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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 536 510
Rank change year-on-year -105 -26 +46
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 22 9 66
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.028% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.43% 0.21% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 43
10th Percentile £154 - £134
25th Percentile £160 £145 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £208 £290
Median % change year-on-year +92.77% -28.45% +7.91%
75th Percentile - £280 £738
90th Percentile £580 £334 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £150 £364
% change year-on-year +166.67% -58.76% +40.58%
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 5,090 4,390 5,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.65% 13.45% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,236 2,825 3,772
10th Percentile £191 £200 £190
25th Percentile £316 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 246 399
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £21.28 £31.25
% change year-on-year +25.28% -31.90% +4.17%

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 22 July 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 11 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 22 July 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 -89 22 £400 +92.77% 1
UK excluding London -97 15 £400 +166.67% 1
North of England - 14 £400 - 1
North West - 8 £400 - 1
London -72 6 £150 -34.43%
Yorkshire - 6 £160 -
East of England -20 1 - -
Work from Home -54 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (22.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (54.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Mockito
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Military
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
1 14 (63.64%) Java Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Senior
2 7 (31.82%) Senior Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Senior Java Developer
3 5 (22.73%) IT Support
3 5 (22.73%) IT Support Technician
3 5 (22.73%) IT Technician
3 5 (22.73%) Support Technician
4 4 (18.18%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (45.45%) ActiveMQ
1 10 (45.45%) JAX-RS
1 10 (45.45%) Kafka
2 5 (22.73%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Linux
2 14 (63.64%) Unix
3 8 (36.36%) Windows
4 7 (31.82%) Windows 10
5 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.55%) Android
6 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Agile
1 14 (63.64%) Continuous Deployment
1 14 (63.64%) Microservices
1 14 (63.64%) Pair Programming
1 14 (63.64%) TDD
1 14 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 12 (54.55%) BDD
2 12 (54.55%) Responsive Web Design
2 12 (54.55%) Web Design
3 11 (50.00%) Web Development
4 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (9.09%) Project Management
6 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (4.55%) Validation
6 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft