The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 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 West Midlands 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 X
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £268 £300
% change year-on-year
-47.66% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.66%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322 417 320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.72% 18.60% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 175 128
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £165 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 65 59
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Mac OS X
England

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Mac Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory