Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the North East

Apple macOS
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 6 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.78% 2.85% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.24% 25.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile - £286 -
25th Percentile £170 £301 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £330 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% - -
75th Percentile £180 £355 -
90th Percentile £340 £382 -
England median daily rate £329 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +19.55% -15.38% +35.42%

All Operating Systems
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 49 31 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 14.54% 11.03% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 14 18
10th Percentile £103 £140 £131
25th Percentile £170 £183 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £323 £183
Median % change year-on-year -37.98% +76.71% -66.82%
75th Percentile £500 £394 £388
90th Percentile £550 £441 £425
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.58
25th Percentile £21.25 - £15.69
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £18.19
90th Percentile - - £18.53
England median hourly rate £23.25 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -59.57% +43.75% +60.00%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the North East

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the North East over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the North East

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Tyne and Wear -10 6 £175 -48.53% 2
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (83.33%) Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (83.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) API Design
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Apple
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
1 5 (83.33%) HP
1 5 (83.33%) SAP