Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Reading

Apple macOS
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Mac OS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 89
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% - 0.088%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.56% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £781 - -
90th Percentile £785 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £750 £140 -
% change year-on-year +435.71% - -

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 54 78 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 9.20% 7.11% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 50 115
10th Percentile £355 £305 £205
25th Percentile £500 £450 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £605 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +24.10% -2.50%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £619
90th Percentile - £638 £639
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £48.63
25th Percentile - £69.06 £50.31
Median hourly rate - £69.38 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +26.14% +7.84%
75th Percentile - £69.69 £59.06
90th Percentile - - £60.38
Berkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £63.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -70.48% +27.87% -44.44%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in Reading

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in Reading over the 6 months to 3 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in Reading

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (66.67%) Document Management
1 2 (66.67%) E-Discovery
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) GCFA
1 2 (66.67%) GCFE
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) EnCase
1 2 (66.67%) FTK
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (66.67%) Darktrace