macOS Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire 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 88 44 23
Rank change year-on-year -44 -21 -
Contract jobs citing macOS 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.23% 0.48% 2.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.56% 2.63% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £119 - -
25th Percentile £120 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £109 £117
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -6.84% -
75th Percentile £121 - -
90th Percentile £121 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £186 £200 £180
% change year-on-year -7.25% +11.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 78 38 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 9.09% 18.18% 23.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 24 21
10th Percentile £358 £325 £298
25th Percentile £402 £423 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +10.12% -12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £440
90th Percentile £544 £551 £469
West Midlands median daily rate £459 £463 £444
% change year-on-year -0.76% +4.28% +18.27%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Shropshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Shropshire 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
Telford -44 2 £120 +10.09%
macOS
West Midlands

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow