The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mac OS over the 3 months to 21 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,250 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-15.13% -15.55%
All Operating Systems
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
81 48 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 22.88% 30.00% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 42 44 30
Average salary £35,000 £31,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90% +14.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,800 £15,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £37,904
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Mac OS
Cheshire

Mac OS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware