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This section looks at the demand for Apple Mac OS X (Mac OSX) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mac OS X over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApple Mac OS X (Mac OSX)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8792
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.548 %0.546 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£247£218
% change on same period last year+13.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.89£15.00
% change on same period last year+105.95 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads323366
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.430 %0.371 %
Daily rates quoted5944
Average minimum daily rate£283£271
Average daily rate£298£280
% change on same period last year+6.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£337
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted3459
Average minimum hourly rate£17.63£14.87
Average hourly rate£18.82£15.84
% change on same period last year+18.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.01£16.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.11£23.45
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Mac OS X YorkshireMac OS X
Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Mac OS X
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mac OS X across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire Mac OS X Demand Trend

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mac OS X across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Mac OS X Hourly Rate Trend

Mac OS X
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsNew entry-5--
Mac OS X YorkshireMac OS X
Yorkshire

Mac OS X
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (80.00 %)X-Windows
24 (80.00 %)ITIL
24 (80.00 %)WAN
33 (60.00 %)Apple
41 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (20.00 %)Active Directory
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP
41 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (20.00 %)Mac OS X Server

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)X-Windows
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)WAN
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
15 (100.00 %)Administrator
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Mac OS X Server
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)ITIL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Apple
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