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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 459 498
Rank change year-on-year -68 +39 +52
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 31 30 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.74% 0.79% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 31
10th Percentile £366 £160 £140
25th Percentile £400 £206 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £411 £240
Median % change year-on-year +33.82% +71.25% -54.29%
75th Percentile £678 £525 £419
90th Percentile £700 £593 £469
UK median daily rate £550 £411 £240
% change year-on-year +33.82% +71.25% -54.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £24.00

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 4,211 3,781 5,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.75% 14.23% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,823 2,379 3,775
10th Percentile £175 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £466
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +1.93% -9.51%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £440 £475 £472
% change year-on-year -7.37% +0.74% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 125 344
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.25
Median hourly rate £22.79 £50.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -54.43% +98.02% -1.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.15 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £33.25 £25.25
% change year-on-year -27.82% +31.68% -1.06%

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 30 January 2026.

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 30 January 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
North of England -41 23 £650 - 2
Yorkshire - 18 £650 -
North West -20 4 £550 - 2
London -46 3 £285 -32.14% 3
North East - 3 - -
West Midlands -38 2 £413 +157.81%
Midlands -52 2 £413 +157.81%
East of England - 1 £228 -
South East - 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 (3.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.45%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (6.45%) Wireless
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Internet
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (41.94%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (3.23%) MySQL
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (38.71%) Mockito
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Postman
General
1 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Developer
1 22 (70.97%) Java Developer
2 14 (45.16%) Senior
3 13 (41.94%) Senior Developer
3 13 (41.94%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Lead
4 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) IT Support
5 3 (9.68%) Lead Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Lead Java Developer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (6.45%) IT Technician
6 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Support Technician
7 1 (3.23%) Digital Developer
7 1 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) QA Tester
7 1 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (38.71%) ActiveMQ
1 12 (38.71%) JAX-RS
1 12 (38.71%) Kafka
2 2 (6.45%) REST
2 2 (6.45%) X-Windows
3 1 (3.23%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.23%) J2EE
3 1 (3.23%) JPA
3 1 (3.23%) JWT
3 1 (3.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.23%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Linux
2 23 (74.19%) Unix
3 8 (25.81%) Windows
4 4 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Agile
1 21 (67.74%) Microservices
2 20 (64.52%) TDD
2 20 (64.52%) Test Automation
3 19 (61.29%) BDD
3 19 (61.29%) Continuous Deployment
4 14 (45.16%) Pair Programming
4 14 (45.16%) Responsive Web Design
4 14 (45.16%) Web Design
5 12 (38.71%) Web Development
6 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Configuration Management
8 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.45%) ITIL
8 2 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (6.45%) SIEM
8 2 (6.45%) Software Delivery
8 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (3.23%) API Testing
9 1 (3.23%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 11 (35.48%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
1 1 (3.23%) QA
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Altiris
3 1 (3.23%) Bomgar
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk