Mac OS X Contracts

Apple Mac OS X
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Mac OS X skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mac OS X over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 602 687
Rank change year-on-year +80 +85 -87
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 76 117 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.32% 1.20% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 100 126
10th Percentile £140 £149 £136
25th Percentile £190 £180 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £246 £223
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% +10.34% -55.50%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £550
90th Percentile £750 £703 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £431 £240 £206
% change year-on-year +79.69% +16.36% -58.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £18.19 - £16.10
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £180.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -89.85% +800.00% -61.90%
75th Percentile £25.41 - £24.50
90th Percentile £30.00 - £27.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - -69.52%

All Operating Systems
UK

Mac OS X is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,775 9,719 13,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 16.25% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,885 6,848 9,128
10th Percentile £184 £189 £175
25th Percentile £300 £326 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £717 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 422 633
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%
75th Percentile £59.88 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.80% +56.25% +17.65%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Top 12 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +83 68 £400 +66.67% 21
London +88 41 £238 +3.26% 8
UK excluding London +42 30 £431 +79.69% 15
Midlands - 11 £438 - 4
West Midlands - 11 £438 - 3
Work from Home +108 10 £240 -63.08% 7
North of England +14 7 £425 -20.93%
Scotland - 6 £126 - 2
Yorkshire +8 5 £425 -28.42%
South East +8 5 £178 -24.47% 6
North West +9 2 - -
South West - 1 £550 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (10.53%) Skype for Business
3 6 (7.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.32%) InDesign
3 1 (1.32%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 20 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (17.11%) Azure
3 9 (11.84%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.95%) Slack
6 2 (2.63%) AWS
6 2 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.63%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.32%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.74%) Cisco IOS
2 12 (15.79%) Firewall
3 8 (10.53%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (10.53%) Skype
4 4 (5.26%) HTTP
5 3 (3.95%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.95%) VPN
6 2 (2.63%) LAN
6 2 (2.63%) WAN
6 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (27.63%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (22.37%) Mockito
2 6 (7.89%) JIRA
3 4 (5.26%) Cucumber
3 4 (5.26%) Gatling
3 4 (5.26%) Git
3 4 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.26%) JMeter
3 4 (5.26%) Selenium
3 4 (5.26%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Legal
3 10 (13.16%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.89%) Finance
5 4 (5.26%) Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.95%) Marketing
6 3 (3.95%) Retail
7 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Electronics
8 1 (1.32%) Games
8 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Developer
1 20 (26.32%) Senior
2 17 (22.37%) Java Developer
3 16 (21.05%) Support Engineer
4 14 (18.42%) Analyst
4 14 (18.42%) Senior Developer
5 13 (17.11%) Desktop Support
5 13 (17.11%) Senior Java Developer
6 12 (15.79%) SOC Analyst
7 11 (14.47%) Desktop Engineer
7 11 (14.47%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 11 (14.47%) IT Support
8 7 (9.21%) Support Officer
9 6 (7.89%) Digital Developer
9 6 (7.89%) IT Engineer
10 5 (6.58%) Mac Engineer
11 4 (5.26%) Consultant
11 4 (5.26%) Senior Test Engineer
11 4 (5.26%) Test Engineer
12 3 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (27.63%) ActiveMQ
1 21 (27.63%) Kafka
2 17 (22.37%) JAX-RS
3 4 (5.26%) Web Services
4 1 (1.32%) HTML
4 1 (1.32%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Blackberry
2 9 (11.84%) iPhone
3 7 (9.21%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.63%) IoT
6 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.32%) NHS
7 1 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.32%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.32%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 39 (51.32%) Windows
2 33 (43.42%) Linux
3 23 (30.26%) Unix
4 19 (25.00%) Android
4 19 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 13 (17.11%) Windows 10
6 9 (11.84%) Mac OS
7 6 (7.89%) Windows 8
8 4 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.26%) Agile
1 23 (30.26%) BDD
1 23 (30.26%) TDD
2 22 (28.95%) Test Automation
3 19 (25.00%) Microservices
4 18 (23.68%) Continuous Deployment
5 17 (22.37%) Pair Programming
5 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.05%) Responsive Web Design
6 16 (21.05%) Web Design
6 16 (21.05%) Web Development
7 15 (19.74%) Customer Service
8 12 (15.79%) SIEM
8 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (13.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (13.16%) Purple Team
9 10 (13.16%) Reverse Engineering
9 10 (13.16%) Threat Analysis
9 10 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) Java
2 5 (6.58%) Shell Script
3 4 (5.26%) Groovy
3 4 (5.26%) Scala
4 1 (1.32%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (40.79%) Security Cleared
2 27 (35.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.53%) Degree
4 3 (3.95%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.32%) CEH
5 1 (1.32%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (13.16%) GDPR
1 10 (13.16%) HIPAA
1 10 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.16%) NIST
2 8 (10.53%) SLA
3 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 19 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.63%) vSphere
4 1 (1.32%) Snort
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (14.47%) SCCM
2 4 (5.26%) AirWatch
2 4 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 33 (43.42%) Apple
2 27 (35.53%) Microsoft
3 15 (19.74%) Cisco
4 11 (14.47%) Adobe
5 8 (10.53%) Citrix
5 8 (10.53%) Mitel
5 8 (10.53%) Progress
6 7 (9.21%) Ivanti
7 4 (5.26%) HP
7 4 (5.26%) Remedy
8 3 (3.95%) Google
8 3 (3.95%) VMware
9 2 (2.63%) Atlassian
9 2 (2.63%) Okta
9 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.32%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.32%) Qualys
10 1 (1.32%) SAP
10 1 (1.32%) Splunk