Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Apple macOS
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Mac OS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 102 114
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.42% 0.12% 0.057%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.79% 1.32% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year +435.71% - -
75th Percentile £781 - -
90th Percentile £785 - -
South East median daily rate £492 £280 £200
% change year-on-year +75.71% +40.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Mac OS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 132 151 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.02% 8.84% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 92 188
10th Percentile £219 £220 £168
25th Percentile £355 £330 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £656 £608 £614
90th Percentile £700 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile - £59.11 £48.13
25th Percentile - £60.05 £48.40
Median hourly rate £18.87 £61.60 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.37% +16.23% -41.92%
75th Percentile £22.01 £65.64 £57.20
90th Percentile £23.89 £68.07 £60.81
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £55.13 £55.00
% change year-on-year -65.77% +0.23% +223.53%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in Berkshire

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in Berkshire

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 3 £750 - 2
Maidenhead - 2 - - 1
Mac OS
South East

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Build Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (40.00%) Document Management
1 2 (40.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) GCFA
1 2 (40.00%) GCFE
1 2 (40.00%) GCIH
1 2 (40.00%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) EnCase
1 2 (40.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (40.00%) Darktrace