macOS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring macOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 94 110
Rank change year-on-year -13 +16 +4
Contract jobs citing macOS 12 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.66% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.69% 3.36% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £315 £193
25th Percentile £575 £469 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 £413
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +81.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £781 £422
90th Percentile - £785 £424
South East median daily rate £273 £447 £280
% change year-on-year -39.04% +59.64% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £28.13 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile £35.22 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £89.63 £32.00
% change year-on-year -63.74% +180.09% +76.99%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

macOS 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 156 149 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.60% 12.21% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 102 105
10th Percentile £261 £213 £200
25th Percentile £407 £255 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £417 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -1.91% +5.59%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £608
90th Percentile £639 £586 £685
South East median daily rate £484 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +10.51% -2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 5
10th Percentile £16.38 £17.56 -
25th Percentile £18.63 £18.87 £55.87
Median hourly rate £32.50 £19.83 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +63.89% -65.05% +13.80%
75th Percentile £35.22 £22.82 £58.49
90th Percentile £69.07 £24.33 £65.21
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £57.87
% change year-on-year +72.23% -67.39% +3.23%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing macOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

macOS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing macOS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for macOS in Berkshire

macOS
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 macOS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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 -28 7 £600 -20.00% 1
macOS
South East

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (83.33%) AWS
3 10 (83.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) DHCP
1 10 (83.33%) DNS
1 10 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Apple iOS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Android
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) ITIL
2 10 (83.33%) AI
2 10 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 10 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 10 (83.33%) ITSM
2 10 (83.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (83.33%) Time Management
2 10 (83.33%) User Experience
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (8.33%) Application Packaging
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (83.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (91.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) Apple