macOS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London 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 125 114 125
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing macOS 25 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.05% 0.79% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.37% 7.01% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 9
10th Percentile £173 £184 £127
25th Percentile £175 £223 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £148
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +86.44% -42.44%
75th Percentile £288 £300 £300
90th Percentile £450 £386 £338
London median daily rate £226 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -30.62% +30.00% -25.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
London median hourly rate - £25.15 £68.75
% change year-on-year - -63.42% +159.43%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 241 214 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.16% 11.25% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 151 198
10th Percentile £188 £225 £212
25th Percentile £290 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £634 £668 £638
90th Percentile £718 £700 £725
London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.33 £24.68
25th Percentile £19.44 £22.53 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -3.70% -25.52%
75th Percentile £33.38 £29.13 £112.00
90th Percentile £50.25 £29.80 -
London median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% -6.85% -38.41%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Central London

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing macOS in Central London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Central London

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing macOS

macOS
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 macOS within the Central London 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
City of London -11 17 £200 -27.27% 14
City of Westminster - 4 £175 - 4
West End of London -8 2 £453 +311.36%
macOS
London

macOS
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 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
3 2 (8.00%) Slack
4 1 (4.00%) Google Docs
4 1 (4.00%) Google Drive
4 1 (4.00%) Google Sheets
4 1 (4.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) DHCP
1 5 (20.00%) DNS
1 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (16.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.00%) Value-Added Service
5 1 (4.00%) Firewall
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Military
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Support Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) IT Support
3 8 (32.00%) IT Engineer
3 8 (32.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Desktop Support
5 4 (16.00%) Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Support Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Support Specialist
7 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) IT Support Specialist
7 2 (8.00%) Mac Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Mac Specialist
7 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (92.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Android
2 5 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) ITIL
3 8 (32.00%) Asset Management
4 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.00%) ITSM
7 4 (16.00%) High Availability
7 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
7 4 (16.00%) Process Improvement
7 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (16.00%) Service Management
7 4 (16.00%) User Experience
7 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
8 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
9 2 (8.00%) IT Asset Management
9 2 (8.00%) SIEM
9 2 (8.00%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Bash
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (64.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) zsh
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (8.00%) SCCM
4 1 (4.00%) AirWatch
4 1 (4.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (84.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (40.00%) Apple
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Adobe
4 2 (8.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (8.00%) Autodesk
4 2 (8.00%) Bloomberg
4 2 (8.00%) Citrix
4 2 (8.00%) Samsung
4 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (8.00%) Symantec
5 1 (4.00%) Dell
5 1 (4.00%) Google
5 1 (4.00%) VMware
5 1 (4.00%) Zscaler