macOS Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds 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 80 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -58 - -
Contract jobs citing macOS 5 59 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.48% 8.69% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.94% 39.07% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 37 0
10th Percentile £297 £375 -
25th Percentile £312 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% - -
75th Percentile £350 £675 -
90th Percentile - £700 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £335 £500 £150
% change year-on-year -33.00% +233.33% -78.57%

All Operating Systems
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 63 151 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 6.10% 22.24% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 95 41
10th Percentile £210 £290 £275
25th Percentile £331 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £520 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.11% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.14
25th Percentile - £26.25 £14.55
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year - +69.86% -24.03%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £36.71
90th Percentile - - £48.43
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £16.19
% change year-on-year -12.73% +69.86% -19.05%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Leeds

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing macOS

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) BrowserStack
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (80.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (80.00%) JUnit
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) TestNG
2 2 (40.00%) Gatling
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Mockito
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) QA Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (20.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Scala
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM