Apple Mac OS X
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 520 | 565 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +45 | +137 |
| Contract jobs citing Mac OS X | 32 | 49 | 97 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.098% | 0.13% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.72% | 0.91% | 1.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 32 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £152 | £140 | £180 |
| 25th Percentile | £234 | £212 | £213 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £516 | £330 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.52% | +56.44% | -42.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £750 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | - | £701 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £158 | £278 |
| % change year-on-year | +280.95% | -43.29% | -20.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.27 | £180.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -89.85% | +1100.00% |
| 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 | 4,418 | 5,387 | 7,756 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.53% | 14.16% | 15.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,823 | 3,445 | 5,263 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £200 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £330 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £578 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £675 | £708 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £438 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 272 | 274 | 374 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £15.53 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £20.07 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £49.25 | £46.69 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -48.93% | +5.48% | +95.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £68.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.00 | £70.00 | £76.53 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £52.50 | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -52.10% | +14.43% | +108.55% |
Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend
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 16 September 2025.
Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend
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 16 September 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 | +2 | 31 | £400 | -28.89% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +13 | 23 | £600 | +280.95% | 27 |
| North of England | +3 | 19 | £650 | +28.08% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 17 | £650 | - | 11 |
| London | +7 | 8 | £214 | -69.19% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 3 | £650 | -13.33% | 12 |
| North East | -2 | 3 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | -12 | 2 | £350 | +94.44% | |
| Midlands | -12 | 2 | £350 | +94.44% | 3 |
| South East | +20 | 1 | £365 | - | 8 |
| North West | -11 | 1 | £550 | +8.37% | 1 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £150 | - |
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:
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