The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mac OS X over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank 126 131 108
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -23
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS X 6 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.285% 0.089% 0.322%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.866% 0.287% 1.027%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 6
Average salary £52,500 £21,500 £30,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+144.18% -28.92%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £30,250
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +17.35%
All Operating Systems
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
693 697 584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 32.91% 30.85% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 576 586 455
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Mac OS X
Berkshire

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Mac OS X Jobs Demand Trend

Mac OS X
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mac OS X across the Reading region.

Reading Mac OS X Salary Trend

Mac OS X
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mac OS X across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading Mac OS X Salary Histogram

Mac OS X
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS X.

1 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 7 (58.33%) Python
2 7 (58.33%) C++
2 7 (58.33%) PHP
2 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Ruby
2 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (58.33%) Scala
2 7 (58.33%) Node.js
2 7 (58.33%) Big Data
3 6 (50.00%) QA
3 6 (50.00%) Java
3 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
4 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 5 (41.67%) Degree
5 4 (33.33%) Mac OS X Server
5 4 (33.33%) Asterisk PBX
5 4 (33.33%) Ubuntu
5 4 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 4 (33.33%) ITIL
5 4 (33.33%) Samba
5 4 (33.33%) LDAP
5 4 (33.33%) VoIP
5 4 (33.33%) Automation Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Digital Media
5 4 (33.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (16.67%) Data Mining
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mac OS X. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) Node.js
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) VoIP
1 4 (33.33%) LDAP
1 4 (33.33%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (8.333%) LAN
2 1 (8.333%) WAN
2 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Big Data
2 2 (16.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Subversion
1 1 (8.333%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (16.67%) Billing
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Administrator
2 4 (33.33%) Linux Administrator
2 4 (33.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst Developer
3 2 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) QA Tester
3 2 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Media
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Ubuntu
3 4 (33.33%) Mac OS X Server
3 4 (33.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) PHP
1 7 (58.33%) Python
1 7 (58.33%) Ruby
1 7 (58.33%) Scala
1 7 (58.33%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Samba
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Citrix
1 1 (8.333%) VMware