macOS Job Trends in Cheshire

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring macOS skills. It covers permanent 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 73 96 69
Rank change year-on-year +23 -27 -15
Permanent jobs citing macOS 9 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.49% 0.12% 0.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.23% 0.85% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £35,000
75th Percentile £33,250 - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £37,500 £25,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -37.50% -27.27%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

macOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 88 118 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.80% 14.68% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 77 25 86
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £28,498
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £51,875
90th Percentile £61,250 £61,500 £56,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -16.34%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Cheshire

macOS
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing macOS

macOS
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Cheshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wilmslow - 8 £31,500 -
Neston - 1 - -
macOS
North West

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (88.89%) OneDrive
2 8 (88.89%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
1 8 (88.89%) Remote Desktop
1 8 (88.89%) VoIP
1 8 (88.89%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) IT Support
1 8 (88.89%) IT Support Technician
1 8 (88.89%) IT Technician
1 8 (88.89%) Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) iPad
1 8 (88.89%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 8 (88.89%) Asset Management
2 8 (88.89%) Customer Service
2 8 (88.89%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
1 8 (88.89%) HP
1 8 (88.89%) Meraki
1 8 (88.89%) ProCurve
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft