Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Apple macOS
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 31 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.75% 0.87% 1.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.50% 2.56% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £246
25th Percentile - - £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £125 £356
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -64.91% -
75th Percentile - - £439
90th Percentile - - £472
North West median daily rate £175 £150 £250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% -41.18%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

Mac OS 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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 80 78 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 29.85% 34.06% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 38 16
10th Percentile £133 £140 £171
25th Percentile £134 £149 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £166 £208 £270
Median % change year-on-year -19.88% -23.15% -25.52%
75th Percentile £199 £392 £400
90th Percentile £301 £500 £513
North West median daily rate £355 £390 £438
% change year-on-year -8.97% -10.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.25
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £21.46 £21.80 £21.50
% change year-on-year -1.54% +1.37% -18.36%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Liverpool -5 2 £150 +20.00% 4
Mac OS
North West

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) HP