Mac OS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Apple macOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Mac OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 321 352
Rank change year-on-year +56 +31 +61
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 74 78 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.35% 2.38% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 56 63
10th Percentile £149 £125 £191
25th Percentile £188 £189 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £225 £400
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% -43.75% +77.78%
75th Percentile £431 £378 £600
90th Percentile £568 £575 £613
UK median daily rate £325 £230 £350
% change year-on-year +41.30% -34.29% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 11
10th Percentile £16.08 £12.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.51 £14.00 £17.60
Median hourly rate £19.96 £15.65 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +27.51% -13.44% +39.08%
75th Percentile £22.34 £17.72 -
90th Percentile £23.73 - £19.38
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £16.00 £18.08
% change year-on-year +47.38% -11.50% -9.60%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,206 3,284 4,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.25% 15.82% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,420 2,182 3,233
10th Percentile £178 £175 £163
25th Percentile £243 £258 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £468 £504
% change year-on-year +1.50% -7.14% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 321 337
10th Percentile £15.30 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.27 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.69 £22.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £62.25 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £72.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -43.59% +73.33%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +34 31 £400 +81.82% 27
Yorkshire +27 21 £400 +166.67% 8
South East +41 15 £300 -20.63% 49
Midlands +18 11 £290 +45.00% 22
West Midlands +14 8 £175 -10.26% 8
Scotland +13 7 £496 -13.74% 4
North West +2 7 £160 -27.27% 17
East of England +32 5 £325 +51.16% 26
South West +32 4 £215 -4.44% 16
East Midlands +15 3 £395 -34.17% 11
North East - 3 - - 2
Wales +4 2 £413 +87.50% 13
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.70%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.35%) Confluence
4 1 (1.35%) nginx
4 1 (1.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 26 (35.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 35 (47.30%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (27.03%) Entra ID
3 7 (9.46%) Azure
4 6 (8.11%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.41%) AWS
6 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.70%) GCP
7 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.70%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.35%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.35%) SaaS
8 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
1 6 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.41%) DNS
2 4 (5.41%) VPN
3 3 (4.05%) Firewall
3 3 (4.05%) LAN
3 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.05%) VoIP
3 3 (4.05%) WAN
3 3 (4.05%) Wireless
4 2 (2.70%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.35%) DHCP
5 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.35%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.35%) NAS
5 1 (1.35%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.35%) Skype
5 1 (1.35%) Telepresence
5 1 (1.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) Git
3 3 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.35%) GitLab
4 1 (1.35%) Grunt
4 1 (1.35%) gulp
4 1 (1.35%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.35%) Mocha
4 1 (1.35%) Subversion
General
1 47 (63.51%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 14 (18.92%) Retail
3 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.11%) Finance
6 5 (6.76%) Military
7 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.70%) Electronics
8 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.70%) Marketing
8 2 (2.70%) Publishing
9 1 (1.35%) Banking
9 1 (1.35%) Legal
9 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (28.38%) IT Support
2 18 (24.32%) Support Manager
3 15 (20.27%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (10.81%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 8 (10.81%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) IT Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) IT Manager
4 8 (10.81%) IT Support Manager
5 7 (9.46%) Desktop Support
5 7 (9.46%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Developer
7 5 (6.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) IT Technician
7 5 (6.76%) Mac Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Python Developer
7 5 (6.76%) Support Assistant
8 4 (5.41%) Service Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) FastAPI
1 3 (4.05%) LDAP
1 3 (4.05%) pytest
1 3 (4.05%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.35%) cloud-init
2 1 (1.35%) CSS
2 1 (1.35%) HTML
2 1 (1.35%) HTML5
2 1 (1.35%) jQuery
2 1 (1.35%) Kafka
2 1 (1.35%) Keycloak
2 1 (1.35%) Mustache
2 1 (1.35%) Node.js
2 1 (1.35%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.97%) Smartphone
2 15 (20.27%) iPhone
3 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.35%) PKI
5 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 47 (63.51%) Windows
2 15 (20.27%) Linux
2 15 (20.27%) Windows 10
3 11 (14.86%) Android
3 11 (14.86%) Apple iOS
4 6 (8.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.41%) Unix
6 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.35%) CentOS
7 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Customer Service
2 28 (37.84%) ITIL
3 26 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (22.97%) ITSM
4 17 (22.97%) Mobile Device Management
5 16 (21.62%) Service Management
6 14 (18.92%) Incident Management
7 8 (10.81%) Agile
7 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (9.46%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (9.46%) Task Automation
9 6 (8.11%) Security Patching
9 6 (8.11%) Service Delivery
9 6 (8.11%) Test Automation
10 5 (6.76%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (6.76%) Line Management
10 5 (6.76%) Service Desk Management
11 4 (5.41%) CI/CD
11 4 (5.41%) Inventory Management
11 4 (5.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) Python
2 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.11%) Bash
4 3 (4.05%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.70%) C++
5 2 (2.70%) Groovy
5 2 (2.70%) VB
5 2 (2.70%) VBScript
6 1 (1.35%) AppleScript
6 1 (1.35%) Go
6 1 (1.35%) Java
6 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.16%) SC Cleared
1 9 (12.16%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.81%) A+ Certification
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.11%) ACSP
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 5 (6.76%) ACTC
4 5 (6.76%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.41%) MCP
5 4 (5.41%) MCSE
6 3 (4.05%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.70%) MCSA
8 1 (1.35%) CCNA
8 1 (1.35%) CEH
8 1 (1.35%) CISA
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.35%) CISSP
8 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (4.05%) NCSC
1 3 (4.05%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (45.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) Docker
3 5 (6.76%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.05%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.70%) BitLocker
5 2 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.35%) vSphere
6 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (32.43%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (9.46%) SCCM
4 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (4.05%) Terraform
6 2 (2.70%) Podman
6 2 (2.70%) RSA Archer
7 1 (1.35%) Consul
7 1 (1.35%) Grafana
7 1 (1.35%) HAProxy
7 1 (1.35%) Istio
7 1 (1.35%) linkerd
7 1 (1.35%) Packer
7 1 (1.35%) PaperCut
7 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.35%) Rancher
7 1 (1.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (41.89%) Apple
3 24 (32.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.11%) Cisco
4 6 (8.11%) Google
4 6 (8.11%) Symantec
5 4 (5.41%) HP
6 3 (4.05%) Splunk
6 3 (4.05%) VMware
7 2 (2.70%) F5
7 2 (2.70%) McAfee
7 2 (2.70%) Netskope
7 2 (2.70%) Oracle
7 2 (2.70%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.70%) SAP
8 1 (1.35%) Citrix
8 1 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.35%) Dell
8 1 (1.35%) ESET
8 1 (1.35%) Okta