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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 540 513
Rank change year-on-year -105 -27 +39
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 18 11 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.033% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 0.25% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 39
10th Percentile £153 £145 £133
25th Percentile £158 £152 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £220 £438
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -49.71% +62.04%
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 5,124 4,400 5,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.37% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,238 2,827 3,629
10th Percentile £192 £200 £200
25th Percentile £317 £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 £656 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +1.11% -4.91% +5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 257 337
10th Percentile £14.70 £15.50 £12.47
25th Percentile £17.60 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -12.73% -35.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.40 £67.40 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.27 £22.53 £39.25
% change year-on-year +21.04% -42.60% +33.96%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -120 18 £280 +27.27% 5
UK excluding London -91 14 £400 +77.78% 3
North of England - 13 £400 - 3
North West - 7 £550 - 2
Yorkshire - 6 £160 - 1
London -58 3 £150 -31.82% 2
East of England -15 1 - -
Midlands -56 1 - -
West Midlands -57 1 - -
Work from Home -58 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Mockito
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
1 13 (72.22%) Java Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Java Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Support
4 2 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (11.11%) IT Technician
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.56%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) ActiveMQ
1 10 (55.56%) JAX-RS
1 10 (55.56%) Kafka
2 2 (11.11%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) Unix
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
4 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.56%) Android
6 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Agile
1 13 (72.22%) Continuous Deployment
1 13 (72.22%) Microservices
1 13 (72.22%) Pair Programming
1 13 (72.22%) TDD
1 13 (72.22%) Test Automation
2 12 (66.67%) BDD
2 12 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
2 12 (66.67%) Web Design
3 11 (61.11%) Web Development
4 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (5.56%) Validation
6 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft