Mac OS X Contract Job Trends in the North West

Apple Mac OS X
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% - 0.037%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.85% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £521 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile £675 - -
England median daily rate £425 £250 £223
% change year-on-year +70.00% +12.36% -61.64%

All Operating Systems
North West

Mac OS X 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 355 296 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.98% 13.72% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 171 226
10th Percentile £150 £156 £185
25th Percentile £178 £240 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £390 £431
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -9.57% -4.17%
75th Percentile £481 £525 £538
90th Percentile £619 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.30 £17.08
25th Percentile £18.12 £16.88 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.46 £21.80 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +1.37% -18.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £24.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £68.70 £63.02 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.65 £32.50
% change year-on-year -54.81% +71.23% +30.00%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Mac OS X job vacancy trend in the North West

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Mac OS X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Manchester - 3 £610 - 1
Mac OS X
England

Mac OS X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Mockito
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (33.33%) JAX-RS
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft