macOS Contract Job Trends in Reading

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading 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 87 59 93
Rank change year-on-year -28 +34 -5
Contract jobs citing macOS 7 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.64% 0.51% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.45% 5.56% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £315 £408
25th Percentile £575 £469 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 £419
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +79.10% -
75th Percentile £625 £781 £423
90th Percentile - £785 £424
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £750 £413
% change year-on-year -20.00% +81.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £34.85 - -
90th Percentile £35.22 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 - -

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 67 54 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 6.09% 9.25% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 53
10th Percentile £199 £228 £249
25th Percentile £407 £255 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £375 £605
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -38.02% +34.44%
75th Percentile £650 £536 £625
90th Percentile £778 £596 £695
Berkshire median daily rate £465 £417 £425
% change year-on-year +11.54% -1.91% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £69.06
Median hourly rate £35.22 - £69.38
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.14%
75th Percentile £67.36 - £69.69
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 £19.83 £56.75
% change year-on-year +63.89% -65.05% +13.80%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Reading

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing macOS

macOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing macOS in Reading over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for macOS in Reading

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) OneDrive
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) DHCP
1 6 (85.71%) DNS
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) IT Support
2 3 (42.86%) IT Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) AI
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Data Protection
2 6 (85.71%) ITSM
2 6 (85.71%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Time Management
2 6 (85.71%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (85.71%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Apple