macOS Contract Job Trends in West London

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring macOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 39 38
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 0
Contract jobs citing macOS 12 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 2.44% 1.47% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.64% 7.55% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile - £221 -
25th Percentile £225 £248 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £280 £240
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £240 £349 £260
90th Percentile - £455 -
London median daily rate £226 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -30.62% +30.00% -25.93%

All Operating Systems
West London

macOS 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 in West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 53 53 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 10.79% 19.41% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 41 25
10th Percentile £200 £180 £173
25th Percentile £225 £204 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £285 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -28.75% +18.52%
75th Percentile £450 £438 £488
90th Percentile £500 £500 £525
London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - - -69.68%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £69.52
London median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% -6.85% -38.41%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing macOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

macOS job vacancy trend in West London

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing macOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing macOS in West London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for macOS in West London

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing macOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the West London region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Hammersmith - 7 £226 -
Hounslow -3 2 £240 -12.73%
Hillingdon -12 2 £240 -15.79%
macOS
London

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Support Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (58.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 7 (58.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 7 (58.33%) IT Engineer
3 7 (58.33%) IT Support
3 7 (58.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
4 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) Audio Visual Support
5 3 (25.00%) IT Support Specialist
5 3 (25.00%) Mac Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) Support Specialist
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Life Science
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Inventory Management
2 6 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Inventory Control
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (8.33%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Apple
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Samsung
2 3 (25.00%) Logitech
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Okta