macOS Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge 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 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing macOS 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 3.37% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
75th Percentile £213 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £200 £225 -
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 33 27 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.54% 13.43% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 15
10th Percentile £185 £163 £225
25th Percentile £188 £186 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £328 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% -22.94% +136.11%
75th Percentile £516 £487 £619
90th Percentile £529 £617 £638
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £250 £250 £425
% change year-on-year - -41.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £33.48 -
25th Percentile - £36.83 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £43.60 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.17% -
75th Percentile - £50.33 £63.75
90th Percentile - £53.64 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £47.50 £22.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year +108.79% -60.43% +296.55%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Cambridge

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing macOS

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) IT Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 4 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Mac Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
1 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Apple