macOS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 108 86 95
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing macOS 15 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.62% 0.81% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.66% 4.21% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £156 -
25th Percentile £188 £173 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £300
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £213 £219 £325
90th Percentile - £230 -
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 - -
75th Percentile £18.22 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -16.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 322 261 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.37% 19.26% 18.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 136 126
10th Percentile £163 £163 £213
25th Percentile £188 £200 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £443 £450
Median % change year-on-year -43.50% -1.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £504 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 - -
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 67 37
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.76 £44.50
25th Percentile £48.84 £19.57 £55.65
Median hourly rate £68.75 £42.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -34.62% +209.52%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.29 £24.00 £61.43
% change year-on-year +34.54% -60.93% +28.43%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the East of England

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the East of England 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
Cambridgeshire +11 7 £200 -11.11% 15
Hertfordshire -19 5 - - 6
Suffolk - 2 - -
Bedfordshire -8 1 - -
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (33.33%) Mimecast
4 3 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (33.33%) Firewall
2 5 (33.33%) NAS
3 3 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Applications Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Mac Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) CCTV
2 1 (6.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
1 5 (33.33%) CRM
1 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) ITSM
3 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Application Packaging
4 1 (6.67%) Coaching
4 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Adobe
2 5 (33.33%) Meraki
2 5 (33.33%) Sophos
2 5 (33.33%) Synology
2 5 (33.33%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (13.33%) Apple
6 1 (6.67%) Google