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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 533 511
Rank change year-on-year -108 -22 +34
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 20 11 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.034% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.40% 0.25% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 42
10th Percentile £153 £145 £133
25th Percentile £158 £152 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £220 £333
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -33.83% +23.15%
75th Percentile £475 £284 £738
90th Percentile £610 £300 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £225 £364
% change year-on-year +77.78% -38.14% +35.35%
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 5,058 4,382 5,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.35% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,207 2,824 3,671
10th Percentile £193 £200 £193
25th Percentile £319 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +1.11% -3.76% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 252 368
10th Percentile £15.58 £15.50 £12.68
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -12.96% -36.47%
75th Percentile £64.06 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.48 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £22.20 £37.08
% change year-on-year +20.09% -40.13% +7.49%

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 29 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 29 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 -105 20 £280 +27.27% 3
UK excluding London -89 14 £400 +77.78% 3
North of England - 13 £400 - 3
North West - 7 £550 - 2
Yorkshire - 6 £160 - 1
London -66 5 £150 -31.82%
East of England -18 1 - -
West Midlands -59 1 - -
Midlands -59 1 - -
Work from Home -63 1 - - 3
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Mockito
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Military
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Developer
1 13 (65.00%) Java Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Senior
2 7 (35.00%) Senior Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (20.00%) IT Technician
3 4 (20.00%) Support Technician
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Technician
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
1 10 (50.00%) JAX-RS
1 10 (50.00%) Kafka
2 4 (20.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (70.00%) Linux
2 13 (65.00%) Unix
3 7 (35.00%) Windows
4 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.00%) Android
6 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Agile
1 13 (65.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 13 (65.00%) Microservices
1 13 (65.00%) Pair Programming
1 13 (65.00%) TDD
1 13 (65.00%) Test Automation
2 12 (60.00%) BDD
2 12 (60.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 12 (60.00%) Web Design
3 11 (55.00%) Web Development
4 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (5.00%) Validation
6 1 (5.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft