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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 678 | 523 | 514 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -155 | -9 | +31 |
| Contract jobs citing Mac OS X | 7 | 30 | 49 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.013% | 0.092% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.13% | 0.68% | 0.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 25 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £151 | £151 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £153 | £225 | £212 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £155 | £400 | £516 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -61.25% | -22.52% | +85.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £158 | £675 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £159 | £700 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £160 | £650 | £158 |
| % change year-on-year | -75.38% | +312.70% | -41.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £16.61 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £18.07 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £18.27 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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 | 5,326 | 4,423 | 5,380 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 9.78% | 13.51% | 14.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,366 | 2,826 | 3,480 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £190 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £305 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £452 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.76% | -4.84% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £685 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £449 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.33% | -0.33% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 385 | 265 | 279 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.47 | £15.50 | £15.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.25 | £18.51 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.77 | £25.15 | £48.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.47% | -48.21% | +5.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.22 | £58.75 | £68.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.54 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.33 | £25.15 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -52.10% | +20.00% |
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
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X.
Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mac OS X.
Mac OS X
Top 10 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 9 September 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 | -137 | 7 | £155 | -61.25% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | -122 | 6 | £160 | -75.38% | 4 |
| North of England | -79 | 5 | £160 | -75.38% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -47 | 4 | £160 | -75.38% | 2 |
| East of England | -23 | 1 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | -47 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North East | -47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | -51 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| London | -94 | 1 | £150 | -29.82% | 3 |
| North West | - | 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: