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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 488 545
Rank change year-on-year -74 +57 +70
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 31 30 57
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.096% 0.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.65% 0.68% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 31
10th Percentile £362 £160 £140
25th Percentile £400 £206 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £411 £240
Median % change year-on-year +45.99% +71.25% -54.29%
75th Percentile £679 £525 £419
90th Percentile £700 £593 £469
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £160 £425
% change year-on-year +306.25% -62.35% -28.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.00

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 4,785 4,440 6,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.47% 14.18% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,167 2,760 4,251
10th Percentile £173 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £319 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.77%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £696 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £404 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -4.97% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 159 365
10th Percentile £14.70 £16.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £21.02 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +30.77% +1.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.99 £70.20 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £31.08 £25.22
% change year-on-year -24.39% +23.26% +4.98%

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 28 January 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 12 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 28 January 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 -75 30 £600 +45.99% 5
UK excluding London -33 26 £650 +306.25% 2
North of England -36 22 £650 - 2
Yorkshire - 18 £650 -
Work from Home -20 4 £650 +30.00% 1
North West -27 3 £610 - 2
London -48 3 £285 -32.14% 3
North East - 3 - -
West Midlands -37 2 £413 +157.81%
Midlands -49 2 £413 +157.81%
South East - 1 £365 -
East of England - 1 £228 -

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 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.45%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (6.45%) Wireless
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Internet
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (41.94%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (3.23%) MySQL
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (41.94%) Mockito
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Postman
General
1 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Developer
1 22 (70.97%) Java Developer
2 15 (48.39%) Senior
3 14 (45.16%) Senior Developer
3 14 (45.16%) Senior Java Developer
4 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Lead
6 3 (9.68%) Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) IT Support
6 3 (9.68%) Lead Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Lead Java Developer
7 2 (6.45%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (6.45%) IT Technician
7 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Support Technician
8 1 (3.23%) Digital Developer
8 1 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) QA Tester
8 1 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (41.94%) ActiveMQ
1 13 (41.94%) JAX-RS
1 13 (41.94%) Kafka
2 2 (6.45%) REST
2 2 (6.45%) X-Windows
3 1 (3.23%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.23%) J2EE
3 1 (3.23%) JPA
3 1 (3.23%) JWT
3 1 (3.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.23%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Linux
2 23 (74.19%) Unix
3 8 (25.81%) Windows
4 4 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Agile
1 21 (67.74%) Microservices
2 20 (64.52%) BDD
2 20 (64.52%) TDD
2 20 (64.52%) Test Automation
3 19 (61.29%) Continuous Deployment
4 15 (48.39%) Responsive Web Design
4 15 (48.39%) Web Design
5 13 (41.94%) Pair Programming
5 13 (41.94%) Web Development
6 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Configuration Management
8 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.45%) ITIL
8 2 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (6.45%) SIEM
8 2 (6.45%) Software Delivery
8 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (3.23%) API Testing
9 1 (3.23%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Security Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
1 1 (3.23%) QA
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Altiris
3 1 (3.23%) Bomgar
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk