Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Apple macOS
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 19 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +13
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 6 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 3.35% 0.70% 3.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.64% 5.26% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £141
25th Percentile £313 - £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £250 £200
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +25.00% -61.90%
75th Percentile £338 - £453
90th Percentile - - £538
South East median daily rate £470 £280 £200
% change year-on-year +67.68% +40.00% -8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £36.00 -
% change year-on-year +148.97% - -

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 44 19 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 24.58% 13.29% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 52
10th Percentile £172 £160 £170
25th Percentile £190 £179 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £355 £375
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% -5.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £369 £509 £541
90th Percentile £415 £534 £625
South East median daily rate £435 £450 £415
% change year-on-year -3.33% +8.43% -12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £18.94 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.76%
75th Percentile £84.66 - £18.75
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.94% +10.00% +193.33%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Oxford +1 4 - - 4
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £325 -
Mac OS
South East

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) iPad
1 1 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) Service Management
3 4 (66.67%) Time Management
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) A+ Certification
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow