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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 529 561
Rank change year-on-year -11 +32 +99
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 34 22 73
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.060% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.72% 0.43% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 13 48
10th Percentile £213 £153 £154
25th Percentile £294 £178 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £240 £259
Median % change year-on-year +77.08% -7.25% -58.60%
75th Percentile £675 £430 £544
90th Percentile £700 £495 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £180 £269
% change year-on-year +261.11% -33.02% -60.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.22 -
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year - -32.54% +193.94%

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 4,732 5,150 7,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.67% 14.10% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,045 3,171 4,802
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £268 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.41%
75th Percentile £573 £577 £613
90th Percentile £653 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -8.79% +2.16% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 216 352
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.19 £18.19
Median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +54.41% +36.00%
75th Percentile £41.80 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.57 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -57.01% +90.91% +22.22%

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 6 November 2025.

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 12 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 6 November 2025. 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 +11 33 £425 +77.08% 16
UK excluding London -19 26 £650 +261.11% 12
North of England -14 21 £650 +28.08% 1
Yorkshire - 18 £650 -
London -15 6 £235 -4.08% 7
Work from Home - 4 £538 - 10
North East -8 3 - - 1
West Midlands -24 3 £400 +153.97%
Midlands -31 3 £400 +153.97% 3
North West -14 2 £610 +20.20%
South East +2 1 £365 - 6
East of England - 1 £150 - 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 (2.94%) Confluence
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) Internet
2 2 (5.88%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.94%) Firewall
3 1 (2.94%) Intranet
3 1 (2.94%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
3 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Mockito
2 2 (5.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Postman
General
1 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Finance
3 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Developer
1 21 (61.76%) Java Developer
2 15 (44.12%) Senior
3 14 (41.18%) Senior Developer
3 14 (41.18%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Lead
4 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead Java Developer
6 3 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) IT Support
7 2 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.94%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) ActiveMQ
1 12 (35.29%) JAX-RS
1 12 (35.29%) Kafka
2 2 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.94%) J2EE
3 1 (2.94%) JPA
3 1 (2.94%) JWT
3 1 (2.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.94%) Digital Signage
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (76.47%) Linux
2 22 (64.71%) Unix
3 11 (32.35%) Windows
4 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
5 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Agile
1 20 (58.82%) Microservices
2 19 (55.88%) BDD
2 19 (55.88%) TDD
2 19 (55.88%) Test Automation
3 18 (52.94%) Continuous Deployment
4 14 (41.18%) Responsive Web Design
4 14 (41.18%) Web Design
5 12 (35.29%) Pair Programming
5 12 (35.29%) Web Development
6 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (17.65%) ITIL
8 3 (8.82%) Configuration Management
8 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
8 3 (8.82%) ITSM
8 3 (8.82%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (8.82%) SIEM
9 2 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) Java
2 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) ISEB
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.94%) MCSA
5 1 (2.94%) MCSE
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Snort
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Apple
3 2 (5.88%) Altiris
4 1 (2.94%) Avaya
4 1 (2.94%) Bomgar
4 1 (2.94%) Citrix
4 1 (2.94%) Meraki
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Polycom
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Splunk
4 1 (2.94%) Wyse