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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 542 527
Rank change year-on-year -94 -15 +16
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 23 8 66
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.024% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.45% 0.18% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 43
10th Percentile £154 - £134
25th Percentile £160 £145 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £188 £290
Median % change year-on-year +112.48% -35.09% +8.92%
75th Percentile - £276 £738
90th Percentile £580 £352 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £150 £364
% change year-on-year +166.67% -58.76% +40.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.61
25th Percentile - - £18.07
Median hourly rate - - £18.27
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 5,073 4,435 5,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.57% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,238 2,866 3,832
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £315 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 239 437
10th Percentile £15.78 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.04 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -7.46% -41.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £21.28 £31.13
% change year-on-year +24.25% -31.63% +4.97%

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 13 July 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 11 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 13 July 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 -98 23 £400 +112.48% 4
UK excluding London -80 15 £400 +166.67% 4
North of England - 14 £400 - 3
North West - 8 £400 - 1
London -66 7 £150 -27.71%
Yorkshire - 6 £160 - 2
East of England -21 1 - - 1
Work from Home -57 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North East - 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 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (26.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (52.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Mockito
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Military
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Developer
1 14 (60.87%) Java Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Senior
2 7 (30.43%) Senior Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Senior Java Developer
3 6 (26.09%) IT Support
3 6 (26.09%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (26.09%) IT Technician
3 6 (26.09%) Support Technician
4 4 (17.39%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) ActiveMQ
1 10 (43.48%) JAX-RS
1 10 (43.48%) Kafka
2 6 (26.09%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Linux
2 14 (60.87%) Unix
3 9 (39.13%) Windows
4 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
5 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.35%) Android
6 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Agile
1 14 (60.87%) Continuous Deployment
1 14 (60.87%) Microservices
1 14 (60.87%) Pair Programming
1 14 (60.87%) TDD
1 14 (60.87%) Test Automation
2 12 (52.17%) BDD
2 12 (52.17%) Responsive Web Design
2 12 (52.17%) Web Design
3 11 (47.83%) Web Development
4 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.35%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (4.35%) Validation
6 1 (4.35%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft