macOS Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham 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 59 67 67
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +3
Contract jobs citing macOS 10 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.14% 0.78% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.63% 4.63% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £176 -
25th Percentile - £200 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -42.86% +208.82%
75th Percentile - £400 £538
90th Percentile - £430 -
West Midlands median daily rate £186 £200 £180
% change year-on-year -7.25% +11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 64 108 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.31% 16.88% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 80 70
10th Percentile £169 £125 £190
25th Percentile £210 £200 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £438 £503 £575
90th Percentile £617 £562 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £459 £463 £444
% change year-on-year -0.76% +4.28% +18.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £12.35
25th Percentile £16.01 - £13.72
Median hourly rate £17.12 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.96%
75th Percentile £18.23 - £19.88
90th Percentile - - £22.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.23 £21.59
% change year-on-year +23.46% -15.59% -16.96%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing macOS

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Mockito
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Lead
1 6 (60.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Python Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Splunk Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (10.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) iPhone
1 6 (60.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) ITSM
2 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (70.00%) ITIL
3 7 (70.00%) Service Management
4 6 (60.00%) AI
4 6 (60.00%) Coaching
4 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (60.00%) Generative AI
4 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Change Control
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Agile
6 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
6 1 (10.00%) TDD
6 1 (10.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (90.00%) ServiceNow
2 7 (70.00%) Samsung
3 6 (60.00%) Apple
4 2 (20.00%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (20.00%) Remedy
4 2 (20.00%) Splunk
5 1 (10.00%) Adobe
5 1 (10.00%) Autodesk
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) Symantec