Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the South East

Apple macOS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Mac OS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 159 189
Rank change year-on-year +27 +30 +59
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 33 23 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.93% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.46% 2.80% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 12
10th Percentile £293 £148 £128
25th Percentile £412 £197 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £280 £200
Median % change year-on-year +75.71% +40.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £540 £400 £211
90th Percentile £778 £409 £236
England median daily rate £400 £250 £288
% change year-on-year +60.00% -13.04% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £76.59 £20.20 -
25th Percentile £84.97 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £32.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +180.09% +76.99% +39.08%
75th Percentile - £36.50 -
90th Percentile - £37.40 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +57.19% -20.00% +21.43%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 604 820 1,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.01% 17.37% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 535 730
10th Percentile £190 £205 £182
25th Percentile £250 £330 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £573
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 42 73
10th Percentile £15.12 £16.32 £16.65
25th Percentile £16.95 £23.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £55.13 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.77% +0.23% +223.53%
75th Percentile £28.00 £70.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £58.75 - £73.22
England median hourly rate £24.00 £39.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.46% -8.24% +77.75%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in the South East

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the South East over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the South East

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Thames Valley +17 28 £538 +91.96% 4
Buckinghamshire +13 16 - -
Oxfordshire -2 7 £325 -
Hampshire +19 5 £492 - 1
Berkshire +11 5 £750 +435.71% 4
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (57.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (48.48%) IBM Domino
3 1 (3.03%) IIS
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.18%) Azure
3 5 (15.15%) AWS
4 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.12%) GCP
5 2 (6.06%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (63.64%) Firewall
2 16 (48.48%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 5 (15.15%) DNS
4 5 (15.15%) VPN
4 5 (15.15%) Wireless
5 4 (12.12%) DHCP
6 1 (3.03%) Internet
6 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
6 1 (3.03%) LAN
6 1 (3.03%) MPLS
6 1 (3.03%) NAS
6 1 (3.03%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.03%) SAN
6 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.03%) Skype
6 1 (3.03%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
General
1 16 (48.48%) Games
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Architect
2 3 (9.09%) Senior
2 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Analyst
3 2 (6.06%) Build Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (6.06%) Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Desktop Build Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Network Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Service Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) iPad
3 1 (3.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 32 (96.97%) Windows
2 16 (48.48%) Android
3 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
4 4 (12.12%) Linux
5 2 (6.06%) Unix
5 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) E-Commerce
2 11 (33.33%) ITIL
3 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Business Strategy
5 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.15%) IT Strategy
5 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
5 5 (15.15%) User Experience
6 4 (12.12%) Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) Application Packaging
6 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (12.12%) ITSM
6 4 (12.12%) Service Management
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.12%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (12.12%) Time Management
6 4 (12.12%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.12%) Bash
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Degree
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (18.18%) A+ Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.06%) CCSP
5 2 (6.06%) CISM
5 2 (6.06%) CISSP
5 2 (6.06%) GCFA
5 2 (6.06%) GCFE
5 2 (6.06%) GCIH
5 2 (6.06%) GREM
6 1 (3.03%) MCP
6 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) GDPR
2 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.03%) vSphere
4 1 (3.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (66.67%) SCCM
2 20 (60.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.06%) EnCase
3 2 (6.06%) FTK
3 2 (6.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (63.64%) Cisco
3 16 (48.48%) Meraki
3 16 (48.48%) Splunk
4 6 (18.18%) Citrix
4 6 (18.18%) VMware
5 4 (12.12%) CheckPoint
5 4 (12.12%) Palo Alto
5 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
6 2 (6.06%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (6.06%) Darktrace
7 1 (3.03%) F5