macOS Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in 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 147 67 100
Rank change year-on-year -80 +33 -9
Contract jobs citing macOS 7 60 1
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.25% 3.58% 0.068%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.43% 17.65% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 38 1
10th Percentile £227 £375 -
25th Percentile £288 £400 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £500 £150
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +233.33% -78.57%
75th Percentile £350 £661 £155
90th Percentile - £700 -
England median daily rate £230 £400 £273
% change year-on-year -42.50% +46.79% -16.15%

All Operating Systems
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 288 340 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.14% 20.30% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 225 113
10th Percentile £185 £160 £164
25th Percentile £200 £300 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £578
90th Percentile £650 £610 £635
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 12
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.92 £15.22
25th Percentile £13.76 £21.30 £15.99
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.15 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.45% +43.71% -17.88%
75th Percentile £25.00 £28.75 £19.44
90th Percentile £25.59 £131.50 £21.50
England median hourly rate £32.29 £24.00 £61.43
% change year-on-year +34.54% -60.93% +28.43%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

macOS
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing macOS

macOS
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for macOS in Yorkshire

macOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing macOS

macOS
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
West Yorkshire -70 5 £335 -33.00% 1
North Yorkshire -7 1 - - 1
South Yorkshire - 1 £198 - 1
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) BrowserStack
1 2 (28.57%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Cucumber
1 4 (57.14%) Cypress.io
1 4 (57.14%) JUnit
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
1 4 (57.14%) TestNG
2 2 (28.57%) Gatling
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) Mockito
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) QA Tester
1 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (14.29%) JAX-RS
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Pair Programming
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (14.29%) Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Scala
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
1 4 (57.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft