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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 472 509
Rank change year-on-year -39 +37 +89
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 33 35 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.79% 0.82% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 37
10th Percentile £216 £160 £140
25th Percentile £329 £174 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £245 £230
Median % change year-on-year +73.47% +6.52% -61.98%
75th Percentile £675 £430 £388
90th Percentile £700 £525 £465
UK median daily rate £425 £245 £238
% change year-on-year +73.47% +3.16% -62.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £23.81
25th Percentile - £15.22 -
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £28.50
90th Percentile - - £30.00
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 4,191 4,284 5,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.53% 14.13% 15.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,747 2,655 4,080
10th Percentile £180 £200 £182
25th Percentile £263 £321 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -6.34%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 161 319
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.26% +76.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £58.88 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +56.25% +28.00%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -19 22 £650 -
Yorkshire - 18 £650 -
London -27 4 £248 -24.08% 2
North East -1 3 - -
West Midlands -27 3 £400 +150.00% 1
Midlands -33 3 £400 +150.00% 1
North West - 3 £610 -
East of England - 2 £189 -
South East -14 1 £365 -
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 1 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
2 1 (3.03%) VPN
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) GIS
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Mockito
2 2 (6.06%) JIRA
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.03%) Postman
General
1 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Developer
1 21 (63.64%) Java Developer
2 14 (42.42%) Senior
3 13 (39.39%) Senior Developer
3 13 (39.39%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Lead
4 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Java Developer
5 3 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Administrator
7 1 (3.03%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) ActiveMQ
1 12 (36.36%) JAX-RS
1 12 (36.36%) Kafka
2 2 (6.06%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.03%) J2EE
3 1 (3.03%) JPA
3 1 (3.03%) JWT
3 1 (3.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.03%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (78.79%) Linux
2 22 (66.67%) Unix
3 11 (33.33%) Windows
4 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
5 4 (12.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Agile
1 20 (60.61%) Microservices
2 19 (57.58%) BDD
2 19 (57.58%) TDD
2 19 (57.58%) Test Automation
3 18 (54.55%) Continuous Deployment
4 14 (42.42%) Responsive Web Design
4 14 (42.42%) Web Design
5 13 (39.39%) Pair Programming
6 12 (36.36%) Web Development
7 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.12%) ITIL
9 3 (9.09%) Configuration Management
9 3 (9.09%) ITSM
9 3 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (9.09%) SIEM
10 2 (6.06%) Customer Service
10 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (6.06%) Software Delivery
10 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 12 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) AirWatch
3 1 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Apple
3 2 (6.06%) Altiris
4 1 (3.03%) Bomgar
4 1 (3.03%) Meraki
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Splunk