Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the South West

Apple macOS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 120 129
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +23
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 11 6 19
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.47% 0.28% 0.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.61% 1.36% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 15
10th Percentile - £173 £160
25th Percentile £140 £188 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £195 £225
Median % change year-on-year +51.28% -13.33% -43.75%
75th Percentile £435 £203 £340
90th Percentile £488 - -
England median daily rate £295 £278 £325
% change year-on-year +6.31% -14.62% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - £20.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £22.50
75th Percentile £38.75 - £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £28.34 £20.11
% change year-on-year -11.26% +40.92% +7.25%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 422 440 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.09% 20.85% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 273 341
10th Percentile £182 £200 £169
25th Percentile £263 £225 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £694
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 29 49
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £20.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.75 £46.39
Median hourly rate £38.94 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £101.00 £70.80 £72.12
England median hourly rate £25.15 £56.20 £32.50
% change year-on-year -55.25% +72.92% +30.00%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the South West

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the South West over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the South West

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Somerset 0 5 £140 -28.21% 2
Gloucestershire - 3 £435 - 1
Bristol - 2 £323 -
Devon +8 1 £700 +258.97%
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) LAN
1 2 (18.18%) VoIP
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Telepresence
2 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) MSI
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Test Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Test Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Blackberry
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Android
2 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Smoke Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
3 2 (18.18%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Application Packaging
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Information Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITSM
4 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
4 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) A+ Certification
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) MCITP
3 1 (9.09%) MCP
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) MCTS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Tanium