Mac OS Contracts

Apple macOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Mac OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 440 466
Rank change year-on-year +89 +26 +159
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 181 148 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.27% 2.51% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 96 148
10th Percentile £165 £140 £161
25th Percentile £211 £185 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £225 £300
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £499 £378 £491
90th Percentile £589 £575 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £225 £456
% change year-on-year +77.78% -50.62% +127.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 11
10th Percentile £20.00 £12.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £24.21 £14.00 £17.90
Median hourly rate £25.00 £15.65 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +59.74% -13.44% +24.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.72 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.00 £37.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £14.00 £18.08
% change year-on-year +76.14% -22.57% +26.88%

All Operating Systems
UK

Mac OS 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 4,243 5,905 8,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.68% 13.61% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,753 3,889 6,146
10th Percentile £200 £190 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £717
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £462
% change year-on-year -2.70% +0.13% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 434 407
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.25 £18.44
Median hourly rate £22.25 £24.93 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% -41.35% +88.89%
75th Percentile £43.35 £64.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.15 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £31.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year -39.62% -6.72% +67.50%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mac OS over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Top 16 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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 +92 167 £331 +47.22% 721
UK excluding London +71 101 £400 +77.78% 390
London +44 72 £281 +20.97% 378
North of England +28 41 £400 +77.78% 103
Work from Home +54 37 £500 +108.33% 366
Yorkshire +32 36 £400 +166.67% 40
South East +63 27 £400 +39.13% 91
Scotland +5 10 £420 -26.96% 19
East of England +28 9 £200 -6.98% 47
Midlands +2 7 £175 -12.50% 59
South West +32 6 £273 +21.11% 48
West Midlands +9 6 £175 -12.50% 24
North West -4 4 £160 -28.89% 53
Wales +7 3 £325 +47.73% 16
East Midlands 0 1 - - 35
North East -2 1 - - 11

Mac OS
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 27 (14.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (11.60%) IBM Domino
3 10 (5.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.10%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) Mattermost
Applications
1 39 (21.55%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.55%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 108 (59.67%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (24.86%) Entra ID
3 15 (8.29%) Azure
4 11 (6.08%) Google Workspace
5 9 (4.97%) AWS
6 7 (3.87%) GCP
6 7 (3.87%) SaaS
7 6 (3.31%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.21%) Slack
9 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.55%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.55%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (18.23%) Firewall
2 21 (11.60%) Cisco IOS
3 16 (8.84%) TCP/IP
4 15 (8.29%) DNS
5 14 (7.73%) Wireless
6 13 (7.18%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (6.08%) LAN
7 11 (6.08%) WAN
8 9 (4.97%) DHCP
9 8 (4.42%) VoIP
10 7 (3.87%) VPN
11 6 (3.31%) IP Telephony
12 4 (2.21%) VLAN
13 3 (1.66%) Network Security
13 3 (1.66%) Unified Communications
14 2 (1.10%) Internet
14 2 (1.10%) Telepresence
15 1 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.55%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.55%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (3.31%) JIRA
2 3 (1.66%) Git
3 2 (1.10%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.55%) Postman
General
1 80 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (11.60%) Games
4 20 (11.05%) Retail
5 17 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.08%) Banking
8 9 (4.97%) Finance
9 5 (2.76%) Military
10 4 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.21%) Legal
11 2 (1.10%) Local Government
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (17.13%) IT Support
2 28 (15.47%) Support Engineer
2 28 (15.47%) Support Manager
3 27 (14.92%) Mac Engineer
4 21 (11.60%) Analyst
4 21 (11.60%) Platform Engineer
5 20 (11.05%) Senior
6 15 (8.29%) Senior Mac Engineer
7 14 (7.73%) Desktop Support
7 14 (7.73%) IT Engineer
7 14 (7.73%) IT Manager
8 12 (6.63%) 1st Line Support
8 12 (6.63%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 12 (6.63%) IT Support Manager
8 12 (6.63%) Support Analyst
9 11 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (3.87%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (3.87%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (3.87%) Service Analyst
10 7 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.21%) X-Windows
2 3 (1.66%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.66%) LDAP
2 3 (1.66%) pytest
2 3 (1.66%) REST
3 2 (1.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.02%) iPhone
2 23 (12.71%) Smartphone
3 11 (6.08%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.42%) iPad
5 7 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.87%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (3.31%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.66%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.10%) Life Science
9 1 (0.55%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.55%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.55%) NHS
9 1 (0.55%) PKI
9 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 113 (62.43%) Windows
2 51 (28.18%) Android
3 33 (18.23%) Windows 10
4 21 (11.60%) Linux
5 20 (11.05%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.31%) Windows Server
7 4 (2.21%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.66%) Unix
9 1 (0.55%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.81%) Customer Service
2 51 (28.18%) ITIL
3 35 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (17.13%) ITSM
5 28 (15.47%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (14.92%) Service Management
7 26 (14.36%) Incident Management
8 24 (13.26%) Mobile Device Management
9 21 (11.60%) E-Commerce
10 17 (9.39%) Service Delivery
11 14 (7.73%) Security Patching
12 12 (6.63%) User Experience
13 10 (5.52%) Zero Trust
14 9 (4.97%) Agile
14 9 (4.97%) DevOps
14 9 (4.97%) Service Desk Management
15 8 (4.42%) Asset Management
15 8 (4.42%) IT Strategy
15 8 (4.42%) Knowledge Transfer
15 8 (4.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.89%) PowerShell
2 28 (15.47%) Bash
3 19 (10.50%) Python
4 3 (1.66%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.10%) AppleScript
6 1 (0.55%) C#
6 1 (0.55%) Java
6 1 (0.55%) Perl
6 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 27 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.08%) ACSP
3 11 (6.08%) ACTC
3 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (5.52%) Degree
5 7 (3.87%) CISSP
5 7 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.76%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.76%) CISM
6 5 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.66%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (1.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.66%) MCP
8 3 (1.66%) MCSE
9 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.29%) SLA
2 8 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.21%) GDPR
5 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.66%) NCSC
5 3 (1.66%) RMADS
6 2 (1.10%) QA
7 1 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 82 (45.30%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.42%) Hyper-V
2 8 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.87%) Docker
4 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.55%) vSphere
5 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (29.83%) Jamf Pro
2 41 (22.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (19.34%) SCCM
4 9 (4.97%) Terraform
5 4 (2.21%) AirWatch
5 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.10%) Podman
6 2 (1.10%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.55%) Ansible
7 1 (0.55%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.55%) Rancher
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (60.77%) Microsoft
2 75 (41.44%) Apple
3 42 (23.20%) ServiceNow
4 37 (20.44%) Cisco
5 24 (13.26%) Splunk
6 22 (12.15%) Meraki
7 10 (5.52%) Dell
7 10 (5.52%) Google
7 10 (5.52%) HP
8 9 (4.97%) VMware
9 6 (3.31%) Citrix
9 6 (3.31%) Okta
10 5 (2.76%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.66%) Netskope
12 3 (1.66%) Symantec
13 2 (1.10%) Adobe
13 2 (1.10%) Oracle
13 2 (1.10%) Qualys
13 2 (1.10%) Remedy