macOS Contract Job Trends in the South East

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East 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 205 135 152
Rank change year-on-year -70 +17 +32
Contract jobs citing macOS 30 35 27
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.46% 0.98% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.98% 5.50% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 17
10th Percentile £154 £250 £153
25th Percentile £200 £335 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £447 £280
Median % change year-on-year -39.04% +59.64% +40.00%
75th Percentile £288 £539 £409
90th Percentile £575 £775 £421
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £20.50 £76.59 £19.65
25th Percentile £28.13 £84.97 £26.31
Median hourly rate £32.50 £89.63 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.74% +180.09% +76.99%
75th Percentile £33.75 - £36.50
90th Percentile £35.22 - £37.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -16.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 753 636 778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.54% 17.82% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 453 513
10th Percentile £204 £190 £201
25th Percentile £309 £219 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.51% -2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £580 £540 £585
90th Percentile £638 £608 £650
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 53 34
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.84 £18.10
25th Percentile £20.63 £15.50 £32.90
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £57.87
Median % change year-on-year +72.23% -67.39% +3.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.47 £78.45 -
England median hourly rate £32.29 £24.00 £61.43
% change year-on-year +34.54% -60.93% +28.43%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the South East

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing macOS in the South East over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the South East

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

macOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for macOS in the South East

macOS
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 macOS within the South East 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
Berkshire -13 12 £600 -20.00% 4
Thames Valley -54 12 £600 +84.62% 10
Hampshire -27 10 £273 -41.96% 2
Surrey - 6 £200 - 7
Middlesex - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 £105 - 1
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) CMS
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (3.33%) Houdini
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 21 (70.00%) Azure
2 19 (63.33%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (36.67%) AWS
3 11 (36.67%) OneDrive
4 10 (33.33%) Entra ID
5 3 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.33%) GCP
6 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) TCP/IP
2 12 (40.00%) DNS
3 11 (36.67%) DHCP
4 4 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.67%) LAN
5 2 (6.67%) NAS
5 2 (6.67%) SAN
6 1 (3.33%) Broadband
6 1 (3.33%) VPN
6 1 (3.33%) WAN
6 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Back Office
2 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
3 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Retail
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) IT Support
2 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Field Service Technician
4 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Administrator
5 2 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.33%) Mac Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Mac Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Network Support
6 1 (3.33%) Network Support Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) REST
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 7 (23.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (10.00%) PKI
4 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.33%) Digital Signage
5 1 (3.33%) iPad
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.33%) Social Media
5 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Apple iOS
3 12 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
5 6 (20.00%) Android
5 6 (20.00%) Linux
6 5 (16.67%) CentOS
6 5 (16.67%) Ubuntu
7 1 (3.33%) VMS
7 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) ITIL
1 16 (53.33%) ITSM
2 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
3 11 (36.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 11 (36.67%) Time Management
3 11 (36.67%) User Experience
4 10 (33.33%) AI
4 10 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.33%) Change Management
7 3 (10.00%) Application Packaging
7 3 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (10.00%) Inventory Management
7 3 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
7 3 (10.00%) Service Management
8 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.67%) Incident Response
8 2 (6.67%) Problem Management
9 1 (3.33%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
3 6 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) MCSE
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) GDPR
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (16.67%) SCCM
4 1 (3.33%) AirWatch
4 1 (3.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) ServiceNow
3 7 (23.33%) Apple
4 6 (20.00%) Atlassian
5 4 (13.33%) VMware
6 2 (6.67%) Cisco
7 1 (3.33%) Citrix
7 1 (3.33%) Dell
7 1 (3.33%) Foundry
7 1 (3.33%) Meraki
7 1 (3.33%) Wyse