Mac OS X Contracts

Apple Mac OS X
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Mac OS X skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mac OS X over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 563 703
Rank change year-on-year +63 +140 -84
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 73 138 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.29% 1.49% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 113 121
10th Percentile £140 £163 £138
25th Percentile £206 £193 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £265 £235
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% +12.77% -51.79%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £550
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £250 £200
% change year-on-year +75.00% +25.00% -55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £18.16 - £16.10
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £180.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -89.85% +800.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £21.07 - £24.50
90th Percentile £26.33 - £27.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - +28.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Mac OS X is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,658 9,258 13,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 16.21% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,818 6,479 8,883
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +0.10% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 404 604
10th Percentile £12.73 £14.25 £13.38
25th Percentile £15.31 £17.97 £16.08
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%
75th Percentile £60.56 £64.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Daily rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mac OS X.

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mac OS X in the UK

Mac OS X
Top 12 Contract 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 May 2024. 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 +27 65 £419 +59.52% 21
London +75 39 £239 -4.50% 3
UK excluding London +17 29 £438 +75.00% 17
Midlands - 11 £438 - 4
West Midlands - 11 £438 - 2
Work from Home +91 10 £240 -63.08% 6
North of England -6 7 £425 -34.62% 2
Scotland - 6 £126 - 1
Yorkshire -3 5 £425 -37.04% 1
South East 0 4 £178 -18.39% 6
North West +16 2 - - 1
South West - 1 £550 - 3

Mac OS X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.59%) Skype for Business
3 5 (6.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (4.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.37%) InDesign
3 1 (1.37%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.44%) Azure
3 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.59%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.11%) Slack
6 2 (2.74%) AWS
6 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.74%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.37%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.81%) Cisco IOS
2 12 (16.44%) Firewall
3 8 (10.96%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (9.59%) Skype
5 4 (5.48%) HTTP
6 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.11%) VPN
7 2 (2.74%) LAN
7 2 (2.74%) WAN
7 2 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (28.77%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (23.29%) Mockito
2 6 (8.22%) JIRA
3 4 (5.48%) Cucumber
3 4 (5.48%) Gatling
3 4 (5.48%) Git
3 4 (5.48%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.48%) JMeter
3 4 (5.48%) Selenium
3 4 (5.48%) WebDriver
General
1 17 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.07%) Legal
3 10 (13.70%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.22%) Finance
5 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.11%) Banking
6 3 (4.11%) Marketing
6 3 (4.11%) Retail
7 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Electronics
8 1 (1.37%) Games
8 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (27.40%) Developer
1 20 (27.40%) Senior
2 17 (23.29%) Java Developer
3 14 (19.18%) Analyst
3 14 (19.18%) Senior Developer
3 14 (19.18%) Support Engineer
4 13 (17.81%) Senior Java Developer
5 12 (16.44%) Desktop Support
5 12 (16.44%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (13.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (13.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) IT Support
8 6 (8.22%) Digital Developer
8 6 (8.22%) Support Officer
9 5 (6.85%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) Mac Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) Consultant
10 4 (5.48%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) Test Engineer
11 3 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.77%) ActiveMQ
1 21 (28.77%) Kafka
2 17 (23.29%) JAX-RS
3 4 (5.48%) Web Services
4 1 (1.37%) HTML
4 1 (1.37%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Blackberry
2 8 (10.96%) iPhone
3 6 (8.22%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.74%) IoT
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.37%) NHS
6 1 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.37%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.37%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 36 (49.32%) Windows
2 33 (45.21%) Linux
3 23 (31.51%) Unix
4 17 (23.29%) Android
5 16 (21.92%) Windows 7
6 12 (16.44%) Windows 10
7 9 (12.33%) Mac OS
8 5 (6.85%) Windows 8
9 4 (5.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Agile
1 23 (31.51%) BDD
1 23 (31.51%) TDD
2 22 (30.14%) Test Automation
3 19 (26.03%) Microservices
4 18 (24.66%) Continuous Deployment
5 17 (23.29%) Pair Programming
6 16 (21.92%) Responsive Web Design
6 16 (21.92%) Web Design
6 16 (21.92%) Web Development
7 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.81%) Customer Service
9 12 (16.44%) SIEM
9 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (13.70%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 10 (13.70%) Purple Team
10 10 (13.70%) Reverse Engineering
10 10 (13.70%) Threat Analysis
10 10 (13.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.51%) Java
2 5 (6.85%) Shell Script
3 4 (5.48%) Groovy
3 4 (5.48%) Scala
4 1 (1.37%) Python
4 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (42.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (36.99%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.59%) Degree
4 3 (4.11%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) CEH
5 1 (1.37%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (13.70%) GDPR
1 10 (13.70%) HIPAA
1 10 (13.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.70%) NIST
2 7 (9.59%) SLA
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (23.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.74%) vSphere
4 1 (1.37%) Snort
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (13.70%) SCCM
2 4 (5.48%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (4.11%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.37%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 30 (41.10%) Apple
2 26 (35.62%) Microsoft
3 13 (17.81%) Cisco
4 10 (13.70%) Adobe
5 7 (9.59%) Citrix
5 7 (9.59%) Mitel
5 7 (9.59%) Progress
6 6 (8.22%) Ivanti
7 3 (4.11%) Google
7 3 (4.11%) HP
7 3 (4.11%) Remedy
7 3 (4.11%) VMware
8 2 (2.74%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.74%) Okta
8 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.37%) Qualys
9 1 (1.37%) SAP
9 1 (1.37%) Splunk