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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.046% 0.042% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 0.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% - -
75th Percentile £625 £511 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £563 £278
% change year-on-year -28.89% +102.52% -44.45%

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 282 280 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.10% 11.84% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 180 254
10th Percentile £189 £192 £182
25th Percentile £273 £306 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £420
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +5.95% -6.67%
75th Percentile £492 £588 £555
90th Percentile £625 £825 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 40
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.54 £15.58
25th Percentile £13.90 £15.91 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -19.57% -3.81%
75th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £18.98 £45.45 £65.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.53% +98.66%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS X 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 16 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
Manchester +1 1 £550 +8.37% 1
Mac OS X
England

Mac OS X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared