Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Apple macOS
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 58 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 13 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.52% 0.40% 0.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.50% 2.42% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile £154 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £302 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.91%
75th Percentile £488 - £338
90th Percentile £492 - -
England median daily rate £325 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +35.42%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 113 124 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.22% 16.60% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 73 95
10th Percentile £132 £174 £125
25th Percentile £163 £325 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +45.45% -21.43%
75th Percentile £472 £475 £500
90th Percentile £489 £525 £615
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 23
10th Percentile £18.28 £14.65 £12.15
25th Percentile £20.93 £17.58 £14.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +9.99%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £20.75
90th Percentile - £58.75 £49.55
England median hourly rate £23.29 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -59.50% +43.75% +60.00%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the East Midlands

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Northamptonshire -8 6 £483 - 1
Lincolnshire - 6 £158 -
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
2 5 (38.46%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Wireless
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Electronics
3 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 6 (46.15%) Marketing
3 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
3 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
4 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) IT Support
2 6 (46.15%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 6 (46.15%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (46.15%) Desktop Support
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) IT Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Junior IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) Junior IT Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Director
4 1 (7.69%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (46.15%) Enterprise Architecture
1 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
1 6 (46.15%) Roadmaps
1 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (46.15%) Thought Leadership
1 6 (46.15%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Data Protection
2 5 (38.46%) Zero Trust
3 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
3 4 (30.77%) Business Transformation
3 4 (30.77%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
4 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Bash
1 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) GDPR
1 6 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) SCCM
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Apple
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Citrix
2 6 (46.15%) Dell
2 6 (46.15%) HP
2 6 (46.15%) SAP
2 6 (46.15%) VMware