macOS Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 75 35 28
Rank change year-on-year -40 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing macOS 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.56% 2.34% 2.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.56% 18.75% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £296 - £316
25th Percentile £328 £170 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £175 £340
Median % change year-on-year +117.14% -48.53% +126.67%
75th Percentile £433 £340 £370
90th Percentile £464 £436 £388
North East median daily rate £275 £175 £330
% change year-on-year +57.14% -46.97% +120.00%

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 61 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 8.48% 12.50% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 21 16
10th Percentile £200 £170 £143
25th Percentile £369 £188 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £375
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £475 £500 £478
90th Percentile £555 £575 £494
North East median daily rate £419 £247 £345
% change year-on-year +69.88% -28.55% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £17.39 - -
75th Percentile £20.08 - -
90th Percentile £26.66 - -
North East median hourly rate £17.39 - -

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

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

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing macOS in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Tyne and Wear

macOS
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 macOS within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -38 4 £380 +117.14% 5
macOS
North East

macOS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (25.00%) Mockito
1 1 (25.00%) MSI
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Scala Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (25.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
1 1 (25.00%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) BYOD
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Web Design
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft