Mac OS Contracts in England

Apple macOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Mac OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 400 444
Rank change year-on-year +51 +44 +97
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 137 136 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.03% 2.68% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 95 130
10th Percentile £142 £140 £178
25th Percentile £182 £185 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £225 £275
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £425 £378 £479
90th Percentile £511 £425 £600
UK median daily rate £325 £228 £330
% change year-on-year +42.86% -31.06% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 10
10th Percentile £18.54 £12.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.94 £14.00 £17.81
Median hourly rate £24.58 £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +53.63% -11.50% +26.88%
75th Percentile £24.75 £17.72 £19.05
90th Percentile £25.08 £18.00 £42.11
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £16.00 £18.08
% change year-on-year +53.63% -11.50% +24.69%

All Operating Systems
England

Mac OS 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 3,401 5,069 7,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.04% 13.79% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,444 5,423
10th Percentile £200 £185 £193
25th Percentile £313 £300 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £468 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 372 358
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.75 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.50 £17.86
Median hourly rate £20.64 £22.50 £43.13
Median % change year-on-year -8.27% -47.83% +100.58%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £43.93
% change year-on-year -1.11% -48.78% +99.68%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in England

Mac OS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Mac OS in England

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in England

Mac OS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS in England

Mac OS
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +43 59 £275 +15.18% 118
North of England +37 37 £400 +81.82% 35
Yorkshire +41 29 £400 +166.67% 5
South East +39 15 £375 -0.79% 30
Midlands +12 10 £390 +95.00% 17
South West +37 7 £273 +21.11% 17
West Midlands +12 7 £168 -16.25% 7
North West +1 7 £160 -27.27% 25
East of England +28 6 £325 +51.16% 25
East Midlands +9 3 £395 -34.17% 9
North East - 1 - - 5
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
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 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (8.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) Confluence
2 3 (2.19%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.46%) nginx
3 2 (1.46%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.46%) Traefik
4 1 (0.73%) Mattermost
Applications
1 41 (29.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.73%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (49.64%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (24.82%) Entra ID
3 10 (7.30%) Google Workspace
4 9 (6.57%) Azure
5 6 (4.38%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.65%) SaaS
7 3 (2.19%) AWS
7 3 (2.19%) GCP
7 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.19%) Slack
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.46%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.95%) Firewall
2 11 (8.03%) DNS
3 10 (7.30%) Wireless
4 9 (6.57%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (5.84%) LAN
5 8 (5.84%) WAN
6 7 (5.11%) VoIP
7 5 (3.65%) VPN
8 4 (2.92%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.19%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (2.19%) DHCP
9 3 (2.19%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.46%) Network Security
10 2 (1.46%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.73%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.73%) NAS
11 1 (0.73%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.73%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.46%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (7.30%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.19%) GitLab
4 1 (0.73%) Git
4 1 (0.73%) Grunt
4 1 (0.73%) gulp
4 1 (0.73%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.73%) Mocha
4 1 (0.73%) Subversion
General
1 69 (50.36%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (14.60%) Retail
4 12 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.30%) Finance
6 6 (4.38%) Military
7 5 (3.65%) Banking
8 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Games
9 3 (2.19%) Legal
9 3 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.46%) Electronics
10 2 (1.46%) Local Government
10 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.46%) Marketing
10 2 (1.46%) Publishing
11 1 (0.73%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 29 (21.17%) IT Support
1 29 (21.17%) Support Engineer
2 25 (18.25%) Support Manager
3 24 (17.52%) Mac Engineer
4 16 (11.68%) Analyst
5 14 (10.22%) IT Engineer
5 14 (10.22%) IT Manager
5 14 (10.22%) Senior
6 13 (9.49%) Desktop Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Desktop Support
7 12 (8.76%) 1st Line Support
7 12 (8.76%) 1st Line Support Manager
7 12 (8.76%) IT Support Manager
8 11 (8.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Senior Mac Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) Service Analyst
10 8 (5.84%) Service Desk Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.46%) cloud-init
1 2 (1.46%) Kafka
1 2 (1.46%) Keycloak
1 2 (1.46%) REST
2 1 (0.73%) CSS
2 1 (0.73%) HTML
2 1 (0.73%) HTML5
2 1 (0.73%) jQuery
2 1 (0.73%) Mustache
2 1 (0.73%) Node.js
2 1 (0.73%) SAML
2 1 (0.73%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.06%) Smartphone
2 21 (15.33%) iPhone
3 7 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.46%) PKI
6 2 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.73%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) iPad
7 1 (0.73%) Life Science
7 1 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 88 (64.23%) Windows
2 26 (18.98%) Android
3 25 (18.25%) Windows 10
4 20 (14.60%) Apple iOS
5 17 (12.41%) Linux
6 4 (2.92%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.46%) CentOS
7 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.46%) Unix
7 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.69%) Customer Service
2 41 (29.93%) ITIL
3 35 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (18.25%) ITSM
5 23 (16.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 22 (16.06%) Service Management
7 20 (14.60%) Incident Management
8 16 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (10.22%) Service Delivery
10 10 (7.30%) Security Patching
10 10 (7.30%) Task Automation
11 9 (6.57%) Agile
11 9 (6.57%) Asset Management
12 8 (5.84%) Knowledge Transfer
13 7 (5.11%) Service Desk Management
14 6 (4.38%) Break/Fix
14 6 (4.38%) Threat Detection
14 6 (4.38%) Use Case
15 5 (3.65%) SIEM
15 5 (3.65%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.33%) Bash
2 18 (13.14%) PowerShell
2 18 (13.14%) Python
3 2 (1.46%) AppleScript
3 2 (1.46%) C++
3 2 (1.46%) Go
3 2 (1.46%) Groovy
3 2 (1.46%) VB
3 2 (1.46%) VBScript
4 1 (0.73%) Java
4 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.79%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.03%) ACSP
4 8 (5.84%) Degree
4 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.11%) A+ Certification
5 7 (5.11%) ACTC
6 6 (4.38%) CISSP
7 4 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.92%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.92%) MCP
7 4 (2.92%) MCSE
8 3 (2.19%) CCNA
8 3 (2.19%) CISM
8 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.46%) MCSA
10 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) SLA
2 5 (3.65%) NCSC
3 3 (2.19%) QA
4 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.73%) RMADS
4 1 (0.73%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (39.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.46%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) vSphere
5 1 (0.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (35.04%) Jamf Pro
2 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (11.68%) SCCM
3 5 (3.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (2.19%) Terraform
5 2 (1.46%) Consul
5 2 (1.46%) Grafana
5 2 (1.46%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.46%) Istio
5 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.46%) linkerd
5 2 (1.46%) Packer
5 2 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.46%) Rancher
5 2 (1.46%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.73%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (51.09%) Microsoft
2 62 (45.26%) Apple
3 37 (27.01%) ServiceNow
4 16 (11.68%) Cisco
5 9 (6.57%) Google
5 9 (6.57%) HP
6 7 (5.11%) Dell
6 7 (5.11%) Okta
7 5 (3.65%) Splunk
7 5 (3.65%) VMware
8 4 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.92%) Meraki
8 4 (2.92%) Symantec
9 3 (2.19%) ESET
10 2 (1.46%) Adobe
10 2 (1.46%) Citrix
10 2 (1.46%) F5
10 2 (1.46%) McAfee
10 2 (1.46%) SAP
10 2 (1.46%) Zscaler