macOS Contract Job Trends in London

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London 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 331 262 322
Rank change year-on-year -69 +60 -60
Contract jobs citing macOS 131 113 71
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.65% 0.84% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.56% 7.28% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 62 39
10th Percentile £163 £160 £144
25th Percentile £175 £211 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -30.62% +30.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £450 £525 £359
90th Percentile £669 £690 £480
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 20 2
10th Percentile - £25.01 £66.53
25th Percentile - - £66.94
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - -63.42% +159.43%
75th Percentile - - £70.44
90th Percentile - £30.65 £70.78
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -16.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,732 1,552 2,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.57% 11.59% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,002 1,333
10th Percentile £208 £218 £225
25th Percentile £350 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £716 £734 £725
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 54 29
10th Percentile £18.59 £18.87 £20.50
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -6.85% -38.41%
75th Percentile £47.50 £25.23 £61.43
90th Percentile £57.90 £58.93 £84.94
England median hourly rate £32.29 £24.00 £61.43
% change year-on-year +34.54% -60.93% +28.43%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

macOS job vacancy trend in London

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in London

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the London 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
Central London -11 25 £200 -27.27% 19
West London -7 12 £226 -19.46% 4
East London - 2 £180 - 1
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 21 (16.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (14.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 71 (54.20%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (31.30%) Entra ID
3 22 (16.79%) Azure
4 11 (8.40%) OneDrive
5 10 (7.63%) Google Workspace
6 7 (5.34%) AWS
6 7 (5.34%) GCP
6 7 (5.34%) SaaS
7 3 (2.29%) Slack
8 2 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.76%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.76%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.76%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.76%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.76%) Miro
9 1 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.79%) VPN
2 20 (15.27%) TCP/IP
3 18 (13.74%) DNS
3 18 (13.74%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (11.45%) DHCP
5 8 (6.11%) Internet
6 5 (3.82%) Firewall
6 5 (3.82%) WAN
7 4 (3.05%) Wireless
8 3 (2.29%) LAN
8 3 (2.29%) VoIP
9 2 (1.53%) Network Security
9 2 (1.53%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.53%) Value-Added Service
10 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.76%) HTTP
10 1 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.76%) SMTP
10 1 (0.76%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) MongoDB
1 4 (3.05%) MySQL
1 4 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (3.05%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.53%) Power BI
3 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (8.40%) JIRA
2 6 (4.58%) Git
3 4 (3.05%) Cucumber
3 4 (3.05%) Gradle
3 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.05%) JUnit
3 4 (3.05%) Maven
3 4 (3.05%) Mockito
3 4 (3.05%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.53%) Xcode
5 1 (0.76%) CMake
General
1 55 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.56%) Finance
3 17 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.34%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.58%) Military
6 6 (4.58%) Retail
7 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.29%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.53%) Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Front Office
11 1 (0.76%) Games
11 1 (0.76%) Law
11 1 (0.76%) Legal
11 1 (0.76%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (40.46%) Support Engineer
2 37 (28.24%) IT Support
3 29 (22.14%) IT Engineer
3 29 (22.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 19 (14.50%) Analyst
4 19 (14.50%) Desktop Support
4 19 (14.50%) Mac Engineer
5 13 (9.92%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (9.92%) Desktop Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Support Specialist
8 10 (7.63%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 6 (4.58%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Desktop Analyst
10 6 (4.58%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 6 (4.58%) IT Support Specialist
10 6 (4.58%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.11%) Terraform
2 4 (3.05%) ActiveMQ
2 4 (3.05%) JAX-RS
2 4 (3.05%) Kafka
2 4 (3.05%) Keycloak
2 4 (3.05%) RESTful
2 4 (3.05%) SOAP
2 4 (3.05%) Spring
2 4 (3.05%) Spring Boot
2 4 (3.05%) Web Services
2 4 (3.05%) WSDL
2 4 (3.05%) XML
3 3 (2.29%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.29%) CSS
3 3 (2.29%) HTML
3 3 (2.29%) Mustache
3 3 (2.29%) Node.js
3 3 (2.29%) Nunjucks
3 3 (2.29%) React
4 2 (1.53%) AVFoundation
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.48%) Onboarding
2 23 (17.56%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (5.34%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.29%) BYOD
5 3 (2.29%) Cyberattack
5 3 (2.29%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.29%) iPad
5 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.29%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.53%) NHS
6 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Life Science
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (74.81%) Windows
2 34 (25.95%) Apple iOS
3 23 (17.56%) Android
4 20 (15.27%) Windows 10
5 9 (6.87%) Linux
6 5 (3.82%) Windows Server
7 4 (3.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (31.30%) Customer Service
3 26 (19.85%) ITSM
4 25 (19.08%) ITIL
5 21 (16.03%) Service Management
6 18 (13.74%) Asset Management
7 16 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (12.21%) Mobile Device Management
8 15 (11.45%) CI/CD
8 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (10.69%) Service Delivery
9 14 (10.69%) User Experience
9 14 (10.69%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (9.16%) Inventory Management
11 11 (8.40%) Customer Experience
11 11 (8.40%) Identity Management
12 10 (7.63%) Migration
12 10 (7.63%) Process Improvement
13 9 (6.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.63%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.58%) Bash
2 6 (4.58%) Python
3 4 (3.05%) Java
4 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.53%) Swift
6 1 (0.76%) C
6 1 (0.76%) C++
6 1 (0.76%) Go
6 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 18 (13.74%) Degree
4 7 (5.34%) A+ Certification
4 7 (5.34%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.05%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.29%) CCSAS
8 2 (1.53%) ACSP
9 1 (0.76%) ACTC
9 1 (0.76%) CISSP
9 1 (0.76%) GCED
9 1 (0.76%) GCIA
9 1 (0.76%) GCIH
9 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.76%) OSCP
9 1 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) SLA
2 7 (5.34%) NCSC
3 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) ITGC
4 1 (0.76%) NIST
4 1 (0.76%) QA
4 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (45.80%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.82%) Docker
3 3 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.29%) zsh
4 2 (1.53%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (24.43%) Jamf Pro
1 32 (24.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.45%) SCCM
3 13 (9.92%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (6.11%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.29%) WSUS
6 2 (1.53%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.76%) Ansible
7 1 (0.76%) Grafana
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 90 (68.70%) Microsoft
2 52 (39.69%) Apple
3 20 (15.27%) ServiceNow
4 14 (10.69%) Google
5 10 (7.63%) Samsung
6 9 (6.87%) Okta
7 8 (6.11%) Zscaler
8 6 (4.58%) Adobe
8 6 (4.58%) Cisco
9 5 (3.82%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (3.05%) Bloomberg
10 4 (3.05%) Citrix
11 3 (2.29%) Logitech
12 2 (1.53%) Atlassian
12 2 (1.53%) Autodesk
12 2 (1.53%) Meraki
12 2 (1.53%) Symantec
12 2 (1.53%) VMware
13 1 (0.76%) Fortinet
13 1 (0.76%) Veeam