Mac OS X Contracts in England

Apple Mac OS X
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Mac OS X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS X over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 478 516
Rank change year-on-year -13 +38 +129
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 16 50 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.43% 1.05% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 35 82
10th Percentile £145 £144 £163
25th Percentile £193 £211 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £508 £266
Median % change year-on-year -45.32% +90.61% -3.18%
75th Percentile £430 £744 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £278 £420 £270
% change year-on-year -33.93% +55.56% -46.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £17.23 £180.00
Median % change year-on-year - -90.43% +1100.00%
UK median hourly rate - £18.27 £180.00
% change year-on-year - -89.85% +1100.00%

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 3,697 4,751 7,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.35% 14.28% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,445 3,163 4,898
10th Percentile £191 £200 £188
25th Percentile £308 £335 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 292 335
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.43 £14.61
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.58 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.36% -11.04% +70.21%
75th Percentile £58.94 £68.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.07% -25.00% +73.91%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS X in England

Mac OS X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X in England.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS X in England

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in England

Mac OS X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X in England.

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS X in England

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 15 August 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
London -13 9 £220 -68.00% 3
Yorkshire -16 3 £650 - 3
North of England -21 3 £650 +28.08% 9
Midlands -13 2 £350 +48.94% 2
West Midlands -13 2 £350 +48.94% 2
South East +26 1 £365 - 4
East of England - 1 £150 - 1
Mac OS X
UK

Mac OS X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) DHCP
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
2 3 (18.75%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) Internet
3 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
3 2 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (6.25%) HTTP
4 1 (6.25%) Intranet
4 1 (6.25%) LAN
4 1 (6.25%) Skype
4 1 (6.25%) SMTP
4 1 (6.25%) WAN
4 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Mockito
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Java Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (18.75%) JAX-RS
1 3 (18.75%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Cyberattack
1 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) iPhone
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 10
3 6 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
4 3 (18.75%) Unix
5 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 8
5 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 1 (6.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) BDD
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Deployment
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Microservices
3 3 (18.75%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (18.75%) SIEM
3 3 (18.75%) TDD
3 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 2 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (12.50%) Web Design
4 2 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) MCSA
2 1 (6.25%) MCSE
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) vSphere
2 2 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (6.25%) Snort
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (6.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Apple
3 4 (25.00%) Citrix
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco
4 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 3 (18.75%) Wyse
5 2 (12.50%) Aerohive Networks
5 2 (12.50%) Autodesk
5 2 (12.50%) AVG
5 2 (12.50%) Canon
5 2 (12.50%) ConnectWise
5 2 (12.50%) ESET
5 2 (12.50%) GFI Software
5 2 (12.50%) McAfee
5 2 (12.50%) Sage
5 2 (12.50%) Sophos
5 2 (12.50%) Symantec
5 2 (12.50%) Toshiba
5 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 2 (12.50%) Xerox