The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mac OS over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS
Rank 220 238 252
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +14
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.227% 0.048% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £213 £93 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+129.72% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £193 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-42.96% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £11.00 £13.75
% change year-on-year
+72.72% -20.00%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1766 2084 2451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 22.66% 20.54% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 847 872
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £160 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 329 333
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Mac OS Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey - 3 £213 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Publishing
2 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) DHCP
3 3 (60.00%) FTP
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 3 (60.00%) Symantec
3 3 (60.00%) Mac OS X
3 3 (60.00%) Apple
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (60.00%) Sysprep
3 3 (60.00%) Advertising
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (20.00%) Network Management
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) X-Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (20.00%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) FTP
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Publishing
2 3 (60.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS X
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Network Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Symantec
1 3 (60.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) VMware