Mac OS Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Apple macOS
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Mac OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 7 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.92% 3.72% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.50% 22.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - £316 -
25th Percentile £170 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £340 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.53% - -
75th Percentile £180 £370 -
90th Percentile £340 £388 -
North East median daily rate £175 £340 -
% change year-on-year -48.53% - -

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 40 36 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 10.99% 16.74% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 19
10th Percentile £103 £150 £131
25th Percentile £110 £181 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £340 £195
Median % change year-on-year -48.53% +74.36% -64.55%
75th Percentile £201 £475 £425
90th Percentile £413 £573 £490
North East median daily rate £184 £333 £190
% change year-on-year -44.74% +75.00% -65.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £21.75 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.57%
75th Percentile £27.50 - £16.50
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
North East median hourly rate £25.00 £18.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +17.19% -28.89%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Mac OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in Tyne and Wear

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -18 7 £175 -48.53% 2
Mac OS
North East

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Wireless
General
1 5 (71.43%) Electronics
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
1 5 (71.43%) Marketing
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Scala Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) API Design
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Apple
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
1 5 (71.43%) Dell
1 5 (71.43%) HP
1 5 (71.43%) SAP