Mac OS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple macOS
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 103 131
Rank change year-on-year +15 +28 +36
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 28 23 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.65% 1.07% 0.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.48% 8.07% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 5
10th Percentile £228 £234 £137
25th Percentile £250 £250 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £280 £200
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +40.00% -48.39%
75th Percentile £775 £409 -
90th Percentile £783 £423 -
South East median daily rate £470 £280 £200
% change year-on-year +67.68% +40.00% -16.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £76.59 £30.40 -
25th Percentile £84.97 £31.00 -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £34.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +163.62% +88.05% +39.08%
75th Percentile - £37.00 -
90th Percentile - £37.60 -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £34.00 £18.08
% change year-on-year +163.62% +88.05% +39.08%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 244 285 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.40% 13.24% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 192 319
10th Percentile £185 £200 £157
25th Percentile £229 £313 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +3.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £489 £554 £560
90th Percentile £574 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £436 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -3.06% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 18
10th Percentile £15.12 £16.32 £18.37
25th Percentile £15.73 £26.58 £22.02
Median hourly rate £18.87 £37.08 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -49.11% -24.42% +197.36%
75th Percentile £54.08 £57.62 £56.05
90th Percentile £89.63 £58.40 £67.66
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.87 £57.50
% change year-on-year -67.39% +0.64% +238.24%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the Thames Valley

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mac OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Buckinghamshire +4 17 £250 -10.71% 1
Oxfordshire -2 6 £325 +30.00% 1
Berkshire +11 5 £750 +81.82% 4
Mac OS
South East

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 18 (64.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) IIS
2 1 (3.57%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (71.43%) Firewall
2 16 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (17.86%) DNS
3 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
3 5 (17.86%) VPN
4 4 (14.29%) DHCP
4 4 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Games
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Build Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Build Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Forensic Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) IT Support
4 2 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Service Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) JSON
1 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) IoT
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) iPad
2 1 (3.57%) iPhone
2 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.57%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (96.43%) Windows
2 16 (57.14%) Android
3 4 (14.29%) Linux
4 2 (7.14%) Unix
5 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) E-Commerce
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.29%) ITSM
4 4 (14.29%) Service Management
4 4 (14.29%) Time Management
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (7.14%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (7.14%) Document Management
6 2 (7.14%) E-Discovery
6 2 (7.14%) Incident Response
6 2 (7.14%) Information Security
6 2 (7.14%) Inventory Management
6 2 (7.14%) Network Architecture
6 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) A+ Certification
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (7.14%) CCSP
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) GCFA
3 2 (7.14%) GCFE
3 2 (7.14%) GCIH
3 2 (7.14%) GREM
4 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (57.14%) SCCM
2 2 (7.14%) EnCase
2 2 (7.14%) FTK
2 2 (7.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (75.00%) Cisco
3 16 (57.14%) Meraki
3 16 (57.14%) Splunk
4 5 (17.86%) ServiceNow
5 4 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 2 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (7.14%) Darktrace
7 1 (3.57%) Apple
7 1 (3.57%) HP
7 1 (3.57%) Planview