Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Apple macOS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 117 122
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 +47
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 21 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.67% 0.21% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.51% 1.54% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 8
10th Percentile - £245 £170
25th Percentile £154 £326 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £475 £225
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +111.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £460 £506 £338
90th Percentile £490 £518 £398
England median daily rate £320 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +16.36% -15.38% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +62.50% +12.87%
England median hourly rate £25.15 £28.34 £20.00
% change year-on-year -11.26% +41.70% +6.67%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 466 325 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.97% 13.92% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 199 292
10th Percentile £158 £180 £158
25th Percentile £213 £231 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +13.33% -19.35%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £521
90th Percentile £600 £648 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 35
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.82 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.76 £17.29 £16.54
Median hourly rate £22.13 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% +21.84% +7.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.02 £20.75
90th Percentile £30.50 £51.25 £23.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% +79.69% +28.00%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the Midlands

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Midlands - 14 £436 - 7
West Midlands -34 7 £195 -58.95% 12
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 7 (33.33%) AWS
3 7 (33.33%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) DHCP
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) Telepresence
3 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
3 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Electronics
3 6 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 6 (28.57%) Marketing
3 6 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 4 (19.05%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 7 (33.33%) IT Support
3 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
6 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Architect
7 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Lead
7 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Support
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
3 7 (33.33%) Android
4 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Architecture
1 8 (38.10%) Roadmaps
1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (38.10%) Thought Leadership
1 8 (38.10%) User Experience
2 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 7 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 5 (23.81%) ITIL
5 4 (19.05%) Application Packaging
5 4 (19.05%) Budgeting
5 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Business Transformation
5 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Bash
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) MCP
4 1 (4.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) GDPR
1 8 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) SCCM
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) Cisco
2 8 (38.10%) Citrix
2 8 (38.10%) VMware
3 7 (33.33%) Apple
3 7 (33.33%) Dell
4 6 (28.57%) HP
4 6 (28.57%) SAP
5 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
6 2 (9.52%) Google
6 2 (9.52%) Logitech
7 1 (4.76%) Bomgar