Mac OS Contracts in South Wales

Apple macOS
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Mac OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 35 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.23% 0.65% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.33% 4.35% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £319 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £220 £190
Median % change year-on-year +47.73% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £384 - £195
90th Percentile £413 - -
Wales median daily rate £325 £220 £190
% change year-on-year +47.73% +15.79% -

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 36 46 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 14.81% 14.84% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 35 74
10th Percentile £177 £195 £146
25th Percentile £213 £354 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -32.41% +8.00% +14.93%
75th Percentile £438 £657 £575
90th Percentile £522 £703 £646
Wales median daily rate £365 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -27.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £22.38 £12.67 £19.32
25th Percentile £28.13 £13.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% -69.77% +2.70%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.38 £41.27 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year +161.14% -58.97% -24.32%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in South Wales

Mac OS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS in South Wales

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Cardiff +4 2 £325 +47.73% 3
Newport - 1 £413 - 1
Mac OS
Wales

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy