macOS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 72 53 49
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +22
Contract jobs citing macOS 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.53% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.25% 0.82% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £145 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £150 £300
Median % change year-on-year - -50.00% +12.15%
75th Percentile - £155 £325
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £200 £200 £300
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +66.67%

All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 154 122 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.45% 25.15% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 67 73
10th Percentile £185 £196 £261
25th Percentile £325 £395 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £713 - -
East of England median daily rate £250 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -43.50% -1.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 39 24
10th Percentile £48.84 £41.25 £61.63
25th Percentile £65.00 £47.75 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £72.63 £66.75 -
90th Percentile £88.55 £67.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £68.75 £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +61.76% -34.62% +209.52%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead - 5 - - 3
macOS
East of England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) NAS
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe
1 5 (100.00%) Meraki
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Sophos
1 5 (100.00%) Synology
1 5 (100.00%) Ubiquiti