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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 123 134
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +29
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 19 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.71% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.09% 1.64% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 5
10th Percentile £156 - -
25th Percentile £177 £117 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £209 £175
Median % change year-on-year +12.71% +19.14% -17.26%
75th Percentile £489 £366 £338
90th Percentile £542 £439 -
England median daily rate £400 £275 £320
% change year-on-year +45.45% -14.06% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £20.06 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £20.00
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% +51.11% +32.35%

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 373 427 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.87% 16.02% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 257 314
10th Percentile £154 £182 £160
25th Percentile £209 £275 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £426 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +13.60% -16.67%
75th Percentile £521 £538 £534
90th Percentile £588 £672 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 35
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.75 £12.91
25th Percentile £18.82 £16.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.59 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +16.70% +10.66%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £27.75
90th Percentile - £58.75 £52.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £47.83
% change year-on-year -58.08% +25.44% +99.29%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS 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 30 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mac OS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mac OS in the Midlands

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 30 September 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
West Midlands -10 10 £200 -4.08% 10
East Midlands +4 9 £470 - 4
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Entra ID
3 5 (26.32%) AWS
3 5 (26.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Wireless
2 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) Telepresence
2 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.26%) DHCP
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.26%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 14 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support
2 5 (26.32%) IT Support
3 4 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (21.05%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Programme Manager
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Android Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Junior Support Technician
6 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.26%) iPhone
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows 10
3 4 (21.05%) Android
4 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
2 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (31.58%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (31.58%) User Experience
3 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 5 (26.32%) Data Protection
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
3 5 (26.32%) Zero Trust
4 4 (21.05%) Budgeting
4 4 (21.05%) Business Transformation
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (21.05%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (15.79%) Information Management
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Bash
1 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) A+ Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) GDPR
1 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
1 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) SCCM
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Citrix
2 6 (31.58%) VMware
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) Dell
4 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
5 2 (10.53%) Apple
5 2 (10.53%) HP
5 2 (10.53%) Logitech
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
6 1 (5.26%) Bomgar
6 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (5.26%) Symantec