macOS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 238 116 151
Rank change year-on-year -122 +35 +14
Contract jobs citing macOS 25 74 23
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.33% 1.78% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.91% 11.11% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 47 13
10th Percentile £164 £170 £163
25th Percentile £173 £375 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -54.00% +53.85% -50.94%
75th Percentile £328 £622 £425
90th Percentile £418 £688 £494
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £17.67 £17.01
25th Percentile - £18.12 £18.52
Median hourly rate - £18.87 £22.09
Median % change year-on-year - -14.58% -
75th Percentile - - £23.66
90th Percentile - - £23.97
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -16.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 858 666 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.25% 16.02% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 462 300
10th Percentile £185 £163 £178
25th Percentile £281 £225 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £400 £439
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -8.83% -0.28%
75th Percentile £528 £524 £550
90th Percentile £615 £615 £622
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 38
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.00 £15.22
25th Percentile £16.90 £15.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.55 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% +6.00% -18.24%
75th Percentile £47.53 £19.89 £23.92
90th Percentile £95.50 £34.03 £51.00
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 North of England

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the North of England

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the North of England

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the North of England 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
North West -46 14 £175 - 24
Yorkshire -80 7 £320 -36.00% 4
North East -40 5 £275 +57.14% 6
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (24.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (8.00%) BrowserStack
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub
5 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (20.00%) VPN
2 3 (12.00%) DHCP
2 3 (12.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) VoIP
3 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.00%) Firewall
4 1 (4.00%) NAS
4 1 (4.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (16.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (16.00%) JUnit
1 4 (16.00%) Selenium
1 4 (16.00%) TestNG
2 2 (8.00%) Gatling
2 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) JMeter
2 2 (8.00%) Mockito
3 1 (4.00%) Git
3 1 (4.00%) IntelliJ
3 1 (4.00%) MSI
3 1 (4.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Service Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) QA Tester
3 4 (16.00%) Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Developer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IMAC Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Java Developer
5 2 (8.00%) PowerShell Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Python Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Service Management Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (8.00%) JAX-RS
1 2 (8.00%) Kafka
2 1 (4.00%) LDAP
2 1 (4.00%) Play Framework
2 1 (4.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (12.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (4.00%) BYOD
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 7 (28.00%) Android
4 4 (16.00%) Linux
4 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (8.00%) Unix
6 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
1 11 (44.00%) ITIL
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (24.00%) ITSM
3 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (16.00%) User Experience
4 3 (12.00%) Analytics
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (12.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.00%) Information Security
4 3 (12.00%) Microservices
4 3 (12.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (12.00%) TDD
5 2 (8.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (16.00%) Scala
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 2 (8.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (32.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (12.00%) CISSP
4 3 (12.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.00%) ACSP
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.00%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) SLA
2 4 (16.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (16.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Remedy
2 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow
3 4 (16.00%) Splunk
4 3 (12.00%) BeyondTrust
4 3 (12.00%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (8.00%) Google
6 1 (4.00%) Apple
6 1 (4.00%) Cisco
6 1 (4.00%) Dell
6 1 (4.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) IBM
6 1 (4.00%) Mitel
6 1 (4.00%) Veeam
6 1 (4.00%) VMware