macOS Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring macOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 42 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing macOS 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.11% 1.59% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.26% 5.62% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £315 -
25th Percentile £185 £360 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £435 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.32% - -
75th Percentile £246 - -
90th Percentile £339 - -
South West median daily rate £190 £295 £195
% change year-on-year -35.59% +51.28% -42.65%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

macOS 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 54 89 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 11.97% 28.25% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 63 49
10th Percentile £196 £191 £338
25th Percentile £334 £225 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £413 £563
Median % change year-on-year +24.85% -26.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £616 £488 £675
90th Percentile £700 £575 £734
South West median daily rate £550 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile - £26.14 -
25th Percentile - £40.63 -
Median hourly rate £16.62 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.56% -2.86% -10.26%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £29.90 £69.00 -
South West median hourly rate £36.93 £22.19 £70.00
% change year-on-year +66.42% -68.30% +9.38%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing macOS in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Gloucestershire

macOS
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 macOS within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 11 October 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 +10 2 £400 -8.05% 1
macOS
South West

macOS
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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Product Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) ACSP
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Meraki
3 2 (40.00%) Apple