Mac OS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Apple macOS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 319 394
Rank change year-on-year +43 +75 +123
Contract jobs citing Mac OS 28 26 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.17% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.38% 1.63% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 61
10th Percentile £143 £185 £231
25th Percentile £234 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £240 £425
Median % change year-on-year +72.92% -43.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £475 £350 £600
90th Percentile £589 £595 £638
UK median daily rate £338 £234 £350
% change year-on-year +44.39% -33.21% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £16.00 £18.08
% change year-on-year +54.13% -11.50% -9.60%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Mac OS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Mac OS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Mac OS.

Mac OS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mac OS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Mac OS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Mac OS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Mac OS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Mac OS.

Mac OS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mac OS
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Mattermost
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.71%) Smartsheet
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.57%) OVHcloud
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DHCP
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) SSH
1 1 (3.57%) VLAN
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.71%) Local Government
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Mac Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Administrator
4 3 (10.71%) Change Manager
4 3 (10.71%) IT Change Manager
4 3 (10.71%) IT Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Rollout Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IT Support
5 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Mac Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) LDAP
1 3 (10.71%) X-Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Django
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.57%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (71.43%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
3 3 (10.71%) Unix
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.14%) Android
4 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (21.43%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.29%) Migration
3 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (14.29%) Task Automation
4 3 (10.71%) Business Continuity
4 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.71%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (10.71%) Change Management
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (10.71%) Information Security
4 3 (10.71%) Line Management
4 3 (10.71%) Patch Management
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (21.43%) Bash
3 4 (14.29%) Python
4 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) ACSP
4 1 (3.57%) CCNA
4 1 (3.57%) CEH
4 1 (3.57%) CISA
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (10.71%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) Docker
2 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
2 3 (10.71%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (10.71%) SCCM
4 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (39.29%) Apple
3 2 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.57%) F5
4 1 (3.57%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) Netskope
4 1 (3.57%) Okta
4 1 (3.57%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow