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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 501 516
Rank change year-on-year -105 +15 +44
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 22 25 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.086% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.47% 0.61% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 52
10th Percentile £155 £145 £140
25th Percentile £173 £190 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £401 £345
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +16.23% +30.81%
75th Percentile £400 £523 £725
90th Percentile £550 £533 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £160 £438
% change year-on-year +150.00% -63.43% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £18.16
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £18.27
75th Percentile - - £21.07
90th Percentile - - £26.33
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 4,645 4,078 5,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.78% 13.97% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,004 2,680 3,878
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +1.60% -7.43%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £690 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £433 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -3.89% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 181 392
10th Percentile £15.99 £15.33 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.79 £15.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.52% +4.55% -42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +115.91% -2.22% -23.21%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -129 22 £314 -21.76% 1
UK excluding London -98 14 £400 +150.00% 1
North of England -57 13 £400 -
North West -32 8 £400 -
London -66 7 £150 -66.74%
Yorkshire - 5 £160 -
Work from Home -49 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