies such as (NOT ALL REQUIRED!):* Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Server* Active Directory / DNS* Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8* Microsoft...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
View Mac OS X jobs Nationwide
Mac OS X jobs in Scotland| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Tuesday 18 June 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.