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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 504 522
Rank change year-on-year -94 +18 +80
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 22 24 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.082% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.47% 0.59% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 53
10th Percentile £155 £160 £140
25th Percentile £173 £280 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £402 £290
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +38.62% +18.13%
75th Percentile £400 £525 £725
90th Percentile £550 £540 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £160 £431
% change year-on-year +150.00% -62.90% +79.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £18.19
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £18.27
75th Percentile - - £25.41
90th Percentile - - £30.00
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 4,698 4,086 5,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 13.92% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 2,704 3,885
10th Percentile £185 £200 £184
25th Percentile £313 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -6.93%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £591
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 179 394
10th Percentile £15.96 £16.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.13 £15.31
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.45% +9.91% -43.23%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £59.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.22 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +83.57% +9.52% -32.80%

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 April 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 8 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 April 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 -100 22 £314 -21.95% 1
UK excluding London -88 14 £400 +150.00% 1
North of England -65 13 £400 -
North West -28 8 £400 -
London -73 7 £150 -70.00%
Yorkshire - 5 £160 -
Work from Home -33 2 - -
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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Remote Desktop
1 6 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (27.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Mockito
General
1 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Developer
1 13 (59.09%) Java Developer
2 7 (31.82%) IT Support
3 6 (27.27%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (27.27%) IT Technician
3 6 (27.27%) Support Technician
4 5 (22.73%) Senior
4 5 (22.73%) Senior Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Technician
8 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) ActiveMQ
1 9 (40.91%) JAX-RS
1 9 (40.91%) Kafka
2 6 (27.27%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Linux
1 13 (59.09%) Unix
2 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 9 (40.91%) Windows 10
3 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
1 13 (59.09%) Continuous Deployment
1 13 (59.09%) Microservices
1 13 (59.09%) Pair Programming
1 13 (59.09%) TDD
1 13 (59.09%) Test Automation
2 11 (50.00%) BDD
2 11 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 11 (50.00%) Web Design
3 10 (45.45%) Web Development
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (9.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Apple
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft