macOS Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 35 46 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing macOS 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.84% 0.27% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% 2.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £213 £238 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £200 £200 £300
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +66.67%

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 42 40 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.02% 10.84% 10.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 17
10th Percentile £185 £163 £225
25th Percentile £188 £189 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £250 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -41.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £515 £448 £600
90th Percentile £519 £613 £638
East of England median daily rate £250 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -43.50% -1.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - £48.63
25th Percentile £46.25 £13.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.79% -60.43% +296.55%
75th Percentile £48.75 £39.28 £63.75
90th Percentile - £49.22 -
East of England median hourly rate £68.75 £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +61.76% -34.62% +209.52%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge - 6 £200 - 13
Peterborough +6 1 - - 2
macOS
East of England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) IT Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) IT Support
2 4 (57.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Mac Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) CCTV
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
1 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
1 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
1 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
1 1 (14.29%) Validation
1 1 (14.29%) Workflow
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Google