Apple Mac OS X
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Mac OS X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS X over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 495 | 524 | 595 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +29 | +71 | +99 |
| Contract jobs citing Mac OS X | 24 | 76 | 118 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.082% | 0.17% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.59% | 1.31% | 1.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 53 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £140 | £149 |
| 25th Percentile | £280 | £190 | £180 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | £290 | £246 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +38.62% | +18.13% | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £725 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £540 | £750 | £703 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £160 | £431 | £240 |
| % change year-on-year | -62.90% | +79.69% | +20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.27 | £180.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -89.85% | +800.00% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £18.27 | - |
All Operating Systems
UK
Mac OS X 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 4,075 | 5,812 | 9,696 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.94% | 13.33% | 16.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,687 | 3,913 | 6,831 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £183 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £319 | £300 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £468 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.50% | -7.33% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 177 | 397 | 416 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £12.75 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £15.50 | £17.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.00 | £39.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -44.02% | +74.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £22.00 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -29.60% | +56.25% |
Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Mac OS X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.
Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Mac OS X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.
Mac OS X
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS X within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 | +19 | 24 | £402 | +0.50% | 26 |
| London | +11 | 17 | £500 | +110.53% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 7 | £500 | +108.33% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | +30 | 6 | £160 | -62.90% | 16 |
| North of England | +24 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | +16 | 3 | £160 | -63.43% | 5 |
| North West | +12 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 3 | £160 | -63.43% | 2 |
Mac OS X
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: