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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 501 502
Rank change year-on-year -108 +1 +93
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 21 24 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.082% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.44% 0.57% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 58
10th Percentile £188 £160 £138
25th Percentile £246 £321 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £451 £300
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% +50.33% +13.74%
75th Percentile £425 £525 £569
90th Percentile £550 £548 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £160 £425
% change year-on-year +150.00% -62.35% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.27
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £27.00
90th Percentile - - £30.00
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 4,770 4,176 5,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.71% 14.26% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,119 2,787 4,010
10th Percentile £181 £200 £181
25th Percentile £300 £325 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -10.19%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £594
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £423 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -5.97% +2.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 164 406
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.67 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.54 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.09% -24.53%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.30 £68.58 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £24.66 £20.71
% change year-on-year -7.50% +19.10% -21.87%

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 29 March 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 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 29 March 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 -106 21 £400 -11.31% 4
UK excluding London -91 12 £400 +150.00% 4
North of England -57 10 £400 - 3
North West -36 8 £400 - 1
London -67 8 £218 -56.50%
Work from Home -22 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
West Midlands -57 1 £425 +165.63%
Midlands -68 1 £425 +165.63%
East of England - 1 £228 - 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 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
1 6 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Mockito
General
1 11 (52.38%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Developer
1 11 (52.38%) Java Developer
2 7 (33.33%) IT Support
3 6 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (28.57%) IT Technician
3 6 (28.57%) Support Technician
4 3 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Help Desk Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
1 7 (33.33%) JAX-RS
1 7 (33.33%) Kafka
2 6 (28.57%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Linux
2 11 (52.38%) Unix
3 10 (47.62%) Windows
4 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
5 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Agile
1 11 (52.38%) Continuous Deployment
1 11 (52.38%) Microservices
1 11 (52.38%) Pair Programming
1 11 (52.38%) TDD
1 11 (52.38%) Test Automation
2 9 (42.86%) BDD
2 9 (42.86%) Responsive Web Design
2 9 (42.86%) Web Design
3 8 (38.10%) Web Development
4 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Response
6 1 (4.76%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (4.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (4.76%) Security Operations
6 1 (4.76%) Threat Analysis
6 1 (4.76%) Threat Detection
6 1 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Apple
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Altiris
2 1 (4.76%) Bomgar
2 1 (4.76%) Splunk