macOS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 141 87 102
Rank change year-on-year -54 +15 +33
Contract jobs citing macOS 12 28 24
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.40% 1.65% 1.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.01% 11.48% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 15
10th Percentile - £228 £234
25th Percentile £575 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £280
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +16.07% +40.00%
75th Percentile £625 £775 £409
90th Percentile - £783 £423
South East median daily rate £273 £447 £280
% change year-on-year -39.04% +59.64% +40.00%
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
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £89.63 £32.00
% change year-on-year -63.74% +180.09% +76.99%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 299 244 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.91% 14.35% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 152 195
10th Percentile £225 £185 £200
25th Percentile £400 £229 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £365 £413
Median % change year-on-year +36.99% -11.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £592 £489 £565
90th Percentile £638 £574 £638
South East median daily rate £484 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +10.51% -2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 15 12
10th Percentile £16.19 £15.12 £16.32
25th Percentile £18.30 £15.73 £26.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £37.08
Median % change year-on-year +72.23% -49.11% -23.38%
75th Percentile £51.27 £54.08 £57.62
90th Percentile £69.80 £89.63 £58.40
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £57.87
% change year-on-year +72.23% -67.39% +3.23%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

macOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate histogram for macOS in the Thames Valley

macOS
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 macOS within the Thames Valley 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
macOS
South East

macOS
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 10 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (83.33%) AWS
3 10 (83.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) DHCP
1 10 (83.33%) DNS
1 10 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Apple iOS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Android
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) ITIL
2 10 (83.33%) AI
2 10 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 10 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 10 (83.33%) ITSM
2 10 (83.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (83.33%) Time Management
2 10 (83.33%) User Experience
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (8.33%) Application Packaging
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (83.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (91.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) Apple