Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Apple macOS
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 42 48
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.29% 0.36% 0.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 1.67% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £180 £225
% change year-on-year +191.67% -20.00% -43.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
South West median hourly rate £37.50 - £14.00

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 67 60 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 19.76% 21.66% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 43 65
10th Percentile £156 £210 £191
25th Percentile £205 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +33.33% -15.09%
75th Percentile £488 £628 £625
90th Percentile £575 £775 £765
South West median daily rate £478 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 9
10th Percentile £30.98 - -
25th Percentile £60.82 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £78.50 £68.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% +223.81% -73.08%
75th Percentile £197.50 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - £40.50
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £67.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -6.72% +34.00% -23.08%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 23 March 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
Gloucester -6 1 £525 - 1
Mac OS
South West

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft