The first table below looks at the demand for Mac OS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mac OS over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple Mac OS
Rank 688 710 760
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +50
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 181 175 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.166% 0.145% 0.095%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.606% 0.539% 0.378%
Number of salaries quoted 144 145 96
Average salary £39,261 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.62% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +3.89%
All Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29871 32465 32268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.42% 26.94% 25.13%
Number of salaries quoted 25323 27774 27328
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Mac OS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Mac OS Salary Trend

Mac OS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mac OS over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Mac OS Salary Histogram

Mac OS
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +36 173 £40,000 -5.88% 26
London +15 91 £42,500 -5.55% 9
South East +25 29 £45,000 +18.42% 3
East of England +20 22 £32,000 +8.68% 6
North West +15 15 £49,500 +10.00% 6
Hampshire - 14 £45,000 - 1
Cambridge - 14 £32,000 - 5
Cambridgeshire - 14 £32,000 - 5
South West 0 11 £40,000 +3.22% 1
City of London -2 11 £33,500 +3.07% 2
Docklands, London +8 9 - -
Surrey - 9 £24,000 -
Yorkshire +14 8 £26,750 +18.88% 1
Manchester - 7 £50,000 - 4
Camberley - 7 - -
Wiltshire +11 6 £41,250 -2.94%
West Yorkshire +1 5 £32,500 -18.75% 1
Scotland +2 4 £30,000 -25.00%
Southampton - 4 £47,500 -
Wakefield - 4 £32,500 - 1
South Yorkshire +6 3 £21,000 -6.66%
Wales +5 3 £30,000 -14.28%
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £42,500 +85.79% 2
Edinburgh -5 3 - -
Devon - 3 £27,127 -
Plymouth - 3 £27,127 -
Hertfordshire - 3 £35,000 - 1
Cheshire +11 2 £27,500 -38.88%
Gloucestershire +7 2 £46,500 +47.61%
Bedfordshire - 2 £42,500 -

Mac OS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 285 (81.66%) Windows
2 138 (39.54%) Active Directory
3 131 (37.54%) Microsoft
4 128 (36.68%) Linux
5 86 (24.64%) MS Exchange
6 85 (24.36%) Windows 7
7 84 (24.07%) Firewall
8 76 (21.78%) Windows XP
8 76 (21.78%) Apple iOS
9 75 (21.49%) Blackberry
9 75 (21.49%) MS Office
10 70 (20.06%) DNS
11 69 (19.77%) Windows Server 2008
12 68 (19.48%) VMware
13 67 (19.20%) Computer Science
14 64 (18.34%) Apple
15 62 (17.77%) Windows Server 2003
16 60 (17.19%) MS Excel
17 59 (16.91%) Degree
18 57 (16.33%) Exchange Server 2010
19 55 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
19 55 (15.76%) ITIL
20 54 (15.47%) Android
21 53 (15.19%) iPhone
21 53 (15.19%) VPN
22 52 (14.90%) QA
23 51 (14.61%) Microsoft Certification
24 50 (14.33%) DHCP
25 49 (14.04%) Java
25 49 (14.04%) Exchange Server 2003

Mac OS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 26 (7.450%) .NET
2 19 (5.444%) Spring
2 19 (5.444%) Hibernate
3 14 (4.011%) Guice
3 14 (4.011%) GWT
4 13 (3.725%) HTML
5 10 (2.865%) XML
6 9 (2.579%) CSS
6 9 (2.579%) jQuery
7 7 (2.006%) Application Packaging
8 6 (1.719%) HTML5
8 6 (1.719%) JSON
8 6 (1.719%) Flash
8 6 (1.719%) J2EE
9 5 (1.433%) XHTML
9 5 (1.433%) Cocoa
9 5 (1.433%) LAMP
9 5 (1.433%) WebSphere
9 5 (1.433%) Java EE
10 4 (1.146%) UIKit
Application Platforms
1 86 (24.64%) MS Exchange
2 57 (16.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 49 (14.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 44 (12.61%) Exchange Server 2007
5 29 (8.309%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 18 (5.158%) Apache
7 16 (4.585%) IIS
7 16 (4.585%) IBM Notes
8 14 (4.011%) ESB
9 12 (3.438%) SharePoint
10 9 (2.579%) Tomcat
11 8 (2.292%) Lync
12 4 (1.146%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.860%) CMS
14 2 (0.573%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.287%) nginx
15 1 (0.287%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 75 (21.49%) MS Office
2 60 (17.19%) MS Excel
3 9 (2.579%) Google Apps
4 7 (2.006%) Photoshop
4 7 (2.006%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.146%) InDesign
5 4 (1.146%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (0.573%) Office 365
6 2 (0.573%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.573%) MS Project
6 2 (0.573%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.287%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.287%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 2 (0.573%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.287%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 84 (24.07%) Firewall
2 70 (20.06%) DNS
3 53 (15.19%) VPN
4 50 (14.33%) DHCP
5 29 (8.309%) VoIP
6 28 (8.023%) Internet
7 21 (6.017%) LAN
8 20 (5.731%) TCP/IP
9 18 (5.158%) WAN
10 16 (4.585%) SAN
11 11 (3.152%) NAS
12 10 (2.865%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (2.865%) FTP
13 9 (2.579%) Wireless
14 7 (2.006%) LDAP
14 7 (2.006%) VLAN
14 7 (2.006%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (2.006%) Asterisk PBX
15 6 (1.719%) SSL
16 4 (1.146%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.017%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (4.585%) MySQL
4 13 (3.725%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (1.146%) Pentaho
5 4 (1.146%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.860%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (0.573%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.573%) MS Access
8 1 (0.287%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.287%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.287%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (8.023%) Xcode
2 23 (6.590%) Selenium
3 21 (6.017%) Eclipse
4 19 (5.444%) JIRA
5 18 (5.158%) Git (software)
6 17 (4.871%) Mercurial
6 17 (4.871%) Jenkins
6 17 (4.871%) GitHub
7 5 (1.433%) Subversion
7 5 (1.433%) MyEclipse
8 4 (1.146%) Hudson
8 4 (1.146%) Maven
8 4 (1.146%) Ant
8 4 (1.146%) JUnit
9 3 (0.860%) Dreamweaver
10 2 (0.573%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.573%) FitNesse
11 1 (0.287%) ClearQuest
11 1 (0.287%) MSI
11 1 (0.287%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (10.32%) Finance
2 17 (4.871%) Legal
3 16 (4.585%) Publishing
3 16 (4.585%) Games
4 15 (4.298%) Retail
5 13 (3.725%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.579%) Advertising
6 9 (2.579%) Norwegian Language
7 6 (1.719%) German Language
7 6 (1.719%) Marketing
7 6 (1.719%) Banking
8 4 (1.146%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (1.146%) Spanish Language
8 4 (1.146%) Swedish Language
8 4 (1.146%) French Language
8 4 (1.146%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.146%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.860%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.287%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 61 (17.48%) Developer
1 61 (17.48%) Support Engineer
2 55 (15.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 49 (14.04%) Analyst
4 36 (10.32%) Support Analyst
5 28 (8.023%) IT Support
6 26 (7.450%) Technical Support
7 19 (5.444%) Tester
7 19 (5.444%) 3rd Line Support
7 19 (5.444%) Software Tester
7 19 (5.444%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (5.158%) Java Developer
9 17 (4.871%) Desktop Support
10 16 (4.585%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (4.011%) Administrator
12 13 (3.725%) Architect
13 12 (3.438%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.438%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.865%) Systems Support
14 10 (2.865%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 75 (21.49%) Blackberry
2 67 (19.20%) Computer Science
3 53 (15.19%) iPhone
4 42 (12.03%) iPad
5 21 (6.017%) Mobile App
6 18 (5.158%) Statistics
7 14 (4.011%) Open Source
8 13 (3.725%) Smartphone
9 6 (1.719%) Social Media
10 5 (1.433%) PDA
10 5 (1.433%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.146%) Web 2.0
11 4 (1.146%) Replication
12 3 (0.860%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.573%) Mobile Computing
13 2 (0.573%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.573%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.573%) Wiki
13 2 (0.573%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.573%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 285 (81.66%) Windows
2 128 (36.68%) Linux
3 85 (24.36%) Windows 7
4 76 (21.78%) Windows XP
4 76 (21.78%) Apple iOS
5 69 (19.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 62 (17.77%) Windows Server 2003
7 54 (15.47%) Android
8 45 (12.89%) UNIX
9 44 (12.61%) Windows Vista
10 37 (10.60%) Mac OS X
11 31 (8.883%) Windows 8
12 18 (5.158%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (3.438%) Ubuntu
14 10 (2.865%) CentOS
14 10 (2.865%) Windows Mobile
15 9 (2.579%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 7 (2.006%) Mac OS X Server
17 6 (1.719%) Solaris
18 5 (1.433%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (15.76%) ITIL
2 39 (11.17%) Test Scripting
2 39 (11.17%) Agile Software Development
3 27 (7.736%) OO
4 23 (6.590%) Software Testing
5 22 (6.304%) Asset Management
5 22 (6.304%) Automated Testing
6 20 (5.731%) Incident Management
7 19 (5.444%) Automation Testing
7 19 (5.444%) Test Strategy
8 18 (5.158%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (5.158%) Use Case
9 17 (4.871%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (4.871%) Risk Assessment
9 17 (4.871%) Scrum
10 15 (4.298%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (4.298%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (4.298%) Change Management
11 14 (4.011%) Workflow
11 14 (4.011%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.04%) Java
2 41 (11.75%) Python
3 40 (11.46%) C++
4 34 (9.742%) SQL
5 27 (7.736%) C
6 25 (7.163%) Perl
7 20 (5.731%) Ruby
8 18 (5.158%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.158%) Groovy
9 17 (4.871%) Shell Script
10 16 (4.585%) C#
11 14 (4.011%) Bash shell
12 10 (2.865%) PHP
13 8 (2.292%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.146%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.146%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.146%) Fortran
15 2 (0.573%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.573%) VB
16 1 (0.287%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (16.91%) Degree
2 51 (14.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (11.17%) MCP
4 26 (7.450%) MCSA
5 23 (6.590%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (6.590%) CCNA
5 23 (6.590%) ISEB
6 22 (6.304%) ACSP
7 20 (5.731%) CCA
7 20 (5.731%) ISTQB
8 19 (5.444%) MCITP
9 18 (5.158%) MCSE
9 18 (5.158%) ACSA
10 16 (4.585%) JNCIA
11 13 (3.725%) ACTC
12 9 (2.579%) SC Cleared
12 9 (2.579%) Security Cleared
13 8 (2.292%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (1.719%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.719%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (14.90%) QA
2 29 (8.309%) SLA
3 5 (1.433%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.573%) WAI
5 1 (0.287%) Data Quality
System Software
1 138 (39.54%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.731%) Terminal Services
3 20 (5.731%) XenApp
4 7 (2.006%) Samba
5 6 (1.719%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.433%) VMware ESX
7 4 (1.146%) XenServer
7 4 (1.146%) NFS
8 3 (0.860%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (0.573%) Xen
10 1 (0.287%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.287%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.871%) Backup Exec
2 12 (3.438%) SCCM
3 6 (1.719%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (1.146%) Ganglia
4 4 (1.146%) Nagios
5 2 (0.573%) ServiceCenter
5 2 (0.573%) SCOM
5 2 (0.573%) DameWare
5 2 (0.573%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.287%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 131 (37.54%) Microsoft
2 68 (19.48%) VMware
3 64 (18.34%) Apple
4 47 (13.47%) Cisco
5 42 (12.03%) Citrix
6 29 (8.309%) Google
7 27 (7.736%) Symantec
8 25 (7.163%) Juniper
9 19 (5.444%) Avaya
10 17 (4.871%) CheckPoint
11 16 (4.585%) Lotus
11 16 (4.585%) HP
12 15 (4.298%) Adobe
13 13 (3.725%) Red Hat
14 12 (3.438%) Mitel
15 10 (2.865%) Perforce
16 9 (2.579%) Sage
17 8 (2.292%) Oracle
18 4 (1.146%) 3PAR
18 4 (1.146%) WatchGuard
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Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
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Salary: Competitive + Benefits
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Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
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Salary: £30000 per annum
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Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
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Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Bens
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Jagex
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
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