Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Apple macOS
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 118 125
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +54
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 10 14 16
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.50% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.95% 5.07% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 11
10th Percentile £264 £127 £215
25th Percentile £266 £149 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £250
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £284 £328 £438
90th Percentile £286 £349 £525
London median daily rate £280 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +1.82% -15.38% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% - -
75th Percentile £23.71 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +154.72% +35.90%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 202 276 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.01% 12.02% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 184 279
10th Percentile £200 £202 £185
25th Percentile £325 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -8.57%
75th Percentile £675 £614 £609
90th Percentile £775 £696 £713
London median daily rate £496 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £19.46 £39.40 -
25th Percentile £20.33 £66.63 -
Median hourly rate £24.88 £112.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -77.78% +491.65% -7.66%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £21.34
90th Percentile £29.28 - £22.79
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Central London

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
City of London -5 9 £275 +66.67% 16
Mac OS
London

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) IPv4
1 1 (10.00%) IPv6
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (10.00%) French Language
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (40.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Support
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) iPad
1 4 (40.00%) iPhone
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Android
2 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Investment Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (10.00%) Runbook
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (10.00%) AirWatch
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Apple
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) HP