The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS X skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS X
Rank 183 211 207
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -4
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS X 33 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.629% 0.072% 0.149%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.262% 0.279% 0.563%
Number of salaries quoted 32 4 9
Average salary £40,000 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.98% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,050 £30,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £33,950 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,500 £30,250
% change year-on-year
-7.04% +17.35%
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1459 1433 1599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.81% 25.89% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1305 1221 1379
Average salary £36,750 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Mac OS X
England

Mac OS X
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Mac OS X Salary Histogram

Mac OS X
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol - 27 £40,000 -
Gloucestershire +6 3 £42,500 +34.92%
Devon - 2 £25,000 -
Cornwall - 1 £22,500 -
Mac OS X
England

Mac OS X
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 32 (74.42%) JavaScript
2 31 (72.09%) XML
3 29 (67.44%) Web Services
3 29 (67.44%) Photoshop
3 29 (67.44%) TDD
3 29 (67.44%) Subversion
3 29 (67.44%) Computer Science
3 29 (67.44%) Android
4 28 (65.12%) Mobile App
5 27 (62.79%) Open Source
5 27 (62.79%) JSON
6 25 (58.14%) Internet
6 25 (58.14%) SOAP
7 24 (55.81%) Apple iOS
8 23 (53.49%) HTML5
8 23 (53.49%) GitHub
8 23 (53.49%) Git (software)
8 23 (53.49%) RESTful
9 13 (30.23%) Windows
10 10 (23.26%) Java
10 10 (23.26%) Linux
11 8 (18.60%) Web Development
12 7 (16.28%) Degree
12 7 (16.28%) CSS
12 7 (16.28%) PHP
13 6 (13.95%) HTML
13 6 (13.95%) OO
13 6 (13.95%) Eclipse
13 6 (13.95%) REST
14 4 (9.302%) Web Application Development

Mac OS X
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 31 (72.09%) XML
2 29 (67.44%) Web Services
3 27 (62.79%) JSON
4 25 (58.14%) SOAP
5 23 (53.49%) HTML5
5 23 (53.49%) RESTful
6 7 (16.28%) CSS
7 6 (13.95%) HTML
7 6 (13.95%) REST
8 2 (4.651%) Zend Framework
8 2 (4.651%) XML-RPC
9 1 (2.326%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (2.326%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.651%) Lync
1 2 (4.651%) Drupal
2 1 (2.326%) Apache
Applications
1 29 (67.44%) Photoshop
2 3 (6.977%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.651%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (4.651%) MS Project
4 1 (2.326%) InDesign
4 1 (2.326%) MS Office
4 1 (2.326%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 25 (58.14%) Internet
2 2 (4.651%) HTTP
2 2 (4.651%) Extranet
2 2 (4.651%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.326%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 29 (67.44%) Subversion
2 23 (53.49%) GitHub
2 23 (53.49%) Git (software)
3 6 (13.95%) Eclipse
4 2 (4.651%) Basecamp
4 2 (4.651%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (9.302%) Games
2 1 (2.326%) Retail
2 1 (2.326%) Billing
2 1 (2.326%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (53.49%) Developer
1 23 (53.49%) Team Leader
2 16 (37.21%) Android Developer
3 10 (23.26%) Senior Developer
3 10 (23.26%) iOS Developer
3 10 (23.26%) Senior iOS Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Technical Team Leader
5 4 (9.302%) C++ Software Developer
5 4 (9.302%) C++ Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.651%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) PHP Developer
7 1 (2.326%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.326%) Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.326%) Linux Administrator
7 1 (2.326%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.326%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.326%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 29 (67.44%) Computer Science
2 28 (65.12%) Mobile App
3 27 (62.79%) Open Source
4 4 (9.302%) Client/Server
5 3 (6.977%) Blackberry
6 2 (4.651%) Social Network
7 1 (2.326%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.326%) W3C
7 1 (2.326%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.326%) Graphic Design
7 1 (2.326%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.326%) iPhone
7 1 (2.326%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 29 (67.44%) Android
2 24 (55.81%) Apple iOS
3 13 (30.23%) Windows
4 10 (23.26%) Linux
5 4 (9.302%) UNIX
6 3 (6.977%) Windows XP
6 3 (6.977%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Phone
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Phone 8
7 2 (4.651%) Solaris
8 1 (2.326%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) TDD
2 8 (18.60%) Web Development
3 6 (13.95%) OO
4 4 (9.302%) Web Application Development
4 4 (9.302%) Game Development
4 4 (9.302%) Software Engineering
5 2 (4.651%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (4.651%) Content Management
5 2 (4.651%) OOD
5 2 (4.651%) PRINCE
5 2 (4.651%) Migration
6 1 (2.326%) Scrum
6 1 (2.326%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.326%) Project Management
6 1 (2.326%) DNA
6 1 (2.326%) Bioinformatics
6 1 (2.326%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 32 (74.42%) JavaScript
2 10 (23.26%) Java
3 7 (16.28%) PHP
4 4 (9.302%) Lua
4 4 (9.302%) Python
4 4 (9.302%) C++
5 2 (4.651%) SQL
6 1 (2.326%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 2 (4.651%) MOS
2 2 (4.651%) CCNA
2 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.651%) A+ Certification
2 2 (4.651%) MCP
2 2 (4.651%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (4.651%) Zend
1 2 (4.651%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.651%) Adobe
1 2 (4.651%) Apple
1 2 (4.651%) Symantec
Devon
IT Desktop Support Technician - Devon, Wintel, Linux, Unix, Mac beneficial Helpdesk experience ability to learn new technologies - £25k + benefits. Austin Fraser are working with their leading NEtwork Solutions...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Good knowledge of Java and object-orientated development. Knowledge of REST-based web services, XML and JSON data format... Experience in Web development technologies HTML, CSS, Javascript. Experience...
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Bath - £40,000 depending on experience plus exceptional benefits, career progression and autonomy Apple Mac, Solaris, CentOS, Redhat, VMWare, Server, Design, Implementation Market leading organisation is looking for...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
40,000- £52,000 + Extremely Competitive Benefits Package My client are a Bristol-based agency who plans, designs, develops and markets bespoke mobile apps for smartphones and tablets...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, Avon
MAC OSX (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion) * PCs, Printers, Server, Networking support * Video Conferencing, * Command Line * Final Cut Pro and other AV (audio visual solutions) This is an...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013