macOS Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire 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 67 74 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 -3
Contract jobs citing macOS 9 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.17% 0.44% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.76% 2.42% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £156 - -
25th Percentile £160 - £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £560
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.87%
75th Percentile £178 - £565
90th Percentile £364 - -
North West median daily rate £175 £175 £363
% change year-on-year - -51.72% -19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £17.67 £21.36
25th Percentile - £18.12 £21.83
Median hourly rate - £18.87 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year - -18.44% -
75th Percentile - - £23.92
90th Percentile - - £24.08
North West median hourly rate - £18.87 £22.09
% change year-on-year - -14.58% -

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 116 124 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.06% 18.21% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 94 64
10th Percentile £165 £205 £300
25th Percentile £303 £313 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £370 £468
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -20.86% -5.56%
75th Percentile £548 £450 £550
90th Percentile £630 £516 £623
North West median daily rate £445 £369 £400
% change year-on-year +20.60% -7.75% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £16.59 - £16.39
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £18.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £22.09
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -27.57% +26.23%
75th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £23.66
90th Percentile £17.77 £18.90 £23.97
North West median hourly rate £72.66 £16.72 £18.66
% change year-on-year +334.57% -10.37% -17.09%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Cheshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Cheshire

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Cheshire 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
Warrington - 7 £175 -
Chester - 1 £550 - 1
Ellesmere Port - 1 - -
macOS
North West

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Product Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Apple iOS
3 4 (44.44%) Android
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) ITSM
4 3 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (33.33%) User Experience
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Information Security
6 1 (11.11%) Line Management
6 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) ACSP
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Remedy
2 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
3 2 (22.22%) Splunk
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike