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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 519 550
Rank change year-on-year -33 +31 +90
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 34 34 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.099% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.71% 0.71% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 36
10th Percentile £216 £160 £140
25th Percentile £329 £170 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £250 £223
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% +12.36% -64.40%
75th Percentile £675 £430 £400
90th Percentile £700 £525 £497
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £160 £228
% change year-on-year +275.00% -29.67% -66.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - £15.22 -
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% -
75th Percentile - £17.16 £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year - -32.54% -

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 4,773 4,787 6,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.10% 13.96% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,093 2,990 4,567
10th Percentile £175 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £426 £430
% change year-on-year -5.63% -0.93% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 183 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.26 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +53.23% +26.53%
75th Percentile £62.00 £67.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.11 £50.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -49.78% +85.19% +22.73%

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 15 December 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 15 December 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 -34 33 £425 +70.00% 2
UK excluding London -23 28 £600 +275.00% 1
North of England -21 22 £650 -
Yorkshire - 18 £650 -
Work from Home +8 4 £650 +30.00% 2
London -42 4 £248 -38.43% 1
North East -8 3 - -
West Midlands -31 3 £400 +150.00% 1
Midlands -40 3 £400 +150.00% 1
North West - 3 £610 -
East of England - 2 £189 -
South East -5 1 £365 -

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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
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 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (2.94%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
2 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (38.24%) 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 13 (38.24%) Mockito
2 2 (5.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Postman
General
1 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Developer
1 22 (64.71%) Java Developer
2 15 (44.12%) Senior
3 14 (41.18%) Senior Developer
3 14 (41.18%) Senior Java Developer
4 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Lead
6 3 (8.82%) IT Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) IT Support
6 3 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead Java Developer
6 3 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Administrator
8 1 (2.94%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (38.24%) ActiveMQ
1 13 (38.24%) JAX-RS
1 13 (38.24%) 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
2 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.94%) Digital Signage
2 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (79.41%) Linux
2 23 (67.65%) Unix
3 11 (32.35%) Windows
4 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
5 4 (11.76%) Apple iOS
6 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Agile
1 21 (61.76%) Microservices
2 20 (58.82%) BDD
2 20 (58.82%) TDD
2 20 (58.82%) Test Automation
3 19 (55.88%) Continuous Deployment
4 15 (44.12%) Responsive Web Design
4 15 (44.12%) Web Design
5 13 (38.24%) Pair Programming
5 13 (38.24%) Web Development
6 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.76%) ITIL
8 3 (8.82%) Configuration Management
8 3 (8.82%) ITSM
8 3 (8.82%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (8.82%) SIEM
9 2 (5.88%) Customer Service
9 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (5.88%) Software Delivery
9 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) Java
2 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 13 (38.24%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) Degree
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Snort
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 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Apple
3 2 (5.88%) Altiris
4 1 (2.94%) Bomgar
4 1 (2.94%) Meraki
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Splunk