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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 433 475
Rank change year-on-year +55 +42 +95
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 152 155 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.80% 2.68% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 105 153
10th Percentile £149 £140 £186
25th Percentile £200 £185 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £225 £330
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -31.82% +24.53%
75th Percentile £430 £378 £550
90th Percentile £571 £545 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £225 £513
% change year-on-year +66.67% -56.10% +135.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 11
10th Percentile £18.54 £12.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.94 £14.00 £17.90
Median hourly rate £24.58 £16.47 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +49.26% -8.92% +24.69%
75th Percentile £24.75 £17.72 £19.38
90th Percentile £25.08 £18.00 £37.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £15.83 £18.08
% change year-on-year +55.83% -12.47% +33.93%

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 3,995 5,778 9,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 13.46% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,635 3,897 6,310
10th Percentile £200 £185 £189
25th Percentile £313 £300 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 406 393
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.75 £13.38
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £44.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -48.99% +100.50%
75th Percentile £49.75 £61.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.94 £22.50 £39.60
% change year-on-year -15.84% -43.18% +98.00%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +59 137 £313 +38.89% 605
UK excluding London +58 86 £375 +66.67% 594
London +40 59 £275 +15.18% 95
North of England +29 37 £400 +81.82% 122
Yorkshire +46 29 £400 +166.67% 46
Work from Home +60 27 £410 +70.83% 388
South East +52 15 £375 -0.79% 180
Midlands +16 10 £390 +95.00% 104
Scotland +6 9 £420 -26.96% 19
South West +36 7 £273 +21.11% 71
West Midlands +15 7 £168 -16.25% 52
North West -1 7 £160 -27.27% 61
East of England +37 6 £325 +51.16% 89
Wales +6 4 £325 +47.73% 20
East Midlands +10 3 £395 -34.17% 44
North East - 1 - - 15

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 13 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.97%) Confluence
3 3 (1.97%) IBM Domino
4 2 (1.32%) nginx
4 2 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.32%) Traefik
5 1 (0.66%) Mattermost
Applications
1 42 (27.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.66%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 73 (48.03%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (23.68%) Entra ID
3 13 (8.55%) Azure
4 10 (6.58%) Google Workspace
5 6 (3.95%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.29%) AWS
6 5 (3.29%) SaaS
7 3 (1.97%) GCP
7 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.97%) Slack
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.32%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.18%) Firewall
2 12 (7.89%) DNS
3 11 (7.24%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.58%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (6.58%) Wireless
5 9 (5.92%) LAN
5 9 (5.92%) WAN
6 8 (5.26%) VoIP
7 6 (3.95%) VPN
8 5 (3.29%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.97%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.97%) DHCP
9 3 (1.97%) Network Security
9 3 (1.97%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.32%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.66%) HTTP
11 1 (0.66%) NAS
11 1 (0.66%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.66%) Power BI
2 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.66%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (7.24%) JIRA
2 4 (2.63%) Git
2 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.97%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Grunt
4 1 (0.66%) gulp
4 1 (0.66%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.66%) Mocha
4 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 78 (51.32%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 20 (13.16%) Retail
4 16 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.24%) Finance
6 6 (3.95%) Military
7 5 (3.29%) Banking
8 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.97%) Games
9 3 (1.97%) Legal
9 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.32%) Electronics
10 2 (1.32%) Local Government
10 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.32%) Marketing
10 2 (1.32%) Publishing
11 1 (0.66%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 32 (21.05%) Support Engineer
2 30 (19.74%) IT Support
3 25 (16.45%) Mac Engineer
3 25 (16.45%) Support Manager
4 17 (11.18%) Desktop Support
5 16 (10.53%) Analyst
6 15 (9.87%) IT Engineer
6 15 (9.87%) Senior
7 14 (9.21%) IT Manager
8 13 (8.55%) Desktop Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) 1st Line Support
9 12 (7.89%) 1st Line Support Manager
9 12 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) IT Support Manager
10 10 (6.58%) Senior Mac Engineer
11 9 (5.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 8 (5.26%) Service Analyst
12 8 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
13 6 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
13 6 (3.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) X-Windows
2 3 (1.97%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.97%) LDAP
2 3 (1.97%) pytest
3 2 (1.32%) cloud-init
3 2 (1.32%) Kafka
3 2 (1.32%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.32%) REST
4 1 (0.66%) CSS
4 1 (0.66%) HTML
4 1 (0.66%) HTML5
4 1 (0.66%) jQuery
4 1 (0.66%) Mustache
4 1 (0.66%) Node.js
4 1 (0.66%) SAML
4 1 (0.66%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.47%) Smartphone
2 21 (13.82%) iPhone
3 7 (4.61%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.97%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.32%) PKI
6 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.66%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) iPad
7 1 (0.66%) Life Science
7 1 (0.66%) NHS
7 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 102 (67.11%) Windows
2 29 (19.08%) Windows 10
3 27 (17.76%) Android
3 27 (17.76%) Linux
4 21 (13.82%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.61%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.29%) Unix
7 3 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.32%) CentOS
8 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.66%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.66%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 44 (28.95%) ITIL
3 42 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (19.08%) ITSM
5 25 (16.45%) Mobile Device Management
5 25 (16.45%) Service Management
6 21 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.82%) Incident Management
7 16 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 14 (9.21%) Task Automation
9 12 (7.89%) Agile
10 11 (7.24%) Security Patching
11 9 (5.92%) Asset Management
12 8 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
12 8 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
13 7 (4.61%) Data Loss Prevention
13 7 (4.61%) DevOps
13 7 (4.61%) Service Desk Management
14 6 (3.95%) Break/Fix
14 6 (3.95%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.47%) Bash
1 22 (14.47%) Python
2 21 (13.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.97%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.32%) AppleScript
4 2 (1.32%) C++
4 2 (1.32%) Go
4 2 (1.32%) Groovy
4 2 (1.32%) VB
4 2 (1.32%) VBScript
5 1 (0.66%) Java
5 1 (0.66%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.66%) Perl
5 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.45%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.24%) ACSP
4 8 (5.26%) A+ Certification
4 8 (5.26%) Degree
4 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.61%) ACTC
6 6 (3.95%) CISSP
7 5 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.63%) MCP
8 4 (2.63%) MCSE
9 3 (1.97%) CCNA
9 3 (1.97%) CISM
9 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.32%) MCSA
11 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.55%) SLA
2 6 (3.95%) NCSC
3 4 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.97%) QA
5 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.66%) RMADS
5 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (38.16%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.95%) Docker
2 6 (3.95%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 49 (32.24%) Jamf Pro
2 17 (11.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (10.53%) SCCM
4 5 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (3.29%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.29%) Terraform
5 3 (1.97%) Rancher
6 2 (1.32%) Consul
6 2 (1.32%) Grafana
6 2 (1.32%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.32%) Istio
6 2 (1.32%) linkerd
6 2 (1.32%) Packer
6 2 (1.32%) Podman
6 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.32%) RSA Archer
6 2 (1.32%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.66%) Ansible
7 1 (0.66%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 79 (51.97%) Microsoft
2 64 (42.11%) Apple
3 39 (25.66%) ServiceNow
4 17 (11.18%) Cisco
5 9 (5.92%) Google
5 9 (5.92%) HP
6 7 (4.61%) Dell
6 7 (4.61%) Okta
6 7 (4.61%) Splunk
7 6 (3.95%) Symantec
7 6 (3.95%) VMware
8 4 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.63%) Meraki
9 3 (1.97%) ESET
9 3 (1.97%) Netskope
10 2 (1.32%) F5
10 2 (1.32%) McAfee
10 2 (1.32%) Proofpoint
10 2 (1.32%) Remedy
10 2 (1.32%) Zscaler