Hybrid/Remote Mac OS X Contract Job Trends

Apple Mac OS X
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 329 405
Rank change year-on-year +25 +76 +158
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 3 4 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.031% 0.032% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.28% 0.27% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile £305 £374 £488
25th Percentile £425 £616 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - £740
UK median daily rate £400 £516 £278
% change year-on-year -22.52% +85.87% -44.45%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,081 1,500 2,635
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.18% 11.88% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 1,012 1,850
10th Percentile £264 £250 £257
25th Percentile £375 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £675 £665 £738
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 23 107
10th Percentile £17.39 £12.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £55.31 £12.98 £25.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £17.64 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +268.59% -66.41% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £67.40 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.97
% change year-on-year -37.13% -9.03% +83.91%

Mac OS X
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Mac OS X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mac OS X trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Mac OS X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Mac OS X over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Mac OS X daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Mac OS X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Mockito
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (66.67%) JAX-RS
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) BDD
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Web Design
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MOS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Polycom
1 1 (33.33%) Wyse