The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS 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 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS
Rank 127 - 93
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 5 0 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.233% - 1.199%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.703% - 3.758%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 23
Average salary £26,000 - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
All Operating Systems
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
711 694 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 33.10% 30.61% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 593 583 480
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £23,000
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
Berkshire

Mac OS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Mac OS Jobs Demand Trend

Mac OS
Salary Trend

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

Reading Mac OS Salary Trend

Mac OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) LDAP
3 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) VoIP
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (40.00%) Samba
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X Server
3 4 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (40.00%) Asterisk PBX
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Media
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Android
4 2 (20.00%) iPhone
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Objective-C

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) LDAP
1 4 (40.00%) VoIP
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Asterisk PBX
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Linux Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) iOS Developer
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Digital Media
2 2 (20.00%) iPhone
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X Server
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Android
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Phone
3 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (40.00%) Samba
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Apple