Mac OS X Contract Job Trends

Apple Mac OS X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 515 505
Rank change year-on-year -100 -10 +42
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 20 11 71
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.038% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.42% 0.28% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 49
10th Percentile £154 - £139
25th Percentile £160 £145 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £280 £438
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -36.00% +75.00%
75th Percentile - £519 £725
90th Percentile £580 £568 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - £438
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £18.14
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £18.27
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £24.14
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 4,712 3,963 5,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 13.86% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,011 2,606 3,883
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £466 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -0.90% -6.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 171 401
10th Percentile £15.74 £15.22 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.45% -2.22% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £54.38 £60.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.36 £19.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +86.44% -13.33% -30.77%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS X relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Mac OS X job vacancy trend in the UK

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Top 7 Contract Job 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 26 May 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
England -112 20 £400 +42.86% 2
North of England -64 12 £400 -
UK excluding London -105 12 £400 - 1
North West -32 7 £400 -
London -66 7 £150 -46.43% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £160 -
Work from Home -46 1 - - 1

Mac OS X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Remote Desktop
1 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (30.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Mockito
General
1 9 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
1 12 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 6 (30.00%) IT Support
2 6 (30.00%) IT Support Technician
2 6 (30.00%) IT Technician
2 6 (30.00%) Support Technician
3 5 (25.00%) Senior
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (40.00%) ActiveMQ
1 8 (40.00%) JAX-RS
1 8 (40.00%) Kafka
2 6 (30.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (60.00%) Linux
1 12 (60.00%) Unix
2 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Agile
1 12 (60.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 12 (60.00%) Microservices
1 12 (60.00%) Pair Programming
1 12 (60.00%) TDD
1 12 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (50.00%) BDD
2 10 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 10 (50.00%) Web Design
3 9 (45.00%) Web Development
4 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory