macOS Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands 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 177 127 128
Rank change year-on-year -50 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing macOS 17 23 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.34% 0.83% 0.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.11% 5.90% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 7
10th Percentile £120 £154 £117
25th Percentile £121 £164 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £186 £235 £180
Median % change year-on-year -21.06% +30.56% -44.62%
75th Percentile £250 £461 £406
90th Percentile - £490 £508
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £17.10 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £20.06 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 £30.00 -
90th Percentile - £33.00 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -16.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 414 390 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.36% 14.14% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 272 263
10th Percentile £200 £156 £180
25th Percentile £263 £213 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +17.24%
75th Percentile £537 £525 £550
90th Percentile £588 £588 £670
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 19
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.13 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.14 £17.58
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +11.11% +22.02%
75th Percentile £26.14 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £68.79 - £62.00
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 the Midlands

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the Midlands

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing macOS

macOS
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 macOS within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -45 17 £186 -7.25% 9
macOS
England

macOS
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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
3 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) Azure
4 3 (17.65%) OneDrive
5 2 (11.76%) AWS
6 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 2 (11.76%) Telepresence
2 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
2 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (11.76%) Wireless
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
3 1 (5.88%) Internet
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.88%) SSL
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) Value-Added Service
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) Mockito
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Lead
1 6 (35.29%) Team Leader
2 3 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) AWS Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Python Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Splunk Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (5.88%) JAX-RS
1 1 (5.88%) Kafka
1 1 (5.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) iPhone
1 6 (35.29%) Mobile App
1 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (64.71%) ITSM
3 10 (58.82%) Customer Service
4 8 (47.06%) ITIL
5 7 (41.18%) Service Management
6 6 (35.29%) AI
6 6 (35.29%) Coaching
6 6 (35.29%) Generative AI
6 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.76%) Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (11.76%) Change Control
7 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) Information Security
7 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Security Patching
7 2 (11.76%) Time Management
8 1 (5.88%) Agile
8 1 (5.88%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
1 2 (11.76%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.76%) SCCM
3 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) ServiceNow
3 8 (47.06%) Apple
4 7 (41.18%) Samsung
5 5 (29.41%) Cisco
6 2 (11.76%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (11.76%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (11.76%) Remedy
6 2 (11.76%) Splunk
7 1 (5.88%) Adobe
7 1 (5.88%) Autodesk
7 1 (5.88%) Citrix
7 1 (5.88%) Symantec
7 1 (5.88%) Zscaler