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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 482 469
Rank change year-on-year -134 -13 +38
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 9 16 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.058% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.20% 0.43% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 33
10th Percentile £151 £145 £142
25th Percentile £153 £193 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £278 £525
Median % change year-on-year -44.14% -47.14% +98.11%
75th Percentile £158 £430 £750
90th Percentile £159 £675 -
UK median daily rate £155 £278 £508
% change year-on-year -44.14% -45.32% +87.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.53
25th Percentile - - £15.98
Median hourly rate - - £17.23
75th Percentile - - £17.99
90th Percentile - - £18.16
UK median hourly rate - - £18.27
% change year-on-year - - -89.85%

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 4,437 3,719 4,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.72% 13.48% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,858 2,457 3,116
10th Percentile £190 £191 £200
25th Percentile £313 £306 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -7.83% -2.35%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £471 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.61% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 235 286
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.40
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.13 £16.90
Median hourly rate £34.68 £24.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.48% -26.15% -12.96%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.88 £67.88
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -31.25%

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
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 20 August 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 -52 7 £160 -75.38% 2
Yorkshire -39 4 £160 -75.38% 1
North West - 3 - - 1
East of England -19 1 - -
West Midlands -55 1 - -
Midlands -56 1 - -
London -82 1 £150 -31.82% 2
North East - 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Mockito
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
1 6 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (22.22%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (66.67%) JAX-RS
1 6 (66.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Unix
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 1 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) BDD
1 6 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
1 6 (66.67%) Microservices
1 6 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 6 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
1 6 (66.67%) TDD
1 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 6 (66.67%) Web Design
1 6 (66.67%) Web Development
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft