macOS Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 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 97 27 70
Rank change year-on-year -70 +43 0
Contract jobs citing macOS 5 59 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.38% 7.03% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.56% 34.50% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 37 1
10th Percentile £297 £375 -
25th Percentile £312 £400 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £500 £150
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +233.33% -78.57%
75th Percentile £350 £675 £155
90th Percentile - £700 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £320 £500 £150
% change year-on-year -36.00% +233.33% -78.57%

All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 90 171 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.81% 20.38% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 110 50
10th Percentile £199 £200 £199
25th Percentile £306 £375 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £573
90th Percentile £650 £675 £648
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £22.29 £14.14
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.78 £14.55
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +69.86% -19.05%
75th Percentile £26.50 £114.38 £36.71
90th Percentile £27.40 £165.75 £48.43
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £25.15 £17.50
% change year-on-year -24.45% +43.71% -17.88%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

macOS
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -58 5 £335 -33.00%
macOS
Yorkshire

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) BrowserStack
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (80.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (80.00%) JUnit
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) TestNG
2 2 (40.00%) Gatling
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Mockito
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) QA Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (20.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Scala
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM