Mac Engineer Contracts

Apple Mac Engineer
UK

The median Apple Mac Engineer daily rate in the UK is £395, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 577 669
Rank change year-on-year +79 +92 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Mac Engineer 26 23 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.053% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.057% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 32
10th Percentile £173 £190 £225
25th Percentile £263 £219 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £275 £266
Median % change year-on-year +43.64% +3.58% +6.20%
75th Percentile £430 £350 £283
90th Percentile £439 £389 £556
UK excluding London median daily rate £398 £413 £270
% change year-on-year -3.75% +52.96% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.27 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £18.27 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,127 40,034 55,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,721 26,064 39,048
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,053 2,665 1,566
10th Percentile £14.14 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.11
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%

Mac Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mac Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mac Engineer in the UK

Mac Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Mac Engineer in the UK

Mac Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac Engineer in the UK

Mac Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Mac Engineer in the UK

Mac Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +68 25 £395 +43.64% 3
London +37 18 £395 +43.64% 3
UK excluding London +57 8 £398 -3.75% 1
Work from Home +45 5 £420 +17.07%
Midlands +23 4 £395 -34.17%
East Midlands +14 3 £395 -34.17%
East of England +27 1 £226 -
Scotland +9 1 £400 -
South West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £400 -
North of England - 1 £400 -

Mac Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Mac Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Mac Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (88.46%) Mac OS
2 18 (69.23%) Jamf Pro
3 17 (65.38%) Apple
4 15 (57.69%) Bash
5 14 (53.85%) Windows
6 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (38.46%) Python
8 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
8 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
9 6 (23.08%) Task Automation
10 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
10 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
11 4 (15.38%) Finance
11 4 (15.38%) ACSP
11 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
12 3 (11.54%) Security Patching
12 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
12 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
13 2 (7.69%) Okta
13 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (7.69%) Break/Fix
13 2 (7.69%) Fintech
13 2 (7.69%) Project Management
13 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
13 2 (7.69%) Wireless
13 2 (7.69%) Workflow
13 2 (7.69%) Cisco
13 2 (7.69%) HP
13 2 (7.69%) Dell

Mac Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (3.85%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Wireless
2 1 (3.85%) Internet
2 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
2 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Core Data
1 1 (3.85%) RESTful
1 1 (3.85%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Mac OS
2 14 (53.85%) Windows
3 2 (7.69%) Android
3 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Task Automation
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.54%) Security Patching
5 2 (7.69%) Break/Fix
5 2 (7.69%) Fintech
5 2 (7.69%) Project Management
5 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Time Management
5 2 (7.69%) Workflow
6 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.85%) Change Management
6 1 (3.85%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.85%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.85%) Service Management
6 1 (3.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) Bash
2 10 (38.46%) Python
3 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.69%) AppleScript
5 1 (3.85%) Objective-C
5 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) ACSP
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (69.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Apple
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco
2 2 (7.69%) Dell
2 2 (7.69%) HP
2 2 (7.69%) Okta
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Quark