Mac OS X Contracts

Apple Mac OS X
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Mac OS X skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mac OS X over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 556 693
Rank change year-on-year +44 +137 -81
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 74 137 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.29% 1.44% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 112 123
10th Percentile £140 £163 £138
25th Percentile £199 £185 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £264 £225
Median % change year-on-year +30.81% +17.22% -55.88%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £569
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £250 £213
% change year-on-year +75.00% +17.65% -57.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £18.16 - £16.10
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £180.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -89.85% +800.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £21.07 - £24.50
90th Percentile £26.33 - £27.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - +28.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Mac OS X is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,730 9,494 13,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 16.34% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,871 6,655 8,981
10th Percentile £185 £193 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 420 621
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +24 66 £400 +56.10% 16
London +76 40 £238 -5.00% 5
UK excluding London +38 29 £438 +75.00% 12
Midlands - 11 £438 - 3
West Midlands - 11 £438 - 2
Work from Home +86 10 £240 -63.08% 7
North of England +2 7 £425 -34.62% 1
Scotland - 6 £126 - 2
Yorkshire +5 5 £425 -37.04% 1
South East -10 4 £178 -18.39% 3
North West +19 2 - -
South West - 1 £550 - 2

Mac OS X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.46%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.46%) Skype for Business
3 6 (8.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (4.05%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.05%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.35%) InDesign
3 1 (1.35%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.22%) Azure
3 8 (10.81%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.46%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.05%) Slack
6 2 (2.70%) AWS
6 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.70%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.35%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.57%) Cisco IOS
2 12 (16.22%) Firewall
3 8 (10.81%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (9.46%) Skype
5 4 (5.41%) HTTP
6 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.05%) VPN
7 2 (2.70%) LAN
7 2 (2.70%) WAN
7 2 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.35%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (28.38%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (22.97%) Mockito
2 6 (8.11%) JIRA
3 4 (5.41%) Cucumber
3 4 (5.41%) Gatling
3 4 (5.41%) Git
3 4 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.41%) JMeter
3 4 (5.41%) Selenium
3 4 (5.41%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Legal
3 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.11%) Finance
5 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Banking
6 3 (4.05%) Marketing
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Electronics
8 1 (1.35%) Games
8 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (27.03%) Developer
1 20 (27.03%) Senior
2 17 (22.97%) Java Developer
3 15 (20.27%) Support Engineer
4 14 (18.92%) Analyst
4 14 (18.92%) Senior Developer
5 13 (17.57%) Desktop Support
5 13 (17.57%) Senior Java Developer
6 12 (16.22%) SOC Analyst
7 11 (14.86%) Desktop Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (12.16%) IT Support
9 6 (8.11%) Digital Developer
9 6 (8.11%) Support Officer
10 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
10 5 (6.76%) Mac Engineer
11 4 (5.41%) Consultant
11 4 (5.41%) Senior Test Engineer
11 4 (5.41%) Test Engineer
12 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.38%) ActiveMQ
1 21 (28.38%) Kafka
2 17 (22.97%) JAX-RS
3 4 (5.41%) Web Services
4 1 (1.35%) HTML
4 1 (1.35%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Blackberry
2 8 (10.81%) iPhone
3 6 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.76%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.70%) IoT
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.35%) NHS
6 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.35%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 37 (50.00%) Windows
2 33 (44.59%) Linux
3 23 (31.08%) Unix
4 18 (24.32%) Android
5 17 (22.97%) Windows 7
6 13 (17.57%) Windows 10
7 9 (12.16%) Mac OS
8 6 (8.11%) Windows 8
9 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.08%) Agile
1 23 (31.08%) BDD
1 23 (31.08%) TDD
2 22 (29.73%) Test Automation
3 19 (25.68%) Microservices
4 18 (24.32%) Continuous Deployment
5 17 (22.97%) Pair Programming
6 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.62%) Responsive Web Design
6 16 (21.62%) Web Design
6 16 (21.62%) Web Development
7 14 (18.92%) Customer Service
8 12 (16.22%) SIEM
8 12 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (13.51%) Computer Forensics
9 10 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (13.51%) Incident Management
9 10 (13.51%) Reverse Engineering
9 10 (13.51%) Risk Management
9 10 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.08%) Java
2 5 (6.76%) Shell Script
3 4 (5.41%) Groovy
3 4 (5.41%) Scala
4 1 (1.35%) Python
4 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (41.89%) Security Cleared
2 27 (36.49%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.46%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) CEH
5 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (13.51%) GDPR
1 10 (13.51%) HIPAA
1 10 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.51%) NIST
2 7 (9.46%) SLA
3 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 18 (24.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.70%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) Snort
Systems Management
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (13.51%) SCCM
2 4 (5.41%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (4.05%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.35%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 31 (41.89%) Apple
2 26 (35.14%) Microsoft
3 13 (17.57%) Cisco
4 11 (14.86%) Adobe
5 7 (9.46%) Citrix
5 7 (9.46%) Ivanti
5 7 (9.46%) Mitel
5 7 (9.46%) Progress
6 3 (4.05%) Google
6 3 (4.05%) HP
6 3 (4.05%) Remedy
6 3 (4.05%) VMware
7 2 (2.70%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.70%) Okta
7 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.35%) Qualys
8 1 (1.35%) SAP
8 1 (1.35%) Splunk