macOS Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 168 122 110
Rank change year-on-year -46 -12 +25
Contract jobs citing macOS 14 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.35% 0.50% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.81% 3.82% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 8
10th Percentile £156 £166 £194
25th Percentile £168 £170 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £175 £363
Median % change year-on-year - -51.72% -19.44%
75th Percentile £230 £411 £447
90th Percentile £326 £647 £527
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 498 288 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.52% 13.06% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 210 171
10th Percentile £185 £170 £191
25th Percentile £300 £223 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £369 £400
Median % change year-on-year +20.60% -7.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £548
90th Percentile £600 £625 £613
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 26
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.00 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.53 £16.13
Median hourly rate £72.66 £16.72 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year +334.57% -10.37% -17.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £18.87 £24.18
90th Percentile £178.75 £19.90 £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 West

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the North West

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the North West

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

macOS
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 macOS within the North West 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
Cheshire +7 9 £175 - 2
Merseyside -9 2 - - 4
Cumbria - 2 £230 -
Manchester -47 1 - - 16
macOS
England

macOS
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 3 (21.43%) DHCP
2 3 (21.43%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Mockito
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Service Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IMAC Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) PowerShell Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Python Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Splunk Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (7.14%) JAX-RS
1 1 (7.14%) Kafka
1 1 (7.14%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (21.43%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (28.57%) Android
3 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
4 2 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) ITSM
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (21.43%) User Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Change Control
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
6 1 (7.14%) BDD
6 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.14%) Microservices
6 1 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) ACSP
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Remedy
2 6 (42.86%) ServiceNow
3 4 (28.57%) Splunk
4 3 (21.43%) BeyondTrust
4 3 (21.43%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (7.14%) Apple