macOS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 124 113 116
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +18
Contract jobs citing macOS 17 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.79% 0.75% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.02% 7.22% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 5
10th Percentile - £221 £126
25th Percentile £175 £234 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £140
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +96.43% -41.05%
75th Percentile £288 £325 £275
90th Percentile £625 £419 £313
Central London median daily rate £200 £275 £148
% change year-on-year -27.27% +86.44% -42.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £24.50 -

All Operating Systems
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 212 180 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.91% 10.45% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 135 177
10th Percentile £219 £225 £252
25th Percentile £335 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% -0.49%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £731 £725
Central London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £19.33 £24.25 £24.68
25th Percentile £19.44 £25.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% -25.52%
75th Percentile £33.38 £29.50 £112.00
90th Percentile £50.25 £29.95 -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% -3.70% -25.52%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the City of London

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the City of London

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

macOS
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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) Google Docs
4 1 (5.88%) Google Drive
4 1 (5.88%) Google Sheets
4 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) VPN
2 2 (11.76%) DHCP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) Value-Added Service
3 1 (5.88%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) IT Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Support
5 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Mac Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Support Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Mac Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (47.06%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
3 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) High Availability
4 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
4 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
4 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 3 (17.65%) ITSM
6 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
6 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (11.76%) SIEM
6 2 (11.76%) Software Asset Management
7 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (11.76%) SCCM
4 1 (5.88%) AirWatch
4 1 (5.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) Apple
3 2 (11.76%) Adobe
3 2 (11.76%) Autodesk
3 2 (11.76%) Bloomberg
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Samsung
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.76%) Symantec
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Zscaler