macOS Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West 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 146 111 126
Rank change year-on-year -35 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing macOS 6 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.66% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.58% 3.28% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 7
10th Percentile - - £176
25th Percentile £185 £140 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £295 £195
Median % change year-on-year -35.59% +51.28% -42.65%
75th Percentile £246 £405 £203
90th Percentile £339 £435 £217
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 379 396 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.25% 20.01% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 242 286
10th Percentile £212 £176 £200
25th Percentile £400 £225 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £600
90th Percentile £747 £670 £688
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 63 58
10th Percentile £16.68 £17.69 £65.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.87 £66.25
Median hourly rate £36.93 £22.19 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.42% -68.30% +9.38%
75th Percentile £67.69 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £84.00 £68.00 -
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 West

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the South West

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in the South West

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

macOS
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 macOS within the South West 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
Gloucestershire +1 5 £190 -56.32% 7
Bristol -24 1 - - 3
macOS
England

macOS
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) VPN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) Value-Added Service
General
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Product Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) ACSP
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) Meraki
4 2 (33.33%) Apple
5 1 (16.67%) Adobe
5 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
5 1 (16.67%) Samsung
5 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (16.67%) Symantec