Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Apple macOS
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 124 133
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 +48
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 11 7 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.64% 0.33% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.18% 2.60% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile £266 £126 £154
25th Percentile £272 £127 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £203 £275
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -26.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £378 £291 £500
90th Percentile £451 £319 £543
Central London median daily rate £275 £209 £306
% change year-on-year +31.74% -31.84% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £25.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All Operating Systems
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 178 269 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.41% 12.69% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 177 266
10th Percentile £225 £252 £195
25th Percentile £350 £375 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £504
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +1.29% -4.10%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £728 £725 £719
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £24.25 £24.68 £23.88
25th Percentile £25.00 - £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -25.52% +81.25%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.95 - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.00 £27.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -3.70% -25.52% +79.01%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the City of London

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the City of London

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Desktop Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Desktop Support
2 7 (63.64%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Support Analyst
3 6 (54.55%) Senior
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Desktop Support
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
5 1 (9.09%) IT Operations Manager
5 1 (9.09%) IT Support
5 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) iPad
1 7 (63.64%) iPhone
2 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Android
3 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Customer Service
2 7 (63.64%) Investment Management
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Apple
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) VMware