The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 - 30 28
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 0 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - 2.976% 4.294%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 15.15% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-47.66% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.66%
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
65 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 35.33% 19.64% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 23
Average daily rate £232 £280 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £245 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 14
Average hourly rate £15.20 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.08% -18.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.60 £27.50
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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend