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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 312 360
Rank change year-on-year +58 +48 +42
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 86 80 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.87% 2.42% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 55 56
10th Percentile £158 £131 £189
25th Percentile £208 £190 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £225 £513
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -56.10% +135.63%
75th Percentile £430 £378 £600
90th Percentile £545 £558 £688
UK median daily rate £325 £225 £330
% change year-on-year +44.44% -31.82% +24.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 9
10th Percentile £17.03 £12.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £19.89 £14.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.66 £15.83 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +55.83% -12.47% +33.93%
75th Percentile £24.83 £17.72 -
90th Percentile £24.93 £17.75 £19.38
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £16.47 £18.08
% change year-on-year +49.26% -8.92% +24.69%

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 2,225 3,306 4,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.22% 15.97% 19.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 2,199 2,980
10th Percentile £181 £175 £163
25th Percentile £250 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +9.41%
75th Percentile £560 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £672 £675
UK median daily rate £467 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.68% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 335 309
10th Percentile £15.11 £12.30 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.57 £17.25
Median hourly rate £18.94 £22.50 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% -43.18% +98.00%
75th Percentile £45.06 £63.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.90
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £44.11
% change year-on-year -2.22% -48.99% +100.50%

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 30 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 30 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 +29 37 £400 +81.82% 123
Yorkshire +46 29 £400 +166.67% 46
South East +52 15 £375 -0.79% 180
Midlands +16 10 £390 +95.00% 107
Scotland +6 9 £420 -26.96% 19
South West +36 7 £273 +21.11% 74
West Midlands +15 7 £168 -16.25% 54
North West -1 7 £160 -27.27% 60
East of England +37 6 £325 +51.16% 90
Wales +6 4 £325 +47.73% 21
East Midlands +10 3 £395 -34.17% 45
North East - 1 - - 17
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 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.49%) IBM Domino
4 2 (2.33%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.16%) Confluence
5 1 (1.16%) nginx
5 1 (1.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 32 (37.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (31.40%) Entra ID
3 7 (8.14%) Azure
4 4 (4.65%) AWS
5 3 (3.49%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.49%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.16%) SaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) Firewall
2 8 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (8.14%) LAN
3 7 (8.14%) VoIP
3 7 (8.14%) WAN
4 6 (6.98%) DNS
5 5 (5.81%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (4.65%) VPN
6 4 (4.65%) Wireless
7 3 (3.49%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.49%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.33%) Telepresence
9 1 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.16%) IP Telephony
9 1 (1.16%) NAS
9 1 (1.16%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.16%) SAN
9 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.16%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.16%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.16%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) JIRA
2 4 (4.65%) Git
3 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.16%) GitLab
4 1 (1.16%) Grunt
4 1 (1.16%) gulp
4 1 (1.16%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.16%) Mocha
4 1 (1.16%) Subversion
General
1 57 (66.28%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (22.09%) Retail
3 12 (13.95%) Public Sector
4 11 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Finance
6 3 (3.49%) Games
6 3 (3.49%) Military
6 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Electronics
7 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Marketing
7 2 (2.33%) Publishing
8 1 (1.16%) Banking
8 1 (1.16%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) IT Support
1 25 (29.07%) Support Manager
2 16 (18.60%) Support Engineer
3 12 (13.95%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (13.95%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (13.95%) IT Manager
3 12 (13.95%) IT Support Manager
4 10 (11.63%) Desktop Support
5 9 (10.47%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) IT Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Mac Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Analyst
8 6 (6.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Support Assistant
9 5 (5.81%) Administrator
9 5 (5.81%) Python Developer
9 5 (5.81%) Senior
10 4 (4.65%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) X-Windows
2 3 (3.49%) FastAPI
2 3 (3.49%) LDAP
2 3 (3.49%) pytest
3 1 (1.16%) cloud-init
3 1 (1.16%) CSS
3 1 (1.16%) HTML
3 1 (1.16%) HTML5
3 1 (1.16%) jQuery
3 1 (1.16%) Kafka
3 1 (1.16%) Keycloak
3 1 (1.16%) Mustache
3 1 (1.16%) Node.js
3 1 (1.16%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.26%) iPhone
1 20 (23.26%) Smartphone
2 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) PKI
5 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 52 (60.47%) Windows
2 19 (22.09%) Windows 10
3 18 (20.93%) Android
4 15 (17.44%) Linux
5 9 (10.47%) Apple iOS
6 6 (6.98%) Windows Server
7 4 (4.65%) Unix
8 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.16%) CentOS
9 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (52.33%) Customer Service
2 34 (39.53%) ITIL
3 26 (30.23%) ITSM
4 24 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (26.74%) Service Management
6 22 (25.58%) Mobile Device Management
7 19 (22.09%) Incident Management
8 10 (11.63%) Service Delivery
9 9 (10.47%) Task Automation
10 8 (9.30%) Agile
10 8 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (9.30%) Security Patching
11 7 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (8.14%) Service Desk Management
12 6 (6.98%) Line Management
12 6 (6.98%) Test Automation
13 5 (5.81%) Data Loss Prevention
13 5 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (5.81%) Inventory Management
14 4 (4.65%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.79%) PowerShell
2 10 (11.63%) Python
3 5 (5.81%) Bash
4 3 (3.49%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.33%) C++
5 2 (2.33%) Groovy
5 2 (2.33%) VB
5 2 (2.33%) VBScript
6 1 (1.16%) AppleScript
6 1 (1.16%) Go
6 1 (1.16%) Java
6 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.30%) A+ Certification
1 8 (9.30%) ACSP
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (9.30%) SC Cleared
1 8 (9.30%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.14%) ACTC
2 7 (8.14%) Degree
3 4 (4.65%) MCP
3 4 (4.65%) MCSE
4 3 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.33%) MCSA
6 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.16%) CCNA
6 1 (1.16%) CISA
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.16%) CISSP
6 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.14%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.49%) NCSC
3 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (54.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.98%) Docker
3 5 (5.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.49%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.33%) BitLocker
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.16%) vSphere
6 1 (1.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (36.05%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (11.63%) SCCM
4 4 (4.65%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (3.49%) Terraform
6 2 (2.33%) Podman
6 2 (2.33%) RSA Archer
7 1 (1.16%) Consul
7 1 (1.16%) Grafana
7 1 (1.16%) HAProxy
7 1 (1.16%) Istio
7 1 (1.16%) linkerd
7 1 (1.16%) Packer
7 1 (1.16%) PaperCut
7 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.16%) Rancher
7 1 (1.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (67.44%) Microsoft
2 38 (44.19%) Apple
3 35 (40.70%) ServiceNow
4 10 (11.63%) Cisco
5 6 (6.98%) Splunk
5 6 (6.98%) Symantec
6 4 (4.65%) HP
7 3 (3.49%) Google
7 3 (3.49%) Meraki
7 3 (3.49%) VMware
8 2 (2.33%) F5
8 2 (2.33%) McAfee
8 2 (2.33%) Netskope
8 2 (2.33%) Oracle
8 2 (2.33%) Proofpoint
8 2 (2.33%) Remedy
8 2 (2.33%) SAP
9 1 (1.16%) Adobe
9 1 (1.16%) Citrix
9 1 (1.16%) Dell