Mac OS X Contract Job Trends in England

Apple Mac OS X
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 496 501
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +134
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 34 26 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.082% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.85% 0.58% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 15 60
10th Percentile £157 £144 £162
25th Percentile £263 £170 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £240 £413
Median % change year-on-year +77.08% -41.82% -30.41%
75th Percentile £675 £430 £650
90th Percentile £700 £527 £700
UK median daily rate £425 £240 £438
% change year-on-year +77.08% -45.14% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% +60.00%
UK median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year - -32.54% +60.00%

All Operating Systems
England

Mac OS X 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,019 4,489 6,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.15% 14.22% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 2,766 4,404
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £271 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £585 £625
90th Percentile £669 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 204 328
10th Percentile £15.21 £16.25 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.09 £22.44 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £58.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -60.34% +32.43% +75.17%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -54.29% +31.25% +66.67%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Mac OS X job vacancy trend in England

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X in England over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in England

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England -8 21 £650 +28.08% 2
Yorkshire - 18 £650 - 1
London -2 7 £208 -13.54% 4
North East -3 3 - -
West Midlands -20 3 £400 +122.22%
Midlands -22 3 £400 +122.22% 1
North West -17 2 £610 +20.20% 1
South East +6 1 £365 - 3
East of England - 1 £150 - 1
Mac OS X
UK

Mac OS X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Firewall
1 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) DHCP
2 2 (5.88%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Internet
2 2 (5.88%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.94%) Intranet
3 1 (2.94%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
3 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Mockito
2 2 (5.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Postman
General
1 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
2 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Electronics
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Marketing
4 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (58.82%) Developer
1 20 (58.82%) Java Developer
2 14 (41.18%) Senior
3 13 (38.24%) Senior Developer
3 13 (38.24%) Senior Java Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Lead
6 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Desktop Support
7 3 (8.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Lead Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Lead Java Developer
7 3 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (32.35%) ActiveMQ
1 11 (32.35%) JAX-RS
1 11 (32.35%) Kafka
2 2 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.94%) J2EE
3 1 (2.94%) JPA
3 1 (2.94%) JWT
3 1 (2.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.94%) Digital Signage
2 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (73.53%) Linux
2 21 (61.76%) Unix
3 12 (35.29%) Windows
4 7 (20.59%) Windows 10
5 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 2 (5.88%) Windows 8
6 2 (5.88%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Agile
1 19 (55.88%) Microservices
2 18 (52.94%) BDD
2 18 (52.94%) TDD
2 18 (52.94%) Test Automation
3 17 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 13 (38.24%) Responsive Web Design
4 13 (38.24%) Web Design
5 12 (35.29%) Pair Programming
6 11 (32.35%) Web Development
7 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
9 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
10 3 (8.82%) Configuration Management
10 3 (8.82%) SIEM
11 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (5.88%) Change Management
11 2 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
11 2 (5.88%) ITSM
11 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (61.76%) Java
2 3 (8.82%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.94%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) ISEB
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.94%) MCSA
5 1 (2.94%) MCSE
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) vSphere
2 2 (5.88%) XenApp
3 1 (2.94%) Snort
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.88%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.94%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Apple
3 3 (8.82%) Citrix
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.82%) Wyse
4 2 (5.88%) Adobe
4 2 (5.88%) Aerohive Networks
4 2 (5.88%) AVG
4 2 (5.88%) Canon
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) ConnectWise
4 2 (5.88%) Dell
4 2 (5.88%) ESET
4 2 (5.88%) GFI Software
4 2 (5.88%) HP
4 2 (5.88%) Sage
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) Spiceworks
4 2 (5.88%) Toshiba
4 2 (5.88%) Xerox