macOS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire 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 101 74 87
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing macOS 10 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.53% 0.59% 0.082%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.18% 2.74% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £218 £385 -
25th Percentile £261 £421 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £470 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.96% - -
75th Percentile £296 £526 -
90th Percentile £575 £539 -
South East median daily rate £273 £447 £280
% change year-on-year -39.04% +59.64% +40.00%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 314 219 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.51% 21.49% 24.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 176 185
10th Percentile £260 £200 £341
25th Percentile £363 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £508 £541
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -6.11% +2.95%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £674
South East median daily rate £484 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +10.51% -2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 18
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.57 £26.25
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.87 £62.50
Median hourly rate £32.29 £20.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.45% -71.43% +19.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £25.15 -
90th Percentile - £39.19 £71.13
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £57.87
% change year-on-year +72.23% -67.39% +3.23%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Hampshire

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Hampshire 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
Havant - 2 £550 -
Portsmouth - 1 £250 -
Farnborough - 1 £300 -
macOS
South East

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Mac Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Network Support
2 1 (10.00%) Network Support Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Signage
3 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (50.00%) CentOS
4 5 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (50.00%) Ubuntu
5 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (20.00%) Android
7 1 (10.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
5 1 (10.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (30.00%) Apple
4 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) Dell
5 1 (10.00%) Meraki