Mac OS X Contracts

Apple Mac OS X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Mac OS X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS X over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 525 557
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 +182
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 11 67 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.26% 1.14% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 45 110
10th Percentile £145 £133 £169
25th Percentile £174 £210 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £438 £270
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +61.89% +8.10%
75th Percentile £399 £738 £650
90th Percentile £551 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate - £438 £268
% change year-on-year - +63.55% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £180.00
Median % change year-on-year - -89.85% +1100.00%
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 4,197 5,893 8,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.91% 13.53% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,738 3,877 6,155
10th Percentile £200 £188 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £585 £588 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 435 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.39 £16.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £44.11
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -45.18% +96.04%
75th Percentile £37.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -31.38% -26.67% +87.50%

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 25 June 2025.

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
Top 6 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 25 June 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 +25 11 £250 -42.86% 36
London +17 8 £250 -33.33% 19
Work from Home +41 3 £381 +58.85% 18
UK excluding London +24 3 - - 16
North of England +15 3 - - 7
North West +3 3 - - 5

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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Google Workspace
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DHCP
1 3 (27.27%) DNS
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (9.09%) HTTP
3 1 (9.09%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) Intranet
3 1 (9.09%) IP Telephony
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) Skype
3 1 (9.09%) SMTP
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Git
1 5 (45.45%) Subversion
2 4 (36.36%) Jasmine
2 4 (36.36%) Mocha
3 3 (27.27%) Grunt
3 3 (27.27%) gulp
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support
3 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Agile Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) HTML Developer
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (9.09%) Linux Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 1 (9.09%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) CSS
1 5 (45.45%) HTML
1 5 (45.45%) HTML5
1 5 (45.45%) jQuery
1 5 (45.45%) Sass
2 4 (36.36%) Mustache
2 4 (36.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
1 1 (9.09%) iPhone
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
1 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) Unix
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
4 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Front End Development
1 5 (45.45%) Responsive Web Design
1 5 (45.45%) User Experience
1 5 (45.45%) Web Accessibility
1 5 (45.45%) Web Design
2 4 (36.36%) TDD
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Deployment
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Web Development
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Server Management
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 4 (36.36%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (9.09%) MCSA
1 1 (9.09%) MCSE
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.09%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Accessibility
1 5 (45.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
2 2 (18.18%) XenApp
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Citrix
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) Wyse
3 2 (18.18%) Adobe
3 2 (18.18%) Apple
3 2 (18.18%) Autodesk
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
3 2 (18.18%) Draytek
3 2 (18.18%) Google
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) McAfee
3 2 (18.18%) Sage
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Sophos
3 2 (18.18%) Symantec
3 2 (18.18%) Toshiba
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) WatchGuard
3 2 (18.18%) Webroot